Kean (name)
Kean is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Abram Kean, Newfoundland sealer and politician
- Andrew Kean, Scottish football player
- Archie Kean, Scottish footballer
- Arthur D. Kean, Canadian filmmaker
- Ben Kean, American physician, author and researcher
- Betty Kean, American actress, sister of Jane Kean
- Bridie Kean, Australian wheelchair basketball player and canoeist.
- Charles Kean, actor, son of Edmund Kean
- Edmund Kean, English actor
- Edward Kean, American television writer
- Ellen Kean, English actress
- Gareth Kean, New Zealand swimmer
- Gerald Kean, Irish celebrity solicitor
- Giovanni Kean, Italian football player
- Hamilton Fish Kean, United States Senator from New Jersey
- Henry Kean, American football and basketball coach
- Jake Kean, English football player
- Jane Kean, American actress and singer, sister of Betty Kean
- Jefferson Randolph Kean, American military surgeon
- John Kean (New Jersey politician), United States Senator, United States Representative from New Jersey
- John Kean (South Carolina politician), delegate to the Continental Congress from South Carolina
- Josh Kean, Australian motor-racing driver
- Laurel Kean, American golfer
- Mallory Kean, Canadian curler
- Mark Kean, Canadian curler
- Marie Kean, Irish actress
- Michael Kean, Irish artist, owner of Derby porcelain factory
- Moise Kean, Italian football player
- Paul Kean, New Zealand musician
- Robert Kean, United States Representative from New Jersey
- Robert Garlick Hill Kean, Confederate States Army officer
- Roger Kean, British magazine publisher
- Sam Kean, 21st-century American writer
- Sammy Kean, Scottish football player and manager
- Simon Kean, Canadian professional boxer
- Sherry Kean, Canadian pop and country singer
- Steve Kean, Scottish football player and manager
- Stewart Kean, Scottish football player
- Thomas Kean, American politician; former Governor of New Jersey; chairman of the 9/11 Commission
- Thomas Kean Jr., American politician; New Jersey State Senator; United States Senate nominee; United States Representative
- William Kean, British trade unionist
- William B. Kean, general in the United States Army
Given name
- Kean Bryan, English football player
- Kean Cipriano, Filipino singer, composer, actor, and musician
- Kean Soo, Canadian engineer, creator of the children's comic character Jellaby
- Kean Wong, American professional baseball player
- Kean Atreides, character in the universe of the Dune novels