Horan is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

that originated in

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, and from there spread into

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. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Horans were one of the chiefly families of the

Uí Mháine , often Anglicised as Hy Many, was one of the oldest and largest kingdoms located in Connacht, Ireland. Its territory of approximately encompassed all of what is now north, east and south County Galway, south and central County Roscommon, an ...

who in turn were a tribe of the

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Laigin The Laigin, modern spelling Laighin (), were a Gaelic population group of early Ireland. They gave their name to the Kingdom of Leinster, which in the medieval era was known in Irish as ''Cóiced Laigen'', meaning "Fifth/province of the Leinste ...

who were the third wave of

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to settle in Ireland during the first century BC. Notable people with the name Horan include: * Alice Horan (1895–1971), British trade unionist * Adelind Horan (born 1988), American actress *

Ann Maire Horan Ann Marie Horan, Irish actress on TG4 drama, ''Ros na Rún'' from 2007 to 2020. Horan was born in Galway and raised in Eyre Square, the daughter of an actor who worked in An Taibhdhearc. She first acted on stage aged six. She studied French an ...

, actress on

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drama,

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* Charles Horan (1837–1900), Catholic priest in Australia *

Claude Horan Claude Horan (29 October 1917 – 11 June 2014) was an American ceramicist, glass artist, and teacher. He collaborated with his wife Suzi Pleyte Horan on his large works. Horan started the ceramics program at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. ...

(1917–2014), American sculptor *

Daniel Horan Daniel Patrick Horan (born 1983) is a Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptize ...

(born 1983), American Catholic priest, theologian, and author *

Gerard Horan Gerard James Pertwee Horan (born 11 November 1962) is a British actor. He is known for playing Terry Seymour the leader of the DMDC (Danebury Metal Detectoring Club) in the BAFTA award-winning comedy drama ''Detectorists'' and for playing Firef ...

(born 1962), English actor *

Hume Horan Hume Alexander Horan (August 13, 1934 – July 22, 2004) was an American diplomat and ambassador to five countries, who has been described as "perhaps the most accomplished Arabic linguist to serve in the U.S. Foreign Service." Early life Horan ...

(1934–2004), American diplomat * James Horan (1911–1986), Irish monsignor *

James Horan (actor) James Horan is an American character actor. History Horan has appeared in many television programs and films. He has starred in several soap operas, including ''Guiding Light'' as Detective Kirk Winters in 1980–1981, ''Another World (TV s ...

(born 1954), American character actor *

John Horan (politician) John William Horan (May 13, 1908 – April 16, 1971) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party. Political career Horan was first elected to ...

(1908–1971), Canadian politician *

John Horan (rugby league) John Horan was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played at club level for Castleford.Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Pr ...

, rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s * Johnny Horan (1932–1980), American basketball player * Kate Horan (born 1975), New Zealand paralympics runner *

Lindsey Horan Lindsey Michelle Heaps (born Lindsey Michelle Horan ; May 26, 1994) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Lyon and Captain (association football), captains the ...

(born 1994), United States (soccer) football player * Marcus Horan (born 1977), Irish rugby union player *

Mike Horan (politician) Michael James Horan, AM (born 1 July 1944) is a former Australian politician who represented the seat of Toowoomba South in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 18 May 1991 to 24 March 2012. Originally he was a member of the National P ...

, Australian politician *

Mike Horan (American football) Michael William Horan (born February 1, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Long Beach State 49ers and was selected by the Atlanta ...

(born 1959), American football punter *

Monica Horan Monica Louise Horan (born January 29, 1963) is an American actress best known for her role as Amy MacDougall-Barone on the television sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. Life and career Horan was born in Darby, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Selm ...

(born 1963), American actress *

Neil Horan Cornelius "Neil" Horan, sometimes referred to as The Grand Prix Priest, The Dancing Priest, or The Armageddon Priest (born 22 April 1947), is a laicised Irish former Roman Catholic priest who is noted for his interference with the running of t ...

(born 1947), defrocked Irish Roman Catholic clergyman *

Niall Horan Niall James Horan ( ; born 13 September 1993) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the singing competition ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor''. The gr ...

(born 1993), Irish singer and member of the band

One Direction One Direction, often shortened to 1D, were an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London in 2010. The group consisted of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik (until his departure in 2015), Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. The group sold o ...

Patrick Horan Patrick J. Horan (dates of birth and death unknown) was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder during part of the 1884 season. Horan made 13 appearances as a pitcher (10 starts) and 10 as an outfielder in a total of 20 games for the Chic ...

(c. 1800s), Irish baseball player *

Peter Horan Peter Horan (1926 – 17 October 2010) was an Irish flute and fiddle player from Killavil, County Sligo County Sligo ( , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region and is par ...

(1926–2010), Irish flute & fiddle player *

Tim Horan Tim Horan AM (born 18 May 1970) is a former Australian rugby union footballer of Irish descent, raised in Queensland. He played for the Queensland Reds in the Super 12, and represented Australia. He was one of the best centres in the world t ...

(born 1970), Australian rugby union player *

Tom Horan Thomas Patrick Horan (8 March 1854 – 16 April 1916) was an Australian cricketer who played for Victorian Bushrangers, Victoria and Australia national cricket team, Australia, and later became an esteemed cricket journalist under the pen name ...

(1854–1916), Australian cricketer & journalist *

Walt Horan Walter Franklin Horan (October 15, 1898 – December 19, 1966) was an American politician, a congressman from Eastern Washington for 22 years. First elected in 1942, he was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for ele ...

(1898–1966), American politician

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{{surname, Horan Surnames of Irish origin Anglicised Irish-language surnames

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