Byrne (variations:
Byrnes, O'Byrne, O'Byrnes, Burns, Beirne) meaning '
ravenRaven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied.Species include:* Common Raven* Thick-billed Raven* Brown-necked Raven* Chihuahuan Raven...
', is derived from the
Irish nameA formal Irish-language name consists of a given name and a surname, as in English. Surnames in Irish are generally patronymic in etymology, although they are no longer literal patronyms, as Icelandic names are...
Ó Broin, and is the seventh most common
last name"Last Name" is a song composed by country pop singer Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird. It is the third single from Underwood's second studio album, Carnival Ride. It was released in the United States on April 7, 2008, by which point the song had already charted...
in
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
today.
GaelicIrish is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now only spoken natively by a small minority of the Irish population but also plays an important symbolic role in the life of the Irish state, and is used...
form of 'Byrne', means descendant of Bran. The name has been traced back to ancient
CeltCelts is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic language...
ic
chieftainA traditional tribal chief is the leader of a tribe, or the head of a tribal form of self-government.The notion of a "tribal chief" is rather vague and arbitrary; neither chief nor tribe is clearly defined, so in many cases other designations are used for the same institution, such as petty ruler...
, Bran Mac Maolmòrrdha, King of Leinster (d. 1052), who belonged to the
Uí DúnlaingeThe Uí Dúnlainge, from the Old Irish "grandsons of Dúnlaing", were an Irish dynasty of Leinster kings who traced their descent from Dúnlaing mac Énda Niada. He was said to be a cousin of Énnae Cennsalach, eponymous ancestor of the rival Uí Chennselaig....
dynasty. Along with King Conn of the Hundred Battles, he was descended from
Cathair MorCathair Mór , son of Fedlimid Fir Urglais, a descendant of Mug Corb, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He took power after the death of Fedlimid Rechtmar. He is said to have had thirty sons, but only ten of them had children; several medieval...
, an earlier king of Leinster, who was also monarch of all Ireland around
200Year 200 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.-Roman Empire:* Septimus Severus visits Syria, Palestine and Arabia....
AD.
Byrne (variations:
Byrnes, O'Byrne, O'Byrnes, Burns, Beirne) meaning '
ravenRaven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied.Species include:* Common Raven* Thick-billed Raven* Brown-necked Raven* Chihuahuan Raven...
', is derived from the
Irish nameA formal Irish-language name consists of a given name and a surname, as in English. Surnames in Irish are generally patronymic in etymology, although they are no longer literal patronyms, as Icelandic names are...
Ó Broin, and is the seventh most common
last name"Last Name" is a song composed by country pop singer Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird. It is the third single from Underwood's second studio album, Carnival Ride. It was released in the United States on April 7, 2008, by which point the song had already charted...
in
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
today.
History
GaelicIrish is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now only spoken natively by a small minority of the Irish population but also plays an important symbolic role in the life of the Irish state, and is used...
form of 'Byrne', means descendant of Bran. The name has been traced back to ancient
CeltCelts is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic language...
ic
chieftainA traditional tribal chief is the leader of a tribe, or the head of a tribal form of self-government.The notion of a "tribal chief" is rather vague and arbitrary; neither chief nor tribe is clearly defined, so in many cases other designations are used for the same institution, such as petty ruler...
, Bran Mac Maolmòrrdha, King of Leinster (d. 1052), who belonged to the
Uí DúnlaingeThe Uí Dúnlainge, from the Old Irish "grandsons of Dúnlaing", were an Irish dynasty of Leinster kings who traced their descent from Dúnlaing mac Énda Niada. He was said to be a cousin of Énnae Cennsalach, eponymous ancestor of the rival Uí Chennselaig....
dynasty. Along with King Conn of the Hundred Battles, he was descended from
Cathair MorCathair Mór , son of Fedlimid Fir Urglais, a descendant of Mug Corb, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He took power after the death of Fedlimid Rechtmar. He is said to have had thirty sons, but only ten of them had children; several medieval...
, an earlier king of Leinster, who was also monarch of all Ireland around
200Year 200 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.-Roman Empire:* Septimus Severus visits Syria, Palestine and Arabia....
