Cahill (, or ) is a name of Irish origin. It is the

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Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

"Ó Cathail" meaning "descendant of Cathal". "Cathal" consists of two parts: "cath" means battle; the second could be "val" (rule), so that the name as a whole meant "battle ruler" or "strong in battle", or it could be "all" (great), so that the name as a whole meant "great warrior".

People with the surname

Notable people with the surname include: *

Barry Cahill (actor) Barry Cahill (May 28, 1921 – April 9, 2012) was a Canadian-born American film, theater and television actor, whose professional career spanned more than fifty years. His film credits included ''Grand Theft Auto'', and '' Sweet Bird of Youth''. ...

(1921–2012), Canadian-born actor * Barry Cahill (Gaelic footballer) (born 1981), Irish Gaelic football player * Bernard J. S. Cahill (1866–1944), American architect and cartographer *

Brendan J. Cahill Brendan John Cahill (born November 28, 1963) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic church, Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Texas, Diocese of Victoria in Texas since 2015. ...

(born 1963), American catholic bishop * Charles Cahill (ice hockey) (1904–1954), Canadian ice hockey player *

Charles Cahill (rugby league) Charles Lawrence "Chicka" Cahill (28 January 1916 – 14 July 2007) was an Australian premiership-winning rugby league footballer. He played in the forwards for the Newtown club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership from 1 ...

(1916–2007), Australian rugby league footballer and coach *

Christina Cahill Christina Tracy Boxer née Cahill (born 25 March 1957) is a female retired middle distance athlete from England. She represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games, in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988 and trained at Aldershot, ...

(''née'' Boxer, born 1957), British middle-distance athlete *

Darren Cahill Darren Cahill (born 2 October 1965) is an Australian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. In addition, Cahill is a tennis analyst for the Grand Slam events on the US sports network ESPN and a coach with the Adidas Player Developm ...

(born 1965), Australian tennis player and coach *

Eddie Cahill Edmund Patrick Cahill (born January 15, 1978) is an American actor known for portraying "Miracle on Ice" goalie Jim Craig in the 2004 film ''Miracle'', and for playing the roles of Tag Jones in ''Friends'' and Detective Don Flack in '' CSI: NY. ...

(born 1978), American actor *

Edward Cahill (priest) Edward J. Cahill, S.J. (18 February 1868–16 July 1941) was an Irish Jesuit priest and academic, born in Ballyvocogue, Cappagh, County Limerick. He was educated in Theology at Maynooth, and ordained a priest in 1897. He served on the staff of ...

(1868–1941), Irish Jesuit priest and academic * Edward Cahill (pianist) (1885–1975), Australian concert pianist * Edward Cahill (jurist) (1843–1922), justice of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1890 *

Ellen Cahill Ellen Cahill (1863 – 1934) was a notable early 20th-century Melbourne street artist known more affectionately as "Killarney Kate". Early life and education Ellen Cahill was born in 1863 in Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, Ireland. She immigrat ...

(1863–1934), street singer also known as "Killarney Kate" * Emmet Cahill (born 1990), Irish tenor, member of

Celtic Thunder Celtic Thunder is an Irish singing group and stage show known for its eclectic, theatrical style show. The group is backed by the Celtic Thunder Band on their concert tours, and their live shows are known for the use of dramatic set pieces ( ...

Erin Cahill Erin Jessica Cahill (born January 4, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jen Scotts in ''Power Rangers Time Force'', Ted Mosby's sister Heather in ''How I Met Your Mother'', and Kendra Burke in '' Saving Grace''. She ...

(born 1980), American actress * Frank S. Cahill (1876–1934), Canadian politician *

Gary Cahill Gary James Cahill (born 19 December 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Cahill began his career playing for the AFC Dronfield youth system in Derbyshire. In 2000, he joined the Aston Villa Academy an ...

(born 1985), English football player * George F. Cahill (1869–1935), American inventor *

Holger Cahill Sveinn Kristján Bjarnarsson (January 13, 1887 – July 8, 1960), also known as Edgar Holger Cahill, was an Icelandic-American curator, writer and arts administrator. He served as the national director of the Federal Art Project of the Works Prog ...

