Lenihan
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"Lenihan" is an Irish surname. Variants include Lenighan, Lenegan, Lenaghan, Lenahan, and Lennihan. Lenehan is a similar name.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Donal Lenihan (born 1959), Irish rugby union player
- Karl Lenihan, Gaelic football player
- Darragh Lenihan, Irish professional football player
People in the arts
- Edmund Lenihan (born 1950), Irish author
- Winifred Lenihan (1898–1964), American actress, writer and director
- Graham Linehan (born 1968), Irish writer and director (Father Ted)
Politicians
- Brian Lenihan Snr (1930–1995), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- Brian Lenihan Jnr (1959–2011), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- Conor Lenihan (born 1963), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- J. Michael Lenihan (1943–2015), Rhode Island state senator
- Mary O'Rourke (née Lenihan; born 1937), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- Patrick Lenihan (1902–1970), Fianna Fáil politician
Officers
- Michael Joseph Lenihan (1865–1958), a US-army general in World War I
