Healy (surname)

The English-language surname Healy is in use by three separate ancestral lines of people from Ireland.

When Irish people began to anglicise their names, two separate clans adopted the English-language surname of "Healy". There was the Ó hÉilidhe clan from Connaught and the Ó hÉalaighthe clan from Munster.^{[citation needed]}

Many different spellings of the surname exist including Haly, Haley, Haily, Healey, Hely, O'Healey and O'Haly.

Notable people with the surname Healy

A. J. Healy (Alan James Healy; born 1969), Irish children's writer
Aidan Healy, Irish hurler who played for Kerry and Abbeydorney
Albert Frederick Healy (1873–1942), Canadian lawyer and politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada for Essex North (1923–1925)
Alex Healy (racing driver) (born 1989), Canadian Touring Car racing driver
Alice F. Healy (born 1946), American psychologist
Alyssa Healy (born 1990), Australian women's cricketer
Anna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 1955), British Labour politician, member of the House of Lords
Anne Healy (born 1939), American artist, founding member of A.I.R. Gallery
Ben Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Bernadine Healy (1944–2011), American physician
Bernard Healy, member of the Los Angeles City Council (1904–1909)
Bill Healy (William Raymond Healy; 1924–2010), American college football player
Brendan Healy (born 1983), American lacrosse player
Brendan Healy (comedian) (1956–2016), British entertainer
Brian Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Cahir Healy (1877–1970), Irish politician
Cahir Healy (dual player) (born 1986), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
Catherine Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Cecil Healy (1881–1918), Australian swimmer
Charles Healy (1883–?, date of death unknown), American water polo player
Charlie Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Charles Healy (1903-1970), Canadian Politician, conservationist
Chip Healy (1947–2019), American football player
Christine Healy (born 1950), American actress
Cian Healy (born 1987), Irish rugby player
Clare Healy, New Zealand general practitioner
Colin Healy (born 1980), Irish footballer
Craig Healy (born 1957), American Olympic sailor
Damien Healy, Irish Gaelic footballer
Dan Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Daniel Healy (born 1974), Australian rules footballer
Danny Healy-Rae (born 1954), Irish Independent politician, Teachta Dála for the Kerry constituency (from 2016)
David Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Denis Healy (Irish politician), Fianna Fáil member of the Seanad Éireann (1934–1936, 1938–1948)
Dermot Healy (1947–2014), Irish novelist and playwright
Dermot Healy (hurling manager) (born 1948), Irish hurling manager
Dick Healy (1921–2013), Australian rugby league footballer
Don Healy (1936–2020), American footballer
Dorian Healy (born 1962), British actor
Dorothy Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Dorothy M. Healy (1914–1990), American educator, historian, and curator
Eamonn Healy (born 1958), American chemistry professor
Ed Healy (born 1973), American role-playing game designer
Edward Healy (1869–1954), Member of Parliament in New Zealand (1928–1935)
Edwin Healy (1909–1995), Australian cricketer
Egyptian Healy (1866–1899), pitcher in Major League Baseball
Eliza Healy (1846–1919), American educator
Eloise Klein Healy (born 1943), American poet
Eric Healy (1888–1954), Australian cricketer
Erin Healy, American politician
Felix Healy (born 1955), Northern Irish footballer
Fergal Healy (born 1977), Irish hurler who played for Craughwell and Galway
Frances Healy (born 1970), Irish actress, comedian, radio personality, and TV presenter
Francis Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Frank Healy (born 1962), British guitarist
Gene Healy (born 1970), American political pundit, journalist and editor
George Peter Alexander Healy (1813–1894), American painter
Gerald Healy (1885–1946), Australian cricketer
Gerard Healy (born 1961), Australian rules footballer
Gerry Healy (1913–1989), Irish Trotskyist activist
Gertrude Healy (1894-1984), Australian violinist, conductor, music educator
Glenn Healy (born 1962), Canadian ice hockey player
Graham Healy (born 1956), Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1992–2001)
Greg Healy (born 1965), Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL
Gus Healy (Augustine A. Healy; 1904–1987), Irish Fianna Fáil politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (1964–1965, 1975–1976)
Harold H. Healy Jr. (1921–2007), American lawyer, President of the Union Internationale des Avocats (1979–1981)
