List of people with surname O'Brien


O'Brien is a surname of Irish origin. It has many variants in the Irish diaspora worldwide, such as Brien, O'Bryan, O'Brian, Brian, O'Brine and O'Bryen, which all claim a general common ancestry. The original Gaelic surname is Ó Briain. Notable people with the name include:

As surname

A

  • Aidan O'Brien, Irish racehorse trainer
  • Aiden O'Brien, Irish football player
  • Alan O'Brien, Irish association football player
  • Alex O'Brien, American tennis player
  • Ambrose O'Brien, Canadian founder of the National Hockey Association
  • Andy O'Brien, various
  • Anne O'Brien, various
  • Arthur O'Brien, New Zealand rugby union fullback
  • Austin O'Brien, American actor and photographer

    B

  • Barry O'Brien, American TV screenwriter and producer
  • Billy O'Brien , American baseball player
  • Billy O'Brien, Welsh association football player
  • Brendan O'Brien, various
  • Brenna O'Brien, Canadian actress and voice actor
  • Brock O'Brien, Australian rules footballer with Fremantle
  • Buck O'Brien, pitcher with the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox
  • Burton O'Brien, Scottish football player

    C

  • Casey O'Brien, American ice hockey player
  • Cathy O'Brien , American long-distance runner
  • Cathy O'Brien , American purported child-abuse victim
  • Cecily O'Bryen, British diving champion
  • Charles O'Brien, various
  • Christian O'Brien, British geologist, author & historian
  • Ciaran O'Brien, American soccer coach and player
  • Cinders O'Brien, John F., or Darby O'Brien, American baseball pitcher
  • Clinton O'Brien, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Conal O'Brien, American television director
  • Conan O'Brien, US comedian and talk show host
  • Connor O'Brien or
  • Conor O'Brien, various people
  • Cubby O'Brien, American drummer and original Mouseketeer

    D

  • Daniel O'Brien, various
  • Danielle O'Brien, Australian ice dancer
  • Danny O'Brien, various
  • Dara Ó Briain, Irish comedian and presenter
  • Darcy O'Brien, American true crime author
  • Daryl O'Brien, Australian rules footballer
  • Dave O'Brien , American film actor
  • Dave O'Brien, American sportscaster
  • David O'Brien, various
  • Doug Brien, American football placekicker
  • Don Brien, Canadian sprint canoer
  • Declan O'Brien, American film and TV writer and producer
  • Declan O'Brien , with Drogheda United
  • Dennis O'Brien, various
  • Derek O'Brien, various
  • Dermod O'Brien, Irish painter
  • Donald O'Brien, various
  • Doug O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
  • Dylan O'Brien, American actor

    E

  • Ed O'Brien, English musician
  • Edmond O'Brien, American actor
  • Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist
  • Edward O'Brien, various
  • Edwin Frederick O'Brien, American Catholic prelate
  • Eileen O'Brien, various
  • Elaine O'Brien, American politician
  • Erin O'Brien, American writer
  • Erin Joanne O'Brien, American actress
  • Eugene O'Brien, various

    F

  • Fergal O'Brien, Irish professional snooker player
  • Fergal O'Brien , Irish National Hunt trainer
  • Fergus O'Brien, Irish politician
  • Fitz James O'Brien, American SF and fantasy writer
  • Flann O'Brien, Irish novelist and satirist

    G

  • Gareth O'Brien, English rugby league footballer
  • Geraldine O'Brien, Irish botanical illustrator
  • George O'Brien, various
  • Ger O'Brien, Irish footballer
  • Gerard O'Brien, various
  • Geoffrey O'Brien, American poet, editor, and film critic
  • Glenn O'Brien, American writer, "The Style Guy"
  • Gray O'Brien, Scottish actor
  • Gavin O'Brien, Irish hurler

    H

  • Harry O'Brien, later Héritier Lumumba, Australian rules footballer
  • Harry J. O'Brien "Shorty", American football, basketball, baseball coach
  • Helen O'Brien, British nightclub owner and spy
  • Henry O'Brien, various
  • Hod O'Brien, American jazz pianist
  • Hugh O'Brien, mayor of Boston

    I

  • Iain O'Brien, New Zealand cricketer
  • Ian O'Brien, Australian breaststroke swimmer
  • Ignatius O'Brien, 1st Baron Shandon, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1913–1918

    J

  • Jack O'Brien, various
  • Jake O'Brien , Canadian ice hockey player
  • Jake O'Brien , American MMA fighter
  • Jake O'Brien , Irish footballer
  • James O'Brien, various
  • Jamie O'Brien, various
  • Jeremiah O'Brien, US Navy officer of the American Revolutionary War
  • Jesse O'Brien, various
  • Jim O'Brien, various
  • Joan O'Brien, American actress and singer
  • Joanne O'Brien, portrait and documentary photographer
  • Joe O'Brien, various
  • Joey O'Brien, Irish football player
  • John O'Brien, various
  • Joseph O'Brien, various

