McCann (surname)

McCann is an Irish surname derived from Mac Cana, meaning "son of Cana". The Irish personal name Cana literally means "wolf cub", and was a term for a young warrior.^[1] The Mac Cana were a Gaelic Irish clan who held the lands of Clancann and Clanbrassil, together known as Oneilland, in what is now northern County Armagh.^[2] The surname is strongly associated with that part of Ulster.^[1]

People named McCann[]

McCann is the surname of Irish origin of several people, including:

• Austin McCann (born 1980), Scottish footballer
• (born 1966), US Technology Executive.
• Bert McCann (born 1932), Scottish footballer
• Bill McCann (1892–1957), Australian soldier of World War I
• Bob McCann (born 1964), American basketball player
• Brian McCann (actor) (born 1965), American writer/actor/comedian
• Brian McCann (baseball) (born 1984), American baseball player
• Carole McCann, American academic
• Charles McCann (1899–1980), Indian naturalist
• Charles J. McCann (1926–2015), an American college president
• Chris McCann (born 1987), Irish footballer
• Chuck McCann (born 1934), American actor
• Colum McCann (born 1965), Irish writer
• Denise McCann (born 1948) American-Canadian singer/songwriter and CBC Radio contributor
• Donal McCann (1943–1999), Irish actor
• E. Michael McCann (born 1936), an American attorney and politician
• Eamonn McCann (born 1943), Irish journalist, author, and political activist
• Fergus McCann, Scottish-Canadian businessman and entrepreneur
• Gavin McCann (born 1978), English footballer
• Gerald McCann (born 1950), American politician
• Gordon J. McCann Canadian horse trainer
• Grant McCann (born 1980), Northern Irish footballer
• Henry McCann (born 1887), Scottish footballer
• Howie McCann (born 1956), American baseball player and coach; father of Brian
• Hugh McCann (born 1954), Scottish footballer
• Jack McCann (1910–1972), British politician
• James McCann (disambiguation), multiple people by the name of James or Jim
• Jared McCann (born 1996), Canadian ice hockey player
• Joe McCann (1947–1972), Irish Republican Army member
• Joseph McCann (academic) (1946–2015), American academic
• Joseph McCann (criminal) (born 1985), rapist
• John P. McCann (born 1952), American writer and producer
• Kerryn McCann (born 1967), Australian runner
• Kevin McCann, multiple people
• Les McCann (born 1935), American musician
• Lila McCann (born 1981), American country music singer
• Madeleine McCann (born 2003), British girl who disappeared on 3 May 2007, in Portugal
• Maria McCann (born 1956), English novelist
• Martin McCann, multiple people
• Mia Wray-McCann (born 1995), Australian pop singer, songwriter and musician, known professionally as Mia Wray
• Michael McCann, multiple people
• Neil McCann (born 1974), Scottish footballer
• Owen McCann (1907–1994), South African Cardinal
• Peter McCann (born 1950), American singer & songwriter
• Peter P. McCann, American philatelist
• Rory McCann, Scottish actor
• Rory McCann (cricketer) (born 1985), Irish cricketer
• Sean McCann, multiple people
• Terrence McCann (1934–2006), American wrestler
• Terry McCann, fictional character played by Dennis Waterman in Minder
• Tim McCann, multiple people
• Tucker McCann (born 1997), American football player
• Van McCann (born 1992), Welsh singer, songwriter & guitarist
• Wilma McCann (died 1975), the first victim of British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe

People named MacCann[]

• Philip MacCann (born 1969), Irish short story writer

See also[]

• Dick McCann Memorial Award, for football reporting
• McCann Field House
• McCann's Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal
• McGann

References[]

Surname list

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