FitzGerald dynasty

Fitzgerald ( or in traditional notation FitzGerald, Irish Mac Gearailt ) is a patronymic formed Irish surname meaning " son of Gerald ". The suffix " Fitz " is derived from the Norman / French felt / fiz, which derives itself from the Latin filius 'son'. It corresponds to the Norse but in the Norman tradition. He was added to the last name of the Lord families of Norman descent and then illegitimate sons of England.

Well-known bearers of the name

A

B

• Barry Fitzgerald (1888-1961), Irish actor
• Benedict Fitzgerald ( b. 1949 ), American screenwriter
• Benita Fitzgerald - Brown ( b. 1961 ), American track and field athlete

C

• Caitlin Fitzgerald ( b. 1983 ), American actress and film producer
• Charles Fitzgerald ( governor) ( 1792-1887 ), British governor of Gambia and Western Australia
• Charles Cooper Penrose Fitzgerald (1841-1921), British admiral, founder of the Order of the White Feather
• Charles Patrick Fitzgerald (1902-1992), British- Australian historian and university teacher

E

• Eamon Fitzgerald ( b. 1945 ), Irish Abbot General of Cistercians ( Trappists )
• Edward FitzGerald ( writer ) ( 1809-1883 ), British writer and translator
• Edward Fitzgerald ( hockey player ) ( 1891-1966 ), American ice hockey player
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), American singer

F

• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), American writer
• Remote Fitzgerald ( b. 1947 ), American actress
• Frances Fitzgerald ( b. 1950 ), Irish politician
• Frank Fitzgerald (1885-1939), American politician
• Frank Fitzgerald (snooker player), English snooker player
• Frank T. Fitzgerald (1857-1907), American lawyer and politician
• Frankie Fitzgerald ( born 1985 ), English actor

G

• Garret FitzGerald (1926-2011), Irish politician and twice Prime Minister
• Gene FitzGerald (1932-2007), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare ( called the Young, also Gearóid Óg; 1487-1534 ), Irish nobleman
• Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913-2005), American actress

J

• Jack Fitzgerald ( ~ 1873-1929 ), founding member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain
• John Fitzgerald ( mayor), English politician, Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne
• John Fitzgerald ( long distance runner ) ( 1886-1963 ), Canadian long-distance runner
• John Fitzgerald ( poet ) ( 1927-2007 ), Irish Catholic writer and philosopher
• John Fitzgerald ( pentathlete ) ( born 1948 ), American pentathlete
• John Fitzgerald (tennis player) ( born 1960 ), Australian tennis player
• John Fitzgerald ( football player, 1968) ( born 1968 ), Canadian football player
• John Fitzgerald ( quarterback ) ( born 1975 ), American football player
• John Fitzgerald ( football player, 1984) ( born 1984 ), Irish football player
• John Fitzgerald ( offensive guard ), American football player
• John Fitzgerald, Baron Fitzgerald (1816-1889), Irish- British lawyer and politician
• John Anster Fitzgerald (1823-1906), English painter of historicism
• John D. Fitzgerald (Author ) ( 1906-1988 ), American author
• John Driscoll Fitz- Gerald (1873-1946), American linguist and Hispanist
• John F. Fitzgerald ( John Francis Fitzgerald; 1863-1950 ), American politician, Mayor of Boston
• John Francis Fitzgerald (baseball player) ( born 1933), American baseball player
• John H. Fitzgerald (1870-1921), American baseball player
• John J. Fitzgerald (baseball player) ( 1866-1892 ), American baseball player
• John J. Fitzgerald ( filmmaker ) ( born 1977 ), American filmmaker
• John Joseph Fitzgerald (1872-1952), American politician
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy ( b. 1968 ), Canadian football player
• John Robert Fitzgerald ( b. 1948 ), American football player
• John S. Fitzgerald (born 1965 ), British computer scientist
• John Warner Fitzgerald (1924-2006), American politician (Michigan)
• Joseph Fitzgerald (1904-1987), American ice hockey player

K

• Kenji Fitzgerald, Australian young actor

L

• Larry Fitzgerald ( b. 1983 ), American football player
• Leslie Desmond Edward Foster Vesey - Fitzgerald (1910-1974), Irish entomologist, ornithologist, conservationist and plant collector
• Luke Fitzgerald ( * 1987), Irish rugby player

M

• Michael Fitzgerald ( b. 1937 ), the Vatican diplomat and Archbishop
• Michael Fitzgerald (physician) ( born 1946 ), Irish psychiatrist and university lecturer
• Michael Joseph Fitzgerald ( born 1948 ), American clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop

P

• Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney
• Patrick Fitzgerald (1902-1992), Australian sinologist
• Patrik Fitzgerald ( born 1956 ), English singer and punk poet
• Penelope Fitzgerald (1916-2000), English writer
• Peter Fitzgerald ( b. 1960 ), American politician

R

• RD Fitzgerald (1902-1987), Australian poet
• Robert Desmond Fitzgerald (1830-1892), Australian botanical artist
• Roy G. Fitzgerald (1875-1962), American politician
• Rusty Fitzgerald (born 1972 ), American ice hockey player

S

• Sarah Fitz- Gerald ( born 1968 ), Australian squash player
• Scott Fitzgerald ( b. 1948 ), British singer
• Susan Fitzgerald (1949-2013), Irish actress
• Sweeney Fitzgerald, English researchers at the Amazonas

T

• Tara Fitzgerald ( born 1967), British actress
• Thom Fitzgerald ( born 1968 ), American film director
• Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare ( called Silken Thomas, 1513-1537 ), Irish nobleman and rebel leader
• Thomas Fitzgerald ( politician ) ( 1796-1855 ), American politician

W

• Walter James Fitzgerald, SJ (1883-1947), American Bishop
• William Fitzgerald ( politician ) ( 1799-1864 ), American politician
• William F. Fitzgerald (1846-1903), American lawyer
• William J. Fitzgerald (1887-1947), American politician
• William James Fitzgerald ( * 1861), American politician
• William S. Fitzgerald (1880-1937), American politician
• William T. Fitzgerald (1858-1939), American politician
• William Vincent Fitzgerald (1867-1929), Australian botanist

Z

• Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948), American author

More

Places in the U.S.

• Fitzgerald ( Arkansas)
• Fitzgerald ( Georgia)
• Fitzgerald ( North Carolina)
• Fitzgerald ( Wisconsin), in Winnebago County

Astronomy

• ( 3665 ) Fitzgerald, an asteroid
• Fitzgerald (crater ), a lunar crater

Marine

• USS Fitzgerald ( DDG -62 ), a destroyer of the U.S. Navy

UN report

• FitzGerald report, a UN report on the assassination of Rafik al -Hariri