Manning (a.k.a. Mannion, Manning) is a
family name
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 ...
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Origin and meaning
Manning is from an old Norse word — manningi — meaning a brave or valiant man; and one of the first forms of the name was Mannin; another cartography was Mannygn.
One historian gives a Saxon origin for the family, which he calls "ancient and noble". According to him, Manning was the name of a town in Saxony, and from it the surname sprang.
Other historians make Mannheim, Germany, the cradle of the family, and begin its history with Ranulph, or Rudolph de Manning, Count Palatine, who, having married Elgida, aunt to King
Harold I of England, had a grant of land in Kent, England. His name is also written de Mannheim — Rudolph de Mannheim. His place in Kent was Downe Court, and there the Mannings have been a power ever since. Simon de Manning, a grandson of Rudolph, was the first of the English barons to take up the cross and go forth to the Holy Wars. He was a companion of
King Richard I of England, and was knighted on the battlefield. He was Lord of the Manor of Kevington, and the area now called
Berry's Green. We can easily see where the cross of the coat of arms comes from. At Downe Court these arms are seen graven upon tombstones of the Mannings. By the thirteenth century the family was well represented in over a score of countries and several towns bear their name —
Manningham, Bradford
Manningham is a historically industrial workers area as well as a council ward of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
The population of the 2011 Census for the Manningham Ward was 19,983.
History
Manningham holds a wealth of industrial his ...
, and Mannington, Norfolk. The surname Manning is also an English patronymic name, being one of those names derived from the first name of a father. In this case it is derived from the old English personal name Manning and simply denotes 'son of Manning', while Manning itself may derive from the old Norse name Menning, meaning 'able'.
Early recorded English instances of the name includes a reference to one Mannicus in the Domesday Book of 1086 and Algarus Manningestepsune in 1130, mentioned in Ekwall's "Early London Personal Names". Seaman Lilius Manning appears in the Pipe Rolls for Essex in 1181 and Ainulf Manning in the Pipe Rolls for Kent in 1190.
The surname Manning is on the record in Ireland from the seventeenth century and is most numerous today in counties
Cork,
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
,
Roscommon
Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Irelan ...
,
Mayo, and
Galway
Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...
. Although it is essentially an English surname, Manning has occasionally been used as a synonym of the Gaelic surname Ó Mainnín and that, for example, Cornet John Manning of O'Neill's dragons in King James II's Irish army, was an Ó Mainnín.
Others trace the origins of the name to Ireland: Ó Mainnín (anglicized Mannion) is the name of a Galway family who were formerly chiefs of
Soghain (in what is now Ireland), a district nearly co-extensive with the barony of Tiaquin. Ó Mainnín, King of
Soghain, is mentioned in the
Chronicon Scotorum in the year 1135, and a latter chief died at the
Second Battle of Athenry in 1316. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Mannins were chiefs of the Soghain tribe and that the Soghain tribe came from the
Cruthin
The Cruthin (; or ; ) were a people of early medieval Ireland. Their heartland was in Ulster and included parts of the present-day counties of Antrim, Down and Londonderry. They are also said to have lived in parts of Leinster and Connacht ...
tribe who were the first
Celts
The Celts ( , see Names of the Celts#Pronunciation, pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European languages, Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apoge ...
to settle in Ireland from 800 to 500
BC.
The Mannings continued to form a distinct clan down to the time of
James I of England
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 unti ...
. The chief resided at
Menlough Castle, in the parish of Killascobe, Galway. In 1617, Aedh Ó Mainnín (Hugh O'Mannin) surrendered his estates, but a small portion was restored under the Act of Settlement in 1676. The name is still common in Galway and Roscommon, and has spread into other parts of Ireland.
People
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Al G. Manning (1927–2006), American occultist
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Anne Manning (racewalker) (born 1959), Australian racewalker
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Aubrey Manning (1930–2018), English zoologist and broadcaster
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Barbara Manning (born 1964), American indie rock musician
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Bernard Manning
Bernard John Manning (13 August 1930 – 18 June 2007) was an English comedian and nightclub owner. He gained a high profile on British television during the 1970s, appearing on shows such as '' The Comedians'' and '' The Wheeltappers and Shun ...
(1930–2007), British comedian
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Bernard Manning (singer) (c. 1886–1962), in England and Australia
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Blanche M. Manning (1934–2020), American judge
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Brandon Manning (born 1990), Canadian professional ice hockey player
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Brennan Manning, born Richard Francis Xavier Manning, (1934–2013), American author of ''The Ragamuffin Gospel''
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Brian Manning (disambiguation), several people including:
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Brian Manning (historian)
Brian Manning (21 May 1927 – 24 April 2004) was a British Marxist historian.
Biography
Manning's father was sports writer Lionel Manning and his half-brother was ''Daily Mail'' sports columnist and one-time Conservative Party (UK), Conservat ...
