Keenan

Keenan is an Irish surname meaning 'ancient, distant' in the Irish language. It is derived from Ó Cianáin 'descendant of Cianán' (a diminutive of Cian). The Ó Cianáin clan were hereditary historians to the Mac Uidhir.

People named Keenan

First name

• Keenan Allen, American football wide receiver
• Keenan Cornelius, American jiu-jitsu practitioner
• Keenan Clayton, American football linebacker
• Keenan Evans (born 1996), American basketball player
• Keenan Hollahan, pseudonym for advice columnist
• Keenan McCardell, former American football wide receiver
• Keenan O'Mailia, American murder victim
• Keenan Robinson, American football linebacker
• Kenan Thompson, American actor and comedian
• Keenen Ivory Wayans, American comedian, director and writer
• Keenan Wynn, American character actor

Last name

• Brian Keenan (Irish republican), Provisional IRA member
• Brian Keenan (musician born 1943), American musician
• Brian Keenan (writer), Irish journalist and hostage
• Brigid Keenan, British/Irish writer of best-selling memoirs "Diplomatic Baggage"
• Cathy Keenan, Canadian television actor
• Celia Keenan-Bolger, American stage actor and singer
• David Keenan, Scottish writer and musician
• Deborah Keenan, American poet and educator
• Don Keenan, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• Donal Keenan, Irish Gaelic games administrator
• Edward L. Keenan, American historian of medieval Russia
• Emma Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player
• Frank Keenan, American stage and screen actor and director
• Frank Keenan (hurler) Irish hurling player
• Harold Keenan, English footballer
• Harry Keenan, American screen actor
• Helen Grace Scott Keenan, American journalist, OSS employee and Soviet spy
• Henry Francis Keenan, American journalist and author
• Jack Keenan (boxer) (1929–2009), Canadian boxer
• Joe Keenan (footballer), British footballer
• Joe Keenan (writer), American writer and playwright
• John Keenan (Medal of Honor), U.S. Army soldier
• John F. Keenan, American attorney and federal judge
• John R. Keennan (1940–2015), American baseball scout
• Joseph B. Keenan, chief prosecutor in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
• Joseph Henry Keenan, American thermodynamicist
• Lillie Keenan (born 1996), American show jumping rider
• Luke A. Keenan (1872–1924), New York politician
• Maynard James Keenan, American singer of bands Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer
• Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey manager
• Nancy Keenan, American politician and pro-choice campaigner
• Nicolás Keenan, Argentine field hockey player
• Norbert Keenan, Australian politician
• Paddy Keenan, Irish uilleann piper
• Pepper Keenan, American musician with Corrosion of Conformity
• Peter Keenan ("Crackers" Keenan), former Australian rules footballer
• Peter Keenan (boxer), Scottish boxer of the 1940s, and 1950s
• Philip Childs Keenan (1908–2000), American astronomer
• Phuwaryne Keenan (born 1988), Thai singer
• Roy Keenan (1930–2003), Canadian boxer
• Sinead Keenan, Irish actress
• Shy Keenan, British author, child sexual abuse survivor, and founder of Phoenix Survivors
• Sterling James Keenan, American pro wrestler
• Tamra Keenan, British singer
• Terry Keenan, American broadcast television business correspondent
• Tim Keenan III (born 2002), American football player
• Trish Keenan, English singer and composer
• Vernon Keenan, American law enforcement officer

Fictional

• Gareth Keenan, character from UK television series The Office