Casey (surname)

Casey is a common variation of the Irish Gaelic Cathasaigh/Cathaiseach, meaning vigilant or watchful. At least six different septs used this name, primarily in the counties of Cork and Dublin.

People with the surname Casey include:


 * Adam Casey (disambiguation)
 * Al Casey (disambiguation)
 * Albert Vincent Casey (1920–2004), United States Postmaster General
 * Ann Casey (1938–2021), American professional wrestler
 * Anne Casey, New Zealand–trained nurse based in England, developer of Casey's model of nursing
 * Bernie Casey (1939–2017), American football player and actor
 * Bill Casey (born 1945), Canadian politician
 * Bill Casey (Gaelic footballer) (1918–1999), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Bill Casey (Dublin Gaelic footballer) (born 1939), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Bill Casey (Australian footballer) (1872–1915), Australian rules footballer
 * Bob Casey (rugby union) (born 1978), Irish rugby union footballer
 * Bob Casey Sr. (1932–2000), 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania, 1987–1995
 * Bob Casey Jr. (born 1960), his son, US Senator from Pennsylvania, 2007–
 * Bob Casey (baseball announcer) (1925–2005), Minnesota Twins baseball announcer
 * Bob Casey (third baseman) (1859–1939), Canadian baseball player
 * Bob Casey (rugby union) (born 1978), London Irish rugby player
 * Bob Casey (musician) (1909–1986), American jazz bassist
 * Cathal Casey (born 1967), Irish hurler
 * Conor Casey (born 1981), American soccer player
 * Cortney Casey (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
 * Dan Casey (baseball) (1862–1943), American baseball player attributed to the poem "Casey at the Bat"
 * Daniel Casey (born 1972), English actor
 * Daniel Casey (born 1981), screenwriter
 * Don Casey, American basketball coach
 * Doug Casey (born 1946), American speculator and writer
 * Dwane Casey (born 1957), former head coach of the NBA's Detroit Pistons
 * Eamonn Casey (1927–2017), Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
 * Ed Casey (1933–2006), leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland
 * Eddie Casey (1894–1966), American football player and coach
 * Eduardo Casey (1847–1906), Argentine founder of Venado Tuerto
 * Edward Pearce Casey (1864–1940), American architect
 * E. Owens Blackburne (1848–1894), pen name of Irish writer and novelist Elizabeth Casey
 * Eoghan Casey, digital forensics professional
 * Francis Dominic Casey (1890–1917), Irish flying ace of the Royal Naval Air Service
 * Frank Casey, American Negro league pitcher
 * George Casey (disambiguation)
 * George W. Casey Sr. (1922–1970), major general, United States Army
 * George W. Casey Jr. (born 1948), four-star general, US Army, his son
 * George Elliott Casey (1850–1903), Canadian journalist and politician
 * Gerard Casey (disambiguation)
 * Gerard Casey (philosopher) (born 1951), Professor Emeritus at University College Dublin
 * Gerard Casey (artist), Irish artist
 * Gerard Casey (Irish republican) (died 1989), member Provisional Irish Republican Army
 * Harry Wayne Casey (born 1951), American musician
 * Hugh Casey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jacqueline Casey (1927–1992) American graphic designer
 * James Casey (disambiguation)
 * James Casey (American football) (born 1984), American football player
 * James E. Casey (1888–1983), American businessman
 * Jim Casey (footballer) (born 1957), Scottish (soccer) football player
 * Joe Casey, American comic book writer
 * John Casey (disambiguation)
 * John Casey (academic), British academic
 * John Casey (mathematician) (1820–1891), Irish geometer
 * John Casey (novelist) (born 1939), American novelist
 * John Keegan Casey (1846–1870), Irish poet
 * Joseph E. Casey (1898–1980), United States Representative from Massachusetts
 * Karan Casey (born 1969), Irish folk singer
 * Karen Casey (born 1947), Canadian politician
 * Kathleen L. Casey (born 1966), commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
