O'Hara (Irish: Ó hEaghra) is a surname.[1] The death of the eponym – Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus, lord of Luighne, in Connaught – is mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters in 926. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aidan O'Hara (born 1964), Irish diplomat
- Barratt O'Hara (1882–1969), American politician
- Bernard O'Hara (born 1945), Irish historian
- Catherine O'Hara (born 1954), Canadian and American actress
- Charles O'Hara (1740–1802), British military officer
- Charles O'Hara, 1st Baron Tyrawley (1650–1724), Irish soldier
- Dane O'Hara, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- David O'Hara (born 1965), British actor
- Dorothea Warren O'Hara (1873–1972), American ceramic artist
- Eddie O'Hara (politician) (1937–2016), British politician
- Edwin Vincent O'Hara (1881–1956), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Éilis Ni Dhuibhne (Elisabeth O'Hara; born 1954), Irish novelist
- Frank O'Hara (1926–1966), American poet
- Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara (1895–1963), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Geoffrey O'Hara (1882–1967), Canadian American composer, singer and music professor
- George O'Hara (actor) (1899–1966), American actor and screenwriter
- Gerry O'Hara (1924–2023), British film and television director
- Glen O'Hara (born 1974), British academic historian
- Harry Fusao O'Hara (1891–1951), Japanese First World War pilot, first and only known Japanese pilot in the British Royal Flying Corps
- Helen O'Hara (born 1955) British musician, violinist
- James O'Hara (quartermaster) (1752?–1819), American army officer
- James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley (1682–1774), British army officer
- James G. O'Hara (1925–1989), American statesman
- Jamie O'Hara (footballer) (born 1986), British football player
- Jamie O'Hara (singer) (1950–2021), American country music singer-songwriter, one half of the duo The O'Kanes
- Jean O'Hara (1913–1973), American prostitute
- Joan O'Hara (1930–2007), Irish actress
- John Bernard O'Hara (1862–1927), Australian poet
- John Francis O'Hara (1888–1960), American catholic cardinal and educator
- John Henry O'Hara (1905–1970), American writer
- John Kennedy O'Hara (born 1961), American politician
- John Myers O'Hara (1870–1944), American poet
- Joseph O'Hara, several people
- Justice O'Hara, several people
- Kane O'Hara (c.1711–1782), Irish composer
- Kelley O'Hara (born 1988), American footballer
- Kelli O'Hara (born 1977), American actress and singer
- Kid O'Hara (1875–1954), American baseball player
- Loral O'Hara (born 1983), American engineer and NASA astronaut
- Maggie Blue O'Hara, Canadian actress
- Mario O'Hara (1946–2012), Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter
- Mark O'Hara (born 1995), Scottish footballer
- Mary O'Hara (born 1935), Irish singer and harpist
- Mary Margaret O'Hara, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Maureen O'Hara (1920–2015), Irish-American actress
- Michael O'Hara, American volleyball player
- Michael O'Hara, American writer and producer
- Michael D. O'Hara (1910–1978), American jurist
- Mike O'Hara, FRS, British geologist
- Miguel O’Hara, Fictional superhero, commonly known as Spider-Man 2099
- Paige O'Hara (born 1956), American singer and actress
- Pat O'Hara (born 1968), American football player, coach
- Patsy O'Hara (1957–1981), Irish Republican hunger striker
- Patrick O'Hara, Irish politician
- Quinn O'Hara (1941–2017), Scottish-born American actress
- Sally Brice-O'Hara (born 1953), American 27th Vice-Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
- Shaun O'Hara (born 1977), American football player
- Shawn O'Hara (1958–2018), American politician
- Theodore O'Hara (1820–1867), American poet and Confederate colonel
- Thomas J. O'Hara C.S.C., Ph.D., an American president of King's College, Pennsylvania
- Tom O'Hara (1942–2019), American runner
- Valentine O'Hara (1875–1941), Irish author and authority on Russia
- Colonel Walter O'Hara (1789–1874), British army officer
Other individuals who use the name O'Hara
- Robert O'Hara Burke (1820–1861), Irish soldier, policeman and explorer
- Pat O'Hara Wood (1891–1961), Australian tennis player
- Julia O'Hara Stiles (born 1981), American actress
- Phi Phi O'Hara (born 1985), Portuguese/Filipino drag queen
- Eureka O'Hara (born 1990), American drag queen
- Asia O'Hara (born 1982), American drag queen
Fictional characters
- Chief O'Hara (Disney Comics), Disney comic book character
- Chief Miles O'Hara, character from the Batman TV show
- Jack "Butcher" O'Hara, the Green Beret in the game series Commandos
- O'Hara, a major villainous underling from Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon, played by Karateka Robert Wall
- Juliet O'Hara, a main character in the American comedy-drama television series Psych
- Kimball O'Hara, protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim
- Miguel O'Hara is an alternative futuristic version of the comic book superhero Spider-Man
- Neely O'Hara, character in Valley of the Dolls
- Scarlett O'Hara, literary protagonist in Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind
- Scarlett (G.I. Joe), a female character whose actual name is Shana O'Hara
- Dr Eleanor O'Hara, a female main character from American medical comedy-drama TV series Nurse Jackie, referred to mostly as just O'Hara
- Spike O'Hara, the main character in the NES game Ghoul School
- Moira O'Hara, a female side character in American Horror Story: Murder House
See also
References
- ↑ Woulfe, Patrick (1923). "Ó hEaghra - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com.
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