# Healy (surname)

The English-language surname Healy is in use by three separate ancestral lines of people from Ireland.
When Irish people began to anglicise their names, two separate clans adopted the English-language surname of "Healy". There was the Ó hÉilidhe clan from Connaught and the Ó hÉalaighthe clan from Munster.
Many different spellings of the surname exist including Haly, Haley, Haily, Healey, Hely, O'Healey and O'Haly.

## Notable people with the surname Healy

* A. J. Healy (Alan James Healy; born 1969), Irish children's writer
* Aidan Healy, Irish hurler who played for Kerry and Abbeydorney
* Albert Frederick Healy (1873–1942), Canadian lawyer and politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada for Essex North (1923–1925)
* Alex Healy (racing driver) (born 1989), Canadian Touring Car racing driver
* Alice F. Healy (born 1946), American psychologist
* Alyssa Healy (born 1990), Australian women's cricketer
* Anna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 1955), British Labour politician, member of the House of Lords
* Anne Healy (born 1939), American artist, founding member of A.I.R. Gallery
* Ben Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Bernadine Healy (1944–2011), American physician
* Bernard Healy, member of the Los Angeles City Council (1904–1909)
* Bill Healy (William Raymond Healy; 1924–2010), American college football player
* Brendan Healy (born 1983), American lacrosse player
* Brendan Healy (comedian) (1956–2016), British entertainer
* Brian Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Cahir Healy (1877–1970), Irish politician
* Cahir Healy (dual player) (born 1986), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
* Catherine Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Cecil Healy (1881–1918), Australian swimmer
* Charles Healy (1883–?, date of death unknown), American water polo player
* Charlie Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Charles Healy (1903-1970), Canadian Politician, conservationist
* Chip Healy (1947–2019), American football player
* Christine Healy (born 1950), American actress
* Cian Healy (born 1987), Irish rugby player
* Clare Healy, New Zealand general practitioner
* Colin Healy (born 1980), Irish footballer
* Craig Healy (born 1957), American Olympic sailor
* Damien Healy, Irish Gaelic footballer
* Dan Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Daniel Healy (born 1974), Australian rules footballer
* Danny Healy-Rae (born 1954), Irish Independent politician, Teachta Dála for the Kerry constituency (from 2016)
* David Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Denis Healy (Irish politician), Fianna Fáil member of the Seanad Éireann (1934–1936, 1938–1948)
* Dermot Healy (1947–2014), Irish novelist and playwright
* Dermot Healy (hurling manager) (born 1948), Irish hurling manager
* Dick Healy (1921–2013), Australian rugby league footballer
* Don Healy (1936–2020), American footballer
* Dorian Healy (born 1962), British actor
* Dorothy Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Dorothy M. Healy (1914–1990), American educator, historian, and curator
* Eamonn Healy (born 1958), American chemistry professor
* Ed Healy (born 1973), American role-playing game designer
* Edward Healy (1869–1954), Member of Parliament in New Zealand (1928–1935)
* Edwin Healy (1909–1995), Australian cricketer
* Egyptian Healy (1866–1899), pitcher in Major League Baseball
* Eliza Healy (1846–1919), American educator
* Eloise Klein Healy (born 1943), American poet
* Eric Healy (1888–1954), Australian cricketer
* Erin Healy, American politician
* Felix Healy (born 1955), Northern Irish footballer
* Fergal Healy (born 1977), Irish hurler who played for Craughwell and Galway
* Frances Healy (born 1970), Irish actress, comedian, radio personality, and TV presenter
* Francis Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Frank Healy (born 1962), British guitarist
* Gene Healy (born 1970), American political pundit, journalist and editor
* George Peter Alexander Healy (1813–1894), American painter
* Gerald Healy (1885–1946), Australian cricketer
* Gerard Healy (born 1961), Australian rules footballer
* Gerry Healy (1913–1989), Irish Trotskyist activist
* Gertrude Healy (1894-1984), Australian violinist, conductor, music educator
* Glenn Healy (born 1962), Canadian ice hockey player
* Graham Healy (born 1956), Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1992–2001)
* Greg Healy (born 1965), Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL
* Gus Healy (Augustine A. Healy; 1904–1987), Irish Fianna Fáil politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (1964–1965, 1975–1976)
* Harold H. Healy Jr. (1921–2007), American lawyer, President of the Union Internationale des Avocats (1979–1981)