AD. The clan's motto is the Latin phrase
Certavi et Vici which means "I have Fought and Conquered". The O'Byrnes are close cousins of the
O'ToolesThe O'Tooles of Leinster, one of the leading families of that province, are descended from Tuathal mac Augaire, King of Leinster , who belonged to the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty...
.
Some of the first settlers of this name in
AmericaThe Americas, or America, are lands in the Western hemisphere or New World, comprising the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. America may be ambiguous in English, as it is more commonly used to refer to the United States of America...
were: Dinnis Byrne, who settled in Barbados in 1679; Adam O'Byrne, who settled in Jamaica in 1734; James and Patrick O'Byrne, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1806.
People
- Alan Byrne
Alan Byrne is an Irish football player who is currently playing FAI League of Ireland First Division club Monaghan United. Byrne plays in central midfield and can also play in central defence...
, Irish footballer
- Alexandra Byrne
Alexandra Byrne is an Academy Award-winning costume designer.Despite having costumed only eight films in her career, she has established herself as one of the greatest working costume designers in Hollywood, earning Academy Award nominations for four of her films — Elizabeth, the 2007 sequel...
, costume designer
- Alfred Byrne
Alfred Byrne , also known as Alfie Byrne, was an Irish nationalist politician, who served as both an MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as a Teachta Dála in Dáil Éireann. As Lord Mayor of Dublin he was known as the "shaking hand of Dublin".He was born...
, Lord Mayor of Dublin
- Allie Byrne
Allie Byrne is a British stage, film and television actress.Her first major television role was in the Agatha Christie's Poirot adaptation of The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1990. She has since appeared in episodes of The Bill, Goodnight Sweetheart, Men Behaving Badly, A Touch of Frost and Van...
, British actress
- Andrew Byrne
Andrew Byrne was an Irish-American Catholic priest, who became the first Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A..-Life:...
, first Catholic Bishop of Little Rock
- Anthony Byrne
Anthony Michael Byrne is an Australian politician and an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 1999, representing the Division of Holt, Victoria....
, Australian politician
- Bill Byrne
C. William "Bill" Byrne, II is the current athletic director of Texas A&M University, a position he has held since January 2003.-Early life:...
, athletics director at Texas A&M university
- Brendan Byrne
Brendan Thomas Byrne is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served as the 47th Governor of New Jersey, from 1974 to 1982.Byrne is a native of West Orange, New Jersey....
, Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982
- Brian Byrne
Brian Byrne is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, best recognized as the vocalist for I Mother Earth.-Biography:...
, Canadian musician
- Bryan Byrne
Bryan Byrne is an Irish soccer midfielder who currently plays for Ventura County Fusion in the USL Premier Development League.-Youth and College:...
, Irish footballer
- Catherine Byrne
Catherine Byrne is an Irish Fine Gael politician. She is currently a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South Central constituency. She stood unsuccessfully as a candidate at the 2002 general election, she was elected on her next attempt at the 2007 general election...
, Irish politician
- Charles Byrne, "The Irish Giant"
- Charles J. O'Byrne
Charles J. O'Byrne is an American lawyer and former political staffer who was second in command to Governor of New York David Paterson, serving as Secretary to the Governor. The position, according to New York Daily News blogger Liz Benjamin, is considered the most powerful in Albany after the...
, American politician, ex-Catholic Priest
- Charlie Byrne
For the original owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, see Charlie Byrne Charlie Byrne was an Irish soccer player who played in the League of Ireland during the 1940s....
, Irish football player
- Chris Byrne
Chris Byrne co-founded the band Black 47 with Larry Kirwan in 1989. While still with the band, he created a side project - the "celtic hip-hop" band Seanchai & the Unity Squad. "Seanchai" is Byrne's hip-hop stage name, loosely translated from Irish as 'storyteller'. He left Black 47 in 2000,...
, musician
- Christopher Byrne
Christopher Michael Byrne was an Irish TD and Senator whose career in the Oireachtas came in two distinct periods separated by a decade's gap and a change of party....
