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'''Conn''' is a [[family name]] and sometimes a [[given name]].
==People==
===American===
*[[Billy Conn]] (1917 – 1993) was a Light-Heavyweight boxing champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis.
*[[Bobby Conn]] is a musician from Chicago, Illinois.
*[[Charles Paul Conn]] is an American non-fiction author and university president.
*[[Charles Gerard Conn]] was the founder of [[C. G. Conn]] Ltd. in the 1800s.
*[[Charles W. Conn]] (1920 - 2008) was an American author and former General Overseer of the Church of God.
*[[Conn Findlay]] is a four-time Olympic medalist, one of the few to medal in two distinct sports.
*[[Conn Jackson]] is a TV host. Presently hosting the Conn Jackson Show and Cafe Central TV.
*[[Didi Conn]] is an American film, stage and television actress.
*[[J. Stephen Conn]] is a North American religious figure, published writer and entrepreneur.
*[[Jerome W. Conn]], M.D. (1907-1994), was the endocrinologist who first described [[Conn's syndrome]] in 1955.
*[[Nicole Conn]] is a film director, producer, and screenwriter most famous for her debut feature, the lesbian love story, Claire of the Moon (1992).
*[[Phoebe Conn]] is a best-selling American author of over thirty romance novels.
*[[Roe Conn]] is an American radio talk show host on ''The Roe Conn Show'' which airs on WLS-AM 890 in Chicago, Illinois.
===Australian===
*[[Daniel Conn]] is an Australian rugby league player.
*[[Neil Raymond Conn]] is a former Administrator of the Northern Territory in Australia from the 17th February 1997 to the 30th October 2000.
===British===
*[[Conn Iggulden]] is a British writer of historical novels.
*[[David Conn]] is a sports journalist focusing on football (soccer) for ''The Guardian'' a British newspaper.
*[[John Conn]] (1764 - 1810) was a senior captain in the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
*[[Shelley Conn]] is an English actress of Anglo-Indian descent.
*[[Leslie Conn]] ran Doris Day's music publishing company and wrote and produced "[[Liza Jane]]", the first recording to be released as a single by [[David Bowie]] (under the name [[Davie Jones and the King Bees]].)
===Canadian===
*[[Conn Smythe]] (1895 – 1980), was a Canadian builder in the National Hockey League best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens.
*[[Craig Conn]], is a lacrosse player for the Arizona Sting in the National Lacrosse League and the New Westminster Salmonbellies of the Western Lacrosse Association.
*[[Jan Conn]], is a Canadian poet and mosquito genetic researcher.
*[[Michelle Conn]], is a Canadian field hockey player.
*[[Ty Conn]] (1967 – 1999), born Tyrone Williams Conn, was a Canadian bank robber and is best known for his escape over the wall from the Kingston Penitentiary, one of Canada's most secure and notorious prisons.
===Irish===
*[[Conn of the Hundred Battles]], former [[High King of Ireland]] and the ancestor of the [[Connachta]]
*[[Conn O'Neill]] (1480 - 1559), was the 1st Earl of Tyrone in Ireland during the 16th century.
*[[Conn Ward]] (1890 – 1966), born Francis Constantine Ward, was an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician.
*[[Hugh Conn McCall]] (1940 - 2002), was an Irish cricketer.
===Scottish===
*[[Alfie Conn, Sr.]] , is a Scottish professional footballer (soccer), most commonly remembered as part of the ''Terrible Trio'' of the Heart of Midlothian side of the 1950s, along with Willie Bauld and Jimmy Wardhaugh.
*[[Alfie Conn, Jr.]], is a former professional footballer, who was the first post-war player to play for both Celtic and Rangers.
*[[Iain Conn]], an executive director of the BP Group.
*[[Stewart Conn]], is a Scottish poet and playwright.
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