title: Kean (name)
text: # Kean (name)
  
  Kean is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Abram Kean (1855–1945), Newfoundland sealer and politician
  * Andrew Kean (born 1978), Scottish football player
  * Archie Kean (1894 – after 1925), Scottish footballer
  * Arthur D. Kean (1882–1961), Canadian filmmaker
  * Ben Kean (c. 1912–1993), American physician, author and researcher
  * Betty Kean (1914–1986), American actress, sister of Jane Kean
  * Bridie Kean (born 1987), Australian wheelchair basketball player and canoeist.
  * Charles Kean (1811–1868), actor, son of Edmund Kean
  * Edmund Kean (1789–1833), English actor
  * Edward Kean (1924–2010), American television writer
  * Ellen Kean (1805–1880), English actress
  * Gareth Kean (born 1991), New Zealand swimmer
  * Gerald Kean (born 1957), Irish celebrity solicitor
  * Giovanni Kean (born 1993), Italian football player
  * Hamilton Fish Kean (1862–1941), United States Senator from New Jersey
  * Henry Kean (1894–1955), American football and basketball coach
  * Jake Kean (born 1991), English football player
  * Jane Kean (1923–2013), American actress and singer, sister of Betty Kean
  * Jefferson Randolph Kean (1860–1950), American military surgeon
  * John Kean (New Jersey politician) (1852–1914), United States Senator, United States Representative from New Jersey
  * John Kean (South Carolina politician) (1756–1795), delegate to the Continental Congress from South Carolina
  * Josh Kean (born 1993), Australian motor-racing driver
  * Laurel Kean (born 1963), American golfer
  * Mallory Kean (fl. 2000s), Canadian curler
  * Mark Kean (born 1988), Canadian curler
  * Marie Kean (1918–1993), Irish actress
  * Michael Kean (died 1823), Irish artist, owner of Derby porcelain factory
  * Moise Kean (born 2000), Italian football player
  * Paul Kean, New Zealand musician
  * Robert Kean (1893–1980), United States Representative from New Jersey
  * Robert Garlick Hill Kean (1828–1898), Confederate States Army officer
  * Roger Kean (died 2023), British magazine publisher
  * Sam Kean, 21st-century American writer
  * Sammy Kean (c. 1910–2003), Scottish football player and manager
  * Simon Kean (born 1989), Canadian professional boxer
  * Sherry Kean (fl. 1980s), Canadian pop and country singer
  * Steve Kean (born 1967), Scottish football player and manager
  * Stewart Kean (born 1983), Scottish football player
  * Thomas Kean (born 1935), American politician; former Governor of New Jersey; chairman of the 9/11 Commission
  * Thomas Kean Jr. (born 1968), American politician; New Jersey State Senator; United States Senate nominee; United States Representative
  * William Kean (1871–1954), British trade unionist
  * William B. Kean (1897–1981), general in the United States Army
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Kean Bryan (born 1996), English football player
  * Kean Cipriano (born 1987), Filipino singer, composer, actor, and musician
  * Kean Soo, Canadian engineer, creator of the children's comic character Jellaby
  * Kean Wong, American professional baseball player
  
  Fictional characters:
  
  * Kean Atreides, character in the universe of the Dune novels
  