, Irish politician
- Cliff Byrne
Clifford "Cliff" Byrne is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Scunthorpe United.Born in Dublin, Byrne previously played for Sunderland.He took part in a UEFA 'B' coaching course in summer 2005....
, Irish footballer
- Conan Byrne
Conan Byrne, born in Dublin on 10 July 1985, is a footballer, currently playing with League of Ireland side Sporting Fingal. Byrne scored prolificly for the UCD under-21s upon joining the club and eventually made his way into the UCD starting lineup as a forward...
, Irish footballer
- Condon Byrne
Condon Bryan Byrne , Australian politician, was a Senator with the Australian Labor Party and later the Democratic Labor Party...
, Australian politician
- Damien Byrne
Damien Byrne is a former professional football player. In a career spanning 20 seasons, Byrne won player of the year awards in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the only man to do so...
, footballer
- David Byrne (politician)
David Byrne is an Irish senior counsel, former Attorney General of Ireland and former EU Commissioner. In December 2006 Byrne was appointed as Chancellor of Dublin City University....
- David Byrne (musician)
David Byrne is a Scottish-American musician and artist best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1974 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo projects on record, and worked in a variety of media, including...
- David Byrne (English footballer)
- David Byrne (South African footballer)
- Debra Byrne
Debra Anne Byrne is an Australian entertainer.Byrne made her television debut on Brian and the Juniors, an early predecessor of Young Talent Time, which was hosted by a young Brian Naylor. She stayed with the show for 12 months. In 1971 she was cast as one of the original six Young Talent Time...
, Australian singer
- Declan Byrne, Cartoonist
- Denis Byrne
Denis Byrne is a former Kilkenny senior hurling captain. He is currently skills training the Dublin Senior Hurling team. Denis won an All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship with Kilkenny in 1994. He was on the Kilkenny all-Ireland winning side in 2000 and was awarded an All-Star during the same...
, Irish sportsman
- Donald Byrne
Donald Byrne was one of the USA's strongest chess players during the 1950s and 1960s.Born in New York City, he won the U.S. Open Chess Championship in 1953, was awarded the International Master title by FIDE in 1962, and played for or captained five U.S. Chess Olympiad teams between 1962 and 1972...
, chess player
- Ed Byrne
Ed Byrne is a Perrier Award-nominated, Irish stand up comedian and voice over artist. He has presented television shows Uncut! Best Unseen Ads and Just For Laughs, and is a regular guest on various television panel games.He is an Edinburgh Festival Fringe favourite and has performed six sell-out...
, comedian
- Eddie Byrne
Eddie Byrne was an Irish actor. Outside Ireland he is probably best known for his minor role as General Vanden Willard in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but fans of cult sci-fi might also remember him as the skeptical Inspector Mulrooney in The Mummy and as the kindly Dr. Reginald Landers in...
, British actor
- Edward Abraham Byrne
Edward Abraham Byrne was an Irish-American civil engineer responsible for the construction of a number of bridges in the boroughs of New York.-Biography:...
, New York engineer
- Emma Byrne
Emma Byrne is an Irish Football player. She currently plays for the English team Arsenal L.F.C., and also for the Republic of Ireland women's team...
, Irish footballer
- Emmet Byrne, U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Eric Byrne
Eric Byrne is an Irish Labour Party politician and former Teachta Dála . He was formerly a member of Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party, the Workers' Party and Democratic Left...
, Irish politician
- Eugene Byrne
Eugene Byrne is an English freelance journalist and fiction writer.His novel ThigMOO, and the story it was based on, were nominated for the BSFA award. His story "HMS Habakkuk" was nominated for a Sidewise Award for Alternate History.He was born in Waterford in the Republic of Ireland, but was...
, English writer
- Fiach Mc Hugh O'Byrne, notable in Irish history
- Francis John Byrne
Francis John Byrne is an Irish historian.Born in Shanghai where his father, a Dundalk man, captained a ship on the Yellow River, Byrne was evacuated with his mother to Australia on the outbreak of World War II...
