Mangan (surname)

Mangan is an Irish surname anglicised from the Gaelic Ó Mongáin ‘descendant of Mongan’, originally a byname for someone with a luxuriant head of hair (from mong ‘hair’, ‘mane’).

Mangan (Irish name: Ó Mongàin)

Language(s)	Irish Gaelic
Origin
Meaning	"grandson (or descendant) of long-haired"
Region of origin	Connacht, County Limerick, and County Tyrone
Other names
Variant form(s)	Mongan, Mangham, Mangam, Mangin, Mangum, Mangon, Mingame, Mongain, Mongin, Mungan, Mungane, Mungin

Notable people include:

• Alan Mangan, Irish Gaelic footballer
• Albert Mangan (1915–1993), American Olympic racewalker
• Andrew Mangan (born 1986), English footballer
• Andrew Mangan, Professional blogger, podcaster and founder of Arseblog. A blog about Arsenal F.C.
• Colm Mangan, Irish General
• Cyrille Mangan (born 1976), Cameroonian footballer
• Dan Mangan (born 1983), Canadian musician
• Jim Mangan (1929–2007), American baseball player
• Jack Mangan (1927–2013), Irish Gaelic footballer
• James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849), Irish poet
• James T. Mangan (1896–1970), author and eccentric
• Joseph Mangan, American aerospace engineer
• Josh Mangan (born 1986), Australian cricketer
• Lou Mangan (1922–2015), Australian rules footballer
• Lucy Mangan (born 1974), British journalist
• Luke Mangan (born 1970), Australian chef
• Mike Mangan (born 1975), American rugby union lock
• Mike Mangan (musician), American keyboard player
• Patricia Mangan (born 1997), American Olympic alpine skier
• Sherry Mangan (1904–1961), American writer, journalist, translator, editor, and book designer
• Simon Mangan (died 1906), Lord Lieutenant of Meath (1894–1906)
• Stephen Mangan (born 1968), English actor
• Tony Mangan (born 1957), Irish ultra distance runner
• Dan Mangan, fictional character of the Trixie Belden mystery series, written by Julie Campbell and later, Kathryn Kenny