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 mongach ‘hair’, ‘mane’).

Notable people include:


 * Alan Mangan, Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Albert Mangan (1915–1993), American Olympic racewalker
 * Andrew Mangan (writer), creator of Arsenal blog, Arseblog
 * Andy Mangan (born 1986), English footballer
 * 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
 * Kate Mangan (1904–1977), British artist, actress and journalist.
 * Lou Mangan (1922–2015), Australian rules footballer
 * Lucy Mangan (born 1974), British journalist
 * Luke Mangan (born 1970), Australian chef
 * Mike Mangan (rugby union) (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
 * Tom Mangan (1926-1998), American politician and educator
 * Tony Mangan (born 1957), Irish ultra distance runner