Fagan

Fagan or Phagan is also a Norman-Irish surname, derived from the Latin word 'paganus' meaning ‘rural’ or ‘rustic’. Variants of the name Fagan include Fegan and Fagen. It was brought to Ireland during the Anglo-Norman invasion in the twelfth century and is now considered very Irish. In some cases it is a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fágáin or Ó Faodhagáin, which are probably dialect forms of Ó hÓgáin (see Hogan, Hagan) and Ó hAodhagáin (see Hagan). Irish lenited f (spelled fh) is soundless. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alex Fagan (1950–2010), former chief of the San Francisco Police Department
 * Andrew Fagan (born 1962), New Zealand singer, writer and songwriter
 * Ann Fagan Ginger (born 1925), lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist
 * Audrey Fagan (1962–2007), former Australian Capital Territory Chief Police Officer
 * Brian Fagan (born 1936), archaeologist and anthropologist
 * Carson Fagan (born 1982), Caymanian international football player
 * Chris Fagan (born 1961), Australian football coach
 * Cliff Fagan (1911–1995), president of the Basketball Hall of Fame
 * Clint Fagan (born 1981), American baseball umpire
 * Craig Fagan (1982), English footballer
 * Cyril Fagan (1896–1970), Irish astrologer
 * David Fagan (1961), New Zealand champion sheep shearer
 * Ed Fagan (born 1952), American former lawyer
 * Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959), better known as Billie Holiday, American jazz singer
 * Garth Fagan (born 1940), Jamaican modern dance choreographer
 * Gerald Fagan (born 1939), Canadian conductor
 * Ina Fagan (1893–1985), birth name of American actress Ina Claire
 * James Fagan (MP) (1800–1869), Irish Repeal Association politician and timber merchant
 * James Fagan (musician) (born 1972), folk musician from Sydney, Australia
 * James Fleming Fagan (1828–1893), Confederate major general in the American Civil War
 * James H. Fagan (born 1947), American politician
 * J. B. Fagan (1873–1933), Irish-born actor, theatre manager, producer and playwright in England
 * Jim Fagan (1882–1948), Australian rules footballer
 * Jeffrey Fagan (born 1946), professor at Columbia Law School
 * Joe Fagan (1921–2001), manager of Liverpool F.C.
 * Joseph Fagan (1941–2013), American psychologist
 * Jermaine Fagan, Jamaican reggae artist
 * Kevin Fagan (cartoonist) (born 1956), American cartoonist, creator of the syndicated comic strip Drabble
 * Kevin Fagan (doctor) (1909–1992), Australian doctor and World War II hero
 * Kevin Fagan (American football) (born 1963), former defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers
 * Laurie Fagan, Australian rugby league footballer
 * Louise Fagan, Canadian director and producer
 * Mark M. Fagan (1869–1955), former mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
 * Mary Fagan (born 1939), former Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
 * Michael Fagan, a software designer credited with inventing the Fagan inspection process for formal software inspections
 * Michael Fagan (intruder) (born 1948), Buckingham Palace intruder
 * Mike Fagan (born 1980), American bowler
 * Myron Coureval Fagan (1887–1972), American playwright, editor, producer and cinematographer
 * Oisin Fagan (born 1973), Irish boxer, former WBO Middleweight title holder
 * Patsy Fagan (born 1951), Irish snooker player
 * Roy Fagan (1905–1990), Australian politician and deputy premier of Tasmania
 * Shaun Fagan (born 1984), Scottish association footballer