Gannon is an Irish surname, meaning "descendant of the fair one," perhaps denoting someone of Norse ancestry in Ireland.[1] It may also derive from the Anglo-Saxon feminine name "Gunnhildr."[1] Notable people with the surname include:
Bob Gannon (1959–2017), American businessman and politician
Craig Gannon (born 1966), English guitarist
Jeff Gannon (born 1957), pen name of James Guckert, a former White House reporter
Jim Gannon (born 1968), English football manager
Jim Gannon (rugby league) (born 1977), Australian professional rugby league player
John D. Gannon (1948–1999, computer scientist, professor at the University of Maryland
John Mark Gannon (1877–1968), former archbishop of the Diocese of Erie
Jonathan Gannon, National Football League Coach
Kelli Gannon (born 1978), former field hockey midfield player from the United States
Kim Gannon (1900–1974), American songwriter
Mary Gannon (1829—1868), American actress
Mary Gannon (1867–1932), co-founder of the architectural firm Gannon and Hands
Rich Gannon (born 1965), National Football League quarterback
Tim Gannon (born 1948), polo player, co-founder of Outback Steakhouse
Terry Gannon (born 1963), sportscaster for ESPN on ABC and ESPN
Tom Gannon (1943–2021), American politician
^ ab"Surname Database: Gannon Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
surname include: Bob Gannon (1959–2017), American businessman and politician Craig Gannon (born 1966), English guitarist Jeff Gannon (born 1957), pen name...
face gang) is a theory advanced by retired New York City detectives Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte, as well as Dr. Lee Gilbertson, a criminal justice professor...
Richard Joseph Gannon (born December 20, 1965) is an American former football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL)....
Gannon University is a private Catholic university with campuses in Erie, Pennsylvania, and Ruskin, Florida. Established in 1925, Gannon University enrolls...
Gerry Gannon is an Irish builder and property developer since the 1980s. Gannon played a significant role in the Irish construction industry in the lead...
Tim Gannon is an American businessman and polo player. Tim Gannon graduated from Florida State University, with a degree in Art History. Gannon started...
Cameron John Gannon (born 23 January 1989) is an Australian-American cricketer. He was a member of the 2011–2012 Queensland Bulls squad. Born in Baulkham...
Camp Gannon was a United States Marine Corps installation in Iraq. Situated near the border between Iraq and Syria, Camp Gannon is an abandoned warehouse...
Joe Gannon was a recording producer, director, and a musical stage lighting and production designer. A Philadelphia native, Gannon's career began as road...
Mary Stevenson (née Gannon; October 8, 1829 – February 22, 1868), known professionally as Mary Gannon, was an American actress who had an active stage...
Gannon Buhr is a professional disc golfer who won the United States Disc Golf Championship in 2022. He is considered one of the best disc golfers in the...
Jonathan Gannon (born January 4, 1983) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL)...
Matthew Kevin Gannon (August 11, 1954 – December 21, 1988) was a CIA officer who was killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland...
Craig Gannon (born 30 July 1966) is an English guitar player, best known as the second guitarist in the Smiths (1986). He is now a composer for film and...
is an American conservative columnist better known by the pseudonym Jeff Gannon. Between 2003 and 2005, he was given credentials as a White House reporter...
Terrance Patrick Gannon (born November 1, 1963) is a sportscaster for NBC Sports and the Golf Channel, currently announcing golf, gymnastics, and figure...
Gannon Stauch (September 29, 2008 – January 27, 2020) was an American boy who was murdered by his stepmother, Letecia Hardin (then Stauch), in Colorado...
Mick Gannon (born 2 February 1947 in Dublin) was an Irish football player in the 1970s who played for Shelbourne and for Shamrock Rovers. Gannon was a...
Coleman Gannon (born November 21, 2002) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Las Vegas Lights in the USL Championship. On March 8, 2020...
John Gannon may refer to: John Gannon (Australian politician) (1830–1887), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly John Gannon (footballer)...
Morgan Gannon (born 2 December 2003) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Leeds Rhinos in the Betfred...
James Paul Gannon (born 7 September 1968) is a professional football manager and former player who most recently was manager of Hyde United. He started...
Kathy M. Gannon is a Canadian journalist and news director of the Associated Press for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Gannon was attacked and wounded while...
Emma Gannon (16 June 1989) is a writer, broadcaster and podcaster, who is best known for her Webby nominated podcast Ctrl Alt Delete and Sunday Times bestselling...
Rachel Gannon is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. She is the daughter of attorneys Nora Hanen and Hank Gannon. Ellen Bethea...
Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gannon (May 16, 1865 – after 1930) was an American hoaxer who as a teenager claimed to be a mystic and stigmatic haunted by visions...
Frank (Bernard Francis Xavier) Gannon (born 1947, Ireland) was the seventh Director of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia...
Messianic Judaism (Hebrew: יַהֲדוּת מְשִׁיחִית or יהדות משיחית, Yahadút Mešiḥít) is a syncretic Abrahamist new religious movement or sect that considers...
Global Information