(1887–1960), Icelandic-American Director of the US Federal Art Project * Horace T. Cahill (1894–1976), American politician; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1939–1945 *

Jackie Cahill Jackie Cahill (born 5 August 1963) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary constituency from 2016 to 2024. Career Cahill had been a member of Tipperary County Council from 2014 to 2016, ...

(born 1957), Irish politician *

James Cahill (art historian) James Francis Cahill (; August 13, 1926 – February 14, 2014) was an American art collector and historian who taught at the University of California, Berkeley. He was considered one of the world's top authorities on Chinese art. Early life and e ...

(1926–2014), American art historian *

James Cahill (snooker player) James Cahill (born 27 December 1995) is an English former professional snooker player from Blackpool. Cahill first turned professional in 2013, aged 17, after winning the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, European Under 21 Champions ...

, (born 1995) English snooker player * James F. Cahill (1926–2008), American scuba diving pioneer, one of the first Navy Seals *

Joe Cahill Joe Cahill (; 19 May 1920 – 23 July 2004) was a prominent figure in the Irish republican movement in Northern Ireland and former chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He joined a junior-republican movement, Na Fia ...

(1920–2004), Irish republican and IRA leader *

John Cahill (footballer) John Cahill (born 27 April 1940) is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During his illustrious career he played football for Port Adelaide, and coached Port Adelaide, West Adelaide, South Adelaide in the South Australian Nati ...

(born 1940), Australian rules football player and coach *

John Baptist Cahill John Baptist Cahill (1841–1910) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth from 1900 to 1910. Life Born in London on 2 September 1841, he was a student at St. Edmund's Co ...

(1841–1910), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth * John T. Cahill (lawyer) (1903–1966), American lawyer and prosecutor *

Joseph Cahill John Joseph Cahill (21 January 189122 October 1959), also known as Joe Cahill or J. J. Cahill, was a long-serving New South Wales politician, railway worker, trade unionist and New South Wales Labor Party, Labor Party Premier of New South Wale ...

(1891–1959), Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales 1952–1959 * Josh Cahill (born 1986), German-Czech aviation vlogger *

Julie McNally Cahill Julie Annabelle McNally Cahill (née McNally; born March 5, 1966) is an American producer, writer and animator who co-created the Cartoon Network series '' My Gym Partner's a Monkey'' with her husband Tim Cahill. She, along with her husband, have ...

(born 1966), creator of ''Gym Partner'' and ''Littlest Pet Shop'' *

Keenan Cahill Keenan Cahill (March 20, 1995 – December 29, 2022) was an American YouTuber and Internet celebrity who gained fame in the early 2010s for his viral videos in which he lip synced to popular songs. He went on to become a singer-songwriter and ...

(born 1995), teenager known for viral video * Kevin A. Cahill (born 1955), American politician from New York; state representative * Kymba Cahill (born 1980), Australian Radio Host *

Leo Cahill Leo Cahill (July 30, 1928 – February 15, 2018) was an American head coach and general manager in the Canadian Football League (CFL), much of it spent with the Toronto Argonauts. Early life Cahill was born on July 30, 1928, in Utica, Illinois ...

(1928–2018), American professional football coach *

Lily Cahill Lily Cahill (July 17, 1888 – July 20, 1955) was an American stage and screen actress. Early life Lily Cahill was born July 17, 1888, in San Antonio, Texas. She was the granddaughter of Confederate Army Colonel John Jacob Myers. Career She beg ...

(1888–1955), American actress *

Mabel Cahill Mabel Esmonde Cahill (2 April 1863 – 2 February 1905) was an Irish female tennis player, active in the late 19th century, and was the first foreign woman to win a major tennis tournament when she won the 1891 US National Championships. Early ...

(1863–1905), Irish championship tennis player * Máiría Cahill (born 1981), Irish politician * Marie Cahill (1866–1933), Broadway stage actress *

Martin Cahill Martin Cahill (23 May 1949 – 18 August 1994) was an Irish crime boss from Dublin. He masterminded a series of burglaries and armed robberies. He was shot and killed while out on bail for kidnapping charges. The Provisional Irish Republican Ar ...