, Irish historian
- Francis J O'Byrne, Sr., Federal Judge
- Frank M. Byrne
Frank M. Byrne was the eighth Governor of South Dakota.Byrne was born near Volney, Allamakee County, Iowa to Irish immigrants, Michael and Delia Byrne. Byrne's formal education was limited to rural school; but, he frequently read books from his own large library...
, eighth governor of South Dakota
- Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel James Byrne is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, and writer, as well as an audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen début came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the spin-off...
, Irish actor
- Gay Byrne
Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is an Irish radio and TV presenter. He was the presenter of The Late Late Show, from 1962 to 1999 except for one year. He is credited with being a catalyst in the transformation of Irish society since the 1960s...
, Irish broadcaster
- George Byrne
George Robert Byrne was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right arm medium-pace bowler who played 12 times in first-class cricket, playing for both Warwickshire and Worcestershire....
, English cricketer
- Gerry Byrne, Canadian politician
- Gerry Byrne
Gerald 'Gerry' Byrne is an English former footballer who spent his entire playing career at Liverpool Football Club.-Life and playing career:...
, English footballer
- Gonçalo Byrne
Gonçalo Byrne, GCIH is a Portuguese architect.Byrne is responsible for a vast accomplishment of architectural work, and has been awarded with many national and international prizes...
, Portuguese architect
- Henry Byrne
Henry Byrne was an Irish Labour Party politician and one-term Teachta Dála .He first stood for election in as an independent candidate in Wicklow at the 1944 general election, but was unsuccessful, receiving only 534 first-preference votes...
, Irish politician
- Hollis Byrne, British singer
- Hugh Byrne (Fianna Fáil)
- Hugh Byrne (rugby league footballer)
Hugh Byrne was an Australian rugby league player.A large, striding winger, Byrne played for Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney .In 1928, Byrne was selected to represent Australia in a test match against England....
- James Byrne (VC)
James Byrne VC , born at Newtown, Co Wicklow, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Byrne (footballer)
James Byrne is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League. He played 24 AFL games with the Adelaide Crows and after he was delisted he has played for several other clubs...
, Australian rules footballer
- James A. Byrne
James Aloysius Byrne was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jim Byrne was born in Philadelphia, PA. He attended St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia. He was engaged in business as a mortician from 1937 to 1950. He was the county registrar for the Bureau...
, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Jane Byrne
Jane Margaret Byrne was the first and only female Mayor of Chicago. She served from April 16, 1979, to April 29, 1983. Chicago is the largest city in the United States to have had a female mayor as of 2009.-Early political career:...
, mayor of Chicago, Illinois
- Jason Byrne (comedian)
Jason Byrne is a Irish comedian born in Ballinteer, Dublin, Ireland.In August 2006, Byrne made his tenth Edinburgh Festival appearance and is a regular at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival....
- Jason Byrne (writer)
Jason Byrne is the author of the book Guide to Webcams, originally published by Prompt Publishing in August 2000. Prior to writing the book, Byrne was a reviewer and Technical Director of Government Computer News, a trade publication focusing on IT use in federal, state, and local government...
- Jason Byrne (footballer)
Jason Byrne is an Irish football player, currently playing for Bohemian F.C. in the FAI League of Ireland .-Club career:...
- Jasmine Byrne
Jasmine Byrne is an American pornographic actress, model and dominatrix.-Life and work:Byrne was born in Riverside, California to Mexican parents from Los Angeles. She is the youngest of nine children...
, American pornographic actress
- Jennifer Byrne
Jennifer Byrne is an Australian print, radio and television journalist.Byrne was educated at St Margaret's School, Melbourne as a boarding student, and began her career in journalism at age 16 as a cadet at Melbourne's The Age newspaper...
, journalist
- Jenny Byrne
Jenny Byrne is a former professional tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1987 and retired from the tour in 1997. Her career-high world rankings were World No. 45 in singles and World No. 27 in doubles...
, Australian tennis player
- Joe Byrne
Joe Byrne was an Australian bushranger born in Victoria to an Irish immigrant. A friend of Ned Kelly, he was a member of the Kelly Gang, who were declared outlaws after the murder of three policemen at Stringybark Creek...
