Boylan

Boylan is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Andrew Boylan (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
 * Andrew Boylan (bishop) (1842–1910), Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
 * Andrew Boylan (politician) (born 1939), Irish Fine Gael politician
 * Barbara Boylan (born 1942), American dancer and television personality
 * Brett Boylan (born 1971), Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby player
 * Cathal Boylan (born 1964), Northern Irish politician
 * Christine Boylan (born 1977), American television writer and producer
 * Clare Boylan (1948–2006), Irish author, journalist and critic
 * Dean Boylan (born 1951), American ice hockey defenseman
 * Donal Boylan (fl. 2001), Irish Gaelic footballer and Australian rules footballer
 * Eileen April Boylan (born 1987), American film and television actress
 * Grace Duffie Boylan (1861–1935), American writer
 * Ian Boylan (born 1983), American basketball player
 * Jennifer Finney Boylan (born 1958), American author and transgender activist
 * Jim Boylan (born 1955), American basketball coach
 * John Boylan (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
 * John Boylan (American actor) (1912–1994), American film, television and stage actor
 * John Boylan (Canadian actor), Canadian film and television actor
 * John Boylan (record producer) (born 1941), American music producer and songwriter
 * John H. Boylan (1907–1981), Vermont politician
 * John J. Boylan (1878–1938), US Congressman
 * John Joseph Boylan (bishop) (1889–1953), third Roman Catholic Bishop of Rockford, Illinois
 * Kieran Boylan, Irish drug dealer
 * Krew Boylan (born c. 1982), Australian television actress
 * Larry Boylan (1908–1997), American educator
 * Laura Boylan (born 1991), Irish cricketer
 * Lee Boylan (born 1978), English football striker
 * Lydia Boylan (born 1987), Irish racing cyclist
 * Lynn Boylan (born 1976), Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament
 * Malcolm Stuart Boylan (1897–1967), American screenwriter, writer, and founder of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
 * Patrick Boylan (1939–2024), professor of heritage policy, and international authority on museum policy and management
 * Peter J. Boylan, U.S. Army Major General and college president
 * Roger Boylan (born 1951), American writer
 * Seán Boylan (born 1949), Gaelic football manager
 * Steven A. Boylan (born 1965), U.S. military spokesman
 * Terence Boylan, American singer/songwriter
 * Terence Boylan (politician) (1910–1991), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and businessman
 * William Boylan (1869–1940), American first President of Brooklyn College

Fictional characters

 * Blazes Boylan, fictional character in James Joyce's novel Ulysses
 * Iola Boylan, fictional character on the television series Mama's Family