(1927–2004), British historian
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Brian G. W. Manning (1926–2011), British astronomer
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Brian Manning (American football) (born 1975), American football wide receiver
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Brian Manning (trade unionist and activist) (1932–2013), Australian activist
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Caroline Joyce Manning (1909–2000), British campaigner
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Catherine Lemmon Manning (1881–1957), of Washington, D.C.
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Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Elizabeth Manning (born Bradley Edward Manning, December 17, 1987) is an American activist and whistleblower. She is a former United States Army soldier who was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage ...
(born 1987), U.S. Army intelligence analyst, convicted of leaking classified materials to WikiLeaks
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Clarence Manning (1893–1972), U.S. Slavicist
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Craig E. Manning, professor of geology and geochemistry at UCLA
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Daniel Manning (1831–1887), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Cleveland
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David Manning
Sir David Geoffrey Manning, (born 5 December 1949) is a former British diplomat, who was the British Ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2007. He authored the so-called " Manning Memo", that summarized the details of a meeting betwe ...
(born 1949), British diplomat
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Deborah Manning, New Zealand lawyer and charity founder
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Dick Manning (1912–1991), American songwriter
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Don Manning (politician) (1965–2020), American politician
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Dorothy Manning (1919–2012), New Zealand artist
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Emily Manning (1845–1890), Australian journalist and writer
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Ernest Manning (1908–1996), Canadian politician
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Edward Manning (disambiguation)
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Elizabeth Manning (disambiguation)
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Frankie Manning (1914–2009), American dancer
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Frederic Manning (1882–1935), Australian poet and novelist
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Geoff Manning (1926–2018), South Australian historian
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Marie Manning (murderer) (died 1849), British murderer
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Guy Manning
Guy Manning is an English multi-instrumentalist and singer, best known for his own album releases (Manning), the DAMANEK band albums and for his membership of progressive rock bands Parallel or 90 Degrees, The Tangent and The United Progressiv ...
, British musician
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Harvey Manning (1925–2006), American author and hiking advocate
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Henry Manning (disambiguation), several people including
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Henry Manning (spy), spy in the exiled court of Charles II at Cologne and Brussels
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Henry Manning (politician) (1877–1963), Australian lawyer and politician
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Henry Edward Manning (1808–1892), English Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster
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Henry J. Manning (1859–?), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
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Hugh Manning (1920–2004), British actor
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Jack Manning (actor) (1916–2009), American actor
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James David Manning (born 1947), American pastor
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Jane Manning (1938–2021), English soprano singer
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Jeff Manning, (born 1971), American author and entrepreneur
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Jessie Wilson Manning (1855–1947), American author and lecturer
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Joanne Manning, American laser scientist
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John Manning (disambiguation), several people including:
** John Manning, co-founder of the
Atlantic Brass Quintet
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John Manning Jr. (1830–1899), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
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John Manning (footballer) (1940–2021), English football player
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John Manning (journalist) (died 1868), New Zealand newspaper editor
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John Manning (rugby union), Australian rugby player
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John B. Manning (1833–1908), mayor of Buffalo, New York
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John Charles Manning (born 1962), South African botanist
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John Edmondson Manning (1848–1910), English Unitarian minister
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John F. Manning (born 1961), Harvard Law School professor
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John J. Manning (1842–1911), Frontiersman, Lawman
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John Lawrence Manning (1816–1889), Governor of South Carolina, 1852–1854
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Katy Manning (born 1949), British actress
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Laurence Manning (1899–1972), Canadian science fiction author
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Marie Manning (murderer) (died 1849), Swiss murderer
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Matt Manning (born 1998), American baseball player
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Matthew Manning (born 1955), British author and healer, alleged to have psychic and psychokinetic abilities
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Maurice Manning (born 1943), Irish politician
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Maurice Manning (poet) (born 1966), American poet
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Michael Manning (disambiguation)
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Mick Manning (born 1959), British children's author and illustrator
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Mike Manning (actor) (born 1987), American activist and actor
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Nelson H. Manning (1832–?), American politician
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Nick Manning (born 1967), American porn star
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Olivia Manning (1908–1980), British novelist, poet, writer, and reviewer
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Orlando H. Manning (1847–1909), American politician
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Owen Manning (1721–1801) English clergyman, antiquarian and historian
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Padraig Gearr Ó Mannin (fl. 1798), United Irishman
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Patrick Manning
Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (17 August 1946 – 2 July 2016) was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago twice from 1991 to 1995, and again from 2001 to 2010. A geologist by training, Mannin ...
