Sullivan


Gender:
Origin: Gaelic
697 famous people named Sullivan found on Wikipedia.
9271 male, 862 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 387-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 387-th in year 2018
Used in: English

Meanings

O'Sullivan (Irish: Ó Súilleabháin), also known as simply Sullivan, is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Cork and County Kerry. The surname is associated with the southwestern part of Ireland and was originally found in County Tipperary before the Anglo-Norman invasion. It is the third most numerous surname in Ireland. Due to emigration, it is also common in Australia, North America, Britain and the rest of the world.
The O'Sullivans are the medieval and modern continuation of the ancient Eóganacht Chaisil sept of Cenél Fíngin, being descendants of Fíngen mac Áedo Duib, king of Cashel or Munster from 601 to 618. They are thus understood to be of royal extraction. Fedelmid mac Crimthainn (died 847), the celebrated King of Munster and nearly High King of Ireland, was the last king of the Cenél Fíngin/O'Sullivan line. Later they became the chief princes underneath their close kinsmen the MacCarthy dynasty in the small but powerful Kingdom of Desmond, successor of Cashel/Munster.

Descendant of Suilleabhan: keen eye, little dark eye.

Famous People: 697 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Sullivan Stapleton 1977 Australian actor
2 Erik Per Sullivan 1991 American actor
3 Roy Sullivan 1912 American park ranger
4 Nicole Sullivan 1970 Actress, Comedienne, Voice artist
5 Anne Sullivan 1866 Teacher and companion of Helen Keller
6 Ed Sullivan 1901 American television host
7 Susan Sullivan 1942 Actress
8 Jazmine Sullivan 1987 American singer-songwriter
9 Charlotte Sullivan 1983 Canadian actress
10 Louis Sullivan 1856 American architect
11 Kelly Sullivan 1978 American actress
12 Chloe Sullivan Fictional character
13 Sullivan Ballou 1829 Union Army officer
14 McKey Sullivan 1988 American model
15 Barry Sullivan 1912 Actor
16 Jake Sullivan 1976 American national security aide
17 Camille Sullivan 1975 Canadian actress
18 Sullivan Barrera 1982 Cuban boxer
19 Michael J. Sullivan 1961 American writer
20 Daniel S. Sullivan 1964 American lawyer and government official
21 Frankie Sullivan 1955 American musician
22 David Sullivan 1977 American film and television actor
23 Noel Sullivan 1980 Welsh singer and actor
24 Rita Sullivan Coronation Street character
25 Andy Sullivan 1987 Professional golfer
26 Kyle Sullivan 1988 American actor
27 Liam Kyle Sullivan 1973 American comedian, actor, and director
28 Big Jim Sullivan 1941 English musician
29 Brad Sullivan 1931 American actor
30 Eamon Sullivan 1985 Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
31 Samuel Sullivan Fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes
32 Harry Stack Sullivan 1892 Psychiatrist
33 Quinn Sullivan 1999 American musician
34 Kathryn D. Sullivan 1951 American geologist and a former NASA astronaut
35 Pete Sullivan 1964 English actor
36 Larry Sullivan 1970 American actor
37 Dean Sullivan 1955 British actor
38 Emmet G. Sullivan 1947 United States District Judge
39 Kathleen Sullivan 1955 American lawyer, scholar
40 Neil Sullivan 1970 Scottish footballer
41 Bill Danenhauer 1963 American professional wrestler, football coach
42 William C. Sullivan 1912 FBI agent
43 Kate Sullivan 1976 American television journalist
44 L. James Sullivan 1933 American weapon designer
45 Francis L. Sullivan 1903 Actor
46 Dennis Sullivan 1941 Mathematician
47 Steve Sullivan 1974 Canadian ice hockey player
48 Pat Sullivan 1887 Australian film producer
49 Jean Sullivan 1923 American actress
