# Lenihan

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"Lenihan" is an [Irish surname](/source/Irish_name). Variants include Lenighan, Lenegan, Lenaghan, Lenahan, and Lennihan. [Lenehan](/source/Lenehan) is a similar name.

Notable people with the surname include:

==Athletes==
* [Donal Lenihan](/source/Donal_Lenihan) (born 1959), Irish rugby union player
* [Karl Lenihan](/source/Karl_Lenihan), Gaelic football player
* [Darragh Lenihan](/source/Darragh_Lenihan), Irish professional football player

==People in the arts==
* [Edmund Lenihan](/source/Edmund_Lenihan) (born 1950), Irish author
* [Winifred Lenihan](/source/Winifred_Lenihan) (1898–1964), American actress, writer and director
* [Graham Linehan](/source/Graham_Linehan)  (born 1968), Irish writer and director (''Father Ted'')

==Politicians==
* [Brian Lenihan Snr](/source/Brian_Lenihan_Snr) (1930–1995), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
* [Brian Lenihan Jnr](/source/Brian_Lenihan_Jnr) (1959–2011), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
* [Conor Lenihan](/source/Conor_Lenihan) (born 1963), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
* [J. Michael Lenihan](/source/J._Michael_Lenihan) (1943–2015), Rhode Island state senator
* [Mary O'Rourke](/source/Mary_O'Rourke) (née Lenihan; born 1937), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
* [Patrick Lenihan](/source/Patrick_Lenihan) (1902–1970), Fianna Fáil politician

==Officers==
* [Michael Joseph Lenihan](/source/Michael_Joseph_Lenihan) (1865–1958), a US-army general in World War I

==Scientists==
* [J. M. A. Lenihan](/source/J._M._A._Lenihan) (1918–1993), British clinical physicist

==Religious leaders==
* [George Michael Lenihan](/source/George_Michael_Lenihan) (1858–1910), fifth Catholic Bishop of Auckland 1896–1910
* [Thomas Mathias Lenihan](/source/Thomas_Mathias_Lenihan) (1843–1901), American Catholic bishop

==See also==
* [James J. Lenihan Dam](/source/James_J._Lenihan_Dam), in Santa Clara County, California
* [Lenehan](/source/Lenehan), a surname

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Category:Surnames of Irish origin

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