Meehan may refer to:
People
* Andrew Meehan, former national director of
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) is an independent, national non-government, not-for-profit, community-based organisation founded in 1997 which advocates for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Aus ...
(ANTaR)
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Ben Meehan (born 1993), Australian rugby union player
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Brian Meehan
Brian Joseph Meehan (born 16 July 1967 in Limerick, Ireland) is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who began his career as a licensed trainer in 1992. Since 2006 he has been based on the Marlborough Downs at the historic Manton Estate near Ma ...
(born 1967), Irish racehorse trainer
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C. P. Meehan (1812–1890), Irish Catholic priest, historian and editor
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Daniel Meehan, a character on the HBO drama ''Oz''
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Gerry Meehan
Gerard Marcus Meehan (born September 3, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger and the former general manager and Senior Vice President of the Buffalo Sabres.
Playing career
Meehan was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised ...
(born 1946), retired Canadian professional ice hockey leftwinger
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James Meehan (disambiguation)
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Jim Meehan, American professional poker player
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John Meehan (disambiguation)
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Lew Meehan
James Lew Meehan (September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor.
Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947. He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anon ...
(1890-1951), American actor
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Martin Meehan (Irish republican)
Martin Meehan (1945 – 3 November 2007) was a Sinn Féin politician and volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Meehan was the first person to be convicted of membership of the Provisional IRA, and he spent eighteen years in ...
(1945–2007), Sinn Féin politician and former member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
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Marty Meehan
Martin Thomas Meehan (born December 30, 1956) is an American academic administrator, politician, and attorney. Since July 2015, Meehan has served as the President of the University of Massachusetts after serving as Chancellor of the Universi ...
(born 1956), American attorney and politician
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Michael J. Meehan (1891–1948), American stockbroker and the first person prosecuted by the Securities and Exchange Commission
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Pat Meehan
Patrick Leo Meehan (born October 20, 1955) is a former American Republican Party politician and federal prosecutor from Pennsylvania who represented parts of Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, Berks, and Lancaster counties in the United States Hou ...
(born 1955), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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Patrick Meehan (1928–1994), British victim of a miscarriage of justice
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Shana Goldberg-Meehan
Shana Goldberg-Meehan is an American television producer and television writer.
She was an executive producer of ''Friends'' and its spinoff ''Joey'', which she also co-created with Scott Silveri, whom she married in 2006 (they met when they wer ...
, an American television producer and television writer
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Sylvia Meehan, Irish campaigner for the rights of women and older people.
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Thomas Meehan (botanist)
Thomas Meehan (21 March 1826 Potters Bar, which was in Middlesex at the time and is now in Hertfordshire, England – 19 November 1901), was a noted British-born nurseryman, botanist and author. He worked as a gardener in Kew between 1846 and 18 ...
(1826–1901), American botanist
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Thomas Meehan (writer)
Thomas Edward Meehan (August 14, 1929 – August 21, 2017) was an American playwright. He wrote the Musical theatre#Book musicals, books for the musicals ''Annie (musical), Annie'', ''The Producers (musical), The Producers'', ''Hairspray (musica ...
(1929-2017), award-winning American writer
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Tony Meehan
Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan (2 March 1943 – 28 November 2005) was a founder member of the British group the Drifters with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which evolved into the Shadows. He played drums on early Cliff Richard and ...
(1943–2005), Irish musician
Other
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Meehan Auditorium
The George V. Meehan Auditorium is a 3,059-seat hockey arena, in Providence, Rhode Island. The arena opened in 1961 and was dedicated on January 6, 1962. It is named for George V. Meehan, the benefactor of the arena, which he hoped would "service ...
is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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Meehan, County Westmeath, a townland in
St. Mary's civil parish, barony of Brawny, County Westmeath, Ireland
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Meehan Range
The Meehan Range ( ) is a prominent geographic feature in southeastern Tasmania, consisting of steep hills and ridges running parallel to the River Derwent (Tasmania), River Derwent on the eastern shore of Hobart. Situated primarily in the C ...
, mountain range in
Hobart
Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly hal ...
, Tasmania, Australia
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Meehan, Wisconsin
Meehan is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community located in the political subdivisions of Wisconsin#Town, town of Plover, Portage County, Wisconsin, Plover, Portage County, Wisconsin, Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. Meehan is l ...
, unincorporated community, United States
See also
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Meechan, another variation of the surname
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Mehigan
Mehigan is an Irish surname. It comes from the Irish Gaelic name ''Ó Miadhacháin'' which derives from "Miadhach", which means "honourable". There are over a dozen variations on the surname, including Meighan, Meaghan, Mehegan, Megan, Meegan and ...
, another variation of the surname
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McMeekin McMeekin may refer to:
* Clark McMeekin, joint pseudonym of American authors Dorothy Clark and Isabel McMeekin
* Duncan McMeekin (born 1955), justice of Supreme Court of Queensland
* Isabel McMeekin (1895-1973), American author under the pseudony ...
, another, usually Scottish, variation of the surname
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