Gahan
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Gahan may refer to:
- Charles Joseph GahanCharles Joseph GahanCharles Joseph Gahan was born on 20 January 1862 at Roscrea County Tipperary, Ireland. His father, Michael Gahan was the Master of Erasmus Smith's School in Tipperary. He was educated first at Queens College Galway, where he achieved distinction, and then at the Royal School of Mines in Kensington...
, entomologist - Dave Gahan, British singer
- Gahan (surname)Gahan (surname)Gahan is a surname with several different origins. One origin of the surname is from a reduced form of McGahan, which is in turn an Anglicised form of the Irish language Mac Eacháin, meaning "son of Eachán". Another origin of the name, in Leinster, is from a reduced form of the Irish language Ó...
, origin of the surname - Gordon GahanGordon GahanGordon Gahan was an American photographer.Photographer Gordon W. Gahan is perhaps best known for his work for the National Geographic Society in the 1970s and 1980s. He began working for the Society in 1968 as a contract photographer, and joined the staff in 1972...
, photographer - William GahanWilliam GahanWilliam Gahan was an Irish priest and author; born 5 June 1732, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Dublin, he died there, 6 December 1804. He entered on his novitiate in the Augustinian Order, 12 Sept., 1748 and made his solemn profession 18 Sept., 1749. Shortly afterwards he was sent to the Catholic...
, Irish priest