# Fagan

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For other uses, see [Fagan (disambiguation)](/source/Fagan_(disambiguation)).

**Fagan** or **Phagan** is also a Norman-Irish surname, derived from the Latin word 'paganus' meaning ‘rural’ or ‘rustic’. Variants of the name Fagan include Fegan and Fagen. It was brought to Ireland during the Anglo-Norman invasion in the twelfth century and is now considered very Irish. In some cases it is a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fágáin or Ó Faodhagáin, which are probably dialect forms of Ó hÓgáin (see [Hogan](/source/Hogan_(surname)), Hagan) and Ó hAodhagáin (see Hagan). Irish lenited f (spelled fh) is soundless. Notable people with the surname include:

- [Alex Fagan](/source/Alex_Fagan) (1950–2010), chief of the San Francisco Police Department
- [Andrew Fagan](/source/Andrew_Fagan) (born 1962), New Zealand singer, writer and songwriter
- [Ann Fagan Ginger](/source/Ann_Fagan_Ginger) (1925–2025), American lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist
- [Audrey Fagan](/source/Audrey_Fagan) (1962–2007), Australian Capital Territory Chief Police Officer
- [Brian M. Fagan](/source/Brian_M._Fagan) (1936–2025), British archaeologist and anthropologist
- [Carson Fagan](/source/Carson_Fagan) (born 1982), Caymanian international football player
- [Chris Fagan](/source/Chris_Fagan_(coach)) (born 1961), Australian football coach
- [Cliff Fagan](/source/Cliff_Fagan) (1911–1995), American president of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- [Clint Fagan](/source/Clint_Fagan) (born 1981), American baseball umpire
- [Colin Fagan](/source/Colin_Fagan), Jamaican politician
- [Craig Fagan](/source/Craig_Fagan) (1982), English footballer
- [Cyril Fagan](/source/Cyril_Fagan) (1896–1970), Irish astrologer
- [David Fagan](/source/David_Fagan) (1961), New Zealand champion sheep shearer
- [Ed Fagan](/source/Ed_Fagan) (born 1952), American former lawyer
- [Eleanora Fagan](/source/Eleanora_Fagan) (1915–1959), better known as Billie Holiday, American jazz singer
- [Garth Fagan](/source/Garth_Fagan) (born 1940), Jamaican modern dance choreographer
- [Gerald Fagan](/source/Gerald_Fagan) (born 1939), Canadian conductor
- [Ina Fagan](/source/Ina_Fagan) (1893–1985), birth name of American actress Ina Claire
- [James Fagan (MP)](/source/James_Fagan_(MP)) (1800–1869), Irish Repeal Association politician and timber merchant
- [James Fagan (musician)](/source/James_Fagan_(musician)) (born 1972), folk musician from Sydney, Australia
- [James Fleming Fagan](/source/James_Fleming_Fagan) (1828–1893), Confederate major general in the American Civil War
- [James H. Fagan](/source/James_H._Fagan) (born 1947), American politician
- [J. B. Fagan](/source/J._B._Fagan) (1873–1933), Irish-born actor, theatre manager, producer and playwright in England
- [Jim Fagan](/source/Jim_Fagan) (1882–1948), Australian rules footballer
- [Jeffrey Fagan](/source/Jeffrey_Fagan) (born 1946), professor at Columbia Law School
- [Joe Fagan](/source/Joe_Fagan) (1921–2001), manager of Liverpool F.C.
- [Joseph Fagan](/source/Joseph_Fagan) (1941–2013), American psychologist
- [Jermaine Fagan](/source/Jermaine_Fagan), Jamaican reggae artist
- [Kate Fagan](/source/Kate_Fagan) (born 1981), American sports reporter
- [Kevin Fagan (cartoonist)](/source/Kevin_Fagan_(cartoonist)) (born 1956), American cartoonist, creator of the syndicated comic strip *Drabble*
- [Kevin Fagan (doctor)](/source/Kevin_Fagan_(doctor)) (1909–1992), Australian doctor and World War II hero
- [Kevin Fagan (American football)](/source/Kevin_Fagan_(American_football)) (born 1963), former defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers
- [Laurie Fagan](/source/Laurie_Fagan), Australian rugby league footballer
- [Louise Fagan](/source/Louise_Fagan), Canadian director and producer
- [Mark M. Fagan](/source/Mark_M._Fagan) (1869–1955), former mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
- [Mary Fagan](/source/Mary_Fagan) (born 1939), former Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
- Michael Fagan, a software designer credited with inventing the [Fagan inspection](/source/Fagan_inspection) process for formal software inspections
- [Michael Fagan (intruder)](/source/Michael_Fagan_(intruder)) (born 1948), [Buckingham Palace](/source/Buckingham_Palace) intruder
- [Mike Fagan](/source/Mike_Fagan) (born 1980), American bowler
- [Myron Coureval Fagan](/source/Myron_Coureval_Fagan) (1887–1972), American playwright, editor, producer and cinematographer
- [Oisin Fagan](/source/Oisin_Fagan) (born 1973), Irish boxer, former WBO Middleweight title holder
- [Patsy Fagan](/source/Patsy_Fagan) (born 1951), Irish snooker player
- [Roy Fagan](/source/Roy_Fagan) (1905–1990), Australian politician and deputy premier of Tasmania
- [Shaun Fagan](/source/Shaun_Fagan) (born 1984), Scottish association footballer
- Vincent Martel Fagan, the defendant of [Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner](/source/Fagan_v_Metropolitan_Police_Commissioner)

## See also

- [Fagen](/source/Fagen), surname
- [Fagin (surname)](/source/Fagin_(surname))
- Mary Phagan, 13-year-old factory girl murdered in 1913, allegedly by [Leo Frank](/source/Leo_Frank)

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