, Australian outlaw
- John Byrne
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero....
, British-American comic book artist
- John Byrne (VC)
John Byrne VC DCM , born at Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:He was about 22 years old, and a private in the 68th...
, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Byrne (Scottish playwright)
- John Byrne (Irish artist)
John Byrne is an artist born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, now living in Dublin. He went to art college in Belfast, then to the Slade School of Art in London in the mid-1980s...
- John Byrne (Irish footballer)
John Frederick Byrne is an English-born Irish former international footballer in the 1980s and 1990s.-Club career:...
- John Byrne (cricketer)
John Edward Byrne is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played three times for Ireland in 1997, including one first-class match against Scotland. He has not played for Ireland since....
- Johnny Byrne (writer), BBC editor and writer
- Jonathan Byrne, Former American Gladiator
- Johnny Byrne (footballer)
John Joseph "Budgie" Byrne was an English professional football player.Johnny started his career playing for Epsom Town, and then Guildford City Youth, before moving to Football League club Crystal Palace, signing a professional contract on his 17th birthday...
- Kier Byrnes
Kier Byrnes is the founding member, as well as frontman for, the punk/country band Three Day Threshold.He has been recognized several times in The Noise...
, musician
- Larry Byrne
Larry Byrne was an Irish footballer who played for Bohemian F.C. during the 1910s and early 20s.Byrne kept goal for the strictly amateur Bohs from 1914/15 to 1921/22. This was a considerably long time to spend at a club in those unsettled times in Ireland. Amazingly, Larry used to be the club's...
, Irish footballer
- Lee Byrne
Lee Byrne is a Welsh rugby union rugby player, currently playing for the Ospreys in the Magners League and Heineken Cup. He has also played for the Welsh national team, and has been capped 27 times...
, Welsh rugby player
- Leo Christopher Byrne
Leo Christopher Byrne was the Roman Catholic Coadjutor Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota....
, US Roman Cathollic archbishop
- Leslie Byrne, U.S. Congresswoman from the state of Virginia
- Liam Byrne
Liam Dominic Byrne is a British Labour Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill since 2004 and, as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, is a member of the UK Cabinet.-Early life:...
, British politician
- Mairéad Byrne
-Education:Byrne earned a in Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Literature from University College, Dublin, in 1977. She was awarded a Higher Diploma in Education from Trinity College, Dublin in 1994, before earning a Master of Arts degree in Literature and Creative Writing and a Ph.D...
, Irish poet
- Mark Byrnes
Mark John Byrnes is an Australian football defender who currently plays for the APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the New South Wales Premier League.-Club career:...
, Australian football player
- Martha Byrne
Mary Martha Byrne is an American actress, singer and screenwriter.She currently serves as a script writer for the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful...
, American actress
- Michael Byrne (actor)
Michael Byrne is an English actor noted for his roles on film and television. He has often been cast in Nazi military roles, an example of this is him playing Colonel Vogel in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade...
- Michael Aidan Byrne (Legend)
- Michael Byrne (sailor)
Michael Byrne was born in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1761. He went to sea as an able seaman at the age of 19. He had served on five naval ships by 1787, when he was signed as an able seaman by Captain Bligh on the Bounty, primarily to play the fiddle...
- Moses Byrne, founder of Piedmont, Wyoming
- Myles Byrne
Myles Byrne was a leader in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and chef de bataillon in Napoleon’s Irish Legion.-Early life:Myles Byrne was born in the townland of Ballylusk near Monaseed, County Wexford, Ireland, 20 March 1780, into a Catholic family.-1798 Rebellion & Aftermath:Byrne participated in...
, a leader in the Irish rebellion of 1798
- Nicky Byrne
Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne is the oldest member of the popular Irish pop band, Westlife.-Football career:...
, member of Irish boy band Westlife
- Oliver Byrne (mathematician), 19th century Irish mathematician, who produced a unique edition of Euclid
Euclid , fl. 300 BC, also known as Euclid of Alexandria, was a Greek mathematician and is often referred to as the "Father of Geometry." He was active in Hellenistic Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I...
http://www.sunsite.ubc.ca/DigitalMathArchive/Euclid/byrne.html
- Pat Byrne
Pat Byrne is a former Irish football player and manager.A central midfielder, Byrne's playing career started with Bohemians in his native Ireland, his debut coming against St Patricks Athletic on August 25 1974...
