Casey (surname)
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Casey is a common variation of the Gaelic cathasaigh, meaning vigilant or watchful. At least six different sept
Sept
A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. The word might have its origin from Latin saeptum "enclosure, fold", or it can be an alteration of sect.The term is found in both Ireland and Scotland...

s used this name, primarily in the Counties
Counties of Ireland
The counties of Ireland are sub-national divisions used for the purposes of geographic demarcation and local government. Closely related to the county is the County corporate which covered towns or cities which were deemed to be important enough to be independent from their counties. A county...

 of Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...

 and Dublin
County Dublin
County Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Dublin Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin which is the capital of Ireland. County Dublin was one of the first of the parts of Ireland to be shired by King John of England following the...

.

People with the surname Casey include:
  • Adam Casey
    Adam Casey
    Adam Casey is an Australian professional football player who currently plays for Dandaloo FC in the Illawarra Premier League.-Club career:...

     (born 1986), Australian soccer player
  • Al Casey (disambiguation)
  • Albert Vincent Casey
    Albert Vincent Casey
    Albert Vincent Casey was a former United States Postmaster General, publisher of The Los Angeles Times, and an attendee of the Bohemian Grove. He received two degrees from Harvard University in 1948....

     (1920–2004), former United States Postmaster General
  • Ann Casey
    Ann Casey
    Lucille Ann Casey , better known by her ring name Ann Casey, is a retired American professional wrestler.-Professional wrestling career:...

     (born 1938), American professional wrestler
  • Anne Casey
    Anne Casey
    Anne Casey, FRCN is a New Zealand-trained nurse based in England, who developed Casey's model of nursing. She is currently the editor of the journal Paediatric Nursing, published by the Royal College of Nursing...

    , New Zealand-trained nurse based in England, developer of Casey's model of nursing
  • Bernie Casey
    Bernie Casey
    Bernard Terry "Bernie" Casey is a professional actor who initially had a career as an interscholastic, intercollegiate and professional football player. Casey was also a record-breaking track and field athlete for Bowling Green State University...

     (born 1939), American football player and actor
  • Bill Casey
    Bill Casey
    William D. "Bill" Casey is a Canadian politician. He is a former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons.-Life and career:...

     (born 1945), Canadian politician
  • Bob Casey (baseball announcer)
    Bob Casey (baseball announcer)
    Bob Casey was the only public address announcer in Minnesota Twins history until 2005. He started announcing Twins games when the franchise moved to Minnesota from Washington, D.C., in 1961....

     (1925–2005)
  • Bob Casey (rugby player)
    Bob Casey (rugby player)
    Bob Casey is an Irish rugby union footballer who plays at lock for London Irish. Casey is originally from Maynooth, County Kildare, and was educated at Blackrock College, a Dublin secondary school renowned for producing international rugby players.-Club career:Casey joined Leinster in 1999 and...

     (born 1978), Irish rugby union footballer
  • Bob Casey, Jr.
    Bob Casey, Jr.
    Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey, Jr. is the senior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as Pennsylvania Treasurer, and Pennsylvania Auditor General. He is the son of former Governor Bob Casey, Sr..He is the first Democrat elected to a full term in...

     (born 1960), U.S. Senator (D-PA), son of late Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey
  • Cathal Casey
    Cathal Casey
    Cathal Casey is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club St. Catherine’s and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1987 until 1995.-Early life:...

     (born 1967), Irish hurler
  • Conor Casey
    Conor Casey
    Conor Casey is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...

     (born 1981), American soccer player
  • Dan Casey
    Dan Casey
    Dan Casey was a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 7 seasons with the Wilmington Quicksteps, Detroit Wolverines, Philadelphia Quakers and Syracuse Stars. He led the National League in ERA in 1887 while playing for Philadelphia...

     (1862–1943), American baseball player
  • Daniel Casey
    Daniel Casey
    -Early life:The son of journalist and television presenter Luke Casey, he grew up in Stockton-on-Tees and attended Grey College, Durham, graduating with a BA in English Literature before pursuing a career in acting.-Career:...

     (born 1972), English actor
  • Don Casey
    Don Casey
    Don Casey is a former professional and collegiate basketball coach. He has coached two NBA teams, the Los Angeles Clippers and the New Jersey Nets—each for a season and a half. He had previously coached the Temple Owls from 1973–1982...

