Gannon is an
Irish surname, meaning "''descendant of the fair one''," perhaps denoting someone of
Norse ancestry in Ireland.
It may also derive from the
Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...
feminine name "''Gunnhildr''."
Notable people with the surname include:
Artists and entertainers
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Craig Gannon (born 1966), English guitarist
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Jeff Gannon (born 1957), pen name of James Guckert, a former White House reporter
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Kim Gannon (1900–1974), American songwriter
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Mary Gannon (1829—1868), American vaudeville and general comic actress associated with many of the 18th and 19th century matron roles
Politicians
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Bob Gannon (1959–2017), American businessman and politician
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Tom Gannon (1943–2021), American politician
Sportspeople
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Jim Gannon (born 1968), English football manager
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Jim Gannon (rugby league) (born 1977), Australian professional rugby league player
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Jonathan Gannon
Jonathan James Gannon (born January 4, 1983) is an American professional American football, football coach who is the head coach for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He came to prominence as the defensive coordinator ...
, American football coach
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Kelli Gannon (born 1978), former field hockey midfield player from the United States
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Rich Gannon
Richard Joseph Gannon (born December 20, 1965) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. Subsequently, he was a sports commentator with CBS Sports for 16 years.
Ga ...
(born 1965), National Football League quarterback
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Tim Gannon (born 1948), polo player, co-founder of Outback Steakhouse
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Terry Gannon
Terrance Patrick Gannon (born November 1, 1963) is a sportscaster for NBC Sports, Golf Channel and Peacock, currently announcing golf, gymnastics, figure skating, and college basketball.
Gannon played basketball for North Carolina State Unive ...
(born 1963), sportscaster for ESPN on ABC and ESPN
Others
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John D. Gannon (1948–1999, computer scientist, professor at the University of Maryland
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John Mark Gannon (1877–1968), former archbishop of the Diocese of Erie in Pennsylvania
* Mary Gannon (1867–1932), co-founder of the architectural firm
Gannon and Hands
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Theresa Gannon, British forensic psychologist
See also
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Gannon University, university in Erie, Pennsylvania
* An early romanization/spelling error of
Ganon
is a character and the main antagonist of Nintendo's ''The Legend of Zelda'' video game series and franchise, as well as the final Boss (video games), boss in many ''Zelda'' titles. In his humanoid Gerudo form, he is known as A massive and male ...
, villain from Nintendo's video game series franchise ''The Legend of Zelda''
References
{{Surname, Gannon