 * Ken Casey (born 1969), bass guitarist and frontman of the Boston punk rock band Dropkick Murphys
 * Kenneth Casey (disambiguation), several people, including
 * Kenneth Casey (1899–1965), American composer and child actor
 * Kenneth J. Casey (died 2020), California real estate investor
 * Kenneth L. Casey (born 1935), neurologist
 * Kevin Casey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Kevin Casey (fighter) (born 1981), American mixed martial artist
 * Kevin Casey (broadcaster) (1976–2017), Irish radio presenter
 * Len Casey (born 1953), English rugby league footballer
 * Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock (born 1965), British government official
 * Luis Morgan Casey, American/Bolivian Roman Catholic bishop
 * Lyman R. Casey (1837–1914), United States Senator from North Dakota
 * Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1892–1983), Australian pioneer aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist
 * Marty Casey (born 1973), American rock musician
 * Martyn P. Casey (born 1960), Australian rock bass guitarist
 * Maurice Casey (1942–2014) British scholar of the New Testament and early Christianity
 * Michael Casey (disambiguation)
 * Michael Casey (poet) (born 1947), American poet
 * Michael Casey (academic), professor of music at Dartmouth College
 * Michael E. Casey (1870–1949), American politician and lawyer in Missouri
 * Michael James Casey (1918–1944), British bomber pilot
 * Michael T. Casey (1902–1997), Irish Dominican priest and chemist
 * Mike Casey (labor leader) (born 1958)
 * Natalie Casey, English actress
 * Oliver Casey (born 2000), English footballer
 * Owen Casey (born 1969), Irish tennis player
 * Paddy Casey, Irish singer-songwriter
 * Pat Casey (baseball) (born 1959), American baseball coach
 * Pat Casey (politician) (born 1961/2), Irish politician
 * Patricia Casey, Professor of Psychiatry at University College Dublin
 * Patrick Casey (disambiguation)
 * Patrick Casey (bishop of Brentwood) (Patrick Joseph Casey, 1913–1999), English bishop
 * Patrick Casey (bishop of Ross, Ireland), Irish Roman Catholic bishop
 * Patrick Casey (rugby union) (Patrick Joseph Casey, born 1941), Irish rugby union player
 * Patrick Casey (runner) (born 1990), American middle-distance runner
 * Patrick Casey (writer) (born 1978), American writer and actor
 * Patrick Casey (white supremacist) (born 1989), American nationalist
 * Patrick J. Casey, American biochemist and molecular pharmacologist
 * Paul Casey (born 1977), English golfer
 * Peter Casey (disambiguation)
 * Peter Casey (born 1957), Irish entrepreneur, television personality and politician
 * Peter Casey (horse trainer) (c. 1935–2018), Irish horse trainer
 * Peter Casey (screenwriter) (born 1950), American television producer and screenwriter
 * Peter Casey (hurler) (born 1997), Irish hurler
 * Ray Casey (1900–1986), American tennis player and coach
 * Raymond Casey (geologist) (1917–2016), British geologist
 * Richard Casey (disambiguation)
 * Richard Casey (Queensland politician) (1846–1919), pastoralist, horse racing official
 * Richard Casey, Baron Casey (1890–1976), Australian Governor-General, politician, diplomat, his son
 * Richard C. Casey (1933–2007), U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York
 * Robert Casey (disambiguation), several people, including
 * Robert Casey (journalist) (1890–1962), American journalist
 * Robert E. Casey (1909–1982), Pennsylvania Treasurer 1977–1981
 * Robert F. Casey (1921–2006), member of the Illinois House of Representatives
 * Robert Gerald Casey (born 1967), American Catholic priest
 * Robert K. Casey (1931–2015), member of the Florida House of Representatives
 * Robert P. Casey (1932–2000), American politician
 * Robert R. Casey (1915–1986), member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
 * Ron Casey (disambiguation), several names, including
 * Ron Casey (Melbourne broadcaster) (1927−2000), TV executive and Australian rules football official
