Conolly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Arthur Conolly (1807–1842), British intelligence officer, explorer and writer
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Claud Conolly Cowan
Claude Dampier (born Claud Conolly Cowan; 23 November 1878 – 1 January 1955) was an English film actor and popular character comedian in the early 20th century.
Life
He was born in Clapham, South London as Claud Conolly Cowan.Richard Anthon ...
or Claude Dampier (1879–1955), British film actor
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Conolly Abel Smith
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Michael Conolly Abel Smith, (3 December 1899 – 3 December 1985) was a Royal Navy officer who served during the First and Second World Wars.
Family
Conolly Abel Smith (as he was usually known) was the second son of E ...
CB GCVO JP (1899–1985), Vice Admiral in the British Royal Navy who served during World War I and World War II
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Conolly Gage (1905–1984), British politician and judge
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Conolly Norman
Conolly Norman (12 March 1853 – 23 February 1908) was an Irish alienist, or psychiatrist, of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was the Resident Medical Superintendent of a number of district asylums, most notably Ireland's ...
(1853–1908), Irish alienist, or psychiatrist
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David Conolly, writer, director, comedian and actor
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Edward Michael Conolly (1786–1849), Irish Member of Parliament
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Edward Tennyson Conolly
Edward Tennyson Conolly (31 August 1822 – 8 November 1908) was a New Zealand lawyer, politician and judge.
Conolly was born in Chichester, Sussex
Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East Englan ...
(1822–1908), New Zealand lawyer, politician and judge
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Islay Conolly (1923–2022), Caymanian educator
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James Conolly, Canadian anthropologist
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John Augustus Conolly, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
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John Conolly
John Conolly (27 May 1794 – 5 March 1866) was an English psychiatrist. He published the volume ''Indications of Insanity'' in 1830. In 1839, he was appointed resident physician to the Middlesex County Asylum where he introduced the princip ...
(1794–1866), English psychiatrist
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Kevin Conolly MP, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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Lady Louisa Conolly
Lady Louisa Conolly (5 December 1743 – August 1821) was an English-born Irish noblewoman. She was the third of the famous Lennox Sisters, and was notable among them for leading a wholly uncontroversial life filled with good works.
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(1743–1821), the third of the four Lennox Sisters in Stella Tillyard's book ''Aristocrats''
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Patricia Conolly
Patricia Conolly (born 29 August 1933) is an Australian stage actress.
Biography
Conolly began her stage career in Australia where she grew up, and has performed in England in the West End, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Chichester Festiv ...
(born 1933), Australian stage actress
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Richard L. Conolly
Richard Lansing Conolly (April 26, 1892 – March 1, 1962) was a United States Navy admiral, who served during World War I and World War II.
Early life
Conolly was born in Waukegan, Illinois, attended Lake Forest Academy and was appointed to the ...
(1892–1962), United States Navy Admiral, who served during World War I and World War II
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Sarah Conolly (Emmerdale) or Sarah Sugden (née Connolly), fictional character in the British ITV soap opera, ''Emmerdale''
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Thomas Conolly (1738–1803) (1738–1803), Irish landowner
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William Conolly
William Conolly (9 April 1662 – 30 October 1729), also known as Speaker Conolly, was an Irish politician, Commissioner of Revenue, lawyer and landowner.
Career
William Conolly was born the son of an inn-keeper, Patrick Conolly, in Ballysh ...
(1662–1729), Irish politician, Commissioner of Revenue, lawyer and landowner
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William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew CBE C.St.J (1905–1994), Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bermuda, Sir Thomas Astley-Cubbitt 1931–1936
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William James Conolly (died 1754), Irish politician
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William Warren Conolly, OBE, JP (1920–2008), politician and Attorney in the Cayman Islands
See also
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USS Conolly (DD-979), Spruance-class destroyer built in Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Conley (disambiguation)
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Connelly (disambiguation)
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Connolly (disambiguation)
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Cononley
Cononley ( or ) is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Cononley is in the Aire Valley south of Skipton and with an estimated population of 1,080 (200 ...
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