    , American basketball coach
  • Dwane Casey
    Dwane Casey
    Dwane Casey is a former NCAA basketball player and coach who currently is a head coach in the NBA for the Toronto Raptors.-Early years:Casey was born in Morganfield, Kentucky, and graduated from Union County High School in 1975....

     (born 1957), assistant coach for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks
  • Eamon Casey
    Eamon Casey
    Eamon Casey is Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland.-Priest and bishop:...

     (born 1927), Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
  • Ed Casey
    Ed Casey
    Edmund Denis Casey was best known as a former leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland between 1978 and 1982. He also served as Primary Industries Minister in the government of Wayne Goss between 1989 and 1995...

     (1933–2006), former leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland
  • Eddie Casey
    Eddie Casey
    Edward Lawrence Casey was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Harvard University and was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968...

     (1894–1966), American football player and coach
  • Eduardo Casey
    Eduardo Casey
    Eduardo Casey was an Argentine born of Irish parents in 1847 in Buenos Aires. In 1880 he purchased of land in Santa Fe Province and founded there the present-day city of Venado Tuerto, named after a one-eyed deer that alerted early settlers to attacks by local Indians. He also helped in the...

     (1847–1906), Argentine founder of Venado Tuerto
  • Frank Casey
    Frank Casey
    Francis Casey was an Australian engineer and foundation President of the Public Transport Users Association . He is also credited with having invented Hexapool, a variant of billiards. -Family:...

     (died 1994), Australian president of the Public Transport Users Association
  • George William Casey, Sr. (1922–1970), two-star general, United States Army
  • George William Casey, Jr. (born 1948), four-star general, United States Army
  • Gerard Casey (philosopher)
    Gerard Casey (philosopher)
    Professor Gerard Casey is a member of the School of Philosophy in University College Dublin . He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Maryvale Institute and an Adjunct Scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute...

     (born 1951)
  • Gerard Casey
    Gerard Casey
    Gerard Casey , Irish artist, was born, lives and works in Kilkenny, Ireland. He studied in the Limerick, Cork and Ontario, Canada Colleges of Art...

    , Irish artist
  • Harry Wayne Casey
    Harry Wayne Casey
    Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is most famous for his group, KC and the Sunshine Band, and as a producer of several hits for other artists.-Early years:...

     (born 1951), American musician
  • Hugh John Casey
    Hugh John Casey
    Hugh John Casey was a Major General in the United States Army. A 1918 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Casey served in Germany during the Occupation of the Rhineland...

     (1898–1981), Major General in the United States Army
  • James Casey
    James Casey
    James Byron Casey is an American football tight end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Texans in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Rice.-Baseball career:Casey was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the seventh round of...

     (born 1984), American football player
  • James E. Casey
    James E. Casey
    James E. Casey , American businessman, was born in Pick Handle Gulch near Candelaria, Nevada.In 1907, 19-year-old James Casey founded the American Messenger Company in Seattle, Washington with $100 borrowed from a friend. He served as president, CEO and chairman...

     (1888–1983), American businessman
  • Jim Casey (footballer)
    Jim Casey (footballer)
    Jim Casey is a retired Scottish football midfielder. He spent eight seasons in Scotland and part of one season in the United States....

     (born 1957), Scottish football player
  • Joe Casey
    Joe Casey
    Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite, among others.-Biography:...

    , American comic book writer
  • John Casey (academic)
    John Casey (academic)
    John Casey is a British academic and a writer for The Daily Telegraph. He has been described as Roger Scruton's "mentor", and is a lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. In 1975, along with Scruton, he founded the Conservative...

    , British academic
  • John Casey (novelist)
    John Casey (novelist)
    John D. Casey is an American novelist and translator.-Life:Casey went to school at Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa....

     (born 1939), American novelist
  • John Keegan Casey
    John Keegan Casey
    John Keegan 'Leo' Casey , known as the Poet of the Fenians, was an Irish poet, orator, novelist and Republican who was famous as the writer of the song "The Rising of the Moon" and as one of the central figures in the Fenian Rising of 1867. He was imprisoned by the English and died on St...

     (1846–1870), Irish poet
  • Joseph E. Casey
    Joseph E. Casey
    Joseph Edward Casey was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Clinton, he attended the public schools, served as a private in the United States Army at Camp Lee, Virginia in 1918, and was graduated from the Boston University School of Law in 1920. He was admitted to the bar...

