List of people named O'Brien
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The O'Brien dynasty are a royal and noble house founded in the 10th century by Brian Boru of the Dál gCais or Dalcassians. After becoming King of Munster, through conquest he established himself as High King of Ireland...
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- Aidan O'BrienAidan O'BrienAidan Patrick O'Brien is an Irish horse racing trainer. Since 1996, he has been the private trainer at Ballydoyle Stables near Cashel in County Tipperary for John Magnier and his Coolmore Stud associates....
(b. 1969), Irish race horse trainer - Alex O'BrienAlex O'BrienAlex O'Brien is a professional tennis player from the United States, who competed on the ATP Tour. He was the No. 1 doubles player in the world and was ranked as high as 30 in the world in singles .He won his only singles title at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1996...
(b. 1970), professional American tennis player - Andy O'Brien (footballer), Irish association football player
- Billy O'BrienBilly O'BrienWilliam Smith O'Brien was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He was a native of Albany, New York.O'Brien played for the St. Paul Saints and Kansas City Cowboys, both of the Union Association, in 1884. He also played for the National League Washington Senators and the Brooklyn Gladiators...
(1860–1911), American baseball player - Bronterre O'Brien, (1805–1864), British Chartist
- Cathy O'BrienCathy O'BrienCathleen Ann O'Brien is an American who claims to be a victim of Project Monarch, an offshoot of Project MKULTRA, a program funded by the Central Intelligence Agency to research the use of drugs for intelligence purposes...
(b. 1957), purported American child-slave/sex-abuse victim - Cathy O'BrienCathy O'Brien (athlete)Cathy O'Brien is a retired female long-distance runner from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's marathon in 1991 while winning the Los Angeles Marathon. She is married to Michael O'Brien and has two kids, Patrick Finbar O'Brien born Apirl 2, 1999 and Andrew Joseph O'Brien...
(b. 1967), American long-distance runner - Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount ClareCharles O'Brien, 5th Viscount ClareCharles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare was the son of Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare and Philadelphia Lennard. He married Charlotte Bulkeley, daughter of Henry Bulkeley and Sophia Stuart, on 9 January 1696, at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France...
- Charles O'Brien, 6th Viscount ClareCharles O'Brien, 6th Viscount ClareCharles O'Brien, , 6th Viscount Clare was a Irish military officer in French service.Charles O'Brien was the son of Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare and Charlotte Bulkeley...
- Charles O'Brien, 7th Viscount ClareCharles O'Brien, 7th Viscount ClareCharles O'Brien was the 7th Viscount Clare was born in 1757 in Paris,France, the son of Charles O'Brien, 6th Viscount Clare and Marie Genevieve Louise Gauthier.O'Brien died unmarried on 29 December 1774 in Paris, France....
- Christian O'BrienChristian O'BrienChristian Arthur Edgar "Tim" O'Brien C.B.E was a British exploration geologist and author. In 1936 he was also involved in the discovery of the Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat in Southern Iran...
(b. 1914 - 2001), British geologist, author & historian - Clayton O'Brien (b. 1980 - 20xx), Born in Indiana in 1980, Great Person
- Clinton O'BrienClinton O'BrienClinton O'Brien is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played club football for the Sydney Roosters, South Queensland Crushers and Newcastle Knights, with whom he won the 2001 NRL premiership. O'Brein also represented Queensland in the 1997 State of Origin...
(b. 1974), Australian rugby league footballer - Conan O'BrienConan O'BrienConan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer and performer. Since November 2010 he has hosted Conan, a late-night talk show that airs on the American cable television station TBS....
(b. 1963), US comedian and talk show host - Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount ClareConnor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount ClareConnor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare was the son of Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare and Lady Catherine FitzGerald, a daughter of Gerald, 14th Earl of Desmond....
- Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount ClareDaniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount ClareDaniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare was the younger son of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond and Una O'Brien....
Irish member of the confederation of Kilkenny - Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount ClareDaniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount ClareDaniel O'Brien was the 3rd Viscount Clare.O'Brien was the son of Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare and Honora O'Brien, daughter of Daniel O'Brien and Ellen FitzGerald....
