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

• Scanlan (disambiguation)
• Scanlon, a surname

References

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.