50 Billy L. Sullivan 1980 American actor
51 Chris T. Sullivan 1948 Businessperson
52 George Sullivan 1981 American mixed martial artist
53 Mark J. Sullivan United States Secret Service agent
54 Gordon R. Sullivan 1937 Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
55 Jenny Sullivan 1946 American actress
56 Sam Sullivan 1960 Canadian politician, Mayor of Vancouver
57 Danny Sullivan 1965 American technologist
58 Justin Sullivan 1956 English singer-songwriter
59 Liam Sullivan 1923 American actor
60 Niki Sullivan 1937 American rock and roll guitar player
61 Brendan Sullivan 1942 American lawyer
62 William John Sullivan 1976 American software programmer
63 Teresa A. Sullivan 1949 President of the University of Virginia
64 Nelson Sullivan 1948 American artist
65 Sullivan Walker 1946 Actor
66 Beth Sullivan 1949 American television producer
67 Louis Wade Sullivan 1933 American politician
68 Lencola Sullivan American model
69 Maxine Sullivan 1911 American blues and jazz singer
70 Yankee Sullivan 1811 American boxer
71 William H. Sullivan 1922 American diplomat
72 John Jeremiah Sullivan 1974 Writer
73 Leon Sullivan 1922 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
74 James P. Sullivan Monsters, Inc. character
75 Patty Sullivan 1968 Canadian television personality
76 Lily Sullivan 1994
77 Russ Sullivan 1923 American baseball player
78 Timothy Sullivan 1862 American politician
79 Conner Sullivan 1992
80 Kevin Rodney Sullivan 1958 American director
81 Thomas M. Sullivan 1947 American radio personality
82 Daniel J. Sullivan 1940 American director
83 Clive Sullivan 1943 Welsh rugby league player
84 Scott D. Sullivan American fraudster
85 Katy Sullivan American Paralympic track and fielder
86 Martin J. Sullivan 1955 American businessman
87 Margaret M. Sullivan American journalist
88 Terry Sullivan Fictional character in the soap opera Brookside
89 Richard J. Sullivan 1964 American judge
90 Gary Sullivan 1960 American electrical engineer
91 Haywood Sullivan 1930 American college football player, Major League Baseball player, Boston Red Sox general manager
92 Andrew Sullivan 1980 British basketball player
93 Kathie Sullivan 1953 American singer
94 Johnathan Sullivan 1981 American football player
95 Mick Sullivan 1934 English rugby league footballer
96 Margaret Sullivan 1962 American chief of staff
97 Ira Sullivan 1931 American jazz musician
98 Lou Sullivan 1951 American author and activist known for his work on behalf of trans men
99 Melinda Sullivan 1987 American dancer
100 Christopher Sullivan 1965 American soccer player
101 Jordan Sullivan Scrubs character
102 Patrick Sullivan American football executive
103 J. Courtney Sullivan 1981 Novelist
104 Sullivan Chime 1959 Nigerian politician
105 James Edward Sullivan 1862 American sports official
106 Edmund Joseph Sullivan 1869 British artist
107 Joe Sullivan 1906 American musician
108 Chris Sullivan 1973 American football player
109 Cory Sullivan 1979 American baseball player
110 Jesse Sullivan 1951 American amputee
111 Leonor Sullivan 1902 American politician
112 Leonardo Sullivan 1947
113 Mark T. Sullivan 1958 American journalist and novelist
114 Joseph J. Sullivan 1870 American gambler
115 Laura Sullivan American musician
116 Tyson Sullivan American actor and television actor
117 Halsted Sullivan American screenwriter
118 Jerry Sullivan 1944 American football coach
119 Jim Sullivan 1903 Welsh rugby union footballer, and rugby league footballer, and coach
120 Francis A. Sullivan 1922 American Jesuit theologian
121 Joseph Sullivan 1987 New Zealand rower
122 Algernon Sydney Sullivan 1826 American lawyer
123 Charles L. Sullivan 1924 American politician