- Daniel O'Brien, 4th Viscount ClareDaniel O'Brien, 4th Viscount ClareDaniel O'Brien, 4th Viscount Clare was the son of Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clareand Philadelphia Lennard. He was commander of a regiment which he conveyed to France where he fought in the Battle of Marsaglia on 4 October 1693 and was mortally wounded. Daniel O'Brien never married and was...
- Danny O'BrienDanny O'BrienDanny O'Brien is an English technology journalist and civil liberties activist. He wrote weekly columns for the Sunday Times and the Irish Times; and before that for The Guardian, and acted as a consultant in helping The Guardian formulate its online strategy. He worked for the UK edition of...
(b. 1969), British writer and digital rights activist - Dara Ó BriainDara Ó BriainDara Ó Briain is an Irish stand-up comedian and television presenter, noted for hosting topical panel shows such as The Panel and Mock the Week....
, Irish comedian and presenter - Darcy O'BrienDarcy O'BrienDarcy O'Brien was an award-winning author of fiction and literary criticism, most well-known for his work in the genre of true crime. His first novel, A Way of Life, Like Any Other, was a fictionalized account of his childhood in Hollywood...
(1939–1998), American true crime author - Daryl O'BrienDaryl O'BrienDaryl Ernest O'Brien is a former Australian rules footballer who played 135 games for the North Melbourne Kangaroos during the 1960s....
(b. 1941), Australian footballer (Australian rules footballAustralian rules footballAustralian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
) - Dave O'Brien (sportscaster), American sportscaster
- Dave O'Brien (actor)Dave O'Brien (actor)Dave O'Brien was an American film actor, director and writer. Born David Poole Fronabarger in Big Spring, Texas, O'Brien started his film career in bit parts before gradually winning larger roles, mostly in B pictures....
(1912–1969), American film actor - Dermod O'BrienDermod O'BrienDermod O'Brien was an Irish painter, chiefly of landscapes and portraits.-Career:...
(1865–1906), Irish painter - Ed O'BrienEd O'BrienEdward John O'Brien is an English musician, songwriter and guitarist for the rock band Radiohead. He is also responsible for harmony vocals during live concerts and on many tracks from the band's albums...
, (b. 1968), English musician - Edna O'BrienEdna O'BrienEdna O'Brien is an Irish novelist and short story writer whose works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men and to society as a whole.-Life and career:...
(b. 1930), Irish novelist - Edward O'Brien (Irish republican)Edward O'Brien (Irish republican)Edward O'Brien, more commonly known as Ed O'Brien or Eddie O'Brien, was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer from Gorey in Co Wexford, Ireland.-Background:...
(1974–1996), Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer - Edwin Frederick O'BrienEdwin Frederick O'BrienEdwin Frederick O'Brien is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the current Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 29 August 2011...
, Archbishop of Baltimore - Erin Joanne O'BrienErin Joanne O'BrienErin O'Brien is an American actress active during the mid-twentieth century and best known as the leading lady of arguably the first made-for-TV movie, Girl on the Run, which also served as the pilot for the television series 77 Sunset Strip...
(b. 1935), American actress - Erin O'Brien (writer)Erin O'Brien (writer)Erin O'Brien is a fiction and nonfiction writer in the Cleveland area. She writes a biweekly column "," originally for the Cleveland Free Times and currently running in the Cleveland Scene. Her first novel, Harvey and Eck, was published by in 2005.She writes a blog, .Erin O'Brien is the sister...
, American writer - Eugene O'Brien (actor), actor of the silent film era
- Eugene O'Brien (racing driver)Eugene O'Brien (racing driver)Eugene O'Brien is a British auto racing driver and coach.-Career:He started his racing career in single-seaters, winning his first race in 1983 . After finishing third in the Junior Formula Ford Series in 1983, he was forced to take a break from racing due to lack of finance...
, British auto racing driver - Fergal O'BrienFergal O'BrienFergal O'Brien is an Irish professional snooker player. He has won one ranking title and reached two other major finals, and spent three seasons as a top 16 player.-Career:...
, Irish professional snooker player - Fitz James O'BrienFitz James O'BrienFitz James O'Brien was an Irish-born American writer, some of whose work is often considered one of the forerunners of today's science fiction.-Biography:...
