Geary

Geary, an Anglicized rendering of the Irish name O'Gadhra, has a number of meanings:

Geary as a surname:

• Anthony Geary (1947– ), an American actor
• Benjamin Handley Geary (1891–1976), a British soldier in World War I and a recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Bob Geary (police officer), a former San Francisco police officer best known for his ventriloquist's dummy, Brendan O'Smarty
• Cynthia Geary, American actress probably best known for Northern Exposure
• David C. Geary, an American academic psychologist
• Sir Francis Geary, 1st Baronet (1709-1796), Royal Navy admiral
• Francis Geary (1752–1776), a British officer (and son of Admiral Francis Geary) killed in the Ambush of Geary during the American Revolutionary War
• Geoff Geary (1976– ), an American Major League Baseball player, relief pitcher, currently with the Philadelphia Phillies
• George Geary (1893–1981) England cricketer
• George Reginald Geary (1873–1954), mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1910 to 1912
• James Geary, London-based editor of Time magazine and author of The Body Electric.
• John W. Geary (1819–1873), mayor of San Francisco, governor of the Kansas Territory, governor of Pennsylvania and general in the American Civil War
• Joseph Geary, New York Times bestselling author
• Roy C. Geary, (1896-1983), Irish social scientist
• Thomas J. Geary, (1854-1929), U.S. Representative from California.

Geary as a place:

• Geary County, Kansas
• Geary, Oklahoma
• Geary, Isle of Skye
• Geary, New Brunswick
• Geary Boulevard, a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California

Geary can also refer to:

• Geary Act, an 1892 U.S. government law that restricted the rights of Chinese immigrants in the United States
• Geary baronets, a baronetcy in the baronetage of Great Britain
• D. L. Geary Brewing Company, a microbrewery located in Portland, Maine.
• Pat Geary, a fictional character in the film The Godfather, Part II
• Roy Geary, a fictional character from the television show Prison Break