Bogan (surname)
Bogan is a surname. It is from ÓBoughain—a Cinel mBinnigh sept in Donegal and Waterford.[1] Variations of Bogan are Boggon and Boggan. Bogan originated from Ireland.Bog means soft land.
Notable people sharing the surname "Bogan"
[edit]- Louise Bogan (1897–1970), American poet
- Lucille Bogan (1897–1948), American blues
- Gerald F. Bogan, Vice Admiral in the United States Navy
- Ralph Bogan (1922–2013), American businessman
- Tommy Bogan, Scottish footballer
- William J. Bogan, American educator and administrator
- Zachary Bogan, learned divine from Devonshire and Cambridge, who published "Treatises on the Idioms of Homer and Hesiod, as compared with the Language of Scripture," and some devotional tracts
Fictional characters
[edit]- Elias Bogan, character from the X-Men comics series
- The Sega Genesis title Tommy Lasorda Baseball features a pitcher named Bogan
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Irish Septs, Part One Archived January 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, David A. Larkin, 2007.
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