Connolly (surname)
Connolly is a common Irish surname. Following is a list of notable people with the surname Connolly:
- Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
- Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
- Brett Connolly, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Brian Connolly, vocalist for band Sweet
- Chris Connolly, coach of the Fremantle Football Club
- C.P. Connolly, radical American investigative journalist
- Cyril Connolly, English man of letters
- Dan Connolly, multiple people
- David Connolly, Irish footballer
- Fintan Connolly, Irish film director and screenwriter
- Gary Connolly, English Rugby League player
- Gerry Connolly, United States Congressman from Virginia
- Hal Connolly, American hammer thrower
- Harold Connolly, Nova Scotia journalist
- James Connolly, multiple people, including:
- * James Connolly, Irish socialist republican
- * James Connolly , American athlete in the 1896 and 1900 Olympics, and author
- * James Connolly , American athlete in the 1920 and 1924 Olympics
- * James Connolly , Australian politician
- * James Connolly , Irish rugby union player
- * James Connolly , Irish stonemason and builder of Adare Manor
- * James A. Connolly, United States Representative from Illinois
- * James Bell Connolly, Australian politician
- * James J. Connolly, United States Representative from Pennsylvania
- * James L. Connolly, Canadian politician
- * James Louis Connolly, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- * James P. Connolly, American comedian and tv/radio host
- * Jimmy Connolly, Ireland footballer
- * Jim Connolly , British artist
- John Connolly, multiple people, including:
- * John Connolly, Irish author
- * John Connolly,, second bishop of New York
- * John Connolly, former FBI agent
- * John Connolly,, Australian prospector
- Joseph Connolly, multiple people, including:
- * Joseph Connolly, senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- * Joseph Connolly, British journalist and novelist
- * Joseph Connolly , Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- * Joseph Connolly , Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland
- * Joseph Edward Connolly, U.S. Marine awarded the Navy Cross
- * Joseph M. Connolly, American police detective and politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- * Joseph E. Connolly, Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
- * Joe Connolly , Major League Baseball outfielder from 1913–1916
- * Joe Connolly , Major League Baseball outfielder from 1921–1924
- * Joe Connolly , Irish hurler, board member of Irish television broadcaster TG4
- Kevin Connolly , American actor
- Kristen Connolly, an American actress and former professional tennis player
- Mark Connolly, Irish footballer
- Matthew Connolly, footballer
- Matthew William Kemble Connolly, a British army officer and malacologist
- Maureen Connolly, American professional tennis player
- Maurice Connolly, representative from Iowa
- Megan Connolly, multiple people, including:
- * Megan Connolly , Australian actor
- * Megan Connolly , Irish-born footballer
- Michael Connolly, multiple people, including:
- * Michael Connolly , an Irish politician who served as a member of the Cumann na nGaedhael Teachta Dála for Longford-Westmeath from 1927-1932.
- * Michael Connolly , Canadian politician in Alberta
- * Michael Connolly , Irish retired hurler
- * Michael Connolly , Irish soccer player
- * Michael Connolly , American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- * Michael J. Connolly , a former politician who served a Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1979-1994.
- * Mike Connolly, , Iowa state legislator
- Myles Connolly, Writer, Screenwriter, Oscar Nominee
- Nathan Connolly, guitarist for alternative rock band Snow Patrol
- Pat Connolly, multiple people
- Patrick J. Connolly, native Scrantonian, classicist and Democratic party strategist
- Patrick Connolly, former Attorney General of Ireland
- Peter Connolly,, British scholar of the ancient world
- Richard B. Connolly, New York politician
- Roddy Connolly, Irish socialist
- Susan E. Connolly, Irish writer
- Thomas Connolly, multiple people, including:
- * Thomas Arthur Connolly, first Archbishop of Seattle
- * Tom Connolly, Anglo-American baseball umpire
- Tim Connolly, American ice hockey player
- Tyler Connolly, vocalist for band Theory of a Deadman
- William Connolly, multiple people, including:
- * William Connolly, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- * William G. Connolly, co-author of The New York Times style guide
- * William E. Connolly, American political theorist
