Cleary (surname)
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Cleary is not an especially common surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
; it may relate to:
- Bernard ClearyBernard ClearyBernard Cleary is a Canadian politician.Cleary was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 2004. He was the Bloc Québécois member of parliament for the riding of Louis-Saint-Laurent. He was the Bloc's critic to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern...
(born 1937), Canadian politician - Beverly ClearyBeverly ClearyBeverly Cleary is an American author. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before writing children's books. Cleary has written more than 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice Quimby, her...
(born 1916), American author - Bill Cleary (born 1934), American hockey player
- Brendan ClearyBrendan ClearyBrendan Cleary is a poet who was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland but lives in England.-Early years:Cleary attended Carrickfergus Grammar School in Northern Ireland. He moved from Northern Ireland in 1977 to Middlesbrough, a large town in northeast England, in order to attend Teesside...
(born 1958), Irish poet - Brian P. ClearyBrian P. ClearyBrian P. Cleary, is an American humorist, poet, and author. He is best-known for his books that explore grammar in humorous ways written for grade-school children.-Education and career:...
(born 1959), American humorist, poet and author - Daniel ClearyDaniel ClearyDaniel Cleary is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. On June 4, 2008, Cleary became the first player from Newfoundland and Labrador to get his name on the Stanley Cup when the Red Wings won hockey's top prize...
(born 1978), Canadian hockey player - Gabriel ClearyGabriel ClearyGabriel Cleary is a senior engineer in the Provisional IRA. A native of Tallaght, he was arrested in 1987 when the French and Irish governments intercepted a shipment of weapons from Libya. After spending five years in French prison, Leary was freed in 1992...
, Irish engineer - Ivan ClearyIvan ClearyIvan Cleary is an Australian rugby league football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Penrith Panthers of the National Rugby League and former head coach of the New Zealand Warriors where he achieved much success...
, rugby league footballer and coach - Joe ClearyJoe ClearyJoseph Christopher Cleary was a Major League Baseball pitcher for one game in 1945. The right-hander was born in Cork, and he was the last native of Ireland to appear in a major league game...
(1918–2004), Irish baseball player - John ClearyJohn ClearyJohn Cleary is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2003.Cleary was educated at St. Lawrence College...
(born 1932), Canadian politician - Jon ClearyJon ClearyJon Stephen Cleary was an Australian author.-Biography:Cleary was born in Erskineville, Sydney. He wrote many books, among them The Sundowners , a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and The High Commissioner , the first of a long series of popular...
(born 1917), Australian author - Jon Cleary (musician)Jon Cleary (musician)Jon Cleary is a funk and R&B musician based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is from Cranbrook in Kent, England, and has studied for the past 20 years the "musical culture and life of New Orleans," according to his website...
(born 1962), American musician - Michael Cleary, various including
- Michael Cleary (rugby) (born 1940), Australian politician and dual-code rugby footballer
- Michael J. Cleary (collegiate athletics, NACDA) (born 1934), Executive Director of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
- Michael J. Cleary (Roman Catholic Bishop)Michael J. Cleary (Roman Catholic Bishop)Michael J. Cleary is the Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Banjul, Gambia. He was born in Brickens, County Mayo, Ireland. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1952 for the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. On 24 January 1981, he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Banjul, and...
(born 1925), Irish bishop - Michael Cleary (hurler)Michael Cleary (hurler)Michael Cleary is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Nenagh Éire Óg and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...
(born 1966), former Irish hurler for Nenagh Éire Óg and Tipperary - Father Michael ClearyFather Michael ClearyMichael Cleary was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, who became a radio and TV personality as well. A charismatic and powerful figure in the Catholic Church, he presented a late-night radio phone-in show in Dublin in the 1980s and hosted his own television chat show. He also published a book about...
(died 1993), Irish Roman Catholic priest
- Nikki ClearyNikki ClearyBrittney Rose "Nikki" Cleary is a pop-rock singer who was born in Albany, New York.Cleary first hit the pop market with the catchy song "I.M. Me" while still using her given name. Her debut album, Everything I Wished For, was released independently under the Free Falls record label in 2002 after...
(born 1988), American singer - Paul ClearyPaul Cleary (athlete)Paul Marcos Cleary is a retiredmale middle-distance runner from Australia, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the men's 1,500 metres competition...
(born 1976), Australian middle-distance runner - Phil ClearyPhil ClearyPhilip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...
(born 1952), Australian commentator - Patrick Roger Cleary, founder of Cleary UniversityCleary UniversityCleary University is a Michigan based business university with two campuses; the Washtenaw Campus is located in Ann Arbor and the Livingston Campus is located near Howell. Both campus offer certificate, ABA, BBA, and MBA programs.- History :...
- Sean ClearySean ClearySean Cleary is a football player.He signed for Cliftonville from Ards F.C. in July 2005. He started his career with Cliftonville well, making his debut against Larne F.C. in July 2005 and winning the Player of the Month award two months later. Although he was injured for most of the 2006-07 season,...
, Irish football player - Thomas ClearyThomas ClearyThomas Cleary is a prolific author and translator of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and Muslim classics, and of the Chinese Art of War tradition of strategy and statecraft. He lives in Oakland, California in the United States.-Life and work:...
, author & translator - William J. ClearyWilliam J. ClearyWilliam J. Cleary was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. From 1943 to 1950 he was member of the Michigan State House of Representatives for the second house district from Berrien County. Cleary was born of Irish ancestry, near Greenfield, Indiana, in Hancock County...
(1870–1952), American politician - Ronan J. Cleary (Born 1992) Irish GAA sports player