Mullen is a surname of Irish origin. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Mullens were a chiefly family 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 ...

tribe who in turn were from the

Dumnonii The Dumnonii or Dumnones were a Britons (historical), British List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes, tribe who inhabited Dumnonia, the area now known as Cornwall and Devon (and some areas of present-day Dorset and Somerset) in the further pa ...

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

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 during the first century BC. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Mullen (disambiguation) *

Andrew Mullen Andrew Mullen (born 29 November 1996) is a British Paralympian swimmer. Mullen competes in the S5 disability category in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, specialising in sprint events. He competed in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics an ...

(born 1996), British Paralympian swimmer * Ann A. Mullen (1935–1994), American politician *

April Mullen April Mullen () is a Canadian director, actress, and producer. Career In 2012, Mullen became the first woman to direct a live action, fully stereoscopic 3D film, 3D feature film, ''Dead Before Dawn'' (2012)''.'' In 2015, she directed the neo-n ...

, Canadian actress and filmmaker *

Barbara Mullen Barbara Mullen (9 June 19149 March 1979) was an American-born actress well known in the United Kingdom for playing the part of Janet McPherson, the housekeeper in ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook''. Although the role of Janet brought her fame in later ye ...

(1914–1979), American actress * Brian Mullen (born 1962), former NHL player * Charlie Mullen (1889–1963), Major League Baseball first baseman * Conor Mullen (born 1962), Irish actor *

Dan Mullen Daniel Mullenhttps://media.ledger-enquirer.com/static/SEC-Coaching-Contracts/Mississippi-State/Dan-Mullen-2016.pdf (born April 27, 1972) is an American college football coach, who is currently the head coach at the University of Nevada, Las Veg ...

(born 1972), American college football coach * Danny Mullen (born 1995), Scottish professional footballer *

David Mullen (photographer) David Robert Mullen is an American artist and photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a ...

(born 1952), artist and photographer * David Mullen (singer) (born 1964), former Blues Pop/CCM singer and producer * Earl Mullen (1902–1969), American politician and businessman * Ed Mullen (1913–1988), American professional basketball player * Frank Mullen (born 1970), American death metal vocalist * Fraser Mullen (born 1993), professional footballer * Geoff Mullen (1947–2014), Australian draft resister * George Mullen, astronomer * Graham Calder Mullen (born 1940), Senior United States District Judge *

Harryette Mullen Harryette Mullen (born July 1, 1953), Professor of English at University of California, Los Angeles, is an American poet, short story writer, and literary scholar. Life Mullen was born in Florence, Alabama, grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, gradua ...

(born 1953), American poet, author and professor of English * James T. Mullen (1843–1891), first Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus *

Jarrod Mullen Jarrod Stephen Mullen (born 9 April 1987) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He last played for the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Queensland Cup. A New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales State of Origin se ...

(born 1987), Australian former rugby league footballer * Jeff Mullen (born c. 1968), assistant football coach for

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Ins ...

* Jerry Mullen (1933–1979), college basketball player (

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

) * Jesse James Mullen (born c. 1984), American businessman and politician *

Jim Mullen Jim Mullen (born 26 November 1945) is a Scottish, Glasgow-born jazz guitarist with a distinctive style, like Wes Montgomery before him, picking with the thumb rather than a plectrum. Biography Jim Mullen was guitarist with Pete Brown & Piblo ...

(born 1945), Scottish jazz guitarist * Jimmy Mullen (footballer born 1923) (1923–1987), football player * Jimmy Mullen (footballer born 1952) (born 1952), former football player and manager *

Joe Mullen Joseph Patrick Mullen (born February 26, 1957) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins betwe ...

(born 1957), former NHL player * John Joseph Mullen (1829–1897), member of the Queensland Legislative Council *

John Mullan (academic) John Mullan is a professor of English at University College London (UCL). He is a specialist in eighteenth-century literature, currently writing the 1709–1784 volume of the ''Oxford English Literary History''. He has written a weekly column on ...

, professor of English at University College London *

Karl Mullen Dr Karl Daniel Mullen (26 November 1926 – 27 April 2009) was an Irish rugby union player and consultant gynaecologist who captained the Irish rugby team and captained the British Lions on their 1950 tour to Australia and New Zealand. Mull ...