, Irish football player and manager
- Patricia M. Byrne
Patricia Mary Byrne of Ohio served as United States Ambassador to Burma from November 1979 to September 1983.-External links:**...
- Patrick M. Byrne
Patrick M. Byrne is the president, CEO, and chairman of the board of directors of Internet retailer Overstock.com. In 1999, Byrne took control of the company, then called D2: Discounts Direct, and changed its name to Overstock...
, businessman
- Patsy Byrne
Patsy Byrne is an English actress.She was educated at Ashford School for Girls, and attended the school around the same time as Lorna Fendall, and Joanna Brough, daughter of Arthur Brough....
, English actress
- Paul Byrne (disambiguation)
- Paula Byrne
Paula Byrne, born in Birkenhead in 1967, is a British author and biographer most famous for her bestseller Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson and her "partial life" of Evelyn Waugh. Her debut book was the highly-acclaimed study of Jane Austen, Jane Austen and the Theatre, which was published in...
, British author
- Peter V. Byrne, first President of Depaul University
- Peter Byrne (actor)
Peter James Byrne is an English actor and director.He was born in West Ham, London, educated at grammar school and trained at the Italia Conti Stage School. He made his name by playing George Dixon's son-in-law Andy Crawford in the long-running BBC Television serial Dixon of Dock Green for twenty...
- Ric Byrne
Aric Byrne Connely is an American professional wrestler and author best known under the ring name/pseudonym Ric Byrne....
, American wrestler and author
- Richie Byrne
Richard "Richie" Byrne is an Irish association footballer, who is currently without a club following his release from Inverness Caledonian Thistle.- Career :...
, Irish footballer
- Robert Byrne
Robert Eugene Byrne is a leading American chess player, a Grandmaster, and a chess author. He won the U.S. Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Championship Candidate in 1974. Byrne represented the United States nine times in Chess Olympiads from 1952 to 1976 and won seven medals...
, chess player
- Roger Byrne
Roger William Byrne , was an English footballer and a captain of Manchester United F.C.He was one of the eight Manchester United players that lost their lives in the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958...
, English footballer
- Rose Byrne
Mary Rose Byrne , best known as Rose Byrne, is an Australian actress. She has appeared in a number of feature films, including 28 Weeks Later, Troy, Sunshine, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and Knowing, but is probably best-known for her ongoing role of Ellen Parsons in the US TV...
, Australian actress
- Rosemary Byrne
Rosemary Byrne co-convenor of Solidarity and a former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region...
, Member of the Scottish parliament
- Rory Byrne
Rory Byrne is a South African engineer and car designer, currently Design and Development Consultant for the Scuderia Ferrari....
, car designer
- Scott Byrne, American drummer
- Sean Byrne (footballer)
Sean Byrne was an Irish soccer player during the 1920s and 1930s.Byrne was a tough defender during this era in the League of Ireland and had spells with Bohemians....
, Irish footballer
- Shane Byrne (rugby player), Irish rugby player
- Shane Byrne (motorcycle racer)
Shane Byrne , often known as Shakey, is a British motorcycle road racer. He is a 2003 and 2008 British Superbike champion, World Superbike race winner, and MotoGP competitor. He currently lives in Spain with his Czechoslovakian girlfriend Petra...
- Shaun Byrne
Shaun Byrne is a professional footballer, a former West Ham United player, he was released in 2004 and currently plays for Slough Town F.C.....
, English footballer
- Stephen Byrne
Stepehn Byrne is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Kilcormac-Killoughey and was the goalkeeper on the Offaly senior inter-county team between 1998 and 2003. Byrne won an All-Ireland medal in 1998 as well as an All-Star award. He was also the recipient of the Eircell...
, Irish sportsman
- Steve Byrne
Steve Byrne is an American stand-up comedian.-Biography:Byrne is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and of half Irish and half Korean descent....
