Gleeson (surname)

Gleeson is an Irish surname. It is an anglicisation of the Irish name Ó Glasáin or Ó Gliasáin. The name is most common in County Tipperary but originates in East County Cork, in the once powerful Uí Liatháin kingdom, where the Gleesons were great lords and sometimes kings. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adrian Gleeson (born 1967), Australian rules football player
• Brendan Gleeson (born 1955), Irish actor
• Brian Gleeson (actor) (born 1987), son of Brendan
• Brian Gleeson (Australian rules footballer) (born 1934)
• Dan Gleeson (born 1985), English football player
• Dave Gleeson (born 1968), Australian rock singer
• Dermot Gleeson (born 1949), Irish barrister, government adviser, and businessman
• Dermot Gleeson (born 1949), British governor of BBC
• Domhnall Gleeson (born 1983), Irish actor, son of Brendan
• Irene Gleeson (1944–2013), Australian humanitarian
• Jack Gleeson (born 1992), Irish actor
• James Gleeson (born 1915), Australian surrealist artist, poet, and writer
• John Gleeson (cricketer) (born 1938), Australian cricketer
• John Gleeson (judge) (born 1953), American judge
• Johnny Tom Gleeson (1853-1924), Irish poet and songwriter
• Keith Gleeson (born 1976), Irish Australian rugby union football player
• Martin Gleeson (born 1980), English rugby league player
• Martin Gleeson (born 1994), Australian rules football player
• Murray Gleeson (born 1938), Australian jurist, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Robert Gleeson (1873–1919), South African cricketer
• Sean Gleeson (born 1987), English rugby league player
• Seán Gleeson (contemporary), British soap opera actor
• Simon Gleeson (born 1977), Australian soap opera actor in the UK
• Stephen Gleeson (born 1988), Irish professional football player
• Father William Gleeson (1827-1903), Irish-American historian, linguist, and missionary priest.

Fictional characters

• Summer Gleeson, character in Batman: The Animated Series

See also

• Gleason (disambiguation)