Conan (name)
Conan is a Gaelic male name that is common mainly in England and Ireland. It is derived from the Gaelic root word cú with a diminutive suffix and means "little wolf".
Well-known namesake
Ruler:
- Conan I (Brittany) the Wrong (927–992), Duke of Brittany and of Rennes
- Conan II (Brittany) the Little (1028-1071), Duke of Brittany
- Conan III. (Brittany) the fat (1096–1148), Duke of Brittany
- Conan IV (Brittany) († 1171), Duke of Brittany
Saints:
- St. Conan of Assaroe
- St. Conan of Ballinamore
- St. Conan, Bishop of Man ( Mochonna )
Clergy:
- Conan, Bishop of Sudarn, educator of Saint Fiacrius
Family name:
- Jean Conan (1765–1834) ("Guingamp"), Breton author
- Neal Conan (* 1949), American radio journalist, producer and correspondent
First name:
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), British doctor and detective writer ( Sherlock Holmes )
- Conan O'Brien (born 1963), American entertainer
Legends:
- Conan Meriadoc , legendary first Duke of Brittany
- Conan , British prince who, according to the Caradocus Chronicles, came to Ireland with his brother Haralt in 1050 and placed himself under Irish protection
Fictional characters:
- Conan / Conaan , King of the pirate Fomoraig of Irish lore
- Conan Maol , Fianna warrior in Irish lore
- Conan MacLia , lord of Luachar; Ally of the mythical Irish general Fionn mac Cumhaill ( Finn MacCool )
- Conan MacMoirna , the magical Fianna warrior in the Irish legend of Diarmuid and Gráinne . He is in blood feud with the general Finn, but is reconciled with him after killing the dragon that sprang from the head of the Cian .
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Conan the Cimmerian , hero of several short stories and a novel by the American fantasy author Robert E. Howard
- Films based on the character of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
- TV series based on stories about Robert E. Howard's fictional character
- Conan the Adventurer (1992) and Conan and His Brave Friends animated series
- Conan, the adventurer real film series with Ralf Moeller in the lead role
- Comics based on the character of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
- Conan Edogawa , main character in the manga series Detective Conan by the Japanese illustrator Gosho Aoyama
- Conan , title character of the anime series Mirai Shōnen Conan
Bacteria:
- Conan the bacterium for the resilient Deinococcus radiodurans
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04189c.htm
- ^ Joël Cornette: Fils de mémoire: L'autobiographie de Jean Conan 1765-1834. Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine 39/3. 1992, pp. 353-402
- ^ Geoffrey Keating: The History of Ireland