Mangan (surname)

Mangan (Irish name: Ó Mongàin)

Language(s)	Irish Gaelic
Origin
Meaning	"grandson (or descendant) of long-haired"
Region of origin	Connacht, County Limerick, and County Tyrone
Other names
Variant form(s)	Mongan, Mangham, Mangam, Mangin, Mangum, Mangon, Mingame, Mongain, Mongin, Mungan, Mungane, Mungin

Mangan is an Irish surname anglicised from the Gaelic Ó Mongáin ‘descendant of Mongan’, originally a byname for someone with a luxuriant head of hair (from mongach ‘hair’, ‘mane’).

Notable people include:

• Alan Mangan, Irish Gaelic footballer
• Albert Mangan (1915–1993), American Olympic racewalker
• Andrew Mangan (writer), creator of Arsenal blog, Arseblog
• Andy Mangan (born 1986), English footballer
• Colm Mangan, Irish General
• Cyrille Mangan (born 1976), Cameroonian footballer
• Dan Mangan (born 1983), Canadian musician
• Jim Mangan (1929–2007), American baseball player
• Jack Mangan (1927–2013), Irish Gaelic footballer
• James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849), Irish poet
• James T. Mangan (1896–1970), author and eccentric
• Joseph Mangan, American aerospace engineer
• Josh Mangan (born 1986), Australian cricketer
• Kate Mangan (1904–1977), British artist, actress and journalist.
• Lou Mangan (1922–2015), Australian rules footballer
• Lucy Mangan (born 1974), British journalist
• Luke Mangan (born 1970), Australian chef
• Mike Mangan (rugby union) (born 1975), American rugby union lock
• Mike Mangan (musician), American keyboard player
• Patricia Mangan (born 1997), American Olympic alpine skier
• Sherry Mangan (1904–1961), American writer, journalist, translator, editor, and book designer
• Simon Mangan (died 1906), Lord Lieutenant of Meath (1894–1906)
• Stephen Mangan (born 1968), English actor
• Tom Mangan (1926-1998), American politician and educator
• Tony Mangan (born 1957), Irish ultra distance runner