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

Craig Gannon Craig Gannon (born 30 July 1966) is an English guitarist, best known as the second guitarist in the Smiths (1986). He is now a composer for film and television. Career Born in Manchester, Gannon had played in bands with friends since he was 12 ...

(born 1966), English guitarist *

Jeff Gannon James Dale Guckert (born May 22, 1957) is an American conservative columnist better known by the pseudonym Jeff Gannon. Between 2003 and 2005, he was given credentials as a White House reporter. He was eventually employed by the conservative web ...

(born 1957), pen name of James Guckert, a former White House reporter *

Kim Gannon James Kimball "Kim" Gannon (November 18, 1900 – April 29, 1974) was an American songwriter, more commonly a lyricist than a composer. Biography Gannon was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Irish-American family from Fort Ann in upstate Ne ...

(1900–1974), American songwriter * Mary Gannon (1829—1868), American vaudeville and general comic actress associated with many of the 18th and 19th century matron roles

Politicians

* Bob Gannon (1959–2017), American businessman and politician *

Tom Gannon Thomas P. Gannon (April 5, 1943 – January 10, 2021) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 161 from 1979 to 2006. Early life and education Gannon ...

(1943–2021), American politician

Sportspeople

* Jim Gannon (born 1968), English football manager * Jim Gannon (rugby league) (born 1977), Australian professional rugby league player *

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 *

Kelli Gannon Kelli Gannon (born December 21, 1978, in Escondido, California) is a former field hockey midfield player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 2001 with a goal against Mexico, at the inaug ...

(born 1978), former field hockey midfield player from the United States *

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 * Tim Gannon (born 1948), polo player, co-founder of Outback Steakhouse *

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

* John D. Gannon (1948–1999, computer scientist, professor at the University of Maryland * 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 Gannon and Hands, founded in 1894 in New York, was the first all-female architecture firm in the United States.Theresa Gannon, British forensic psychologist

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