Healy (surname)

The English-language surname Healy is in use by three separate ancestral lines of people from Ireland.

When Irish people began to anglicise their names, two separate clans adopted the English-language surname of "Healy". There was the Ó hÉilidhe clan from Connaught and the Ó hÉalaighthe clan from Munster.

Many different spellings of the surname exist including Haly, Haley, Haily, Healey, Hely, O'Healey and O'Haly.

Notable people with the surname Healy

 * A. J. Healy (Alan James Healy; born 1969), Irish children's writer
 * Aidan Healy, Irish hurler who played for Kerry and Abbeydorney
 * Albert Frederick Healy (1873–1942), Canadian lawyer and politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada for Essex North (1923–1925)
 * Alex Healy (racing driver) (born 1989), Canadian Touring Car racing driver
 * Alice F. Healy (born 1946), American psychologist
 * Alyssa Healy (born 1990), Australian women's cricketer
 * Anna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 1955), British Labour politician, member of the House of Lords
 * Anne Healy (born 1939), American artist, founding member of A.I.R. Gallery
 * Ben Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bernadine Healy (1944–2011), American physician
 * Bernard Healy, member of the Los Angeles City Council (1904–1909)
 * Bill Healy (William Raymond Healy; 1924–2010), American college football player
 * Brendan Healy (born 1983), American lacrosse player
 * Brendan Healy (comedian) (1956–2016), British entertainer
 * Brian Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Cahir Healy (1877–1970), Irish politician
 * Cahir Healy (dual player) (born 1986), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
 * Catherine Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Cecil Healy (1881–1918), Australian swimmer
 * Charles Healy (1883–?, date of death unknown), American water polo player
 * Charlie Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Charles Healy (1903-1970), Canadian Politician, conservationist
 * Chip Healy (1947–2019), American football player
 * Christine Healy (born 1950), American actress
 * Cian Healy (born 1987), Irish rugby player
 * Colin Healy (born 1980), Irish footballer
 * Craig Healy (born 1957), American Olympic sailor
 * Damien Healy, Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Dan Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Daniel Healy (born 1974), Australian rules footballer
 * Danny Healy-Rae (born 1954), Irish Independent politician, Teachta Dála for the Kerry constituency (from 2016)
 * David Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Denis Healy (Irish politician), Fianna Fáil member of the Seanad Éireann (1934–1936, 1938–1948)
 * Dermot Healy (1947–2014), Irish novelist and playwright
 * Dermot Healy (hurling manager) (born 1948), Irish hurling manager
 * Dick Healy (1921–2013), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Don Healy (1936–2020), American footballer
 * Dorian Healy (born 1962), British actor
 * Dorothy Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Dorothy M. Healy (1914–1990), American educator, historian, and curator
 * Eamonn Healy (born 1958), American chemistry professor
 * Ed Healy (born 1973), American role-playing game designer
 * Edward Healy (1869–1954), Member of Parliament in New Zealand (1928–1935)
 * Edwin Healy (1909–1995), Australian cricketer
 * Egyptian Healy (1866–1899), pitcher in Major League Baseball
 * Eliza Healy (1846–1919), American educator
 * Eloise Klein Healy (born 1943), American poet
 * Eric Healy (1888–1954), Australian cricketer
 * Erin Healy, American politician
 * Felix Healy (born 1955), Northern Irish footballer
 * Fergal Healy (born 1977), Irish hurler who played for Craughwell and Galway
 * Frances Healy (born 1970), Irish actress, comedian, radio personality, and TV presenter
 * Francis Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Frank Healy (born 1962), British guitarist
 * Gene Healy (born 1970), American political pundit, journalist and editor
 * George Peter Alexander Healy (1813–1894), American painter
 * Gerald Healy (1885–1946), Australian cricketer
 * Gerard Healy (born 1961), Australian rules footballer
 * Gerry Healy (1913–1989), Irish Trotskyist activist
 * Gertrude Healy (1894-1984), Australian violinist, conductor, music educator
 * Glenn Healy (born 1962), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Graham Healy (born 1956), Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1992–2001)
 * Greg Healy (born 1965), Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL
 * Gus Healy (Augustine A. Healy; 1904–1987), Irish Fianna Fáil politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (1964–1965, 1975–1976)
 * Harold H. Healy Jr. (1921–2007), American lawyer, President of the Union Internationale des Avocats (1979–1981)
