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Cornelius Lucey Cornelius "Con" Lucey (1902–1982) was a Roman Catholic bishop of Cork and Ross. Youth and education Cornelius Lucey was born 15 July 1902 into a farming family at Windsor, Ovens, County Cork near Cork City. He attended Ballinora Primary School ...

(1902–1982), Irish Catholic bishop *

Donna Lucey Donna Lucey is the author of the book ''Photographing Montana 1894-1928: The Life and Work of Evelyn Cameron'' (1990), a biography and collection of photographs from frontier photographer Evelyn Cameron. Lucey has been an editor at Time-Life Books ...

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Dorothy Lucey Dorothy Lucey (born November 19, 1958) is an American entertainment reporter who formerly co-hosted '' Good Day L.A.'', the morning news program on Los Angeles Fox affiliate KTTV for 17 years. Career Lucey graduated from George Washington Unive ...

(born 1958), American entertainment reporter * George Kenneth Lucey Jr. (born 1937), American engineer *

Harry Lucey Harry Lucey (November 13, 1913 – August 28, 1984) was an American comic artist best known for his work in MLJ Comics, MLJ and Archie Comics. He was the primary artist on ''Archie'', the company's flagship title, from the late 1950s through the m ...

(1913–1984), American comics artist, primary artist of ''Archie'' comics *

Joe Lucey Joseph Earl Lucey cootch(March 27, 1897 – July 30, 1980) was a pitcher / shortstop in Major League Baseball. Listed at , 168 lb., Lucey batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Lucey entered the majors in 19 ...

(1897–1980), American Major League Baseball infielder/pitcher *

Patrick Lucey Patrick Joseph Lucey (March 21, 1918 – May 10, 2014) was an American politician. A member of the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party, he served as the 38th governor of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1977. He was also independent president ...

(1918–2014), American politician, governor of Wisconsin * Patrick J. Lucey (Illinois lawyer) (1871–1947), American politician * Robert Emmet Lucey (1891–1977), American Roman Catholic archbishop * Roger Lucey, South African musician, journalist, film maker * Stephen Lucey (born 1980), Irish sportsperson

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