# Casey (surname)

Casey is a common variation of the Irish Gaelic Cathasaigh/Cathaiseach, meaning vigilant or watchful. At least six different septs used this name, primarily in the counties of Cork and Dublin.
People with the surname Casey include:
* Adam Casey (disambiguation)
* Al Casey (disambiguation)
* Albert Vincent Casey (1920–2004), United States Postmaster General
* Ann Casey (1938–2021), American professional wrestler
* Anne Casey, New Zealand–trained nurse based in England, developer of Casey's model of nursing
* Bernie Casey (1939–2017), American football player and actor
* Bill Casey (born 1945), Canadian politician
* Bill Casey (Gaelic footballer) (1918–1999), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Bill Casey (Dublin Gaelic footballer) (born 1939), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Bill Casey (Australian footballer) (1872–1915), Australian rules footballer
* Bob Casey (rugby union) (born 1978), Irish rugby union footballer
* Bob Casey Sr. (1932–2000), 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania, 1987–1995
* Bob Casey Jr. (born 1960), his son, US Senator from Pennsylvania, 2007–
* Bob Casey (baseball announcer) (1925–2005), Minnesota Twins baseball announcer
* Bob Casey (third baseman) (1859–1939), Canadian baseball player
* Bob Casey (rugby union) (born 1978), London Irish rugby player
* Bob Casey (musician) (1909–1986), American jazz bassist
* Cathal Casey (born 1967), Irish hurler
* Conor Casey (born 1981), American soccer player
* Cortney Casey (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
* Dan Casey (born 1997), Irish association football player
* Dan Casey (baseball) (1862–1943), American baseball player attributed to the poem "Casey at the Bat"
* Daniel Casey (born 1972), English actor
* Daniel Casey (born 1981), screenwriter
* Don Casey, American basketball coach
* Doug Casey (born 1946), American speculator and writer
* Dwane Casey (born 1957), former head coach of the NBA's Detroit Pistons
* Eamonn Casey (1927–2017), Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
* Ed Casey (1933–2006), leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland
* Eddie Casey (1894–1966), American football player and coach
* Eduardo Casey (1847–1906), Argentine founder of Venado Tuerto
* Edward Pearce Casey (1864–1940), American architect
* E. Owens Blackburne (1848–1894), pen name of Irish writer and novelist Elizabeth Casey
* Eoghan Casey, digital forensics professional
* Francis Dominic Casey (1890–1917), Irish flying ace of the Royal Naval Air Service
* Frank Casey, American Negro league pitcher
* George Casey (disambiguation)
** George W. Casey Sr. (1922–1970), major general, United States Army
** George W. Casey Jr. (born 1948), four-star general, US Army, his son
** George Elliott Casey (1850–1903), Canadian journalist and politician
* Gerard Casey (disambiguation)
** Gerard Casey (philosopher) (born 1951), Professor Emeritus at University College Dublin
** Gerard Casey (artist), Irish artist
** Gerard Casey (Irish republican) (died 1989), member Provisional Irish Republican Army
* Harry Wayne Casey (born 1951), American musician
* Hugh Casey (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jacqueline Casey (1927–1992) American graphic designer
* James Casey (disambiguation)
** James Casey (American football) (born 1984), American football player
** James E. Casey (1888–1983), American businessman
** Jim Casey (footballer) (born 1957), Scottish (soccer) football player
* Joe Casey, American comic book writer
* John Casey (disambiguation)
** John Casey (academic), British academic
** John Casey (mathematician) (1820–1891), Irish geometer
** John Casey (novelist) (born 1939), American novelist
** John Keegan Casey (1846–1870), Irish poet
* Jon Casey (born 1962), American ice hockey player
* Joseph E. Casey (1898–1980), United States Representative from Massachusetts
* Karan Casey (born 1969), Irish folk singer
* Karen Casey (born 1947), Canadian politician
* Kathleen L. Casey (born 1966), commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
* Ken Casey (born 1969), bass guitarist and frontman of the Boston punk rock band Dropkick Murphys
* Kenneth Casey (disambiguation), several people, including
** Kenneth Casey (1899–1965), American composer and child actor
** Kenneth J. Casey (died 2020), California real estate investor
** Kenneth L. Casey (born 1935), neurologist
* Kevin Casey (disambiguation), multiple people
** Kevin Casey (fighter) (born 1981), American mixed martial artist
** Kevin Casey (broadcaster) (1976–2017), Irish radio presenter
* Len Casey (born 1953), English rugby league footballer
* Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock (born 1965), British government official
* Luis Morgan Casey, American/Bolivian Roman Catholic bishop
* Lyman R. Casey (1837–1914), United States Senator from North Dakota
* Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1892–1983), Australian pioneer aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist
* Marty Casey (born 1973), American rock musician
* Martyn P. Casey (born 1960), Australian rock bass guitarist
* Maurice Casey (1942–2014) British scholar of the New Testament and early Christianity
* Michael Casey (disambiguation)
** Michael Casey (poet) (born 1947), American poet
** Michael Casey (academic), professor of music at Dartmouth College
** Michael E. Casey (1870–1949), American politician and lawyer in Missouri
** Michael James Casey (1918–1944), British bomber pilot
** Michael T. Casey (1902–1997), Irish Dominican priest and chemist
* Mike Casey (labor leader) (born 1958)
* Natalie Casey, English actress
* Oliver Casey (born 2000), English footballer
* Owen Casey (born 1969), Irish tennis player
* Paddy Casey, Irish singer-songwriter
* Pat Casey (baseball) (born 1959), American baseball coach
* Pat Casey (politician) (born 1961/2), Irish politician
* Patricia Casey, Professor of Psychiatry at University College Dublin
