Cahill
For other uses, see Cahill (disambiguation).
Cahill (local /ˈkɑːhɪl/, UK /ˈkɑːhɪl/ or /ˈkeɪhɪl/) is a name of Irish origin. In Irish, It is the anglicised version of the Gaelic "Ó Cathail" meaning "descendant of Cathal." "Cathal" consists of two parts: "cath" means battle; the second could be "val" (rule), so that the name as a whole meant "battle ruler" or "strong in battle",[1][2][3] or it could be "all" (great), so that the name as a whole meant "great warrior".[4][5] Notable people with the surname include:
- Barry Cahill (actor) (1921–2012), Canadian-born actor
- Barry Cahill (Gaelic footballer) (born 1981), Irish Gaelic Football player
- Bernard J.S. Cahill (1866–1944), American architect and cartographer
- Brendan J. Cahill (born 1963), American Catholic bishop
- Charles Cahill (ice hockey) (1904–1954), Canadian ice hockey player
- Charles Cahill (rugby league) (1916–2007), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
- Christina Cahill (née Boxer, born 1957), British middle distance athlete
- Darren Cahill (born 1965), Australian tennis player and coach
- Eddie Cahill (born 1978), American actor
- Edward Cahill (1867–1941), Irish Jesuit priest and academic
- Erin Cahill (born 1980), American actress
- Gary Cahill (born 1985), English football player
- Gary S. Cahill (1900–2004) Irish business owner in New York City
- George F. Cahill (1869–1935), American inventor
- Holger Cahill (1887–1960), Icelandic-American Director of the US Federal Art Project
- Horace T. Cahill (1894–1976), American politician; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1939–1945
- James Cahill (art historian) (1926–2014), American art historian
- James F. Cahill (1926–2008), American pioneer of scuba diving industry, one of the first Navy Seals
- Joe Cahill (1920–2004), Irish republican and IRA leader
- John Cahill (footballer) (born 1940), Australian rules football player and coach
- John Baptist Cahill (1841–1910), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth
- John P. Cahill (contemporary), American politician from New York; Chief of Staff to New York Governor Pataki
- John T. Cahill (1903–66), American lawyer and prosecutor
- Joseph Cahill (1891–1959), Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales 1952–1959
- Julie McNally Cahill (contemporary), creator of Gym Partner and Littlest Pet Shop
- Keenan Cahill (born 1995), teenage viral video star
- Kevin Cahill (contemporary), American politician from New York; state representative
- Kevin Cahill (author) (born 1944), Irish born author and investigative journalist
- Leo Cahill (born 1930), American professional football coach with the CFL
- Lily Cahill (1888–1955), American actress
- Mabel Cahill (1863–1905), Irish championship tennis player
- Marie Cahill (1866–1933), Broadway stage actress
- Martin Cahill (1949–1994), Irish criminal known as The General
- Mary Beth Cahill (born 1954), American political figure, campaign manager for John Kerry
- Mike Cahill (born 1952), American tennis player
- Mike Cahill (director) (born 1979), American filmmaker
- Ollie Cahill (born 1975), Irish professional football player
- Pat Cahill (born 1949), Texas High School football coach
- Patricia Cahill (drug smuggler) (contemporary), British teen, imprisoned for heroin smuggling in Thailand
- Patricia Cahill (singer) (contemporary), Irish singer
- Richard Cahill (fl. 1911–1912), English professional football player
- Richard T. Cahill Jr. (born 1971), American author of Hauptmann's Ladder: A Step-By-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
- Robert Ellis Cahill (1934–2005), American author of books on history, folklore, shipwrecks, and pirates
- Ronnie Cahill (born 1915), American football player
- Rowan Cahill (born 1945), Australian historian and journalist
- Sally Cahill (contemporary), Canadian voice actor and screen actress
- Sally Cahill (contemporary), Australian actress
- Sarah Cahill (beauty queen) (born 1978), American beauty queen
- Sarah Cahill (pianist) (born 1960), American pianist, writer and radio host
- Thaddeus Cahill (1867–1934), inventor of the telharmonium
- Thomas Cahill (born 1940), American scholar and writer
- Thomas Cahill (soccer) (1864–1951), American soccer coach
- Tim Cahill (born 1979), Australian soccer player
- Tim Cahill (writer) (born 1943), American travel writer and magazine editor
- Tim Cahill (producer) (contemporary), creator of Gym Partner and Littlest Pet Shop
- Timothy P. Cahill (born 1959), American politician from Massachusetts; state treasurer
- Tom Cahill (Australian politician) (1924–1983), Australian politician from New South Wales
- Trevor Cahill (born 1988), American baseball player for the Arizona Diamondbacks
- William T. Cahill (1912–1996), American politician from New Jersey; US Representative
Fictional characters
- Amy Cahill, Dan Cahill, Grace Cahill, Hope Cahill, Beatrice Cahill, Fiske Cahill, James Cahill, Henry Cahill, Olivia Cahill, Gideon Cahill, Luke Cahill, Katherine Cahill, Thomas Cahill, Jane Cahill, and Madeleine Cahill in The 39 Clues.
- Red Cahill, character in the "In The Heat of the Night" second-season episode "Walkout"[6]
- J.D. Cahill, title character in the 1973 movie "Cahill U.S. Marshal"[7]
- Alex Cahill, character in Walker, Texas Ranger
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