* Howard R. Healy (1899–1942), US Navy officer
* Ian Healy (born 1964), Australian cricketer
* Jack Healy (died 1972), American actor and the manager of boxer Rocky Graziano
* Jack H. Healy (1929–2012), American geophysicist
* Jackie Healy-Rae (1931–2014), Irish politician
* Jaime Aleman Healy (born 1953), Panamanian lawyer, businessman and diplomat, Ambassador of Panama to the United States (2009–2011)
* James Andrew Healy (1895–1983), American World War I flying ace
* James Augustine Healy (1830–1900), American Roman Catholic priest and the second bishop of Portland, Maine
* James Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Janet Healy, American film producer
* Jeremy Healy (born 1962), British DJ
* Jerramiah Healy (born 1950), Mayor of Jersey City
* Joe Healy (born 1986), English football midfielder
* John Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jonathan Healy (politician) (born 1945), American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1971–1993)
* Joseph D. Healy (1912–1971), American explorer
* Joseph Healy (1776–1861), American politician
* Juan Ruiz Healy, Mexican-American journalist
* Julie Healy, Australian model
* Katherine Healy (born 1969), American principal ballerina
* Kevin Healy (1909–2001), Australian communist activist and trade unionist
* Kevin Healy (footballer) (born 1937), Australian footballer
* Kieran Healy, Irish sociologist
* Leo H. Healy (1894–1962), American lawyer
* Leo Healy (footballer) (1890–1939), Australian footballer
* Marcia Healy (1904–1972), American film actress
* Margaret Healy, Irish singer/songwriter
* Mark Healy (Gaelic footballer) (born 1960), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Martin J. Healy (1883–1942), American politician
* Mary Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Matt Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Matty Healy (born 1989), English musician
* Maurice Healy (1859–1923), Irish nationalist politician
* Maurice Healy (campaigner) (1933–2020), British consumer campaigner
* Maurice Healy (writer) (1887–1943), Irish lawyer and author
* Michael Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nathan Healy (basketball) (born 1990), American basketball player
* Ned R. Healy (1905–1977), American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1945–1947)
* Niall Healy (born 1985), Irish hurler
* Noëlle Healy (born 1991), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Paddy Healy (1922–1983), Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
* Paddy Healy (St Mary's hurler), Irish hurler
* Pamela Healy (born 1963), American sailor
* Patricia Healy (born 1959), American actress
* Patrick Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Paul M. Healy, American Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (since 1998)
* Peadar Healy (born 1963), Irish Gaelic football player and manager
* Phil Healy (born 1994), Irish sprinter
* Randolph Healy (born 1956), Irish poet and publisher
* Raymond J. Healy (1907–1997), American science fiction anthologist
* Robert Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Roy Healy (1915–1968), American rocket scientist
* Ryan Healy (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
* Ryon Healy (born 1992), American baseball player
* Sam Healy (born 1976), Australian actress
* Sarah Healy (born 2001), Irish middle-distance runner
* Scott Healy, American musician
* Séamus Healy (born 1950), Irish politician
* Sean Healy, American artist
* Shane Healy (born 1968), Irish Olympic middle-distance runner
* Shay Healy (1942–2021), Irish songwriter, broadcaster and journalist
* Siobhan Healy (born 1976), Scottish artist
* Steve Healy, Australian sporting administrator and lawyer, President of Tennis Australia 2010–2017
* Susan D. Healy, British biology professor at St. Andrews University, specialist in bird and animal cognitive behaviour
* Ted Healy (1896–1937), American vaudeville performer
* Terry Healy (1921–2009), Australian footballer
* Terry Healy (politician) (born 1981), Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2017
* Thomas Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Timothy Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Tom Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Tucka Healy, American soccer player and Google employee
* Una Healy (born 1981), Irish singer with The Saturdays
* William Healy (disambiguation), multiple people
* Yvonne Healy, Irish storyteller

## Fictional characters

* Alex Healy, in the BBC soap opera Eastenders
* Benjamin Healy, in the film Problem Child, Junior's dad
* Mike Healy, in the TV series Oz
* Sam Healy, in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black
* Wendy Healy, in the novel and TV series Lipstick Jungle