Fagan or Phagan is also a Norman-Irish surname, derived from the Latin word 'paganus' meaning ‘rural’ or ‘rustic’. Variants of the name Fagan include Fegan and Fagen. It was brought to Ireland during the Anglo-Norman invasion in the twelfth century and is now considered very Irish. In some cases it is a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fágáin or Ó Faodhagáin, which are probably dialect forms of Ó hÓgáin (see

Hogan A hogan ( or ; from Navajo ' ) is the primary, traditional dwelling of the Navajo people. Other traditional structures include the summer shelter, the underground home, and the sweat house. A hogan can be round, cone-shaped, multi-sided, or squ ...

, Hagan) and Ó hAodhagáin (see Hagan). Irish lenited f (spelled fh) is soundless. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Fagan (1950–2010), former chief of the San Francisco Police Department *

Andrew Fagan Andrew Fagan (born 1962) is a New Zealand writer, singer-songwriter and long-distance solo sailor. He grew up in Wellington. He gained fame in New Zealand in the 1980s as the lead singer of the pop group The Mockers.Ann Fagan Ginger (born 1925), lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist * Audrey Fagan (1962–2007), former Australian Capital Territory Chief Police Officer * Brian Fagan (born 1936), archaeologist and anthropologist * Carson Fagan (born 1982), Caymanian international football player * Chris Fagan (born 1961), Australian football coach * Cliff Fagan (1911–1995), president of the Basketball Hall of Fame * Clint Fagan (born 1981), American baseball umpire * Craig Fagan (1982), English footballer * Cyril Fagan (1896–1970), Irish astrologer * David Fagan (1961), New Zealand champion sheep shearer * Ed Fagan (born 1952), American former lawyer * Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959), better known as Billie Holiday, American jazz singer * Garth Fagan (born 1940), Jamaican modern dance choreographer * Gerald Fagan (born 1939), Canadian conductor * Ina Fagan (1893–1985), birth name of American actress Ina Claire * James Fagan (MP) (1800–1869), Irish Repeal Association politician and timber merchant * James Fagan (musician) (born 1972), folk musician from Sydney, Australia * James Fleming Fagan (1828–1893), Confederate major general in the American Civil War * James H. Fagan (born 1947), American politician * J. B. Fagan (1873–1933), Irish-born actor, theatre manager, producer and playwright in England * Jim Fagan (1882–1948), Australian rules footballer * Jeffrey Fagan (born 1946), professor at Columbia Law School * Joe Fagan (1921–2001), manager of Liverpool F.C. * Joseph Fagan (1941–2013), American psychologist * Jermaine Fagan, Jamaican reggae artist * Kevin Fagan (cartoonist) (born 1956), American cartoonist, creator of the syndicated comic strip ''Drabble'' * Kevin Fagan (doctor) (1909–1992), Australian doctor and World War II hero * Kevin Fagan (American football) (born 1963), former defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers * Laurie Fagan, Australian rugby league footballer * Louise Fagan, Canadian director and producer * Mark M. Fagan (1869–1955), former mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey * Mary Fagan (born 1939), former Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire * Michael Fagan, a software designer credited with inventing the

Fagan inspection A Fagan inspection is a process of trying to find defects in documents (such as source code or formal specifications) during various phases of the software development process. It is named after Michael Fagan, who is credited with the invention o ...

process for formal software inspections *

Michael Fagan (intruder) Michael Fagan (born 8 August 1948) is a British citizen who intruded into Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II's bedroom in Buckingham Palace in 1982. Early life Michael Fagan was born in Clerkenwell, London, on 8 August 1948, the son of Ivy and ...

(born 1948), Buckingham Palace intruder * Mike Fagan (born 1980), American bowler * Myron Coureval Fagan (1887–1972), American playwright, editor, producer and cinematographer * Oisin Fagan (born 1973), Irish boxer, former WBO Middleweight title holder * Patsy Fagan (born 1951), Irish snooker player * Roy Fagan (1905–1990), Australian politician and deputy premier of Tasmania * Shaun Fagan (born 1984), Scottish association footballer * Vincent Martel Fagan, the defendant of

Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner ''Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner'' is a leading case that confirms the need for concurrence (or coincidence) of ''actus reus'' (Latin for "guilty act") and ''mens rea'' (Latin for "guilty mind") in most offences of the criminal law o ...

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