Famous People with Name Phelan

Nancy Phelan            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Nancy Phelan: was an Australian writer who published over 25 books, including novels, biographies, memoirs, travel books and a cookbook.[1] She travelled widely through Europe, the Pacific, Asia and the Middle east.Nancy Eleanor Creagh was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and had "a magical childhood, spent wandering the shores of Sydney Harbour near Chinamans Beach and The Spit on Middle Harbour with her friends and extended family".[1] She studied at the Conservatorium of Music and the University of Sydney.[2] However, as a teenager she saw the limitations of her suburban life and was keen to travel, so in 1938 she bought a one-way ticket to England. She met her husband, Raymond "Pete" Phelan, in London near the beginning of the war, and had her daughter, Vanessa, there. She and her daughter were evacuated to Devon where she spent her war years while her husband was in the Navy.[1]

Jacquie "Alice B. Toeclips" Phelan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacquie "Alice B. Toeclips" Phelan: was the NORBA Champion three consecutive years - 1983, 1984, and 1985. She is married to inventor Charlie Cunningham, the pioneering bicycle framebuilder whose aluminum bikes and patented brakes allowed Phelan to race unbeaten for six years. Her bike, "Ot

Chris Phelan            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Chris Phelan: is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He was a state representative versatile forward for Queensland and a two-time New South Wales Rugby League premiership-winner with the Parramatta Eels. He was the Rothmans Medal winner that year in the Bris

James Duval Phelan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Duval Phelan: was an American politician, civic leader and banker. He studied law at the University of California, Berkeley and then became a banker. He was elected Mayor of San Francisco and served from 1897 until 1902. He pushed for the reform City Charter of 1898 in

John Dennis Phelan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Dennis Phelan: was a jurist in the southern United States. He became editor of the Huntsville Democrat, was in the legislature in 1833-35, attorney general of the state in 1836, speaker of the house in 1839, and a judge of the circuit court in 1841-51. He was then eleva