Healey (surname)
Healey is an Irish surname derived from two distinct ancient Irish families Ó hÉilidhe or Ó hÉalaighthe, whose Gaelic origins have been anglicized as Healey or similar. Common variations in English include Haley and Healy.
Less common, this surname may also be an English toponymic surname, from Healey near Manchester and possibly also from other places named Healey in Yorkshire and Northumberland.
People with the surname Healey
- Adam Healey, Italian internet entrepreneur
- Adrian Healey, English football commentator
- Alfred Healey, British olympic athlete
- Anne Healey, American politician
- Arthur Daniel Healey, American politician, U.S. Representative of Massachusetts
- Arthur H. Healey, justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
- Austin Healey, English rugby union player
- Beth Healey, British medical doctor
- Chelsee Healey, English actress
- Cherry Healey, British television presenter
- Clive Healey, Australian politician
- Dan Healey, Canadian historian
- Denis Healey, British politician
- Des Healey, Australian rules footballer
- Dick Healey, Australian politician
- Donald Healey, British rally driver & automotive engineer
- Dorothy Ray Healey, American Communist Party activist
- Ed Healey, American football player
- Edna Healey, British author and film maker
- Edward F. Healey, American politician
- Emma Healey, Canadian writer and poet
- Eric Healey, American ice hockey player
- Geoffrey Healey, British car designer, son of Donald
- Giles Healey, American cartographer
- Jack Healey, American human rights activist
- James Healey (disambiguation), several people
- Jeff Healey, Canadian jazz and blues-rock guitarist
- Jess Healey, Canadian ice hockey player
- John Healey (disambiguation), several people
- Josh Healey, Canadian ice hockey player
- Joseph G. Healey, American language researcher
- Kenneth Healey, British priest, 3rd Bishop of Grimsby, England
- Keri Healey, American playwright and voice actress
- Kerry Healey, American politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
- Lori Healey, American real estate principal
- Mark Healey, British computer games developer
- Maura Healey, American politician, 55th Attorney General and current Governor of Massachusetts since 2023
- Michael Healey, Canadian playwright and actor
- Mitch Healey, Australian rugby player and coach
- Myron Healey, American actor
- Nathan Healey, Australian tennis player
- Nigel Healey, British-New Zealand academic, Vice Chancellor at Fiji National University
- Pat Healey, American soccer player
- Patsy Healey, professor at Newcastle University, England
- Paul Healey, Canadian ice hockey player
- Penny Healey, British archer
- Philip B. Healey, New York politician
- Rich Healey, Canadian ice hockey player
- Robert Healey (disambiguation), several people
- Ron Healey, English born Irish footballer
- Sarah Healey, British civil servant
- Sheila Healey, Argentine painter
- Shevy Healey, American psychologist, activist
- Stephen Healey, British Army officer and footballer
- Steve Healey, Professional Fisherman, Angler of the year 2010–2016
- T. J. Healey, American racehorse trainer
- Theresa Healey, New Zealand actress
- Thomas J. Healey, American businessman and educator, Harvard University lecturer
- Timothy Healey, American mathematician
- Tom Healey, American MLB baseball player
- Trebor Healey, American poet and novelist
- William Healey, English football club owner
Characters
- Mike Healey, a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
- Roger Healey, a fictional character from the American sitcom ''I Dream of Jeannie''