124 Anthony Sullivan 1968 Welsh rugby union player
125 Sullivan Sweeten 1995
126 Mike Sullivan 1967 American football player, coach
127 Daniel Sullivan
128 Rosemary Sullivan 1947 Canadian writer
129 Morris Sullivan 1916 American film executive
130 Michael Quinn Sullivan 1970 American journalist
131 Dennis Joseph Sullivan 1945 Catholic bishop
132 John L. Sullivan 1899 United States Secretary of the Navy
133 Jack Sullivan 1893 American film director
134 Art Sullivan 1950 Singer
135 Billy Sullivan 1875 Major League Baseball player
136 Marco Sullivan 1980 American alpine skier
137 Mary Quinn Sullivan 1877 Art collector, founding trustee of the Museum of Modern Art
138 Peter Sullivan 1976 American screenwriter, film director, and film producer
139 Ted Sullivan American writer and film director
140 Jennifer Sullivan 1991 Florida State Representative
141 C. Gardner Sullivan 1884 Screenwriter
142 Vin Sullivan 1911 American comic book editor, artist and publisher
143 John Andrew Sullivan 1868 American politician
144 Grant Sullivan 1924 Actor-turned-Realtor
145 Obed Sullivan 1968 American boxer
146 Michael Sullivan 1916 Art historian
147 J. W. N. Sullivan 1886 Popular science writer and literary journalist
148 Thomas Russell Sullivan American writer
149 Frank Sullivan 1892 American writer
150 Brett Sullivan 1971 Australian film director
151 Nancy Sullivan 1985 British actress
152 George M. Sullivan 1922 American politician
153 Timothy Daniel Sullivan 1827 Irish politician
154 Fred Sullivan 1837 British actor
155 Colin Sullivan 1945 Australian physician
156 Eugene R. Sullivan 1941 American judge
157 Ryan Sullivan 1975 Australian speedway rider
158 Hugh Sullivan
159 William V. Sullivan 1857 American politician
160 KT Sullivan American cabaret performer
161 Tricia Sullivan 1968 American writer
162 Julie Sullivan 1957 American academic
163 Edward C. Sullivan 1934 New York politician
164 John M. Sullivan 1959 American politician
165 Sullivan Fortner 1986
166 Bob Sullivan 1968 American journalist
167 Ruth C. Sullivan 1924 American autism activist
168 Maurice J. "Sully" Sullivan 1909 American businessman
169 Robert Sullivan 1967 Māori writer
170 Rip Sullivan 1959 American politician
171 Jeremy Sullivan 1945 British judge
172 Arthur Sullivan 1896 Australian banker, soldier, and recipient of the Victoria Cross
173 Monique Sullivan 1989 Canadian racing cyclist
174 Tom Sullivan 1922 Boxer
175 Lee Sullivan 1971 Drummer, son of Terence Sullivan
176 Jeremiah C. Sullivan 1830 Union United States Army general
177 Jon Sullivan 1950 Australian politician
178 Francis Conroy Sullivan 1882 Canadian architect
179 Michael A. Sullivan 1959 American politician
180 Thomas Sullivan 1859 American Medal of Honro recipient
181 Sean Sullivan 1984 American ice hockey player
182 Cathryn Sullivan Acting Coach
183 Paul Sullivan 1957 American journalist
184 Scott Sullivan 1971 American baseball player
185 Christopher D. Sullivan 1870 American politician
186 Marques Sullivan 1978 Player of American football
187 Kathy Sullivan 1942 Australian politician
188 Timothy J. Sullivan 1944 Preseident of the College of William & Mary
189 Charles F. Sullivan 1904 American politician
190 John Sullivan 1941 Baseball catcher and coach from the United States
191 Dom Sullivan 1951 Scottish footballer and manager
192 Tim Sullivan 1975 Australian paralympic athlete
193 Amy Sullivan American journalist
194 Charles Sullivan 1944 American musician
195 Erin Sullivan American actress, singer and dancer
196 John J. Sullivan 1959 American lawyer
197 Brian Ford Sullivan Television writer
198 Mickey Sullivan 1932 American baseball player and coach
199 Dan Sullivan 1939 American football player
200 James Sullivan