# Fagan

Fagan or Phagan is also a Norman-Irish surname, derived from the Latin word 'paganus' meaning ‘rural’ or ‘rustic’. Variants of the name Fagan include Fegan and Fagen. It was brought to Ireland during the Anglo-Norman invasion in the twelfth century and is now considered very Irish. In some cases it is a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fágáin or Ó Faodhagáin, which are probably dialect forms of Ó hÓgáin (see Hogan, Hagan) and Ó hAodhagáin (see Hagan). Irish lenited f (spelled fh) is soundless. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alex Fagan (1950–2010), former chief of the San Francisco Police Department
* Andrew Fagan (born 1962), New Zealand singer, writer and songwriter
* Ann Fagan Ginger (born 1925), lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist
* Audrey Fagan (1962–2007), former Australian Capital Territory Chief Police Officer
* Brian Fagan (born 1936), archaeologist and anthropologist
* Carson Fagan (born 1982), Caymanian international football player
* Chris Fagan (born 1961), Australian football coach
* Cliff Fagan (1911–1995), president of the Basketball Hall of Fame
* Clint Fagan (born 1981), American baseball umpire
* Craig Fagan (1982), English footballer
* Cyril Fagan (1896–1970), Irish astrologer
* David Fagan (1961), New Zealand champion sheep shearer
* Ed Fagan (born 1952), American former lawyer
* Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959), better known as Billie Holiday, American jazz singer
* Garth Fagan (born 1940), Jamaican modern dance choreographer
* Gerald Fagan (born 1939), Canadian conductor
* Ina Fagan (1893–1985), birth name of American actress Ina Claire
* James Fagan (MP) (1800–1869), Irish Repeal Association politician and timber merchant
* James Fagan (musician) (born 1972), folk musician from Sydney, Australia
* James Fleming Fagan (1828–1893), Confederate major general in the American Civil War
* James H. Fagan (born 1947), American politician
* J. B. Fagan (1873–1933), Irish-born actor, theatre manager, producer and playwright in England
* Jim Fagan (1882–1948), Australian rules footballer
* Jeffrey Fagan (born 1946), professor at Columbia Law School
* Joe Fagan (1921–2001), manager of Liverpool F.C.
* Joseph Fagan (1941–2013), American psychologist
* Jermaine Fagan, Jamaican reggae artist
* Kevin Fagan (cartoonist) (born 1956), American cartoonist, creator of the syndicated comic strip Drabble
* Kevin Fagan (doctor) (1909–1992), Australian doctor and World War II hero
* Kevin Fagan (American football) (born 1963), former defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers
* Laurie Fagan, Australian rugby league footballer
* Louise Fagan, Canadian director and producer
* Mark M. Fagan (1869–1955), former mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
* Mary Fagan (born 1939), former Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
* Michael Fagan, a software designer credited with inventing the Fagan inspection process for formal software inspections
* Michael Fagan (intruder) (born 1948), Buckingham Palace intruder
* Mike Fagan (born 1980), American bowler
* Myron Coureval Fagan (1887–1972), American playwright, editor, producer and cinematographer
* Oisin Fagan (born 1973), Irish boxer, former WBO Middleweight title holder
* Patsy Fagan (born 1951), Irish snooker player
* Roy Fagan (1905–1990), Australian politician and deputy premier of Tasmania
* Shaun Fagan (born 1984), Scottish association footballer
* Vincent Martel Fagan, the defendant of Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner