Clancy

Clancy is an Irish name coming from the Gaelic Mac Fhlannchaidh/Mac Fhlannchadha, meaning "Son of the red/ruddy warrior" (Mac being for sons, Ní Fhlannchaidh/Ní Fhlannchadha would be for daughters),¹² or as a hypocorism for Clarence. The surname originated from two different families, one in Thomond and one in the present day County Leitrim.²

Notable people with the name include:

• Clancy Barone (born 1963), American football coach
• Clancy Brown (born 1959), American actor
• Clancy Carlile (1930–1998), American novelist and screenwriter
• Clancy Chassay (born 1980), English journalist
• Clancy Cooper (1906–1975), American actor
• Clancy Eccles (1940–2005), Jamaican reggae singer
• Clancy Edwards (born 1955), American track and field sprinter
• Clancy Fernando (1938–1992), Sri Lankan admiral
• Clancy Hayes (1908–1972), American jazz singer and banjo player
• Clancy Imislund (died 2020) an influential figure in the Alcoholics Anonymous community and managing director of the Midnight Mission in Los Angeles
• Clancy Martin (born 1967), Canadian philosopher, novelist and essayist
• Clancy Newman (born 1977), American cellist and composer
• Clancy O'Connor (born 1982), American actor
• Clancy Pendergast (born 1967), American football coach
• Clancy Rudeforth (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
• Clancy Sigal (1926–2017), American writer
• Clancy Smyres (1922–2007), American baseball player
• Clancy Williams (1942–1986), American football player

• Abbey Clancy (born 1986), English model and television personality
• Aislinn Clancy (born 1979), Canadian politician
• Al Clancy (1888–1951), American baseball player
• Aoibheann Clancy (born 2003), Irish footballer
• Bill Clancy (1879–1948), American baseball player
• Bobby Clancy (1927–2002), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
• Boetius Clancy (died 1598), Irish Member of Parliament and High Sheriff
• Bud Clancy (1900–1968), American baseball player
• Carl Stearns Clancy (1890–1971), American long-distance motorcycle rider, film director and producer, credited with the first motorcycle circumnavigation of the world
• Claire Clancy (born 1958), former Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales, and first woman to be Registrar of Companies for England and Wales
• Conor Clancy (Clare hurler) (born 1971), Irish hurler
• Conor Clancy (Offaly hurler) (born 1993), Irish hurler
• Cummin Clancy (1922–2013), Irish discus thrower
• Daniel J. Clancy (born 1964), American computer scientist
• Dave Clancy (born 1978), British ice hockey goaltender
• Dean Clancy (born 2001), Irish boxer
• Donald D. Clancy (1921–2007), American politician
• Ed or Edward Clancy (disambiguation)
• Finbarr Clancy (born 1970), Irish folk singer and musician, member of the High Kings
• Frank Willey Clancy (1852–1928), American lawyer and politician
• George Clancy (politician) (1881–1921), Irish teacher and politician
• George Clancy (rugby union) (born 1977), Irish rugby union referee
• Gil Clancy (1922–2011), American boxing trainer and commentator
• Gordon Drummond Clancy (1912–1996), Canadian politician
• Jack Clancy (born 1944), American football player
• Jack Clancy (Australian footballer) (1934–2014), Australian rules footballer
• James Clancy (disambiguation)
• Jim Clancy (baseball player) (1955–2025), American baseball pitcher
• Jim Clancy (journalist) (born 1955), American broadcast journalist
• Joe Clancy (born 1990), American football player and college coach
• John Clancy (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Clancy (born 1986), Irish hurler
• Joseph Clancy (disambiguation)
• J. J. Clancy (North Dublin MP) (1847–1928), Irish member of the British Parliament
• J. J. Clancy (Sinn Féin politician) (1891–1932)
• Kendrick Clancy (born 1978), American football player
• Kevin Clancy (born 1983), Scottish football referee
• Kevin Clancy (Royal Mint), British numismatist
• King Clancy (1902–1986), Canadian ice hockey defenceman, referee, coach and executive
• Laurence Clancy (1929–2014), British aerodynamicist, academic and author
• Liam Clancy (1935–2009), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
• Martin Clancy (fl. 1980s–present) Irish musician and songwriter and writer about artificial intelligence's impact on the arts
• Mary Clancy (born 1948), Canadian politician
• Matthew Clancy (born 1982), Irish retired Gaelic footballer
• Michael Clancy (1949–2010), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of St. Helena and Dependencies, husband of Claire Clancy
• Michael Martin Clancy (1868–1931), Irish Catholic priest in Australia
• Mike Clancy (1924–1988), American professional wrestler
• Mike Clancy (trade unionist), British trad unionist, General Secretary of Prospect (2012–present)
• Nadia Clancy (born 1986), Australian politician
• Natalie Clancy, Canadian journalist
• Paddy Clancy (1922–1998), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
• Pádraig Clancy (born 1980), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Pat Clancy (trade unionist) (1919–1987), Australian trade unionist and communist
• Patrick Clancy (Irish politician) (1877–1947)
• Patty Clancy, 21st century American politician
• Paulette Clancy, British physicist
• Pauric Clancy, Irish Gaelic football player
• Peadar Clancy (1888–1920), member of the Irish Republican Army
• Robert H. Clancy (1882–1962), American politician
• Robert Clancy (doctor), Australian clinical immunologist
• Ryan Clancy (born 1977), American politician
• Sam Clancy (born 1958), American football and basketball player
• Sam Clancy Jr. (born 1980), American basketball assistant coach and former player, son of the above
• Sean Clancy (disambiguation)
• Stephen Clancy (born 1992), Irish racing cyclist
• Susan Clancy, American clinical psychologist
• T. Frank Clancy (1871–1936), American politician and businessman
• Taliqua Clancy (born 1992), Australian beach volleyball player
• Terry Clancy (born 1943), Canadian ice hockey player, son of King Clancy
• Tom or Thomas Clancy (disambiguation)
• Tim Clancy (born 1984), Irish football manager and former player
• Tyler Clancy (born 1997), American politician
• William Clancy (1802–1847), Irish missionary
• Willie Clancy (musician) (1918–1973), Irish Uilleann pipes player
• Willie Clancy (hurler) (1906–1967), Irish hurler

• Kanuka Clancy, one of the main characters on the anime series Mobile Police Patlabor
• Chief Clancy Wiggum, on The Simpsons
• Clancy Freeman, a recurring character in Blue Heelers
• Clancy, the protagonist in the band Twenty One Pilots' 4th—8th concept albums (Blurryface, Trench, Scaled and Icy, Clancy and Breach)
• Clancy, a playable character in the video game Brawl Stars
• Clancy of the Overflow, the titular character of a Banjo Paterson poem, possibly based on Australian drover Thomas Gerald Clancy
• Nancy Clancy, the titular character of Fancy Nancy.
• Clancy Gilroy, the main protagonist of The Midnight Gospel.