Overview
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
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
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