Callahan
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Callahan is an Irish
surname
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Those bearing it include:
Ireland
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surname
Surname
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Those bearing it include:
In the United States Armed Forces
- John H. CallahanJohn H. CallahanJohn H. Callahan was one of two men from the 122nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry to receive the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War. Callahan was a private in Company B...
, Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
In sports
- Ben CallahanBen CallahanBenjamin Franklin Callahan was a Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-hander was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 31st round of the 1980 amateur draft, then traded to the Oakland Athletics on June 15, 1983...
, baseball player - Bill Callahan (football coach)Bill Callahan (football coach)William E. Callahan is the Assistant Head Coach for the New York Jets. He was formerly the head coach of the Oakland Raiders for the 2002-2003 seasons and for the University of Nebraska for the 2004-2007 seasons....
, American football coach - Gerry CallahanGerry CallahanDennis and Callahan is an American morning radio show on WEEI, a sports radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. On November 16, 2010, a live three-hour simulcast began airing on NESN from 6-9AM Eastern time each weekday. The show combines talk of sports and politics, along with current or "water...
, sports writer - Henry CallahanHenry CallahanHenry Callahan was a player and ambassador of Ultimate and helped bring the sport to the University of Oregon, formally establishing a team in 1978. In 1982 he was murdered during a robbery while working in Boulder, Colorado...
, ultimate player - Nixey CallahanNixey CallahanJames Joseph "Nixey" Callahan was an American pitcher and left fielder in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Colts/Orphans, and Chicago White Sox. 80px|thumb|left|He also managed the White Sox, as well as the Pittsburgh Pirates...
, baseball player and manager - Ryan CallahanRyan CallahanRyan Callahan is an American ice hockey forward and captain of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:Callahan played one year of high school hockey for Hilton High School...
, ice hockey player
In politics
- Bob CallahanBob CallahanRobert V. Callahan is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995...
, former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Deb CallahanDeb CallahanDeb Callahan is an American environmental and political leader. Currently she is the president of the Heinz Center, a Washington, DC, nonprofit institution dedicated to improving the scientific and economic foundation for environmental policy....
, former president of the League of Conservation Voters - Dennis CallahanDennis CallahanDennis Callahan is an American politician from Annapolis, Maryland, and the former director of the Recreation and Parks Department of Anne Arundel County, Maryland...
, ran in the 2006 Maryland county executive elections - Donald A. CallahanDonald A. CallahanDonald A. Callahan was a Republican politician from Idaho. Callahan was the 1938 Republican nominee for the United States Senate seat in Idaho. He was defeated by Democratic Congressman D. Worth Clark....
, 1938 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat in Idaho - Ed CallahanEd CallahanFor the 19th-century baseball player, see Ed Callahan .Edgar F. Callahan was an American civil servant, who served as Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1985.-Early life and career:Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Callahan graduated from...
, former Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) - James Yancy CallahanJames Yancy CallahanJames Yancy Callahan was a late 19th century politician. Callahan would represent the Oklahoma Territory as a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1899...
, former Delegate from the Oklahoma Territory to the U.S. House of Representatives - John B. CallahanJohn B. CallahanJohn B. Callahan is the mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was the Democratic nominee in an unsuccessful 2010 bid for United States Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district.-Early life, education and career:...
, mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania - Laura CallahanLaura CallahanLaura Callahan was the former senior director at the United States Department of Homeland Security who resigned after an investigation revealed that she had obtained academic degrees from a diploma mill. Callahan had also served as Deputy Chief Information Officer of the US Department of Labor and...
, former senior director at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Sonny CallahanSonny CallahanHerbert Leon "Sonny" Callahan is a politician from Alabama.Callahan was born in Mobile, Alabama he had eight brothers and sisters and he attended classes at a branch of the University of Alabama that was located in Mobile. He did not graduate. Callahan served in the United States Navy from 1952 to...
, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Mobile, Alabama - Victor CallahanVictor CallahanVictor Callahan is a Democratic member of the Missouri Senate, representing the 11th District since 2003....
, current Missouri State Senator
In show business
- Bill Callahan (producer)Bill Callahan (producer)Bill Callahan is a writer/producer for such shows as Spin City, 8 Simple Rules, Oliver Beene, Scrubs and Psych.-Career:Callahan was an executive producer/writer on Scrubs, which entered its ninth season on December 1, 2009...
, producer and writer of Scrubs - John Callahan (actor), actor in All My Children
- Noel CallahanNoel CallahanNoel Callahan is a Canadian actor who is best known for his role as Louis Testaverde-Miller on the hit Nickelodeon show Romeo! He made his acting debut on Stargate SG-1 in 2001. Noel has graduated at St...
, actor in Romeo!
Others
- Americus CallahanAmericus CallahanA windowed envelope is a conventional envelope with a plastic window to allow the recipient's address to be printed on the paper contained within.-History:...
, inventor - Consuelo María CallahanConsuelo María CallahanConsuelo María Callahan is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.-Background:...
, judge - Daniel CallahanDaniel CallahanDaniel Callahan was born July 19, 1930. Callahan is a philosopher widely recognized for his innovative studies in biomedical ethics.·In high school Callahan was a swimmer and choose to attend Yale University because of its competitive swimming program. While at Yale, he was drawn to...
, philosopher - David CallahanDavid CallahanDavid Callahan is a co-founder of the think tank Demos, a public policy group based in New York City, where he is currently a Senior Fellow. He is also an author, commentator, and lecturer. He is perhaps best known as the author of the books The Cheating Culture and The Moral Center. Callahan is a...
, writer - Gene Callahan (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Callahan (photographer), photographer
- John Callahan (disambiguation)John Callahan (disambiguation)John Callahan may refer to:* John Callahan , best known from the popular soap opera All My Children* John Callahan , cartoonist* John Callahan's Quads!, a 2001 animated television series* Pelswick, a 2000 animated television series...
, multiple people - John Ross CallahanJohn Ross CallahanDr. John R. Callahan was a pioneer in the field of dentistry and particularly dental research in the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
, dental researcher - Kenneth CallahanKenneth CallahanKenneth Callahan was a noted 20th century Abstract Expressionism painter, art critic curator, and a founder of the Northwest School....
, artist - North CallahanNorth CallahanNorth Callahan was an American historian and scholar. Born in Sweetwater, Tennessee, he was educated at the Tennessee Military Institute and the University of Chattanooga, where he graduated cum laude in 1930. He later earned a master's degree from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from New York...
, historian - William P. CallahanWilliam P. CallahanWilliam Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv., DD is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. On Friday, June 11, 2010, he was named Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse by Pope Benedict XVI, succeeding Jerome Edward Listecki, who had become Milwaukee's Archbishop.Bishop Callahan...
, Roman Catholic bishop
See also
- Ó Ceallacháin
- CallaghanCallaghanÓ Ceallacháin, O'Callaghan, or simply Callaghan without the prefix, is an Irish surname.-Munster:The surname means descendent of Ceallachán who was the Eóganachta King of Munster from AD 935 until 954. The personal name Cellach means ‘bright-headed’. The principal Munster sept of the name Callaghan...
- CallihanCallihanÓ Ceallacháin, anglacised Callihan is a surname and may refer to:* Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin , journalist, author and broadcaster* Bill Callihan, American football player* Mike Callihan , Lieutenant Governor of Colorado...