Scanlan (surname)

Scanlan is an Irish surname that derives from the Irish Gaelic name Ó Scannláin, meaning descendant of Scannlán’.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

* Emmett J. Scanlan (born 1979), Irish actor
* Fred Scanlan (1877–1950), Canadian ice hockey player
* Jerry Scanlan (born 1957) retired American football player
* Joanna Scanlan (born 1961), English actress and television writer
* John Joseph Scanlan (1906–1997), second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
* Joseph Lawrence Scanlan (born 1929), American television director
* Julian Scanlan (born 1997), American DJ
* Justin Scanlan (born 1975), Irish Australian community leader and disability advocate
* Laetisha Scanlan (born 1990), Australian sport shooter
* Luke Scanlan (1841–1915), American politician and farmer
* Michael Scanlan (disambiguation)
* Neal Scanlan (born 1961), British special effects artist
* Patricia Scanlan (born 1956), Irish novelist
* Reggie Scanlan, bass guitar player from New Orleans, Louisiana
* Robert Richard Scanlan (1801–1876), Irish painter
* Sean Scanlan (1948–2017), Scottish actor
* Seán Scanlan (1937–2017), Irish pioneer in circuits & systems theory, electronic engineering professor
* Teresa Scanlan (1993), Irish American former Miss America and business lawyer
* Thomas Scanlan (1874–1930), Irish politician
* Toni Scanlan (born 1956), Australian actress
* Tuna Scanlan, Samoan/New Zealand boxer of the 1950s and '60s
* Walter Scanlan, stage name of Walter Van Brunt (1892–1971), American tenor
* William J. Scanlan (1934–2014), musical theatre performer and composer

Fictional characters:

* Mike Scanlan, a character in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Valley of Fear

## See also

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* Scanlan (disambiguation)
* Scanlon, a surname

## References

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1. ^ Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 279\. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
2. ^ "Scanlan Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseOfNames. January 2000. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

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