     (1898–1980), United States Representative from Massachusetts
  • Karan Casey
    Karan Casey
    Karan Casey is an Irish folk singer, and a former member of the Irish band Solas.-Early years:Casey was born in Ballyduff Lower, Kilmeaden, County Waterford, Ireland. Her family encouraged her to sing in the house, in a church choir and at school. At Waterford Regional Technical College she...

     (born 1969), Irish folk singer
  • Karen Casey
    Karen Casey
    Karen Casey is a Canadian politician. She currently represents the electoral district of Colchester North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. She is a member of the Liberal caucus....

     (born 1947), Canadian politician
  • Kathleen L. Casey
    Kathleen L. Casey
    Kathleen L. Casey was a Republican commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She was appointed by President George W. Bush and sworn in on July 17, 2006. Her term expired in August 2011.-Background:...

     (born 1966), commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Ken Casey
    Ken Casey
    Ken Casey is the bass guitarist and a vocalist of the Boston Celtic punk group Dropkick Murphys. Casey was one of the original members, starting it in 1996 with Rick Barton and Mike McColgan. He is the only original member of the Dropkick Murphys left in the band, though drummer Matt Kelly joined...

    , bass guitarist and vocalist of the Boston punk rock group Dropkick Murphys
  • Kenneth Casey
    Kenneth Casey
    Kenneth Casey was a United States composer, publisher, author and child actor.He is best remembered as the lyricist for the song "Sweet Georgia Brown".-External links:...

     (1899–1965), American composer, publisher, author and child actor
  • Len Casey
    Len Casey
    Len 'Iron Man' Casey is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s, and coach of the 1980s and '90s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers , Bradford Northern, Hull, and Wakefield...

     (born 1953), English rugby league footballer
  • Lyman R. Casey
    Lyman R. Casey
    Lyman Rufus Casey was a United States Senator from North Dakota. Born in York, New York, he moved with his parents to Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1853. He received a classical education and engaged in the hardware business for many years; in 1882, he moved to Carrington, Foster County, Territory of...

     (1837–1914), United States Senator from North Dakota
  • Marty Casey
    Marty Casey
    Martin Xavier "Marty" Casey is an American rock musician who is the lead singer, primary songwriter and second guitarist of the band Lovehammers....

     (born 1973), American rock musician
  • Martyn P. Casey
    Martyn P. Casey
    Martyn Paul Casey is an English-born Australian rock bass guitarist. He had been a member of The Triffids, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. Casey plays either his Fender Precision Bass or Fender Jazz Bass.-Biography:...

     (born 1960), Australian rock bass guitarist
  • Mike Casey (labor leader) (born 1958)
  • Natalie Casey
    Natalie Casey
    Natalie Casey is an English actress, television presenter and singer. She is best known for her long running roles playing Carol Groves in the TV series Hollyoaks from 1995 to 2000 and playing Donna Henshaw in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps from 2001 to 2011...

    , English actress
  • Owen Casey
    Owen Casey
    Owen Casey is a former tennis player from Ireland.Casey represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Sweden's Magnus Gustafsson. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 October 1992,...

     (born 1969), Irish tennis player
  • Paddy Casey
    Paddy Casey
    Patrick "Paddy" Casey is an Irish singer-songwriter from Dublin. Paddy was discovered by Sony A&R Scout Hugh Murray at the International Bar in Dublin, while performing at the singer/songwriter night hosted by Dave Murphy...

    , Irish singer-songwriter
  • Patricia Casey
    Patricia Casey
    Patricia Rosarie Casey is an Irish psychiatrist and conservative activist. She is Professor of Psychiatry at University College Dublin and consultant psychiatrist at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin...

    , Professor of Psychiatry at University College Dublin
  • Paul Casey
    Paul Casey
    Paul Alexander Casey is an English golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. In 2009 he achieved his highest position, third, in the Official World Golf Rankings....

     (born 1977), English golfer
  • Peter Casey
    Peter Casey
    Peter Casey is an American television producer and screenwriter. He was a writer for the American sitcoms The Jeffersons, Cheers and Wings, as well as being a co-creator and writer for Frasier.-External links:...

    , American television producer and screenwriter
  • Ray Casey
    Ray Casey
    Raymond J. Casey was a top-ranked tennis player and coach.A large and very powerful man for his time, Casey was a 12-letter man in athletics at the University of California, Berkeley. A left-hander, he was considered to have one of the fastest serves in the world...

     (1900–1986), American tennis player and coach
  • Richard Casey (disambiguation)
  • Robert P. Casey
    Robert P. Casey
    Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey, Sr. was an American politician from Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995...