(1946–2016), Prime Minister and Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
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Paul Manning (disambiguation), several people including:
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Paul Manning (police officer) (born 1973), police officer who worked undercover
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Paul Manning (journalist) (died 1995), American broadcast journalist
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Paul Manning (cyclist) (born 1974), British track and road racing cyclist
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Paul Manning (ice hockey) (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
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Paul Manning (TV producer) (1959–2005), American television producer
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Peter Manning (disambiguation), several people including:
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Peter Manning (conductor), British violinist
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Peter K. Manning (born 1940), American sociologist
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Peter Manning (footballer) (born 1946), Australian footballer
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Pete Manning (gridiron football) (1937–2019), American and Canadian football player
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Phil Manning (musician) (born 1948), Australian blues musician
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Preston Manning (born 1942), Canadian politician and son of Ernest Manning
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Randolph Manning (1804–1864), American jurist
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Raymond B. Manning (1934–2000), American carcinologist
* Richard F. Manning (born 1966), New Zealand academic and Treaty of Waitangi educator
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Robert Manning (disambiguation)
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Roger Manning (disambiguation)
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Scott Manning (1958–2006), football player and plane pilot
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Sidney E. Manning (1892–1960), American Medal of Honor recipient
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Stuart Manning (born 1979), English actor and model
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Taryn Manning (born 1978), American actress
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Terry Manning (1947–2025), music producer and engineer
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Timothy Manning
Timothy Manning (Irish: ''Tadhg Ó Mongáin'') (November 15, 1909 – June 23, 1989) was an Irish Catholics, Irish Catholic prelate who served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1970 to 1985. He was elev ...
(1909–1989), Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles
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Thomas Manning (disambiguation), various people
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Van H. Manning (1839–1892), American politician and soldier
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Van H. Manning (1861–1932), American engineer
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Wayne Eyer Manning
Wayne Eyer Manning (December 4, 1899 – February 8, 2004) was an American horticulturist and botanist.
Biography
In 1920, Manning obtained his Bachelor of Sciences from Oberlin College. In 1926 he received his Ph.D. from Cornell University. H ...
(1899–2004), American botanist
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William Manning (British politician) (1763–1835), Governor of the Bank of England
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William Montagu Manning (1811–1895), English-born Australian politician and judge
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William Thomas Manning (1866–1949), bishop of New York
Sports
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Manning family of American football:
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Archie Manning
Elisha Archibald Manning III (born May 19, 1949) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons, primarily with the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1982. He also h ...
(born 1949), quarterback and family patriarch
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Cooper Manning (born 1974), oldest son of Archie; wide receiver, later businessman and sports commentator
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Peyton Manning (born 1976), middle son of Archie; quarterback
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Eli Manning (born 1981), youngest son of Archie; quarterback
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Arch Manning (born 2005), son of Cooper; quarterback
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Curtis Manning (lacrosse), (born 1987), Canadian lacrosse player
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Danieal Manning (born 1982), American football player
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Danny Manning (born 1966), American basketball player and coach
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Darren Manning (born 1975), English racecar driver
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Don Manning, American football player
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Ed Manning (1943–2011), American basketball player and coach; father of Danny Manning
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Harold Manning (1909–2003), American steeplechase runner
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Ilm Manning (born 1999), American football player
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Jack Manning (baseball) (1853–1929), American baseball player
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Jim Manning (baseball, born 1862) (1862–1929), American baseball player, manager and team owner
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Jim Manning (pitcher) (1943–2020), American baseball player
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John Manning (footballer) (1940–2021), English (soccer) footballer
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Madeline Manning (born 1948), American middle-distance runner
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Phil Manning (footballer) (1906–1930), Australian rules footballer
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Rick Manning (born 1954), American baseball player
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Ricky Manning Jr. (born 1980), American football player
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Rosie Manning (born 1950), American football player
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Rube Manning (1883–1930), American baseball player
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Scott Manning (1958–2006), football player and plane pilot
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Paul Mannion (born 1993), Gaelic football player
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Tashawn Manning (born 1998), American football player
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Trevor Manning (born 1945), New Zealand Olympic Gold Medallist in Field Hockey
Fictional
*Craig Manning, character on ''
Degrassi: The Next Generation''
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Curtis Manning (24 character), character on ''24''
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Danielle Manning, character on ''One Life to Live''
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David Manning (fictitious writer)
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Jack Manning (One Life to Live)#Jack Manning, character on ''One Life to Live''
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Meg Manning, character on ''Veronica Mars''
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Sam Manning (One Life to Live), character on ''One Life to Live''
* Sarah Manning, character on ''
Orphan Black''
* Kira Manning, character on ''
Orphan Black''
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Starr Manning, character on ''One Life to Live''
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Téa Delgado, Téa Delgado Manning, character on ''One Life to Live''
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Todd Manning, character on ''One Life to Live''
See also
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Irish clans
Irish clans are traditional kinship groups sharing a common surname and heritage and existing in a lineage-based society, originating prior to the 17th century. A clan (or in Irish, plural ) included the chief and his Patrilineality, patrilineal ...
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