 * Howard R. Healy (1899–1942), US Navy officer
 * Ian Healy (born 1964), Australian cricketer
 * Jack Healy (died 1972), American actor and the manager of boxer Rocky Graziano
 * Jack H. Healy (1929–2012), American geophysicist
 * Jackie Healy-Rae (1931–2014), Irish politician
 * Jaime Aleman Healy (born 1953), Panamanian lawyer, businessman and diplomat, Ambassador of Panama to the United States (2009–2011)
 * James Andrew Healy (1895–1983), American World War I flying ace
 * James Augustine Healy (1830–1900), American Roman Catholic priest and the second bishop of Portland, Maine
 * James Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Janet Healy, American film producer
 * Jeremy Healy (born 1962), British DJ
 * Jerramiah Healy (born 1950), Mayor of Jersey City
 * Joe Healy (born 1986), English football midfielder
 * John Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jonathan Healy (politician) (born 1945), American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1971–1993)
 * Joseph D. Healy (1912–1971), American explorer
 * Joseph Healy (1776–1861), American politician
 * Juan Ruiz Healy, Mexican-American journalist
 * Julie Healy, Australian model
 * Katherine Healy (born 1969), American principal ballerina
 * Kevin Healy (1909–2001), Australian communist activist and trade unionist
 * Kevin Healy (footballer) (born 1937), Australian footballer
 * Kieran Healy, Irish sociologist
 * Leo H. Healy (1894–1962), American lawyer
 * Leo Healy (footballer) (1890–1939), Australian footballer
 * Marcia Healy (1904–1972), American film actress
 * Margaret Healy, Irish singer/songwriter
 * Mark Healy (Gaelic footballer) (born 1960), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Martin J. Healy (1883–1942), American politician
 * Mary Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Matt Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Matty Healy (born 1989), English musician
 * Maurice Healy (1859–1923), Irish nationalist politician
 * Maurice Healy (campaigner) (1933–2020), British consumer campaigner
 * Maurice Healy (writer) (1887–1943), Irish lawyer and author
 * Michael Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Nathan Healy (basketball) (born 1990), American basketball player
 * Ned R. Healy (1905–1977), American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1945–1947)
 * Niall Healy (born 1985), Irish hurler
 * Noëlle Healy (born 1991), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Paddy Healy (1922–1983), Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
 * Paddy Healy (St Mary's hurler), Irish hurler
 * Pamela Healy (born 1963), American sailor
 * Patricia Healy (born 1959), American actress
 * Patrick Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Paul M. Healy, American Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (since 1998)
 * Peadar Healy (born 1963), Irish Gaelic football player and manager
 * Phil Healy (born 1994), Irish sprinter
 * Randolph Healy (born 1956), Irish poet and publisher
 * Raymond J. Healy (1907–1997), American science fiction anthologist
 * Robert Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Roy Healy (1915–1968), American rocket scientist
 * Ryan Healy (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
 * Ryon Healy (born 1992), American baseball player
 * Sam Healy (born 1976), Australian actress
 * Sarah Healy (born 2001), Irish middle-distance runner
 * Scott Healy, American musician
 * Séamus Healy (born 1950), Irish politician
 * Sean Healy, American artist
 * Shane Healy (born 1968), Irish Olympic middle-distance runner
 * Shay Healy (1942–2021), Irish songwriter, broadcaster and journalist
 * Siobhan Healy (born 1976), Scottish artist
 * Steve Healy, Australian sporting administrator and lawyer, President of Tennis Australia 2010–2017
 * Susan D. Healy, British biology professor at St. Andrews University, specialist in bird and animal cognitive behaviour
 * Ted Healy (1896–1937), American vaudeville performer
 * Terry Healy (1921–2009), Australian footballer
 * Terry Healy (politician) (born 1981), Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2017
 * Thomas Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Timothy Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Tom Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Tucka Healy, American soccer player and Google employee
 * Una Healy (born 1981), Irish singer with The Saturdays
 * William Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Yvonne Healy, Irish storyteller

Fictional characters

 * Alex Healy, in the BBC soap opera Eastenders
 * Benjamin Healy, in the film Problem Child, Junior's dad
 * Mike Healy, in the TV series Oz
 * Sam Healy, in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black
 * Wendy Healy, in the novel and TV series Lipstick Jungle