# O'Malley (surname)

O'Malley (Irish:Ó Máille ) is an Irish surname. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Malleys were the chiefly family of the Partraige who were a tribe of the Erainn, the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland between about 500 and 100 BC. However, the same historian also stated that another family of O'Malleys were a chiefly family of the Uí Mháine tribe who in turn were from the Dumnonii or Laigin who were the third wave of Celts to settle in Ireland during the first century BC.

## People

* Maille mac Conall of Umhaill
* Mary Ní Mháille (died 1525)
* Brian O'Malley (director), Irish film and television director
* Bryan Lee O'Malley (born 1979), comic book creator
* Brian Kevin O'Malley (1930 – 1976), British Labour Party politician.
* Charles O'Malley (disambiguation)
** Charles O'Malley (Michigan) (fl. 1834–1843), Irish fur trader and urban founder in Michigan, United States
** Charles Conor O'Malley (1889-1982) Irish surgeon, writer, and Chief of the Name
** Charles Donald O'Malley (1907–1970), American historian of medicine and Latinist
** Charles J. O'Malley (1866–after 1939), Irish financier and newspaper reporter in the United States
* Conner O'Malley (born 1986), American comedian
* Daragh O'Malley (born 1954), Irish actor
* Desmond O'Malley (1939–2021), Irish politician
* Donogh O'Malley (1921–1968), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
* Edward O'Malley (disambiguation)
** Sir Edward Loughlin O'Malley (1842–1932), British lawyer, judge and unsuccessful political candidate
** Edward R. O'Malley (1863–1935), American lawyer, politician and judge
** Ed O'Malley (born 1975), American American non-profit executive, author and politician
* Edwin Joseph O'Malley (1881–1955), Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City
* Ernie O'Malley (1897–1957), Irish Republican Army officer
* Fiona O'Malley (born 1968), Irish Progressive Democrat politician
* Grace O'Malley (c. 1530 – c. 1603), Irish noblewoman and chieftainess
* Henry O'Malley (1876–1936), American fish culturist, United States Commissioner of Fisheries (1922–1933)
* Iseult O'Malley (born 1964), judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland
* Jack O'Malley (Michigan politician), American politician
* Joan O'Malley, Canadian civil servant
* Joe O'Malley (1932–2015), American football player
* John O'Malley (1878–1940), American politician
* John F. O'Malley (1885–c. 1950), American architect
* John J. O'Malley (1915–1970), American architect
* John na Seoltadh Ó Máille (fl. 1568), Gaelic-Irish lord
* J. Pat O'Malley (1904–1985), English singer and actor
* Kate O'Malley (disambiguation)
** Kate O'Malley, a British actress active in the 1990s who was a regular on the last two seasons of Soldier Soldier
** Kathleen M. O'Malley (born 1956), United States federal judge
** Katie O'Malley (born 1962), Maryland state court judge, and first lady of Maryland
* King O'Malley (1858–1953), Australian politician
* Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley (1874-1941), anthropologists in British India
* Mart O'Malley (1890–1972), Indiana state judge
* Martin O'Malley (born 1963), American politician
* Martin O'Malley (journalist) (born 1939), Canadian journalist
* Mary O'Malley (disambiguation), various including
** Mary O'Malley (author), American author and public speaker
** Mary O'Malley (director) (1918–2006), Irish director
** Mary O'Malley (playwright) (1941–2020), English playwright
** Mary O'Malley (poet) (born 1954), Irish poet
* Matthew Vincent O'Malley (1878–1931), American politician
* Mick O'Malley (born 1972), Australian boxer of the 1990s and 2000s
* Mike O'Malley (born 1969), American actor
* Nick O'Malley (born 1985), indie-rock musician
* Sir Owen O'Malley (1887–1974), British diplomat
* Pamela O'Malley (1929–2006), Irish-Spanish bohemian, educationalist and radical
* Patrick O'Malley (disambiguation) or Pat O'Malley, various including
** Patrick O'Malley (American politician) (born 1950), former Illinois State Senator
** Patrick O'Malley (Irish politician) (1943–2021), Irish Progressive Democrats politician
** Padraig O'Malley (born 1942), Irish-American academic
** Pádraic Ó Máille (1878–1946), Irish politician
** Pat O'Malley (actor) (1890–1966), American actor
* Peter O'Malley (disambiguation)
** Peter O'Malley (born 1937), American baseball executive
** Peter O'Malley (cricketer) (1927–1957), New Zealand cricketer
** Peter O'Malley (footballer) (fl. 1940s), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
** Peter O'Malley (golfer) (born 1965), Australian golfer
* Robert Emmett O'Malley (born 1943), Medal of Honor recipient
* Rory O'Malley (born 1980), Broadway actor
* Ryan O'Malley (born 1980), American baseball player
* Ryan O'Malley (American football) (born 1993), American football player
* Séamus O'Malley (1903–2002), Irish Gaelic football player
* Seán Patrick O'Malley (born 1944), Roman Catholic Cardinal
* Sean O'Malley (fighter) (born 1994), American mixed martial artist
* Stephen O'Malley (born 1974), American musician/guitarist, producer, composer, and visual artist
* Susan O'Malley, American sports executive
* Susan O'Malley (artist) (1976–2015), public art, author and museum curator
* T. J. O'Malley (1915–2009), American aerospace engineer
* Thomas O'Malley (disambiguation)
** Thomas O'Malley (congressman) (1903–1979), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
** Thomas O'Malley (writer), Irish writer
** Thomas Francis O'Malley (1889–1954), American politician
** Thomas J. O'Malley (1868–1936), American politician, lieutenant governor of Wisconsin
** Thomas P. O'Malley (1930–2009), American Jesuit and academic
* Tim O'Malley (politician) (born 1944), Irish politician
* Tim O'Malley (rugby union) (born 1994), New Zealand rugby union player
* Tim O'Malley (actor), author of Godshow
* Tom O'Malley (born 1960), former American Major League Baseball player
* Tom O'Malley (American football) (1925–2011), American football player
* Tony O'Malley (1913–2003), Irish painter
* Tuthal Ó Máille (fl.1413], Gaelic-Irish lord
* Walter O'Malley (1903–1979), owner of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team
* William O'Malley (disambiguation)
** William O'Malley (politician) (1853–1939), MP for Connemara, Ireland, 1906
** William O'Malley (Jesuit) (born 1931), American Jesuit priest, teacher, and author
* Zack O'Malley Greenburg (born 1985), American writer, journalist, and former child-actor

### Fictional characters

* Mr. O'Malley, comic strip fairy-godfather
* Conor O'Malley, in dark fantasy drama film "A Monster Calls", directed by J. A. Bayona and written by Patrick Ness
* O'Malley, a fictional character in the machinima series Red vs. Blue
* Abraham de Lacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley, from the 1970 Disney animated film The Aristocats
* George O'Malley, from Grey's Anatomy
* Father Charles "Chuck" O'Malley, from the films Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary, and the TV series Going My Way
* Nellie O'Malley, from American Girl's Samantha sub-series
* Sally O'Malley, a recurring character on Saturday Night Live
* James Redford O'Malley, a side-character appearing in issue six of "The O'Malley Family & Co".