     (1932–2000), American politician
  • Ron Casey (disambiguation)
  • Samantha Casey
    Samantha Casey
    Samantha Casey is a beauty queen from Jeffersonton, Virginia, who represented her state and competed in both Miss Teen USA 2006 and Miss USA 2010, becoming one of very few women to place in the top 5 of Miss Teen USA and Miss USA....

     (born 1988), American Beauty Queen, Miss Virginia Teen USA 2006, 3rd runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2006 and Miss Virginia USA 2010, 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 2010
  • Samuel Casey (Upper Canada politician)
    Samuel Casey (Upper Canada politician)
    Samuel Casey was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Adolphustown Township in Upper Canada in 1788, the son of Willet Casey. He served in the local militia during the War of 1812, becoming lieutenant in 1823 and captain of cavalry in 1834...

     (1788–1857)
  • Sean Casey (disambiguation)
  • Shaun Casey
    Shaun Casey
    Shaun Casey was a model active from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. By 1987 she had given up modeling for all but a few favorite clients....

    , American model
  • Silas Casey
    Silas Casey
    Silas Casey was a career United States Army officer who rose to the rank of Major General during the American Civil War.-Early life and military career:...

     (1807–1882), United States Army officer during the American Civil War
  • Solanus Casey
    Solanus Casey
    Venerable Bernard Francis Casey was born in Oak Grove, Wisconsin. A Capuchin priest, Casey was known for his great faith, humility, and role as spiritual counselor and intercessor...

     (1870–1957), Capuchin priest
  • Steve Casey
    Steve Casey
    Stephen "Steve" Casey was an Irish sport rower and world champion professional wrestler. He was the second Irish wrestler, after Danno O'Mahoney, to become a world champion.- Rowing :...

     (1909–1987), Irish wrestler
  • Thomas Lincoln Casey (entomologist)
    Thomas Lincoln Casey (entomologist)
    Thomas Lincoln Casey was an American entomologist noted for his work on coleoptera. He was the son of General Thomas Lincoln Casey .-Military History:...

  • Thomas Lincoln Casey, Sr. (1831–1896), American soldier and engineer
  • Willet Casey
    Willet Casey
    Willet Casey was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Rhode Island in 1762. Casey was a Quaker and was viewed with hostility because he would not join in the combat. His father Samuel had been killed during the American Revolution. He first settled near Lake Champlain in...

     (1762–1848), Canadian farmer and political figure
  • William Casey, Director of CIA from 1981 to 1987
  • Zadok Casey
    Zadok Casey
    Zadok Casey was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1833 to 1843. He founded the city of Mount Vernon around 1817. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1822 and to the Illinois State Senate in 1826, and was elected the fourth...

     (1796–1862), American politician

Fictional characters

  • Ben Casey
    Ben Casey
    Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, *, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph...

    , medical drama series which ran on ABC
  • Buster "Rant" Casey, a character in the 2007 Chuck Palahniuk novel Rant
    Rant (novel)
    Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk released on May 1, 2007.Rant is told in the form of an oral biography. When the story begins, the reader discovers that the main character, Buster Landru "Rant" Casey, is already deceased...

  • Detective Casey, a character in the Mickey Mouse universe
  • John Casey (Chuck)
    John Casey (Chuck)
    Colonel John Casey is portrayed by actor Adam Baldwin on the television show Chuck on NBC. Prior to the episode "Chuck Versus the Tic Tac," he was partnered with CIA agent Sarah Walker to protect Chuck Bartowski....

    , a character in the television series Chuck
  • Shane Casey, a character in the television series CSI: NY
    CSI: NY
    CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...

  • Jared Casey
    Jared Casey
    Jared Tolland Casey is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. Jared has been played by James Stevenson from July 21, 2006 to July 23, 2007.-Character's background:Little is known about Jared's past...

    , a character on the soap opera Passions

See also

  • Casey (disambiguation)
  • Casey (given name)
    Casey (given name)
    Casey is a given name, derived either from the Irish surname meaning "vigilant" or from a combination of the initials K.C. It is in use for both boys and girls in the United States, often with variant spellings. It was the 326th most popular name for boys born in the United States in 2007 and the...

  • O'Casey (surname)
    O'Casey (surname)
    O’Casey is a common variation of the Gaelic cathasaigh, meaning vigilant or watchful, with the added Gaelic prefix O, meaning grandson or descendant...

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