Noonan
family name
Noonan (Irish: Ó Nuanáin, Ó Núnáin and Ó hIonmhaineáin) is an Irish surname.
People
Notable people with the surname Noonan include:
Aileen Noonan (born 1950), Irish chess master
Bill Noonan (1947–2021), New Zealand rugby player
Brian Noonan (born 1965), ice hockey player
Buddy Noonan (1937–1989), American cinematographer, actor, and entertainer
Carol Noonan, American folksinger
Chris Noonan (disambiguation), various people
Chris Noonan (born 1952), Australian filmmaker
Chris Noonan (academic), New Zealand law academic
Christine Noonan (1945–2003), British actress
Desmond Noonan (1951–2005) and Dominic Noonan (born 1966), British mobsters
Diana Noonan (born 1960), New Zealand children's author
Edward Noonan (disambiguation), various people
Edward A. Noonan (1852–1927), American politician from St Louis
Edward C. Noonan (born 1948), American politician
Edward Thomas Noonan (1861–1923), American politician from Illinois
Edward Noonan (architect) (born 1930), Chicago architect and developer
Frederick Noonan (1893–missing 1937, declared dead 1938), aviator who accompanied Amelia Earhart on her ill-fated last flight
Jacqueline Noonan (1928–2020), American pediatric cardiologist
John T. Noonan Jr. (1926–2017), American judge
Katie Noonan (born 1977), Australian singer and songwriter
Kelly Noonan Murphy (born 1974 or 1975), American politician
Michael Noonan (disambiguation)
Michael Noonan (Fine Gael politician) (born 1943), Irish politician
Michael J. Noonan (Fianna Fáil politician) (1935–2013), Irish politician
Nick Noonan (born 1989), American baseball player
Nick Noonan (musician), member of musical duo Karmin
Pat Noonan (born 1980), American soccer (football) player
Paddy Noonan (1875–1935), Australian rules footballer
Peggy Noonan (born 1950), author and primary speech writer for Ronald Reagan
Robert Noonan (1870–1911), Irish writer under the pseudonym Robert Tressell
Ros Noonan (born 1946), New Zealand politician and trade unionist, later Human Rights Commissioner
Sinéad Noonan (born 1987), Irish model, actress and Miss Ireland 2008
Thomas Noonan (disambiguation), various people
Tommy Noonan (1921–1968), American actor
Thomas S. Noonan (1938–2001), American historian, anthropologist and Slavicist
Thomas P. Noonan, Jr.
“Noonan” enters the record as family name. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Noonan, family and name can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Noonan” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Noonan, family and name provides the most credible route into that argument.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21489023. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1950, 1947, 2021 and 1965.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Noonan”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Noonan primary sources, Noonan archive and Noonan research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Noonan”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
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This entry incorporates text from “Noonan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.