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Morgan is both a given name and a surname, as well as the name of many places. The surname Morgan is claimed to be of Welsh origin, meaning "borne from the sea", and is a popular family name in that country, but there are a group of Morgans from "Morgund" in the North of Scotland, the name being listed as the 36th most common name in the UK, with a similar position in the USA. It is possible that the name was Celtic from the Cornovii Tribe who lived in the North of Scotland and in the Severn Valley near the Wrekin in Shropshire. The County of Glamorgan is named after the Princes of South Wales named Morgan, a group which developed into the name Leyshon. The term for water sprites in Welsh is morgans.
The Morgan Society was formed in 1994 to help Morgans trace their history, genealogy and emigration. Many Welsh families emigrated to Australia and the USA, thus many founding families in those countries carried the surname Morgan, which is reflected in a number of place names. The name "Morgen" is also prevalent in Germany and France deriving from the German for the amount of land that could be ploughed in a morning. Morgon wine is produced in the Beaujolais region of France. Morgan le Fay is the half-sister of King Arthur. See also Morganic or Morganatic marriage.
As a surname
- Augustus de Morgan, British mathematician and logician.
- Alfred Powell Morgan, American writer of youth oriented electronics books.
- Billy Morgan, first man to drink beer in an Ohio bar after 131 years of prohibition.
- Ceri Morgan, Welsh darts player
- C. Lloyd Morgan, behaviorist best known for coining Morgan's Canon
- Charles Morgan and Charles W. Morgan, various people and ships
- Chesty Morgan, Polish-born actress known for her large breasts
- Chris Morgan, alias of professional wrestler Chris Kanyon (Klucsaritis)
- Chris Morgan (footballer), English football player
- Chris Morgan (journalist), journalist working for The Sunday Times (UK)
- Chris Morgan (politician), British politician
- Chris Morgan (powerlifter), powerlifting champion
- Cliff Morgan, rugby player
- Craig Morgan (rugby player), rugby player
- Dan Morgan (footballer), American football player
- David Morgan (businessman), Australian businessman
- David Morgan (frontiersman), West Virginian frontiersman
- Frederick E. Morgan, British lieutenant-general in the Second World War.
- Frank Morgan, American actor
- Garrett A. Morgan, African American inventor
- George T. Morgan, designer of the Morgan Dollar
- Harry Morgan, actor best known for his role in M*A*S*H
- Henry Morgan, seventeenth century Welsh privateer or pirate, became English Governor of Jamaica
- Henry Morgan (comedian), American radio and television personality
- Henry Morgan (merchant), Canadian retail merchant
- James Morgan, British architect and engineer
- Joe Morgan, baseball hall of famer
- John Hunt Morgan, Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War
- John Jordan Morgan, U.S. Representative
- John Morgan, on-air pseudonym of British radio presenter and executive John Myers
- John Morgan (bishop), Archbishop of Wales from 1949 to 1957
- John Morgan (comedian)
- John Morgan (etiquette expert)
- John Morgan (golfer)
- John Morgan (journalist)
- John Morgan (poet)
- John Tyler Morgan, U.S. Senator
- John W. Morgan, mayor of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
- J. P. Morgan, American financier and banker
- J.R. Morgan, British academic and author
- Julie Morgan, Labour MP for Cardiff North
- Lewis H. Morgan, 19th Century pioneer of kinship studies
- Lorrie Morgan, country music singer
- Matthew Morgan, musician
- Peter Morgan, ran the Morgan Motor Company
- Richard Morgan, author
- Richard E. Morgan, First Amendment scholar
- Ru Fe Morgan, fictional character in the anime/manga Oh My Goddess!