Howard R. Healy (1899–1942), US Navy officer
Ian Healy (born 1964), Australian cricketer
Jack Healy (died 1972), American actor and the manager of boxer Rocky Graziano
Jack H. Healy (1929–2012), American geophysicist
Jackie Healy-Rae (1931–2014), Irish politician
Jaime Aleman Healy (born 1953), Panamanian lawyer, businessman and diplomat, Ambassador of Panama to the United States (2009–2011)
James Andrew Healy (1895–1983), American World War I flying ace
James Augustine Healy (1830–1900), American Roman Catholic priest and the second bishop of Portland, Maine
James Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Janet Healy, American film producer
Jeremy Healy (born 1962), British DJ
Jerramiah Healy (born 1950), Mayor of Jersey City
Joe Healy (born 1986), English football midfielder
John Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Jonathan Healy (politician) (born 1945), American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1971–1993)
Joseph D. Healy (1912–1971), American explorer
Joseph Healy (1776–1861), American politician
Juan Ruiz Healy, Mexican-American journalist
Julie Healy, Australian model
Katherine Healy (born 1969), American principal ballerina
Kevin Healy (1909–2001), Australian communist activist and trade unionist
Kevin Healy (footballer) (born 1937), Australian footballer
Kieran Healy, Irish sociologist
Leo H. Healy (1894–1962), American lawyer
Leo Healy (footballer) (1890–1939), Australian footballer
Marcia Healy (1904–1972), American film actress
Margaret Healy, Irish singer/songwriter
Mark Healy (Gaelic footballer) (born 1960), Irish Gaelic footballer
Martin J. Healy (1883–1942), American politician
Mary Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Matt Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Matty Healy (born 1989), English musician
Maurice Healy (1859–1923), Irish nationalist politician
Maurice Healy (campaigner) (1933–2020), British consumer campaigner
Maurice Healy (writer) (1887–1943), Irish lawyer and author
Michael Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Nathan Healy (basketball) (born 1990), American basketball player
Ned R. Healy (1905–1977), American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1945–1947)
Niall Healy (born 1985), Irish hurler
Noëlle Healy (born 1991), Irish Gaelic footballer
Paddy Healy (1922–1983), Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
Paddy Healy (St Mary's hurler), Irish hurler
Pamela Healy (born 1963), American sailor
Patricia Healy (born 1959), American actress
Patrick Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Paul M. Healy, American Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (since 1998)
Peadar Healy (born 1963), Irish Gaelic football player and manager
Phil Healy (born 1994), Irish sprinter
Randolph Healy (born 1956), Irish poet and publisher
Raymond J. Healy (1907–1997), American science fiction anthologist
Robert Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Roy Healy (1915–1968), American rocket scientist
Ryan Healy (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
Ryon Healy (born 1992), American baseball player
Sam Healy (born 1976), Australian actress
Sarah Healy (born 2001), Irish middle-distance runner
Scott Healy, American musician
Séamus Healy (born 1950), Irish politician
Sean Healy, American artist
Shane Healy (born 1968), Irish Olympic middle-distance runner
Shay Healy (1942–2021), Irish songwriter, broadcaster and journalist
Siobhan Healy (born 1976), Scottish artist
Steve Healy, Australian sporting administrator and lawyer, President of Tennis Australia 2010–2017
Susan D. Healy, British biology professor at St. Andrews University, specialist in bird and animal cognitive behaviour
Ted Healy (1896–1937), American vaudeville performer
Terry Healy (1921–2009), Australian footballer
Terry Healy (politician) (born 1981), Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2017
Thomas Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Timothy Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Tom Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Tucka Healy, American soccer player and Google employee
Una Healy (born 1981), Irish singer with The Saturdays
William Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
Yvonne Healy, Irish storyteller

Fictional characters

Alex Healy, in the BBC soap opera Eastenders
Benjamin Healy, in the film Problem Child, Junior's dad
Mike Healy, in the TV series Oz
Sam Healy, in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black
Wendy Healy, in the novel and TV series Lipstick Jungle

Notable people with the surname Healy

Fictional characters

See also