(1949–1994), Irish criminal *

Mary Beth Cahill Mary Beth Cahill (born December 1954) is an American political advisor who served as the campaign manager of the John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign. She was Kerry's second campaign manager, replacing Jim Jordan in November 2003, after Jordan wa ...

(born 1954), American political figure, campaign manager for John Kerry *

Michael T. Cahill Michael T. Cahill is an American legal scholar who is a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School. He was also the former co-Dean of Rutgers Law School. Early life and education Raised in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Cahill graduated from Pequanno ...

, Dean of

Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn Law School (BLS) is a Private university, private law school in New York City. Founded in 1901, it has approximately 1,100 students. Brooklyn Law School's faculty includes 60 full-time faculty, 15 emeriti faculty, and adjunct faculty. ...

* Mike Cahill (tennis) (born 1952), American tennis player *

Mike Cahill (director) Mike Cahill (born July 5, 1979) is an American filmmaker. Early life and education Mike Cahill was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 5, 1979. His first forays into filmmaking were with Fisher-Price and VHS camcorders when he was young. ...

(born 1979), American filmmaker *

Ollie Cahill Ollie Cahill (born 29 September 1975 in Clonmel) is an Irish former professional footballer, primarily a left winger. Besides the Republic of Ireland, he played in England. Cahill had a youth career with Old Bridge where he won a Munster Yout ...

(born 1975), Irish professional football player * Pat Cahill (born 1949), Texas High School football coach * Patricia Cahill (drug smuggler) (born 1973), British teen, imprisoned in Thailand *

Patricia Cahill (singer) Patricia Cahill (3 March 1942 – 11 May 2022) was an Irish singer. Her first appearance in public was in Dublin's Theatre Royal at the age of seventeen. Career Cahill's first commercial recording, ''Ireland's Patricia Cahill sings for you'' ...

(1942–2022), Irish singer * Pearse Cahill (1917–2011), Irish aviation pioneer * Richard Cahill (

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1911–1912), English professional football player * Richard T. Cahill Jr. (born 1971), American author of '' Hauptmann's Ladder'' (on Lindbergh kidnapping) * Robert Ellis Cahill (1934–2005), American author *

Robyn Cahill Robyn Cahill is an Australian politician from the Country Liberal Party. Cahill was an unsuccessful candidate for the CLP in the 2001 Northern Territory general election in Wanguri. In the 2024 Northern Territory general election, she was elec ...

, Australian politician * Ronnie Cahill (1915–1992), American football player * Rowan Cahill (born 1945), Australian historian and journalist * Sarah Cahill (model) (born 1978), American beauty queen and model * Sarah Cahill (pianist) (born 1960), American pianist, writer and radio host * Ted Cahill (rugby league) (

1950s), English rugby player *

Thaddeus Cahill Thaddeus Cahill (June 18, 1867 – April 12, 1934) was a prominent american inventor of the early 20th century. He is widely credited with the invention of the first electromechanical musical instrument, which he dubbed the telharmonium. He st ...

(1867–1934), inventor of the telharmonium *

Thomas Cahill Thomas Quinn Cahill (March 29, 1940 – October 18, 2022) was an American scholar and writer. He was best known for ''The Hinges of History'' series, a prospective seven-volume series in which the author recounts formative moments in Western civ ...

(1940–2022), American scholar and writer *

Thomas Cahill (bishop) Thomas Vincent Cahill (22 February 1913 – 16 April 1978) was an Australian Roman Catholic bishop. Early life Thomas Vincent Cahill was born on 22 February 1913 in Bendigo, Victoria. Ordained ministry Cahill was ordained a priest on 21 S ...

(1913–1978), Australian Roman Catholic bishop *

Thomas Cahill (soccer) Thomas W. Cahill (December 25, 1864 — September 29, 1951) was one of the founding fathers of soccer in the United States, and is considered the most important administrator in U.S. Soccer before World War II. Cahill formed the United States ...