 * Ron Casey (Sydney broadcaster) (1929−2018), TV presenter and talk-back radio host
 * Ron Casey, American drummer of Brain Drill
 * Ron Casey (editor) (1951–2000), US Pulitzer Prize–winning editorial writer
 * Ron Casey (Canadian politician) (born c. 1950), Alberta, Canada, politician
 * Ron Casey (Missouri politician) (1952−2014), state representative
 * Samuel Casey (disambiguation), several people including
 * Samuel Casey (silversmith) (1723/4–1773), silversmith from Rhode Island
 * Samuel Casey (Upper Canada politician) (1788–1857)
 * Samuel B. Casey Jr. (1927–2006), president of Pullman Company
 * Samuel K. Casey (1817–1871), American politician
 * Samuel L. Casey (1821–1902), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
 * Sean Casey (disambiguation)
 * Sean Casey (baseball) (born 1974), baseball player
 * Sean Casey (Canadian politician) (born 1963), Canadian politician
 * Sean Casey (filmmaker) (born 1967), filmmaker and storm chaser
 * Sean Casey (rower) (born 1978), Irish Olympic rower
 * Sean Casey (rugby league), rugby league footballer
 * Sean Casey (wrestler) (born 1972), American professional wrestler
 * Sean Casey, former head of the U.S. State Department's Office of Religion and Global Affairs
 * Shaun Casey, American model
 * Silas Casey (1807–1882), United States Army officer during the American Civil War
 * Solanus Casey (1870–1957), Capuchin priest
 * Sophie Casey (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
 * Steve Casey (1909–1987), Irish wrestler
 * Thomas Casey (disambiguation), several people
 * Thomas Casey (Kilmallock MP) (1765–1840), Irish politician
 * Thomas Lincoln Casey Sr. (1831–1896), United States Army Corps of Engineers
 * Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr. (1857–1925), American expert in coleoptera, his son
 * Thomas S. Casey (1832–1891), American judge and politician
 * Thomas Worrall Casey (1869–1949), British Liberal Member of Parliament
 * Tom Casey (Australian politician) (1921–2003), South Australian MHA and MLC
 * Tom Casey (Canadian football) (1924–2002), player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
 * Tom Casey (diplomat), American diplomat
 * Tommy Casey (baseball), 19th-century American baseball pitcher
 * Tommy Casey (1930–2009), Northern Irish footballer
 * Willet Casey (1762–1848), Canadian farmer and political figure
 * William Casey (disambiguation)
 * William J. Casey, Director of the CIA from 1981 to 1987
 * Willie Casey (Gaelic footballer) (1932–2016), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Mickey Casey (William Cofer Casey, 1905–1968), American baseball player
 * William Casey (bobsleigh) (fl. 1940s), American bobsledder
 * Willie Casey (born 1981), Irish professional boxer
 * William Casey (bishop) (died 1591), Anglican bishop in Ireland
 * Father William Casey, who established Father Casey's GAA in 1884
 * William Francis Casey (1884–1957), journalist and editor of The Times
 * William H. Casey (born 1955), American professor of chemistry and of geology
 * William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician) (1905–1992), American politician
 * Zadok Casey (1796–1862), American politician

Fictional characters

 * Ben Casey, medical drama series which ran on ABC
 * Buster "Rant" Casey, a character in the 2007 Chuck Palahniuk novel Rant
 * Detective Casey, a character in the Mickey Mouse universe
 * John Casey (Chuck), a character in the television series Chuck
 * Shane Casey, a character in the television series CSI: NY
 * Jared Casey, a character on the soap opera Passions
 * Kevin Casey (Scrubs), a character on the medical comedy Scrubs played by Michael J. Fox
 * Michael "Iceman" Casey, fictional character in Wing Commander franchise
 * Michael Casey (Sons of Anarchy), fictional character
 * Sean Casey, character from 1997 motion picture Night Falls on Manhattan
 * Kevin Casey, a 2007 character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours