Lucan is the common English name of the Roman poet Marcus Annaeus Lucanus. Lucan may also refer to:

People

Arthur Lucan Arthur Lucan (born Arthur Towle; 16 September 1885 – 17 May 1954) was an English actor who performed the drag act Old Mother Riley on stage, radio and screen, with a series of comedy films from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Early life ...

(born Arthur Towle), English actor *

Sir Lucan The Knights of the Round Table ( cy, Marchogion y Ford Gron, kw, Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, br, Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the knights of the fellowship of King Arthur in the literary cycle of the Matter of Britain. First appearing in li ...

the Butler, Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend * Vladimír Lučan, Czech orienteering competitor

Earl of Lucan

Earl of Lucan Earl of Lucan is a title which has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland for related families. History Patrick Sarsfield was one of the senior commanders of James VII & II (deposed in 1688) in battles in Ireland with William of ...

, a British peerage title

Earls of Lucan, first creation (1691)

Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan, ga, Pádraig Sáirseál, circa 1655 to 21 August 1693, was an Irish soldier, and leading figure in the Jacobite army during the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland. Born into a wealthy Catholic famil ...

James Sarsfield, 2nd Earl of Lucan James Sarsfield, 2nd Earl of Lucan (1693-1719), was a French-born Jacobite of Irish descent. He was the son of Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan and his wife Honora Burke. His father was a leading commander of the Jacobite Irish Army durin ...

Earls of Lucan, second creation (1795)

Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan (22 September 1735 – 29 March 1799), known as Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Baronet, from 1750 until 1776, was an Irish peer and politician. Background He was the second son of Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet, a ...

Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (4 December 1764 – 30 June 1839), styled The Honourable from 1776 to 1795 and subsequently Lord Bingham until 1799, was an Irish peer and Tory politician. Background He was the only son of Charles Bingham, 1 ...

* George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, Cavalry commander in the Crimea, 185455. * Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan *

George Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan Colonel George Charles Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan, 1st Baron Bingham, (13 December 1860 – 20 April 1949), known by the courtesy title of Lord Bingham from 1888 to 1914, was a British soldier and Conservative politician. Early life Lucan was ...

* George Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan *

Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (born 18 December 1934 – disappeared 8 November 1974, declared dead 3 February 2016), commonly known as Lord Lucan, was a British peer who disappeared after being suspected of murder. He was an Anglo-I ...

, the famous 'Lord Lucan' who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 *

George Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan George Charles Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan (born 21 September 1967), styled Lord Bingham until 2016, is a British hereditary peer. Background and early life George Charles Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan, was born on 21 September 1967, the only son ...

, who inherited the title when his father was declared dead in 2016

Places

Lucan, Dublin Lucan ( ; ga, Leamhcán) is a town in Ireland, located 12 km west of Dublin city centre on the River Liffey. It is near the Strawberry Beds and Lucan Weir, and at the confluence of the River Griffeen. It is mostly under the jurisdiction o ...

, Ireland, a suburb of Dublin * Lucan, Minnesota, a town in the United States *

Lucan Biddulph, Ontario Lucan Biddulph is an incorporated township in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 1999, by amalgamating the Village of Lucan with Biddulph Township. The township had a population of 4,700 people in the Canada 2016 Census, up ...

, a town in Canada ** Lucan Airport ** Lucan Irish, a junior ice hockey team ** Lucan-Ilderton Jets, a senior ice hockey team

Other uses

* ''Lucan'' (American TV series), 1977–1978 drama about a man who as child was raised by wolves, based on the 1977 made-for-TV movie of the same name * ''Lucan'' (British TV series), a 2013 television movie about the murder of Sandra Rivett and the disappearance of Lord Lucan * San Lucan, a demonym referring to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico **

San Lucan xeric scrub The San Lucan xeric scrub is a xeric shrubland ecoregion of the southernmost Baja California Peninsula, in Los Cabos Municipality and eastern La Paz Municipality of southern Baja California Sur state, Mexico. Geography The San Lucan xeric scr ...