Callan
Callan is a given name and surname of Irish and Scottish origin. It can derive from Ó Cathaláin, meaning 'descendant of Cathalán', or be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Allin or Mac Callin. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Aela Callan, Australian news reporter
- Alan Callan, U.S. businessman, musician, and filmmaker
- Clair Armstrong Callan, U.S. politician
- Colm Callan, Irish rugby player
- Curtis Callan, U.S. physicist
- Dave Callan Irish-Australian comedian
- David Callan, Australian standup comedian
- Dennis Callan, Welsh footballer
- H. G. Callan, British biologist
- Hughie Callan, Australian footballer
- James Callan, American Roman Catholic priest, cofounder of Spiritus Christi Roman Catholic splinter group
- James L. Callan, U.S. businessman and politician
- John Callan O'Laughlin, U.S. military journalist
- John Fullarton Callan, Canadian politician
- K Callan, U.S. actress
- Kevin Callan, Canadian canoe enthusiast, teacher, and author
- Michael Callan, U.S. actor
- Michael Feeney Callan, Irish writer, filmmaker, and painter
- Nicholas Callan, Irish priest and physicist
- Oliver Callan, Irish radio satirist
- Paul Callan, British print journalist
- Peter M. Callan, U.S. politicians
- Philip Callan, Irish MP
- Ricky Callan, Scottish actor
- Robert Emmet Callan, United States Army Coast Artillery officer
- Thomas J. Callan, U.S. soldier at the Battle of Little Big Horn
- Tim Callan, Australian footballer
Title
- George Agar, 1st Baron Callan, Anglo-Irish politician and peer
Given name
- Callan Beasy, Australian rules footballer
- Callan Chythlook-Sifsof, American Olympic snowboarder
- Callan McAuliffe, Australian actor
- Callan Mulvey, Australian actor
- Callan Pinckney, American fitness advisor
- Callan Ward, Australian rules footballer
Fictional names
- David Callan, the titular character of Callan
- Eileen Callan, a character in the UK soap opera ''Family Affairs''