McCann (surname)
McCann is an Irish surname derived from Mac Cana, meaning "son of Cana". The Irish personal name Cana literally means "wolf cub", and was a term for a young warrior.[1] The Mac Cana were a Gaelic Irish clan who held the lands of Clancann and Clanbrassil, together known as Oneilland, in what is now northern County Armagh.[2] The surname is strongly associated with that part of Ulster.[1]
People named McCann
McCann is the surname of Irish origin of several people, including:
- Austin McCann (born 1980), Scottish footballer
- Bert McCann (born 1932), Scottish footballer
- Bill McCann (1892–1957), Australian soldier of World War I
- Bob McCann (born 1964), American basketball player
- Brian McCann (actor) (born 1965), American writer/actor/comedian
- Brian McCann (baseball) (born 1984), American baseball player
- Carole McCann, American academic
- Charles McCann (1899–1980), Indian naturalist
- Charles J. McCann (1926–2015), an American college president
- Chris McCann (born 1987), Irish footballer
- Chuck McCann (1934–2018), American actor
- Colum McCann (born 1965), Irish writer
- Denise McCann (born 1948) American-Canadian singer/songwriter and CBC Radio contributor
- Donal McCann (1943–1999), Irish actor
- E. Michael McCann (born 1936), an American attorney and politician
- Eamonn McCann (born 1943), Irish journalist, author, and political activist
- Fergus McCann (born 1941), Scottish-Canadian businessman and entrepreneur
- Gavin McCann (born 1978), English footballer
- Gerald McCann (born 1950), American politician
- Gordon J. McCann (1908-2000), Canadian horse trainer
- Grant McCann (born 1980), Northern Irish footballer
- Henry McCann (born 1887), Scottish footballer
- Howie McCann (born 1956), American baseball player and coach; father of Brian
- Hugh McCann (born 1954), Scottish footballer
- Jack McCann (1910–1972), British politician
- James McCann (disambiguation), multiple people by the name of James or Jim
- Jared McCann (born 1996), Canadian ice hockey player
- John P. McCann (born 1952), American writer and producer
- Joe McCann (1947–1972), Irish Republican Army member
- Joseph McCann (academic) (1946–2015), American academic
- Joseph McCann (criminal) (born 1985), rapist
- Kerryn McCann (born 1967), Australian runner
- Kevin McCann, multiple people
- Les McCann (born 1935), American musician
- Lila McCann (born 1981), American country music singer
- Madeleine McCann (born 2003), British girl who disappeared on 3 May 2007, in Portugal
- Maria McCann (born 1956), English novelist
- Martin McCann, multiple people
- Mia Wray-McCann (born 1995), Australian pop singer, songwriter and musician, known professionally as Mia Wray
- Michael McCann, multiple people
- Neil McCann (born 1974), Scottish footballer
- Owen McCann (1907–1994), South African Cardinal
- Peter McCann (born 1950), American singer & songwriter
- Peter P. McCann, American philatelist
- Rachel McCann (born 1993), New Zealand field hockey player
- Rory McCann (born 1969), Scottish actor
- Rory McCann (cricketer) (born 1985), Irish cricketer
- Sean McCann, multiple people
- Terrence McCann (1934–2006), American wrestler
- Terry McCann, fictional character played by Dennis Waterman in Minder
- Tim McCann, multiple people
- Tucker McCann (born 1997), American football player
- Van McCann (born 1992), Welsh singer, songwriter & guitarist
- Wilma McCann (died 1975), the first victim of British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe
People named MacCann
- Philip MacCann (born 1969), Irish short story writer
See also
- Dick McCann Memorial Award, for football reporting
- McCann Field House
- McCann's Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal
- McGann
References
- Quinn, Sean. Surnames in Ireland. Irish Genealogy Press, 2000. p. 54
- A.J. Hughes and William Nolan (editors). Armagh: History and Society. Geography Publications, 2001. p.318
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