    K

  • Kate O'Brien
  • Katharine O'Brien, American film director
  • Katharine O'Brien, other people of that name
  • Katherine O'Brien, Canadian pediatric infectious disease physician
  • Kathleen O'Brien, Australian illustrator and fashion artist
  • Katie O'Brien, British tennis player
  • Keith O'Brien, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate
  • Ken O'Brien, American football quarterback
  • Kerry O'Brien, various
  • Kevin O'Brien, various
  • Kieran O'Brien, English actor
  • Kim O'Brien, American film and television actress
  • Kirsten O'Brien, British TV presenter
  • Kitt O'Brien, American football player
  • Kitty Wilmer O'Brien, Irish landscape painter

    L

  • Larry O'Brien, American politician
  • Larry O'Brien , businessman, mayor of Ottawa
  • Laurence O'Brien, Irish merchant and politician in Newfoundland
  • Lawrence O'Brien, various
  • Leighton O'Brien, American soccer player with the Seattle Sounders
  • Lévis Brien, Quebec politician
  • Leo O'Brien, various
  • Leonora O'Brien, Irish pharmacist and entrepreneur
  • Leslie O'Brien, Governor of the Bank of England
  • Leslie O'Brien , played for New South Wales
  • Liam O'Brien, various
  • Lucy O'Brien, writer on women in music
  • Lucy O'Brien , at University College, London
  • Lucy O'Brien , Irish missionary in Africa
  • Luke O'Brien, English footballer with Bradford City

    M

  • Margaret O'Brien, American actress
  • Margaret O'Brien , Michigan Republican
  • Mariah O'Brien, American actress and interior designer
  • Mark O'Brien, various
  • Mary Eileen O'Brien, American academic administrator
  • Matthew O'Brien , Irish mathematician
  • Maureen O'Brien, English actress in the Doctor Who series
  • Michael O'Brien, various
  • Michele O'Brien, soccer coach and player for Chicago Red Eleven
  • Mick O'Brien, various
  • Mike O'Brien with Glenroe and Limerick
  • Miles O'Brien, various
  • Mollie O'Brien, a folk singer from West Virginia

    N

  • Niall O'Brien, various
  • Natasha O'Brien, an Irish woman attacked by an active-duty Irish soldier
  • Nick O'Brien, Australian rules footballer for Essendon

    O

  • Olivia O'Brien, American singer and songwriter

    P

  • Paddy O'Brien, various
  • Parry O'Brien, American shot put champion
  • Patricia Salas O'Brien, Peruvian sociologist and Minister of Education
  • Patrick O'Brien, for people with the forename Patrick or Pat
  • Pat O'Brien, various
  • Paul O'Brien, various
  • Peter O'Brien, various
  • Phil O'Brien, various

    R

  • Raymond O'Brien, American Roman Catholic priest
  • Raymond Moulton O'Brien, British-born American businessman
  • Richard O'Brien, various
  • Riley O'Brien, American baseball pitcher
  • Robert O'Brien, various
  • Ron O'Brien, various
  • Roy O'Brien, Irish football player

    S

  • Scott O'Brien, American football player, coach and scout
  • Sean O'Brien
  • Sean Patrick O'Brien, American professional wrestling referee
  • Shane O'Brien, various
  • Shannon O'Brien, various
  • Sicele O'Brien, Irish woman aviation pioneer
  • Simon O'Brien, various
  • Soledad O'Brien, American woman television journalist
  • Stephen O'Brien, UK conservative politician for Eddisbury
  • Stuart O'Brien, American film editor
  • Stuart O'Brien , Australian actor

    T

  • Terence O'Brien, various
  • Thomas O'Brien, various
  • Tim O'Brien, various
  • Timothy O'Brien , British theatre designer
  • Timothy O'Brien, Irish professor
  • Timothy L. O'Brien, American journalist
  • Tina O'Brien, English actress
  • Tom O'Brien , American film actor
  • Tom O'Brien , coach at North Carolina State University
  • Tom O'Brien , baseball outfielder
  • Tom O'Brien , 19th-century baseball player
  • Tom O'Brien , British trade unionist and Member of Parliament
  • Tommy O'Brien , baseball outfielder

    U

  • Una O'Brien, British civil servant

    V

  • Vincent O'Brien, various
  • Virginia O'Brien, American actress and comic, "Frozen Face" singer

    W

  • Walter O'Brien, Irish businessman and computer specialist
  • Walter A. O'Brien, American Progressive Party politician
  • William O'Brien, various
  • Willis H. O'Brien, American motion picture special effects pioneer

    Z

  • Zach O'Brien, professional ice hockey player

    As first or middle names

  • O'Brien Alston, American former football linebacker
  • O'Brien Schofield, American former football linebacker
  • O'Brien Smith, Irish-American political figure

    Fictional people named O'Brien

  • O'Brien, a character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
  • Lady Cassandra O'Brien, a fictional character, Doctor Who antagonist
  • Chloe O'Brian, a fictional character played by actress Mary Lynn Rajskub on the US television series 24
  • Graham O'Brien, a companion of the Thirteenth Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who
  • Keiko O'Brien, a fictional character, wife of Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine
  • Miles O'Brien, a fictional character in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine
  • Sarah O'Brien, a fictional character on the ITV series Downton Abbey
  • Shelia O'Brian, a character from the animated TV series Dungeons and Dragons
  • Mr. O'Brien, Mrs. O'Brien and Jack O'Brien, fictional characters in the film The Tree of Life film