Hickey (surname)

Hickey is a common surname of Irish origin. The original form Ó hÍceadha, which is still used in Ireland, was one of the Irish medical families in Gaelic times. Notable people with the surname include:

People

Arts and entertainment

• Adam Hickey (born 1997), English cricketer
• Cheryl Hickey (born 1976), Canadian entertainment reporter for the Global Television Network
• Chris Hickey (singer-songwriter), American singer-songwriter
• Dale Hickey (born 1937), Australian artist
• Dave Hickey (1938–2021), American art critic, author of Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy (1998)
• Eddie Hickey (1902–1980), American sportsman
• Emily Henrietta Hickey, Irish author and translator
• Ersel Hickey, American rockabilly singer
• James Harden-Hickey, 19th-century American writer
• John Benjamin Hickey, American actor
• Kenny Hickey, American musician
• Kirsty Hickey (born 1996), English actress
• Michael Hickey, American screenwriter
• Rich Hickey, American computer programmer, creator of the Clojure programming language
• Steve Hickey (footballer) (born 1965), Australian rules footballer
• Tamara Hickey, Canadian actress
• Tom Hickey, Irish actor, known for his role in The Riordans
• Thomas Hickey, 1741–1842, Irish painter
• William Hickey (actor), American actor
• William Hickey (memoirist) (1749–1830), English lawyer and memoirist
• William Hickey (columnist), pseudonymous byline of a gossip column published in the Daily Express
• May Wynn, actress, born Donna Lee Hickey before taking the stage name "May Wynn," after playing a character by that name in The Caine Mutiny

History and current affairs

• Charles Hickey (1897–1918), Canadian World War I flying ace
• Colonel James Hickey (soldier), in charge of the US special forces team which captured Saddam Hussein
• Elizabeth Hickey (1917–1999), Scottish-born Irish historian and writer
• Jim Hickey (broadcaster), New Zealand television presenter
• Thomas Hickey (soldier), executed for mutiny during the American Revolutionary War
• Michael O'Hickey (1860–1916), vice president of the Gaelic League and Chair of Irish at Maynooth

Politics and law

• Bonnie Hickey, Canadian politician
• Eileen Hickey (New York politician) (1945–1999), New York politician
• Eileen M. Hickey (1886–1960), Northern Irish politician
• Huhana Hickey, New Zealand Māori lawyer and disability advocate
• James Hickey (Irish politician) (c. 1886 – 1966), Labour TD and Lord Mayor of Cork
• James Hickey (c.1837 – c.1885, Irish Fenian and Land Leaguer
• Joe Hickey (politician), American politician
• Maggie Hickey, Australian politician
• Stephen Hickey, British diplomat
• Vivian Hickey (1916–2016), American politician and educator
• William J. Hickey, New York politician and judge

Religion

• Antony Hickey (1586–?) Irish Franciscan theologian
• Barry Hickey (Born 1936), Catholic bishop in Western Australia
• David Francis Hickey (1882–1973), American-born Catholic bishop in Belize
• Steve Hickey (born 1967), American pastor and politician
• Rev. William Hickey (1787–1875), Irish priest, writer and philanthropist

Science and academics

• Barbara Hickey, Canadian-born American oceanographer
• Joseph Hickey (ornithologist) (1907–1993), American ornithologist
• Raymond Hickey, Irish linguist
• Timothy J. Hickey, a professor of computer science

Sports

• Ambrose Hickey (1945–2016), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Anthony Hickey (born 1992), American basketball player, the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Charles Hickey (cricketer) (1880–1919), New Zealand cricketer
• Charlie Hickey (coach) (born 1964), American college baseball coach
• Chris Hickey, Australian rugby union coach
• Colin Hickey (1931–1999), Australian speed skater
• Denis Hickie, Irish international in Rugby union
• Jack Hickey (rugby) (1887–1950), Australian dual internationalist in Rugby union and Rugby league
• Jarrad Hickey (born 1985), Australian rugby league player
• Jim Hickey (American football) (1920–1997), American
• Jim Hickey (baseball coach) (born 1961), American
• Jimmy Hickie (1915–1973), Scottish footballer (Clyde, Asturias)
• Joe Hickey (footballer) (1929–2021), Australian rules footballer
• Miriam Hickey, American soccer player
• Noah Hickey (born 1978), New Zealand football player
• Noel Hickey, Irish sportsman
• Pat Hickey (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player
• Pat Hickey (sports administrator) (born 1945), Irish sports administrator
• Red Hickey (1917–2006), American athlete, played American football
• Reg Hickey (1906–1973), player and coach for Geelong in Australian rules football
• Thomas Hickey, Canadian ice hockey player, L.A. Kings

Fictional characters

• Buzz Hickey, in the NBC show Community
• Cornelius Hickey, in Dan Simmons' book and its TV adaptation, both titled The Terror
• Earl Hickey, in the NBC show My Name Is Earl
• Randy Hickey, in the NBC show My Name Is Earl

See also

• Hickey (disambiguation)
• Hickley
• Hinkley
• Mickley (disambiguation)
• Tickley
• Irish medical families
• Ó hÍceadha