* Patrick Casey (disambiguation)
** Patrick Casey (bishop of Brentwood) (Patrick Joseph Casey, 1913–1999), English bishop
** Patrick Casey (bishop of Ross, Ireland), Irish Roman Catholic bishop
** Patrick Casey (rugby union) (Patrick Joseph Casey, born 1941), Irish rugby union player
** Patrick Casey (runner) (born 1990), American middle-distance runner
** Patrick Casey (writer) (born 1978), American writer and actor
** Patrick Casey (white supremacist) (born 1989), American nationalist
** Patrick J. Casey, American biochemist and molecular pharmacologist
* Paul Casey (born 1977), English golfer
* Peter Casey (disambiguation)
** Peter Casey (born 1957), Irish entrepreneur, television personality and politician
** Peter Casey (horse trainer) (c. 1935–2018), Irish horse trainer
** Peter Casey (screenwriter) (born 1950), American television producer and screenwriter
** Peter Casey (hurler) (born 1997), Irish hurler
* Ray Casey (1900–1986), American tennis player and coach
* Raymond Casey (geologist) (1917–2016), British geologist
* Richard Casey (disambiguation)
** Richard Casey (Queensland politician) (1846–1919), pastoralist, horse racing official
** Richard Casey, Baron Casey (1890–1976), Australian Governor-General, politician, diplomat, his son
** Richard C. Casey (1933–2007), U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York
* Robert Casey (disambiguation), several people, including
** Robert Casey (journalist) (1890–1962), American journalist
** Robert E. Casey (1909–1982), Pennsylvania Treasurer 1977–1981
** Robert F. Casey (1921–2006), member of the Illinois House of Representatives
** Robert Gerald Casey (born 1967), American Catholic priest
** Robert K. Casey (1931–2015), member of the Florida House of Representatives
** Robert P. Casey (1932–2000), American politician
** Robert R. Casey (1915–1986), member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
* Ron Casey (disambiguation), several names, including
** Ron Casey (Melbourne broadcaster) (1927−2000), TV executive and Australian rules football official
** Ron Casey (Sydney broadcaster) (1929−2018), TV presenter and talk-back radio host
** Ron Casey, American drummer of Brain Drill
** Ron Casey (editor) (1951–2000), US Pulitzer Prize–winning editorial writer
** Ron Casey (Canadian politician) (born c. 1950), Alberta, Canada, politician
** Ron Casey (Missouri politician) (1952−2014), state representative
* Samuel Casey (disambiguation), several people including
** Samuel Casey (silversmith) (1723/4–1773), silversmith from Rhode Island
** Samuel Casey (Upper Canada politician) (1788–1857)
** Samuel B. Casey Jr. (1927–2006), president of Pullman Company
** Samuel K. Casey (1817–1871), American politician
** Samuel L. Casey (1821–1902), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
* Sean Casey (disambiguation)
** Sean Casey (baseball) (born 1974), baseball player
** Sean Casey (Canadian politician) (born 1963), Canadian politician
** Sean Casey (filmmaker) (born 1967), filmmaker and storm chaser
** Sean Casey (rower) (born 1978), Irish Olympic rower
** Sean Casey (rugby league), rugby league footballer
** Sean Casey (wrestler) (born 1972), American professional wrestler
** Sean Casey, former head of the U.S. State Department's Office of Religion and Global Affairs
* Shaun Casey, American model
* Silas Casey (1807–1882), United States Army officer during the American Civil War
* Solanus Casey (1870–1957), Capuchin priest
* Sophie Casey (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
* Steve Casey (1909–1987), Irish wrestler
* Thomas Casey (disambiguation), several people
** Thomas Casey (Kilmallock MP) (1765–1840), Irish politician
** Thomas Lincoln Casey Sr. (1831–1896), United States Army Corps of Engineers
** Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr. (1857–1925), American expert in coleoptera, his son
** Thomas S. Casey (1832–1891), American judge and politician
** Thomas Worrall Casey (1869–1949), British Liberal Member of Parliament
** Tom Casey (Australian politician) (1921–2003), South Australian MHA and MLC
** Tom Casey (Canadian football) (1924–2002), player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
** Tom Casey (diplomat), American diplomat
** Tommy Casey (baseball), 19th-century American baseball pitcher
** Tommy Casey (1930–2009), Northern Irish footballer
* Willet Casey (1762–1848), Canadian farmer and political figure
* William Casey (disambiguation)
** William J. Casey, Director of the CIA from 1981 to 1987
** Willie Casey (Gaelic footballer) (1932–2016), Irish Gaelic footballer
** Mickey Casey (William Cofer Casey, 1905–1968), American baseball player
** William Casey (bobsleigh) (fl. 1940s), American bobsledder
** Willie Casey (born 1981), Irish professional boxer
** William Casey (bishop) (died 1591), Anglican bishop in Ireland
** Father William Casey, who established Father Casey's GAA in 1884
** William Francis Casey (1884–1957), journalist and editor of The Times
** William H. Casey (born 1955), American professor of chemistry and of geology
** William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician) (1905–1992), American politician
* Zadok Casey (1796–1862), American politician

## Fictional characters

* Ben Casey, medical drama series which ran on ABC
* Buster "Rant" Casey, a character in the 2007 Chuck Palahniuk novel Rant
* Detective Casey, a character in the Mickey Mouse universe
* John Casey (Chuck), a character in the television series Chuck
* Shane Casey, a character in the television series CSI: NY
* Jared Casey, a character on the soap opera Passions
* Kevin Casey (Scrubs), a character on the medical comedy Scrubs played by Michael J. Fox
* Michael "Iceman" Casey, fictional character in Wing Commander franchise
* Michael Casey (Sons of Anarchy), fictional character
* Sean Casey, character from 1997 motion picture Night Falls on Manhattan
* Kevin Casey, a 2007 character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours