Fagan

Fagan or Phagan is also a Norman-Irish surname, derived from the Latin word 'paganus' meaning ‘rural’ or ‘rustic’. Variants of the name Fagan include Fegan and Fagen. It was brought to Ireland during the Anglo-Norman invasion in the twelfth century and is now considered very Irish. In some cases it is a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fágáin or Ó Faodhagáin, which are probably dialect forms of Ó hÓgáin (see Hogan, Hagan) and Ó hAodhagáin (see Hagan). Irish lenited f (spelled fh) is soundless. Notable people with the surname include:

Alex Fagan (1950–2010), former chief of the San Francisco Police Department
Andrew Fagan (born 1962), New Zealand singer, writer and songwriter
Ann Fagan Ginger (born 1925), lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist
Audrey Fagan (1962–2007), former Australian Capital Territory Chief Police Officer
Brian Fagan (born 1936), archaeologist and anthropologist
Carson Fagan (born 1982), Caymanian international football player
Chris Fagan (born 1961), Australian football coach
Cliff Fagan (1911–1995), president of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Clint Fagan (born 1981), American baseball umpire
Craig Fagan (1982), English footballer
Cyril Fagan (1896–1970), Irish astrologer
David Fagan (1961), New Zealand champion sheep shearer
Ed Fagan (born 1952), American former lawyer
Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959), better known as Billie Holiday, American jazz singer
Garth Fagan (born 1940), Jamaican modern dance choreographer
Gerald Fagan (born 1939), Canadian conductor
Ina Fagan (1893–1985), birth name of American actress Ina Claire
James Fagan (MP) (1800–1869), Irish Repeal Association politician and timber merchant
James Fagan (musician) (born 1972), folk musician from Sydney, Australia
James Fleming Fagan (1828–1893), Confederate major general in the American Civil War
James H. Fagan (born 1947), American politician
J. B. Fagan (1873–1933), Irish-born actor, theatre manager, producer and playwright in England
Jim Fagan (1882–1948), Australian rules footballer
Jeffrey Fagan (born 1946), professor at Columbia Law School
Joe Fagan (1921–2001), manager of Liverpool F.C.
Joseph Fagan (1941–2013), American psychologist
Jermaine Fagan, Jamaican reggae artist
Kevin Fagan (cartoonist) (born 1956), American cartoonist, creator of the syndicated comic strip Drabble
Kevin Fagan (doctor) (1909–1992), Australian doctor and World War II hero
Kevin Fagan (American football) (born 1963), former defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers
Laurie Fagan, Australian rugby league footballer
Louise Fagan, Canadian director and producer
Mark M. Fagan (1869–1955), former mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
Mary Fagan (born 1939), former Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
Michael Fagan, a software designer credited with inventing the Fagan inspection process for formal software inspections
Michael Fagan (intruder) (born 1948), Buckingham Palace intruder
Mike Fagan (born 1980), American bowler
Myron Coureval Fagan (1887–1972), American playwright, editor, producer and cinematographer
Oisin Fagan (born 1973), Irish boxer, former WBO Middleweight title holder
Patsy Fagan (born 1951), Irish snooker player
Roy Fagan (1905–1990), Australian politician and deputy premier of Tasmania
Shaun Fagan (born 1984), Scottish association footballer

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