O'Shea
O'Shea /oʊˈʃeɪ/ is a surname and, less often, a given name. It is an anglicized form of the Irish patronymic name Ó Séaghdha or Ó Sé, originating in the Kingdom of Corcu Duibne in County Kerry.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname[]
- Alicia O'Shea Petersen (1862–1923), Australian suffragist
- Brian O'Shea (boxer), American boxer
- Brian O'Shea (politician) (born 1944), Irish politician
- Clarrie O'Shea (1906–1988), Australian labour union secretary
- Donal O'Shea, Canadian mathematician
- Franc O'Shea, Swazi musician
- Greg O'Shea, Australian record producer, audio engineer, mix engineer and musician
- Greg O'Shea (rugby union), Irish rugby union player
- Basque leftist and independentist politician, jailed in early XXIth century.
- Jack O'Shea (born 1957), All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer from County Kerry
- James O'Shea and John O'Shea, Victorian stone carvers associated with John Ruskin
- Jay O'Shea (born 1988), Irish footballer
- John O'Shea (born 1981), Irish international footballer who has won the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League
- John O'Shea (director) (1920–2001), New Zealand film director
- John O'Shea (humanitarian) (born 1944), Irish founder of GOAL, international humanitarian organization based in Ireland
- John Augustus O'Shea (1839–1905), Irish soldier, journalist, and writer
- Katharine O'Shea (1846–1921), English wife of Irish politician, Charles Stewart Parnell
- Kel O'Shea (born 1933), Australian rugby league footballer
- Kevin O'Shea (1925–2003) was an All-American college basketball player who later played professionally
- Mark O'Shea (herpetologist) (born 1956), English herpetologist
- Mark O'Shea (musician) (born 16 February 1977), Australian singer-songwriter
- Mike O'Shea (Canadian football) (born 1970), Canadian football player
- Milo O'Shea (1926–2013), Irish actor
- Natalia O'Shea (born 1976), Russian linguist and musician
- Rick O'Shea (born 1973), Irish radio DJ
- Steve O'Shea, New Zealand marine biologist and environmentalist
- Tessie O'Shea (1913–1995), Welsh entertainer and actress
- Timothy O'Shea (born 1949), vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Edinburgh
- Tony O'Shea (born 1961), English darts player
- William O'Shea (1840–1905), Irish soldier and Member of Parliament
Given name[]
- Oshae Brissett (born 1998), Canadian basketball player
- Ice Cube (born O'Shea Jackson in 1969) American rapper and actor
- O'Shea Jackson Jr. (born 1991), his son, rapper and actor
See also[]
- O'Shea, an American-based Australian country music duo
- O'Shea and Whelan, an Irish family practice of stonemasons and sculptors
- Jack O'Shea's, meat retailer in Brussels and London
- Shea (disambiguation)
- Ó Sé – Irish language spelling of this name
Categories:
- Surnames
- Anglicised Irish-language surnames