(1926–2009), Irish Rugby Union player * Kathryn Mullen (born 1940), American puppeteer, actress, and voice actress * Keith Mullen (born 1961), English rock musician * Larry Mullen, Jr., (born 1961), drummer for U2 * Laura Mullen (born 1958), American poet *

Luke Mullen ''Andi Mack'' is an American family comedy-drama television series created by Terri Minsky that premiered on Disney Channel on April 7, 2017. It ran for three seasons and 57 episodes, concluding on July 26, 2019. The series stars Peyton Elizabe ...

(born 2001), American actor, filmmaker, and environmentalist * M. David Mullen (born 1962), Japanese-born American cinematographer *

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen Madeleine ffrench-Mullen (30 December 1880 – 26 May 1944) was an Irish revolutionary and labour activist who took part in the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916. Ffrench-Mullen was a member of the radical nationalist women's organisation . In 19 ...

(1880–1944), Irish revolutionary and labour activist *

Marie Mullen Marie Mullen (born 1953) is an Irish actress. She is known for co-founding the Druid Theatre Company, located in Galway, Ireland. She is also known for her performance in the 1998 production of ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'', for which she ...

(born 1953), Irish actress * Mark Mullen (born 1961), NBC News Chief and Reporter * Matthew Mullen (born 1989), Australian footballer *

Michael Mullen Michael Glenn Mullen (born 4 October 1946) is a retired United States Navy Admiral (United States), admiral who served as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2007 to September 2011. Mullen was the 32nd vice chief of Nav ...

(1919–1982), Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official *

(born 1946), United States Navy admiral and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the US military *

(born 1958), professional investment analyst and associate professor of finance at Stonehill College * Moon Mullen (1917–2013), American baseball player *

Nick Mullen Nicholas James Mullen (born December 13, 1988) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, producer, actor and comedy writer. Active since 2005, he is best known as the creator and co-host of the comedy podcast '' Cum Town'' (2016–2022) an ...

(born 1988), American comedian * Nicole C. Mullen (born 1967), American singer, songwriter, and choreographer * Patrick Mullen (ice hockey) (born 1986), American ice hockey player * Patrick Mullen (Medal of Honor) (1844–1897), member of the United States Navy *

Paul Mullen (rugby union) Paul Mullen (born 16 November 1991) is an Irish-American rugby union player who plays prop for the Utah Warriors of Major League Rugby (MLR) and the United States men's national team. Mullen previously played for the Houston SaberCats, the San D ...

(born 1991), Irish-born rugby union player *

Paul Mullen Paul Mullen may refer to: * Paul Mullen (musician) (born 1982), British musician * Paul Mullen (rugby union) (born 1991), Irish-American rugby union player See also * Paul Mullin (disambiguation) {{hndis, Mullen, Paul ...

(born 1982), English multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter * Peg Mullen (1917–2009), American anti-war activist * Peter Mullen (born 1942), British Church of England priest and Rector of St Michael, Cornhill *

Rodney Mullen John Rodney Mullen (born August 17, 1966) is an American professional skateboarder who practices freestyle skateboarding and street skateboarding. He is considered the most influential skateboarder of all time. Mullen is credited for inventing ...

(born 1966), professional skateboarder *

Rónán Mullen Rónán Thomas Mullen (born 13 October 1970) is an Irish Independent politician (Ireland), independent Seanad Éireann, senator and former delegate to the Council of Europe. He is the leader of the Human Dignity Alliance, an extra-parliamentary ...

(born 1970), Irish politician * Ruth González Mullen (1939–2009), Cuban artist * Ryan Grice-Mullen (born 1986), former gridiron football wide receiver * Ryan Mullen (born 1994), Irish professional racing cyclist * Samuel Mullen (1828–1890), Irish bookseller in Australia * Sheila Mullen (artist) (born 1942), Scottish painter * Sheila Mullen (model) (born 1957), American model * Thomas Mullen (1897–1966), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and school teacher * Tiawan Mullen (born 2000), American football player * Tobias Mullen (1818–1900), Roman Catholic Bishop of Erie * Tom Mullen (born 1951), American football player * Trayvon Mullen (born 1997), American football player *

William F. Mullen III Major General William Francis Mullen III (15 July 1964 – June 29, 2024) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He last served as the commanding general for United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command, Training and Educa ...

(1964–2024), United States Marine Corps officer

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