Hennessey (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
People
- Brad HennesseyBrad HennesseyBrad Martin Hennessey is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He attended Whitmer High School.-Professional career:...
(born 1980), baseball player - Dan HennesseyDan HennesseyDan Hennessey is a Canadian voice actor who, early on in his career, performed with a children's comedy troupe,...
(born 1941), Canadian voice actor - Dorothy HennesseyDorothy HennesseySister Dorothy Marie Hennessey, O.S.F., was a Roman Catholic Franciscan Sister and activist. Hennessey was born in Manchester, Iowa. The 13 Hennessey siblings — Dorothy Marie Hennessey was the eldest — grew up on an Iowa farm. She was 19 years older than her younger, natural sister, Sister Gwen...
(1913–2008), Roman Catholic religious sister and activist - Gwen HennesseyGwen HennesseySister Gwen Hennessey, O.P., is a Roman Catholic Dominican Sister and activist. She was born on a farm in Buchanan County, Iowa, the thirteenth child of Anna Killias Hennessey and Maurice Hennessey...
(born 1932), Roman Catholic religious sister and activist - Keith HennesseyKeith HennesseyKeith Hennessey is the former Assistant to the U.S. President for Economic Policy and Director of the U.S. National Economic Council. He was appointed to the position in November 2007 by President George W. Bush, and served until the end of Bush's second term in office. Mr...
, director of the U.S. National Economic Council - Terry HennesseyTerry HennesseyWilliam Terrence "Terry" Hennessey is a Welsh former international footballer who gained 39 caps for Wales. He played as a defender and made 400 Football League appearances in the 1960s and 1970s with Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest and Derby County.After his playing career, he managed a number...
(born 1942), Welsh footballer - Wayne HennesseyWayne HennesseyWayne Robert Hennessey is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers as a goalkeeper.-Early career:...
(born 1987), Welsh footballer - Alistair Hennessey, fictional rival to the eponymous character of The Life Aquatic with Steve ZissouThe Life Aquatic with Steve ZissouThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is an American comedy-drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Wes Anderson. It is Anderson's fourth feature length film, released in the U.S. on December 25, 2004...
People with alternative spellings of the name
- Arthur HennessyArthur HennessyArthur Stephen "Ash" Hennessy was an Australian pioneer rugby league identity. He was a seminal figure in the creation of the South Sydney Rabbitohs for whom he played and later coached...
(1876–1959), Australian pioneer rugby league identity - Bill HennessyBill HennessyBill Hennessy is a former Irish sportsman who played hurling for his local club Tullaroan and the Kilkenny intercounty side. Hennessy won senior All-Ireland medals with "the Cats" in 1992 and 1993, and was team captain for the year 1995 in which Kilkenny won the National Hurling League.- References :...
, former Irish sportsman - Carly SmithsonCarly SmithsonCarly Smithson is an Irish soul/pop rock singer-songwriter and actress from San Diego, California who was the sixth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. In 2001, Smithson released her first studio album for MCA Records called Ultimate High. Smithson was dropped from the record...
(née Hennessy, born 1983), Irish singer - Claire HennessyClaire HennessyClaire Hennessy is the Irish author of several young adult novels. She was born in Dublin on 24 February 1986 and attended Trinity College Dublin. She teaches creative writing workshops...
(born 1986), Irish novelist - Clinton HennessyClinton HennessyClinton Hennessy is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Ardmore, and was a member of the Waterford senior inter-county team from 2005 to 2011.-Club:...
(born 1977), Irish sportsperson - David Hennessy (1858–1890), police chief of New Orleans
- Jacqueline HennessyJacqueline HennessyJacqueline Hennessy is a Canadian journalist, television host, and occasional actress. She is the identical twin sister of actress Jill Hennessy. Hennessy is of Irish, Italian, Swedish, French, and Ukrainian descent...
(born 1968), journalist - Jill HennessyJill HennessyJillian Noel "Jill" Hennessy is a Canadian actress and musician known for her television roles on Law & Order and Crossing Jordan.-Early life:...
(born 1968), film and television actress - Joe HennessyJoe HennessyJoe Hennessy is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1976 until 1988.-Early life:...
(born 1956), former Irish sportsperson - Archbishop John HennessyJohn Hennessy (Archbishop)-External links:**...
(1825–1900), former head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque - John L. HennessyJohn L. HennessyJohn LeRoy Hennessy is an American computer scientist and academician. Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Computer Systems Inc. and is the 10th President of Stanford University.-Background:...
(born 1953), current president of Stanford University - John Pope HennessyJohn Pope HennessySir John Pope Hennessy, KCMG , was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong.-Early life:...