, Irish born American novelist - Flann O'Brien, pen name of Irish novelist and satirist Brian O'Nolan
- George O'Brien (actor) (1899–1985), American silent movie actor
- George O'Brien (cricketer)George O'Brien (cricketer)George Hubert O'Brien is a Bermudian cricketer, who played with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006; O'Brien took two wickets as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth/Lewis method...
(b. 1984), Bermudian cricketer - George O'Brien (footballer) (b. 1935), former Southampton F.C. footballer
- George O'Brien (painter)George O'Brien (painter)George O'Brien was an engineer of aristocratic background who turned to art in 19th century Australasia, dying in poverty but leaving a body of remarkable work.-Biography:...
(1821–1888), New Zealand painter - George O'Brien (captain) (1788–1818), Irish, former lieutenant of the British Royal Navy, died in combat, fighting for the Independence of ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
- George Thomas Michael O'BrienGeorge Thomas Michael O'BrienSir George Thomas Michael O'Brien, KCMG was a British colonial official, who served as Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1892 to 1895, and as Governor of Fiji from 1897 to 1901. He died in 1906.O'Brien Road in Hong Kong was named after him....
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1890s – 1900s), former governor of Fiji - George H. O'Brien, Jr.George H. O'Brien, Jr.George Herman O'Brien, Jr. was a United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor, the United States's highest military decoration, for his actions during the Korean War.-Biography:...
(1926–2005), Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient - George M. O'BrienGeorge M. O'BrienGeorge Miller O'Brien is a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He was a Republican who represented Illinois' 17th congressional district....
(1917–1986), member of the U.S. House of Representatives - Hugh O'BrienHugh O'BrienHugh O'Brien was the 31st mayor of Boston, from 1884–1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first Irish mayor, having emigrated from Ireland to America in the early 1830s...
(1827–1895) mayor of Boston - James O'Brien (disambiguation)
- Jeremiah O'BrienJeremiah O'BrienCaptain Jeremiah O’Brien was a captain in the Massachusetts State Navy. Prior to its existence Captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744–1818) was a captain in the Massachusetts State Navy. Prior to its existence Captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744–1818) was a captain in the Massachusetts State...
(1744–1818), US Navy officer of the American Revolutionary War - Jim O'Brien (disambiguation)
- Joey O'BrienJoey O'BrienJoseph Martin "Joey" O'Brien is an Irish international footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for West Ham United.-Bolton Wanderers:O'Brien started his career with Bolton Wanderers in 2004....
- John O'Brien (marine artist)John O'Brien (marine artist)John O'Brien was a Canadian marine artist.O'Brien is believed to have been born at sea as his Irish family emigrated from County Cork. He emerged as a self-taught artist in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the 1850s. O'Brien excelled at ship portraits and dramatic storm scenes...
(1831–1891), Canadian painter - John O'Brien (rower)John O'Brien (rower)John O'Brien was a New Zealand representative rower.At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the gold medal as part of the men's coxed four. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he competed as part of the coxed four again, but the crew did not make the final. -References:...
, New Zealand rower - John O'Brien (soccer), American soccer player
- John Thomond O'Brien
- John P. O'BrienJohn P. O'BrienJohn Patrick O'Brien was an Irish-American politician who served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1 to December 31, 1933.-Biography:He was born on February 1, 1873 to Mary and Patrick O'Brien....
, Mayor of New York City - Kate O'BrienKate O'BrienKate O'Brien , was an Irish novelist and playwright.-Biography:Kathleen "Kate" Mary Louie O'Brien was born in Limerick City at the end of the 19th century. Following the death of her mother when she was five, she became a boarder at Laurel Hill convent...
, (1897–1974), Irish Writer, novelist and playwright - Katie O'BrienKatie O'BrienKatie Jill O'Brien is an English former professional tennis player from Beverley, Yorkshire. She was briefly the British No. 1 tennis player...
, British female tennis player - Keith Michael Patrick O'BrienKeith Michael Patrick O'BrienKeith Michael Patrick O'Brien is a Scottish Cardinal and the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh of the Roman Catholic Church. O'Brien is currently the only living Cardinal from Scotland....
, current Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh. Keith O'Brien, Journeyman Lineman - Kerry O'Brien (disambiguation)
- Kevin O'Brien (Irish football)Kevin O'Brien (Irish football)Kevin O'Brien is a former Irish gaelic footballer from Baltinglass in County Wicklow. O'Brien was part of the great Baltinglass team that dominated Wicklow football in the 80's and 90's, winning an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship Title in 1990. He is also the only Wicklow recipient...
