Scanlan (surname)

Scanlan is an Irish surname that derives from the Irish Gaelic name Ó Scannláin, meaning descendant of Scannlán’. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Emmett J. Scanlan (born 1979), Irish actor
 * Fred Scanlan (1877–1950), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Jerry Scanlan (born 1957) retired American football player
 * Joanna Scanlan (born 1961), English actress and television writer
 * John Joseph Scanlan (1906–1997), second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
 * Joseph Lawrence Scanlan (born 1929), American television director
 * Julian Scanlan (born 1997), American DJ
 * Justin Scanlan (born 1975), Irish Australian community leader and disability advocate
 * Laetisha Scanlan (born 1990), Australian sport shooter
 * Luke Scanlan (1841–1915), American politician and farmer
 * Michael Scanlan (disambiguation)
 * Neal Scanlan (born 1961), British special effects artist
 * Patricia Scanlan (born 1956), Irish novelist
 * Reggie Scanlan, bass guitar player from New Orleans, Louisiana
 * Robert Richard Scanlan (1801–1876), Irish painter
 * Sean Scanlan (1948–2017), Scottish actor
 * Seán Scanlan (1937–2017), Irish pioneer in circuits & systems theory, electronic engineering professor
 * Teresa Scanlan (1993), Irish American former Miss America and business lawyer
 * Thomas Scanlan (1874–1930), Irish politician
 * Toni Scanlan (born 1956), Australian actress
 * Tuna Scanlan, Samoan/New Zealand boxer of the 1950s and '60s
 * Walter Scanlan, stage name of Walter Van Brunt (1892–1971), American tenor
 * William J. Scanlan (1934–2014), musical theatre performer and composer

Fictional characters:
 * Mike Scanlan, a character in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Valley of Fear