(1834–1891), eighth governor of Hong Kong - Josh HennessyJosh HennessyJoshua Hennessy is an American professional ice hockey player. Hennessy is currently a member of the Boston Bruins organization. Hennessy most recently played for HC Lugano in 2010/11 and previously for the Ottawa Senators organization....
(born 1985), professional ice hockey player - Kevin HennessyKevin HennessyKevin Hennessy is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Midleton and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1982 until 1993.-Club:...
(born 1961), Irish retired sportsperson - Larry HennessyLarry HennessyLarry Hennessy was an American basketball player. Hennessy, a 6' 4" forward out of Blessed Sacrament High School in New Rochelle, New York, played college basketball for Villanova University. An excellent passer and rebounder, Hennessy finished his collegiate career with 1737 points...
(1929–2008), American basketball player - Matthew HennessyMatthew HennessyMatthew Hennessy is an Irish computer scientist who has contributed especially to concurrency , process calculi and programming language semantics....
, Irish computer scientist - Neil HennessyNeil HennessyNeil Kevin Hennessy is a musician and music producer/engineer from Chicago, Illinois.Hennessy currently plays in The Lawrence Arms, Colossal, The Falcon, The Smoking Popes and Demon Beach. He has also been a member of Noise By Numbers, Baxter, The Killing Tree, and Quattro.Hennessy works at Atlas...
(born 1978), musician and music producer/engineer - Peter HennessyPeter HennessyPeter John Hennessy, Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield, FBA is an English historian of government. Since 1992, he has been Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London.-Early life:...
(born 1947), English historian of government - Séamus HennessySéamus HennessySéamus Hennessy is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Kilruane McDonaghs and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.-Career:...
, Irish sportsperson - W. Louis HennessyW. Louis HennessyW. Louis Hennessy is an American jurist who serves as judge in the District Court for Charles County, Maryland. He was also a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 28.-Background:...
(born 1955), 4th Circuit Court Associate Judge in Maryland, former Maryland Delegate - William John HennessyWilliam John HennessyWilliam John Hennessy was an Irish artist.-Biography:William John Hennessy was born in Thomastown, County Kilkenny in 1839. His father, John Hennessy, was forced to leave Ireland in 1848 as a result of his involvement in the Young Ireland movement. He landed in Canada and settled in New York...
(1839–1917), Irish painter - David HenesyDavid HenesyDavid Henesy Raised in New York City, Henesy was a child actor in film, television, and Broadway. He appeared in "Oliver!", "Jenny" , and daytime television series Dark Shadows in the roles of David Collins, Daniel Collins, Jamison Collins, and Tad Collins...
(born 1956), actor
Fine Arts
- The book of hoursBook of HoursThe book of hours was a devotional book popular in the later Middle Ages. It is the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript. Like every manuscript, each manuscript book of hours is unique in one way or another, but most contain a similar collection of texts, prayers and...
of Our Lady aka the book of hours of HennessyHours of HennessyThe Hours of Hennessy or Hours of Notre-Dame is a 1530 illuminated book of Hours attributed to the Bruges artist Simon Bening and his workshop. Its original commissioner is unknown and it is unknown how it was acquired by its later owners the Irish Hennessy family...
is a 16th century manuscript illustrated by Simon Bening of Bruges, kept at the Belgian National Library. It is named atfter its last individual owner Pierre Henessy (circa 1874).
Media and entertainment
- Hennessy (film)Hennessy (film)Hennessy is a 1975 British thriller film directed by Don Sharp and starring Rod Steiger, Trevor Howard, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor and Patrick Stewart. After the death of his family during a riot in Belfast, Niall Hennessy comes up with a plan to blow up the British...
, a 1975 film about the Irish Republican Army - HenneseyHenneseyHennesey is an American military sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1962. The series, which aired for three seasons, stars Jackie Cooper in the title role.-Synopsis:...
, a 1959–1962 television series - Crossing HennessyCrossing HennessyCrossing Hennessy is a 2010 Hong Kong film directed by Ivy Ho. It was filmed from March to May 2009, and stars Jacky Cheung and Tang Wei. It is a remake of Crossing Delancey ....
, a 2009 Hong Kong film
Business and trade
- Hennessy'sHennessy'sHennessy's was an American department store owned by Mercantile Stores and was headquartered in Billings, Montana. When Mercantile Stores was acquired by Dillard's in 1998 the 100 year old name was retired in favor for Dillard's.-History:...
, a defunct Montana-based department store - HennessyHennessyJas Hennessy & Co., or more simply Hennessy, is a world-leading cognac house with headquarters in Cognac, France. Today, the company of Jas Hennessy & Co...
, a brand of cognac