- Kevin O'Brien (Texas pastor)Kevin O'Brien (Texas pastor)Kevin O'Brien, usually known as Brother Kevin was an Independent Baptist clergyman who served as the pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas, from October 1996, until his death at the age of fifty-two from prostate cancer...
, Independent Baptist pastor in Texas - Kirsten O'BrienKirsten O'BrienKirsten O'Brien is an English television presenter and stand-up comic.She is known for presenting SMart, and presented Smile and Totally Doctor Who alongside Barney Harwood on CBBC....
(born 1972), British TV presenter - Kyan Laslett O'BrienKyan Laslett O'BrienKyan Laslett O'Brien is a music composer, who has worked on adverts and produced music for TV shows and films.Laslett O'Brien started in London's Drum and Bass Jungle scene whilst working as a Junior Sound Designer for The Tape Gallery, then London's leading advertising post production house...
Music Composer - Larry O'BrienLarry O'BrienLawrence Francis "Larry" O'Brien, Jr. was one of the United States Democratic Party's leading electoral strategists when, for more than two decades, he helped reshape American politics...
(1917–1990), American politician - Larry O'Brien (Canadian politician)Larry O'Brien (Canadian politician)Lawrence Robert O'Brien , was the 58th mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is also a current director of Calian Technologies Ltd. and its former CEO and chairman....
, Canadian entrepreneur and politician; Mayor of Ottawa, late 2006 to present - Mark O'Brien (Ontario politician), Green Party candidate in the 2004 Canadian federal election
- Michael O'Brien (swimmer)Michael O'Brien (swimmer)Michael Jon O'Brien is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the men's 1500m freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.-References:* *...
(born 1965), American freestyle swimmer - Mick O'Brien (musician)Mick O'Brien (musician)-Life:Born in Dublin, Ireland, Mick began his musical education on the Uilleann pipes in the renowned Thomas Street Pipers Club in Dublin. His father Dinny O'Brien, a traditional "box" player, was also a constant source of tunes and inspiration....
, Traditional Irish musician - Mike O'Brien (hurler)Mike O'Brien (hurler)Mike O'Brien is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Glenroe and with the Limerick senior inter-county team.-Early & private life:...
- Miles O'Brien (journalist)Miles O'Brien (journalist)Miles O'Brien is a broadcast news journalist specializing in aviation, space and technology.-Early life:...
, journalist and CNN anchor - Patrick O'Brien (disambiguation), for people with forename Patrick or Pat
- Richard O'BrienRichard O'BrienRichard Timothy Smith , better known under his stage name Richard O'Brien, is an English writer, actor, television presenter and theatre performer. He is perhaps best known for writing the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show and for his role in presenting the popular TV show The Crystal Maze...
(born 1942), Rocky Horror Picture Show writer and actor - Richard Baptist O’BrienRichard Baptist O’BrienRichard Baptist O'Brien was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, author and home ruler.-Biography:Born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary O'Brien became a Home Ruler nationalist and an anti-liberal ultramontanist fashioned after Pope Pius IX. As a writer he contributed to the The Irish Catholic...
(1809–1885), Irish priest, author and nationalist - Robert O'Brien (auto racer), American racing driver
- Robert C. O'BrienRobert C. O'BrienRobert Leslie Conly was an American author and journalist for National Geographic Magazine.-Early life:...
, pen name of Robert Leslie Conly (1918–1973), American author and journalist - Sean O'Brien (disambiguation)
- Shauna O'BrienShauna O'BrienShauna O'Brien is a model, actress in B-movies and an erotic actress.She is sometimes credited as Steve Jean, Shana O'Brien or Shawna O'Brien....
, American erotic film star - Soledad O'BrienSoledad O'BrienMaría de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien is an American Broadcast journalist. She is currently the host of the "In America" documentary unit on CNN, and is best known for anchoring the CNN marquee morning newscast American Morning from July 2003 to April 2007, with Miles O'Brien...
, American television journalist - Stephen O'Brien, UK conservative politician for Eddisbury
- Stuart O'BrienStuart O'BrienStuart O'Brien was an American film editor. He worked on B-movies and low budget horror and exploitation films, including Roger Corman's The Terror and Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 ....
