Kean (name)

Kean is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Abram Kean (1855–1945), Newfoundland sealer and politician
• Andrew Kean (born 1978), Scottish football player
• Archie Kean (1894 – after 1925), Scottish footballer
• Arthur D. Kean (1882–1961), Canadian filmmaker
• Ben Kean (c. 1912–1993), American physician, author and researcher
• Betty Kean (1914–1986), American actress, sister of Jane Kean
• Bridie Kean (born 1987), Australian wheelchair basketball player and canoeist.
• Charles Kean (1811–1868), actor, son of Edmund Kean
• Edmund Kean (1789–1833), English actor
• Edward Kean (1924–2010), American television writer
• Ellen Kean (1805–1880), English actress
• Gareth Kean (born 1991), New Zealand swimmer
• Gerald Kean (born 1957), Irish celebrity solicitor
• Giovanni Kean (born 1993), Italian football player
• Hamilton Fish Kean (1862–1941), United States Senator from New Jersey
• Henry Kean (1894–1955), American football and basketball coach
• Jake Kean (born 1991), English football player
• Jane Kean (1923–2013), American actress and singer, sister of Betty Kean
• Jefferson Randolph Kean (1860–1950), American military surgeon
• John Kean (New Jersey politician) (1852–1914), United States Senator, United States Representative from New Jersey
• John Kean (South Carolina politician) (1756–1795), delegate to the Continental Congress from South Carolina
• Josh Kean (born 1993), Australian motor-racing driver
• Laurel Kean (born 1963), American golfer
• Mallory Kean (fl. 2000s), Canadian curler
• Mark Kean (born 1988), Canadian curler
• Marie Kean (1918–1993), Irish actress
• Michael Kean (died 1823), Irish artist, owner of Derby porcelain factory
• Moise Kean (born 2000), Italian football player
• Paul Kean, New Zealand musician
• Robert Kean (1893–1980), United States Representative from New Jersey
• Robert Garlick Hill Kean (1828–1898), Confederate States Army officer
• Roger Kean (died 2023), British magazine publisher
• Sam Kean, 21st-century American writer
• Sammy Kean (c. 1910–2003), Scottish football player and manager
• Simon Kean (born 1989), Canadian professional boxer
• Sherry Kean (fl. 1980s), Canadian pop and country singer
• Steve Kean (born 1967), Scottish football player and manager
• Stewart Kean (born 1983), Scottish football player
• Thomas Kean (born 1935), American politician; former Governor of New Jersey; chairman of the 9/11 Commission
• Thomas Kean Jr. (born 1968), American politician; New Jersey State Senator; United States Senate nominee; United States Representative
• William Kean (1871–1954), British trade unionist
• William B. Kean (1897–1981), general in the United States Army

Given name

• Kean Bryan (born 1996), English football player
• Kean Cipriano (born 1987), Filipino singer, composer, actor, and musician
• Kean Soo, Canadian engineer, creator of the children's comic character Jellaby
• Kean Wong, American professional baseball player

Fictional characters:

• Kean Atreides, character in the universe of the Dune novels

See also

• Keane