Casey (surname)

Casey is a common variation of the Irish Gaelic Cathasaigh/Cathaiseach, meaning "vigilant" or "watchful". At least six different septs used this name, primarily in the counties of Cork and Dublin.

Casey

Language(s)	Old Irish (Anglicized)
Origin
Meaning	Vigilant or watchful
Region of origin	Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Caissie O'Casey O'Cathasaigh MacCasey O'Casaigh

People with the surname Casey include:

• Adam Casey (disambiguation)
• Al Casey (disambiguation)
• Albert Vincent Casey (1920–2004), United States Postmaster General
• Ann Casey (1938–2021), American professional wrestler
• Anne Casey, New Zealand–trained nurse based in England, developer of Casey's model of nursing
• Bernie Casey (1939–2017), American football player and actor
• Bill Casey (disambiguation)
• Bob Casey (disambiguation)
• Cathal Casey (born 1967), Irish hurler
• Conor Casey (born 1981), American soccer player
• Cortney Casey (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
• Dan Casey (footballer) (born 1997), Irish association footballer
• Dan Casey (baseball) (1862–1943), American baseball player attributed to the poem "Casey at the Bat"
• Daniel Casey (born 1972), English actor
• Daniel Casey (screenwriter) (born 1981), screenwriter
• Dick Casey (c. 1881–1919), Australian rules footballer
• Don Casey, American basketball coach
• Doug Casey (born 1946), American speculator and writer
• Dwane Casey (born 1957), former head coach of the NBA's Detroit Pistons
• Eamonn Casey (1927–2017), Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
• Ed Casey (1933–2006), leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland
• Eddie Casey (1894–1966), American football player and coach
• Eduardo Casey (1847–1906), Argentine founder of Venado Tuerto
• Edward Pearce Casey (1864–1940), American architect
• E. Owens Blackburne (1848–1894), pen name of Irish writer and novelist Elizabeth Casey
• Eoghan Casey, digital forensics professional
• Francis Dominic Casey (1890–1917), Irish flying ace of the Royal Naval Air Service
• Frank Casey, American Negro league pitcher
• George Casey (disambiguation)
• Gerard Casey (philosopher) (born 1951), professor emeritus at University College Dublin
• Gerard Casey (artist), Irish artist
• Gerard Casey (Irish republican) (died 1989), a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
• Harry Wayne Casey (born 1951), American musician
• Hugh Casey (disambiguation)
• Jacqueline Casey (1927–1992) American graphic designer
• James Casey (disambiguation)
• Jim Casey (footballer) (born 1957), Scottish footballer
• Joe Casey, American comic book writer
• John Casey (disambiguation)
• Jon Casey (born 1962), American ice hockey player
• Joseph E. Casey (1898–1980), United States Representative from Massachusetts
• Kage Casey (born 2003), American football player
• Karan Casey (born 1969), Irish folk singer
• Karen Casey (born 1947), Canadian politician
• Kathleen L. Casey (born 1966), commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Ken Casey (born 1969), bass guitarist and frontman of the Boston punk rock band Dropkick Murphys
• Kenneth Casey (1899–1965), American composer and child actor
• Kenneth J. Casey (died 2020), California real estate investor
• Kenneth L. Casey (born 1935), neurologist
• Kevin Casey (disambiguation)
• Len Casey (born 1953), English rugby league footballer
• Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock (born 1965), British government official
• Luis Morgan Casey, American/Bolivian Roman Catholic bishop
• Lyman R. Casey (1837–1914), United States Senator from North Dakota
• Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1892–1983), Australian pioneer aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist
• Marty Casey (born 1973), American rock musician
• Martyn P. Casey (born 1960), Australian rock bass guitarist
• Maurice Casey (1942–2014) British scholar of the New Testament and early Christianity
• Michael Casey (disambiguation)
• Mickey Casey (1905–1968), American baseball player
• Mike Casey (labor leader) (born 1958)
• Natalie Casey, English actress
• Oliver Casey (born 2000), English footballer
• Owen Casey (born 1969), Irish tennis player
• Paddy Casey, Irish singer-songwriter
• Pat Casey (baseball) (born 1959), American baseball coach
• Pat Casey (politician) (born 1961/2), Irish politician
• Patricia Casey, Professor of Psychiatry at University College Dublin
• Patrick Casey (disambiguation)
• Paul Casey (born 1977), English golfer
• Peter Casey (disambiguation)
• Ray Casey (1900–1986), American tennis player and coach
• Raymond Casey (geologist) (1917–2016), British geologist
• Richard Casey (disambiguation)
• Robert Casey (disambiguation)
• Ron Casey (disambiguation)
• Samuel Casey (disambiguation)
• Sean Casey (disambiguation)
• Shaun Casey, American model
• Silas Casey (1807–1882), United States Army officer during the American Civil War
• Solanus Casey (1870–1957), Capuchin priest
• Sophie Casey (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
• Steve Casey (1909–1987), Irish wrestler
• Thomas Casey (disambiguation)
• Tom Casey (Australian politician) (1921–2003)
• Tom Casey (Canadian football) (1924–2002), player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• Tom Casey (diplomat), American diplomat
• Tommy Casey (baseball) (fl. 1887), American baseball pitcher
• Tommy Casey (1930–2009), Northern Irish footballer
• Willet Casey (1762–1848), Canadian farmer and political figure
• William Casey (disambiguation)
• Willie Casey (born 1981), Irish professional boxer
• Willie Casey (Gaelic footballer) (1932–2016), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Zadok Casey (1796–1862), American politician

Fictional characters

• the protagonist of Ben Casey, a medical drama television series
• Buster "Rant" Casey, in the 2007 Chuck Palahniuk novel Rant
• Jared Casey, on the soap opera Passions
• John Casey (Chuck), in the television series Chuck
• Kevin Casey (Scrubs), on the medical comedy Scrubs played by Michael J. Fox
• Kevin Casey, a 2007 character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
• Michael "Iceman" Casey, in the Wing Commander franchise
• Michael Casey (Sons of Anarchy), fictional character
• Sean Casey, in the 1997 film Night Falls on Manhattan
• Shane Casey, in the television series CSI: NY
• Detective Casey, a character in the Mickey Mouse universe

See also

• Casey (given name)
• O'Casey, a surname
• alternative spelling: Cayce (disambiguation)