, lead guitarist of rock band Amnezia - Terence Albert O'BrienTerence Albert O'BrienTerence Albert O'Brien was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop of Emly. He was beatified among the Seventeen Irish Martyrs by Pope John Paul II on September 27, 1992.-Biography:...
(1600–1651), beatified Irish bishop - Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois), Illinois politician
- Thomas J. O'Brien (Massachusetts)Thomas J. O'Brien (Massachusetts)Tom O'Brien, American politician, is currently the Treasurer of Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Voters elected O’Brien as Treasurer in a decisive win over Republican challenger Edward J. O’Connell in the fall 2008 elections. O’Brien was originally unanimously appointed to the position in 2006...
, Massachusetts State Representative - Thomas J. O'Brien (Michigan)Thomas J. O'Brien (Michigan)[[File:OBrien USAmbassador 1910 Japan.jpg|thumb|right|Hon. Thomas O’Brien[[File:OBrien USAmbassador 1910 Japan.jpg|thumb|right|Hon. Thomas O’Brien[[File:OBrien USAmbassador 1910 Japan.jpg|thumb|right|Hon...
(1842–1933), Michigan politician and U. S. ambassador - Tim O'Brien (author)Tim O'Brien (author)Tim O'Brien is an American novelist who often writes about his experiences in the Vietnam War and the impact the war had on the American servicemen who fought there...
(born 1946), American author - Tim O'Brien (musician)Tim O'Brien (musician)Tim O'Brien is an American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello...
(born 1954), American musician - Tina O'BrienTina O'BrienTina O'Brien is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sarah-Louise Platt in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.-Acting career:...
(born 1983), English actress - Tom O'Brien (UK politician)Tom O'Brien (UK politician)Thomas 'Tom' O'Brien was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician, and a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1959....
(1900–1970), British trade unionist and Member of Parliament - Tom O'Brien (second baseman) (1860–1921), 19th century baseball player
- Tom O'Brien (outfielder) (1873–1901), baseball outfielder
- Tom O'Brien (actor)Tom O'Brien (actor)Thomas Patrick "Tom" O'Brien is an American actor since the age of sixteen, having first trained at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, where he appeared in ACT's mainstage productions of The Holdup; and A Midsummer Night's Dream as Puck, opposite Annette Bening.O'Brien's feature...
(b. 1965), American film actor - Tom O'Brien (football coach)Tom O'Brien (football coach)Thomas P. O'Brien is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at North Carolina State University, a position he has held since the 2007 season...
(b. 1948), American college football coach at North Carolina State University - Tommy O'BrienTommy O'BrienThomas Edward O'Brien was a outfielder/third baseman in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a right fielder for three different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 11", 195 lb. O'Brien batted and threw right-handed...
(1918–1978), baseball outfielder - Vincent O'BrienVincent O'BrienDr. Michael Vincent O'Brien was an Irish race horse trainer from Churchtown, County Cork, Ireland. In 2003 he was voted the greatest influence in horse racing history, according to a worldwide vote hosted by the Racing Post newspaper...
, Irish race horse trainer - William O'BrienWilliam O'BrienWilliam O'Brien was an Irish nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher, author and Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
,Irish Nationalist and politician - William Smith O'BrienWilliam Smith O'BrienWilliam Smith O'Brien was an Irish Nationalist and Member of Parliament and leader of the Young Ireland movement. He was convicted of sedition for his part in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, but his sentence of death was commuted to deportation to Van Diemen's Land. In 1854, he was...
Fictional people named O'Brien
- O'Brien (1984)O'Brien (1984)O'Brien is a fictional character and the main antagonist in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The protagonist Winston Smith, living in a dystopian society governed by the Party, feels strangely attracted to Inner Party member O'Brien. Orwell never reveals O'Brien's first name.Winston...
, a character in George OrwellGeorge OrwellEric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
's Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a dystopian novel about Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the Party... - Keiko O'Brien, fictional character, wife of Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine
- Lady Cassandra O'Brien, fictional character, Doctor Who villainess
- Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is Chief of Operations in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before DS9, he appeared as a recurring transporter chief in Star Trek: The Next Generation...
, fictional character in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine