Geary

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Geary, an Anglicized rendering of the Irish name O'Gadhra [1], has a number of meanings:

It is the surname of several people:

• 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
• David C. Geary, an American academic psychologist
• John W. Geary (1819 - 1873), an American politician and general in the American Civil War
• George Reginald Geary, mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1910 to 1912.
• Joseph Geary, New York Times bestselling author

It can refer to a few places:

• Geary County, Kansas
• Geary, Oklahoma
• Geary, Isle of Skye
• Geary Boulevard (designated as Geary Street for part of its route), a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California

It can also refer to:

• An 1892 U.S. government law called the Geary Act that restricted the rights of Chinese immigrants in the United States.

External links

• Geary Central - a directory of Geary websites, businesses, individuals, and other Geary information

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