Clancy is an Irish name coming from the Gaelic ''Mac Fhlannchaidh/Mac Fhlannchadha'', meaning "Son of the red/ruddy warrior" (Mac being for sons, ''Ní Fhlannchaidh/Ní Fhlannchadha'' would be for daughters), or as a hypocorism for

Clarence Clarence may refer to: Places Australia * Clarence County, New South Wales, a Cadastral division * Clarence, New South Wales, a place near Lithgow * Clarence River (New South Wales) * Clarence Strait (Northern Territory) * City of Clarence, a loca ...

. Notable people with the name include:

As a first name

* Clancy Barone, American football coach * Clancy Brown, American actor and comedian * Clancy Chassay, English journalist * Clancy Cooper, American actor * Clancy Eccles, Jamaican reggae singer *

Clancy Edwards Clancy Edwards (born August 9, 1955) is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States. He was considered one of the best sprinters in the world between 1974 and 1978. He won the 200 metres at the 1977 IAAF World Cup, the most import ...

, American track and field sprinter *

Clancy Fernando Admiral Wannakuwatta Waduge Erwin Clancy Fernando VSV, USP, MSc, ndc, psc, MNI, SLN (In Sinhalese: ක්ලැන්සි ෆර්නැන්ඩෝ) (10 October 1938 – 16 November 1992) was the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy fr ...

, Sri Lankan admiral *

Clancy Hayes Clarence Leonard Hayes (November 14, 1908 – March 13, 1972) was an American jazz vocalist and banjo player. Early life Hayes was born in Caney, Kansas, on November 14, 1908. As a child, he learned the drums, then switched to guitar and banjo. ...

, American singer *

Clancy O'Connor Clancy O'Connor is an American actor who played Edward Rutledge in ''John Adams'', a 2008 television miniseries. He graduated from Smoky Valley High School of Lindsborg, Kansas in 2000, then spent two years at the University of Kansas studying dr ...

, American actor * Clancy Pendergast, American football coach * Clancy Rudeforth, Australian rules footballer *

Clancy Sigal Clancy Sigal (September 6, 1926 – July 16, 2017) was an American writer, and the author of dozens of essays and seven books, the best-known of which is the autobiographical novel ''Going Away'' (1961). Early life and education Sigal was born ...

, American writer *

Clancy Smyres Clarence Melvin Smyres (May 24, 1922 in Culver City, California – November 27, 2007 in Lancaster, California) was a Major League Baseball player. Biography Smyres was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944 after an injury to shortstop-man ...

, American baseball player * Clancy Williams, American footballer

As a last name

* Abigail Clancy, English model * Al Clancy, American baseball player * Bobby Clancy, Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers * Boetius Clancy, Irish MP * Claire Clancy, Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales, and first woman to be Registrar of Companies for England and Wales * Conor Clancy (Clare hurler) (born 1971), Irish hurler * Conor Clancy (Offaly hurler) (born 1993), Irish hurler * Cummin Clancy (1922–2013), Irish discus thrower * Daniel J. Clancy, American computer scientist * Dave Clancy, British ice hockey player * Donald D. Clancy, American politician * Edward Clancy (disambiguation), several people * Finbarr Clancy, Irish folk musician, member of the High Kings * Frank Willey Clancy, American lawyer and politician * George Clancy (politician), Irish teacher and politician * George Clancy (rugby union), Irish rugby union referee * Gil Clancy (1922–2011), American boxing trainer and commentator *

Gordon Drummond Clancy Gordon Drummond Clancy (11 May 1912 – 16 February 1996) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a pharmacist by career. He was first elected at the Yorkton riding in the 1958 general elect ...

, Canadian politician * Jack Clancy, American football player *

James Clancy (disambiguation) James Clancy may refer to: * James Clancy (politician) (1844–1921), Ontario farmer, businessman and political figure * James M. Clancy, warden of Sing Sing prison * James T. Clancy James T. Clancy (1833–December 1870) was a Sergeant in t ...

, several people *

Jim Clancy (baseball player) James Clancy (born December 18, 1955) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Toronto Blue Jays (1977–88), Houston Astros (1989–91) and Atlanta Braves (1991). He batted and threw right-handed. Texas Rangers C ...

, American baseball player * Jim Clancy (journalist), American broadcast journalist * Joe Clancy, American football player *

John Clancy (disambiguation) John Clancy may refer to: Politicians * John Clancy (Labour politician), leader of Birmingham City Council * John Michael Clancy (1837–1903), United States Representative from New York * John R. Clancy (1859–1932), United States Representativ ...

, several people *

Joseph Clancy (Wisconsin) Martin Joseph Clancy, Sr. (August 2, 1890 – July 26, 1970) was an American businessman and politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1933 to 1935 and a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1935 to 1939. Born in R ...