- Sheryl Morgan, sprinter
- Simon Morgan, English football (soccer) player
- Thomas E. Morgan, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Thomas Hunt Morgan, geneticist
- Tom Morgan, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Travis Morgan, fictional character in the comic book Warlord (comics)
- Trevor Morgan (actor), United States actor
- Trevor Morgan (EastEnders), character in the British soap opera EastEnders
- William Alexander Morgan, anti Batista Guerrilla, said CIA operative active, executed by Castro
- William Morgan (scientist), who won the Copley Medal in 1789 for his two Papers on the values of Reversions and Survivorships, printed in the two last volumes of the Philosophical Transactions, in the field of actuarial science
- William Morgan (anti-Mason), person whose disappearance sparked anti-Freemason hysteria in the United States
- William Morgan (Bible translator), 16th century translator of the Bible
- William Morgan Butler, U.S. political figure in the 1920s
- William De Morgan (1839-1917), famed pottery and tile designer in Britain
- William G. Morgan, credited as having invented volleyball in Holyoke, Massachusetts on February 9, 1895
- William Morgan (Australian politician) (c. 1829–1883), Premier of South Australia 1878-1881
- William Morgan (director), mid-20th Century U.S. film editor and director
- William Wilson Morgan, 20th-century American astronomer
- Alexander Owen Morgan, Welsh Sex God
Places
United Kingdom
USA
- Morgan, Georgia
- Morgan, Minnesota
- Morgan, Texas
- Morgan, Utah
- Morgan, Vermont
- Morgan, Wisconsin
- Morgan County, Alabama
- Morgan County, Colorado
- Morgan County, Georgia
- Morgan County, Illinois
- Morgan County, Indiana
- Morgan County, Kentucky
- Morgan County, Missouri
- Morgan County, Ohio
- Morgan County, Tennessee
- Morgan County, Utah
- Morgan County, West Virginia
- Morgan Township, Minnesota
- Morgan Township, Pennsylvania
There are also:
- Fort Morgan, Colorado
- Morgan City, Louisiana
- Morgan City, Mississippi
- Morgan Farm Area, Texas
- Morgan Hill, California
- Morgan's Point, Texas
- Morgan's Point Resort, Texas
- Morganton, Georgia
- Morganton, North Carolina
- Morgantown, Indiana
- Morgantown, Kentucky
- Morgantown, Pennsylvania
- Morgantown, West Virginia
- Morganville, Georgia
- Morganville, Kansas
- Morganville, New Jersey
- Morganville, New York
- Morganville, Ohio
- Morganville, Washington
- Morganville, archaic synonym for the fictional town Shelbyville in The Simpsons
- Mount Morgan, California
- Mount Morgan, Australia
- New Morgan, Pennsylvania
Australia
Other uses of the name
- Captain Morgan, famous rum
- Morgan!, 1966 film
- Morgan, graphic novel by Hugo Pratt
- Morgan horse breed, a versatile American breed of horse used in the English and Western disciplines, Saddleseat riding, and for driving
- A Morgan is a Welsh or Breton water sprite
- JPMorgan Chase & Co., American Financial Services Firm
- Morgan Stanley, American banking corporation
- Morgan Industries, led by Nwabudike Morgan, one of the factions in the computer game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
- Morgan Motor Company, brand of automobile
- Morgan sea gypsies, seafaring minority ethnic group in the Andaman Sea
- Morgan State University, university in Baltimore, Maryland
- Morgan (unit), a unit of recombinant frequency in genetics (the centimorgan is most frequently used)
- Morgan de Toi, a fashion brand
- ADFX-01 Morgan, a fictional fighter aircraft in the game Ace Combat Zero.
- Morgan's, formerly a Canadian department store.
- Morgan's (United Kingdom), formerly a Welsh department store
- Duron 'Morgan' - An alias used by a model of the AMD Duron processor.
References cited
- Abella, Alex 2000 The Great American: A Novel. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0548-0
- Crawford, Donald 1997 Michael and Natasha. Scribner. ISBN 0-684-83430-8
- Pope, Dudley 2001 Harry Morgan's Way: The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan 1635-1684 House of Stratus ISBN 1-84232-482-9
- Strouse, Jean 2000 Morgan: American Financier. Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-06-095589-9
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