Fagan

Fagan or Phagan is also a Norman-Irish surname, derived from the Latin word 'paganus' meaning ‘rural’ or ‘rustic’. Variants of the name Fagan include Fegan and Fagen. It was brought to Ireland during the Anglo-Norman invasion in the twelfth century and is now considered very Irish. In some cases it is a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fágáin or Ó Faodhagáin, which are probably dialect forms of Ó hÓgáin (see Hogan, Hagan) and Ó hAodhagáin (see Hagan). Irish lenited f (spelled fh) is soundless. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alex Fagan (1950–2010), chief of the San Francisco Police Department
• Andrew Fagan (born 1962), New Zealand singer, writer and songwriter
• Ann Fagan Ginger (1925–2025), American lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist
• Audrey Fagan (1962–2007), Australian Capital Territory Chief Police Officer
• Brian M. Fagan (1936–2025), British archaeologist and anthropologist
• Carson Fagan (born 1982), Caymanian international football player
• Chris Fagan (born 1961), Australian football coach
• Cliff Fagan (1911–1995), American president of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Clint Fagan (born 1981), American baseball umpire
• Colin Fagan, Jamaican politician
• Craig Fagan (1982), English footballer
• Cyril Fagan (1896–1970), Irish astrologer
• David Fagan (1961), New Zealand champion sheep shearer
• Ed Fagan (born 1952), American former lawyer
• Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959), better known as Billie Holiday, American jazz singer
• Garth Fagan (born 1940), Jamaican modern dance choreographer
• Gerald Fagan (born 1939), Canadian conductor
• Ina Fagan (1893–1985), birth name of American actress Ina Claire
• James Fagan (MP) (1800–1869), Irish Repeal Association politician and timber merchant
• James Fagan (musician) (born 1972), folk musician from Sydney, Australia
• James Fleming Fagan (1828–1893), Confederate major general in the American Civil War
• James H. Fagan (born 1947), American politician
• J. B. Fagan (1873–1933), Irish-born actor, theatre manager, producer and playwright in England
• Jim Fagan (1882–1948), Australian rules footballer
• Jeffrey Fagan (born 1946), professor at Columbia Law School
• Joe Fagan (1921–2001), manager of Liverpool F.C.
• Joseph Fagan (1941–2013), American psychologist
• Jermaine Fagan, Jamaican reggae artist
• Kate Fagan (born 1981), American sports reporter
• Kevin Fagan (cartoonist) (born 1956), American cartoonist, creator of the syndicated comic strip Drabble
• Kevin Fagan (doctor) (1909–1992), Australian doctor and World War II hero
• Kevin Fagan (American football) (born 1963), former defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers
• Laurie Fagan, Australian rugby league footballer
• Louise Fagan, Canadian director and producer
• Mark M. Fagan (1869–1955), former mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
• Mary Fagan (born 1939), former Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
• Michael Fagan, a software designer credited with inventing the Fagan inspection process for formal software inspections
• Michael Fagan (intruder) (born 1948), Buckingham Palace intruder
• Mike Fagan (born 1980), American bowler
• Myron Coureval Fagan (1887–1972), American playwright, editor, producer and cinematographer
• Oisin Fagan (born 1973), Irish boxer, former WBO Middleweight title holder
• Patsy Fagan (born 1951), Irish snooker player
• Roy Fagan (1905–1990), Australian politician and deputy premier of Tasmania
• Shaun Fagan (born 1984), Scottish association footballer
• Vincent Martel Fagan, the defendant of Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner

• Fagen, surname
• Fagin (surname)
• Mary Phagan, 13-year-old factory girl murdered in 1913, allegedly by Leo Frank