, American politician *

J. J. Clancy (MP) John Joseph Clancy (15 July 1847 – 25 November 1928), usually known as J. J. Clancy, was an Irish nationalism, Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the Un ...

, Irish member of the British Parliament *

Kendrick Clancy Lakendrick Tridel Clancy (born September 17, 1978) is a former professional American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2000, having also played for the New York Giants, A ...

, American football player * Kevin Clancy, Scottish football referee *

Kevin Clancy (Royal Mint) Dr. Kevin Clancy is a numismatist and the Director of the Royal Mint Museum. Clancy is also Secretary to the ''Royal Mint Advisory Committee on the Design of Coins, Medals, Seals and Decorations''King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey defenceman *

Laurence Clancy Laurence Joseph Clancy (15 March 1929 - 16 October 2014) was an Education Officer in aerodynamics at Royal Air Force College Cranwell whose textbook ''Aerodynamics'' became standard. He was born in Egypt to Alfred Joseph Clancy and Agnes Hunter. I ...

, British aerodynamicist, academic and author * Liam Clancy (1935–2009), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers *

Matthew Clancy Matthew Clancy is a former Gaelic footballer who played for Galway. He won All-Ireland medals at under-21 and senior level. He plays his club football with Oughterard in Galway. Clancy won the 2003 Sigerson Cup while playing for NUI Galwa ...

, Irish Gaelic footballer * Michael Clancy, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of St. Helena and Dependencies, husband of Claire Clancy * Michael Martin Clancy, Irish catholic priest in Australia *

Natalie Clancy CBUT-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of CBC Television. It is part of a twinstick with Ici Radio-Canada Télé station CBUFT-DT (channel 26). Both stations share ...

, Canadian journalist * Patrick Clancy, Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers *

Patrick Clancy (Irish politician) Patrick Clancy (17 March 1877 – 21 February 1947) was an Irish Labour Party politician. Born in Bruff, County Limerick in 1877, to John Clancy and Bridget Clancy (née Farrell). He was educated at St Patrick's seminary, Bruff, and became car ...

, Irish politician for Limerick * Patty Clancy, American politician * Pauric Clancy, Irish Gaelic football player * Peadar Clancy, member of the Irish Republican Army * Robert H. Clancy, American Representative from Michigan (1923–25, 1927–33) * Professor Robert Clancy, Australian scientist *

Sam Clancy Sam Clancy (born May 29, 1958) is a former defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns, and Indianapolis Colts. He also played for the Pittsburgh Maulers and the Memphis Showboat ...

, American football and basketball player * Sam Clancy Jr., American basketball player, son of the above *

Seán Clancy Seán Clancy (7 July 1901 – 17 September 2006) was a veteran of Ireland's War of Independence. Clancy served in the war as a member of Irish Republican Army, and later as a commander of the Fifth Infantry Battalion in the Irish Defence Fo ...

, member of the Irish Volunteers * Sean Clancy (disambiguation), several people *

Susan Clancy Susan A. Clancy is a cognitive psychologist and Associate professor in Consumer behaviour at INCAE as well as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard University. She is best known for her controversial work on repressed and recovered memories in her bo ...

, American psychologist and ufologist *

T. Frank Clancy Thomas Frank Clancy (June 7, 1871 – November 18, 1936) was an American politician and businessman. Born in Liberty Pole, Vernon County, Wisconsin, Clancy went to the public schools. He was in the well drilling business. Clancy was then invol ...

, American politician * Taliqua Clancy (born 1992), Australian beach volleyball player * Thomas Owen Clancy, American historian * Tim Clancy, Irish footballer * Tom Clancy (1947–2013), American author * Tom Clancy (singer), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers * William Clancy, Irish missionary * Willie Clancy (musician), Irish Uilleann pipes player * Willie Clancy (hurler), Irish hurler

Fictional characters

* Kanuka Clancy, one of the main characters from the anime series Mobile Police Patlabor * Chief Wiggum, Clancy Wiggum, character on ''The Simpsons'' *

Clancy Freeman This is a list of all recurring/semi-regular cast members over the Australian television programme ''Blue Heelers'' 13 season run between 1994–2006. A Clive Adamson Chief Superintendent Clive Adamson was a fictional character in the lo ...

, a recurring character in ''Blue Heelers'' * Clancy, the protagonist in US-band Twenty One Pilots's fifth studio album ''Trench'' *

Clancy of the Overflow "Clancy of the Overflow" is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in ''The Bulletin'', an Australian news magazine, on 21 December 1889. The poem is typical of Paterson, offering a romantic view of rural life, and is one of his best-known w ...

, the titular character in a Banjo Paterson poem, possibly based on Australian drover Thomas Gerald Clancy

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