O'Shea

O'Shea /oʊˈʃeɪ/ is a surname and, less often, a given name. It is an anglicized form of the Irish patronymic name Ó Séaghdha or Ó Sé, originating in the Kingdom of Corcu Duibne in County Kerry.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Alicia O'Shea Petersen (1862–1923), Australian suffragist
• Brian O'Shea (boxer), American boxer
• Brian O'Shea (politician) (born 1944), Irish politician
• Clarrie O'Shea (1906–1988), Australian labour union secretary
• Conor O'Shea (b 1970) Irish Rugby player and coach
• Donal O'Shea, Canadian mathematician
• Franc O'Shea, Swazi musician
• Greg O'Shea, Australian record producer, audio engineer, mix engineer and musician
• Greg O'Shea (rugby union), Irish rugby union player
• Iñaki O'Shea Basque leftist and independentist politician, jailed in early XXIth century.
• Jack O'Shea (born 1957), All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer from County Kerry
• James O'Shea and John O'Shea, Victorian stone carvers associated with John Ruskin
• Jay O'Shea (born 1988), Irish footballer
• John O'Shea (born 1981), Irish international footballer who has won the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League
• John O'Shea (director) (1920–2001), New Zealand film director
• John O'Shea (humanitarian) (born 1944), Irish founder of GOAL, international humanitarian organization based in Ireland
• John Augustus O'Shea (1839–1905), Irish soldier, journalist, and writer
• Katharine O'Shea (1846–1921), English wife of Irish politician, Charles Stewart Parnell
• Kel O'Shea (born 1933), Australian rugby league footballer
• Kevin O'Shea (1925–2003) was an All-American college basketball player who later played professionally
• Lucius Trant O'Shea (1858-1920), British chemist and mining engineer
• Mark O'Shea (herpetologist) (born 1956), English herpetologist
• Mark O'Shea (musician) (born 16 February 1977), Australian singer-songwriter
• Mike O'Shea (Canadian football) (born 1970), Canadian football player
• Milo O'Shea (1926–2013), Irish actor
• Natalia O'Shea (born 1976), Russian linguist and musician
• Rick O'Shea (born 1973), Irish radio DJ
• Steve O'Shea, New Zealand marine biologist and environmentalist
• Tessie O'Shea (1913–1995), Welsh entertainer and actress
• Timothy O'Shea (born 1949), vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Edinburgh
• Tony O'Shea (born 1961), English darts player
• William O'Shea (1840–1905), Irish soldier and Member of Parliament

Given name

• Oshae Brissett (born 1998), Canadian basketball player
• Ice Cube (born O'Shea Jackson in 1969) American rapper and actor
  • O'Shea Jackson Jr. (born 1991), his son, rapper and actor

See also

• O'Shea, an American-based Australian country music duo
• O'Shea and Whelan, an Irish family practice of stonemasons and sculptors
• Jack O'Shea's, meat retailer in Brussels and London
• Shea (disambiguation)
• Ó Sé – Irish language spelling of this name