, Comedian
- Thomas Byrne (VC), Irish Victoria Cross recipient
- Thomas Byrne
Thomas Byrne, was an Irish British Army soldier. He was the recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:He was approximately 17 years old, and a private in the 21st...
, Cleveland Irish Musician, World Renowned flautist
- Thomas R. Byrne
Thomas Robert Byrne was an American politician. He was the Democratic mayor of St. Paul from 1966–1970. He was an Irish Catholic. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. He was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.- External links :***...
, U.S. politician
- Thomas Byrne (Meath politician)
Thomas Byrne is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is currently a Teachta Dála for the Meath East constituency. He was elected at the 2007 general election. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin where he gained a Law degree...
- Todd Byrne
Todd Byrne is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for Hull FC in the Super League competition...
, Australian rugby player
- Tommy Byrne (musician)
- Tommy Byrne (Formula One)
Thomas Byrne is a former racing driver from Ireland. He participated in five Formula One Grands Prix in with the backmarker Theodore team, debuting on 8 August...
- Tommy Byrne (baseball)
Thomas Joseph Byrne was an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four American League teams from through , primarily the New York Yankees. He also played for the St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators...
- Tony Byrne (boxer), Irish boxer
- Wayne Byrne
Wayne Byrne is an Irish footballer who is currently playing for Monaghan United in the Eircom League of Ireland First Division. Wayne plays as a striker and his tall stature is a great asset.-Career:...
, Irish footballer
- William Matthew Byrne, Jr., American judge
- William Byrne
William Byrne was a Roman Catholic missionary and educator, born in County Wicklow, Ireland; died at Bardstown, Kentucky....
, Irish catholic missionary and educator
- Byrne Offutt
Byrne Offutt is an actor who is known for his voiceover work on TV shows on Adult Swim and other action cartoons, usually playing comic relief characters. Some of his roles include, for example, W.I.T.C.H., where he voices Uriah and Tom....
, American actor
Other uses
- Byrne: A Novel
Byrne is the English author Anthony Burgess's last novel, written partly on his deathbed and published posthumously in 1995.The story follows the fluctuating fortunes of Michael Byrne, a pornographer and artist who becomes a servant of the Nazi regime in 1930s Germany.Michael Byrne is an Irish man...
by Anthony Burgess
- Byrne Dairy
Byrne Dairy is a family owned and operated Syracuse, New York based dairy company. There are many wholesale and retail locations all within the state of New York, with the exception of one wholesale distribution center in Massachusetts....
, based in New York
- Caroline Byrne case
The Caroline Byrne case concerns the cause of death of Australian model Caroline Byrne, who was found at the bottom of a cliff at The Gap in Sydney in the early hours of 8 June 1995. Her then boyfriend Gordon Wood, who at the time of her death was chauffeur and personal assistant to successful...
, relating to the death of the Australian model
- David Byrne (album)
David Byrnes self-titled album was released in 1994. "Angels" and "Back in the Box" were the two main singles released from the album...
, by the same musician
- O'Byrne Cup
For details of the most recent competition see: O'Byrne Cup 2008The O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition between football teams from Leinster. The competition is named after Matt O'Byrne, a former Club Officer in Wicklow. The participants in the O'Byrne Cup are the twelve...
- O'Byrne Road, Bray
Bray is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a busy urban centre and seaside town of approximately 35,100 people, making it the largest town in Ireland...
, Co. Wicklow, IrelandIreland is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921. It is a parliamentary democracy and a republic...
- Byrne Family (Husband and Wife Miley and Biddy, and Father Dinny), RTÉ
-Organisations:* Raidió Teilifís Éireann , the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland* Réseau de transport d'électricité, the French Transmission System Operator -Computing:* Real Time Enterprise...
series GlenroeGlenroe was an Irish television drama series broadcast between September 1983 and May 2001 on RTÉ One. The programme was a spin-off from Bracken, a short-lived RTÉ drama itself spun off from The Riordans. Glenroe was broadcast on Sunday nights at 20.30, generally from September to May. The show was...