Healy (surname)

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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) (born 1999), Irish rugby union player
• 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
• Chip Healy (1947–2019), American football player
• Christine Healy (born 1950), American actress
• Cian Healy (born 1987), Irish rugby player
• 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

See also

• Healey (surname)
• Heal (surname)
• Earl of Donoughmore, a title in the Peerage of Ireland
• Healy Baumgardner (born 1979), American political advisor
• Healy family