Scanlan (surname)
Scanlan is an Irish surname that derives from the Irish Gaelic name Ó Scannláin, meaning descendant of Scannlán’. Notable people with the surname include:
- Emmett J. Scanlan, Irish actor
- Fred Scanlan, Canadian ice hockey player
- Jerry Scanlan retired American football player
- Joanna Scanlan, English actress and television writer
- John Joseph Scanlan, second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
- Joseph Lawrence Scanlan, American television director
- Julian Scanlan, American DJ
- Justin Scanlan, Irish Australian community leader and disability advocate
- Laetisha Scanlan, Australian sport shooter
- Luke Scanlan, American politician and farmer
- Michael Scanlan (disambiguation)
- Neal Scanlan, British special effects artist
- Patricia Scanlan, Irish novelist
- Reggie Scanlan, bass guitar player from New Orleans, Louisiana
- Robert Richard Scanlan, Irish painter
- Sean Scanlan, Scottish actor
- Seán Scanlan, Irish pioneer in circuits & systems theory, electronic engineering professor
- Teresa Scanlan, Irish American former Miss America and business lawyer
- Thomas Scanlan, Irish politician
- Toni Scanlan, Australian actress
- Tuna Scanlan, Samoan/New Zealand boxer of the 1950s and '60s
- Walter Scanlan, stage name of Walter Van Brunt, American tenor
- William J. Scanlan, musical theatre performer and composer
- Mike Scanlan, a character in Arthur Conan Doyle's ''The Valley of Fear''