(1864–1951), American soccer coach *

Tim Cahill Timothy Filiga Cahill (; born 6 December 1979) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as an attacking midfielder but also played as a striker on many occasions. A box-to-box midfielder, Cahill became recognised for "hi ...

(born 1979), Australian soccer player *

Tim Cahill (writer) Tim Cahill (born 1944 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a travel writer who lives in Livingston, Montana, United States. He is a founding editor of ''Outside'' magazine and currently serves as an editor at large for the magazine. Biography Cahill s ...

(born 1943), American travel writer and magazine editor *

Tim Cahill (producer) Tim Cahill is an American producer, writer, director, and animator who co-created the Cartoon Network series ''My Gym Partner's a Monkey'' with his wife Julie McNally Cahill. He, along with his wife, have co-developed and are story editors for ...

(born 1966), creator of ''Gym Partner'' and ''Littlest Pet Shop'' * Timothy P. Cahill (born 1959), American politician from Massachusetts; state treasurer *

Tom Cahill (American football) Thomas B. Cahill (October 11, 1919 – October 29, 1992) was an American football player and coach who served as the head coach at the United States Military Academy from 1966 to 1973 and at Union College in Schenectady, New York, from 1976 to 19 ...

(1919–1992), football player and coach *

Tom Cahill (Australian politician) Thomas James Cahill (12 February 1924 – 23 June 1983) was an Australian politician, affiliated with the Labor Party and elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Biography The son of John Joseph Cahill, Premier of New ...

(1924–1983), Australian politician from New South Wales *

Trevor Cahill Trevor John Cahill (born March 1, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Kansas City Roy ...

(born 1988), American baseball player * William T. Cahill (1912–1996), American politician from New Jersey; US Representative

Fictional characters

* Amy Cahill, Dan Cahill, Grace Cahill, Hope Cahill, Beatrice Cahill, Fiske Cahill, James Cahill, Henry Cahill, Olivia Cahill, Gideon Cahill, Luke Cahill, Katherine Cahill, Thomas Cahill, Jane Cahill, and Madeleine Cahill in ''

The 39 Clues ''The 39 Clues'' is a series of adventure novels written by a collaboration of authors, including Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Roland Smith, David Baldac ...

''. * Red Cahill, character in the '' In The Heat of the Night'' second-season episode "Walkout" * J. D. Cahill, title character in the 1973 movie ''

Cahill U.S. Marshal ''Cahill U.S. Marshal'' is a 1973 American Western (genre), Western film in Technicolor starring John Wayne as a driven lawman in a black hat. The film was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and filmed on location in Durango, Mexico. The supportin ...

''Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)
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Walker, Texas Ranger ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' is an American action fiction, action Crime drama, crime television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It was inspired by the film ''Lone Wolf McQuade'', with both the film and the series starring Chuck Norr ...

'' portrayed by

Sheree J. Wilson Sheree J. Wilson (born December 12, 1958) is an American actress, producer, businesswoman, and model. She is best known for her roles as April Stevens Ewing on the American primetime television series ''Dallas'' (1986–1991) and as Alex Cahill- ...

* Dr. Cahill, character in
Futurama
' * Jordan Cahill, character from ''

Stuck in the Suburbs ''Stuck in the Suburbs'' is a 2004 American comedy film that premiered as a Disney Channel Original Movie. It was released on July 16, 2004, and stars Danielle Panabaker as Brittany Aarons and Brenda Song as Natasha Kwon-Schwartz. Brittany, a ...

'' played by

Taran Killam Taran Hourie Killam (born April 1, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. He first garnered attention for his brief stint on the Fox comedy series ''MADtv'' during its seventh season between 2001 and 2002, followed by his wider success as a ca ...

*Terry Cahill from the Canadian film

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Entertainment

Cahill (band) Cahill are a dance music group based in Liverpool, UK, consisting of producers Anton Powers, Tim Condran and Scott Rosser. They are best known for their 2008 single, " Trippin' on You", which features vocals from Nikki Belle. Background Ca ...

, a dance-music group based in Liverpool, UK

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