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Cassidy (Irish: Ó Caiside / Ó Casaide) is a common Irish surname and is sometimes used as a given name. The surname translates to 'descendent of Caiside'. The family were a sept of County Fermanagh. The Caiside's were originally a medical family, who were hereditary physicians to the Maguires.^[1]

Cassidy may refer to the following:

Given name

• Cassidy (given name)

Persons

• Cassidy (rapper), American rapper
• Bernard Matthew Cassidy, British soldier
• Bill Cassidy, American politician and physician
• Bob Cassidy, Mentalist, speaker and author
• Butch Cassidy, notorious Wild West criminal
• Cassidy (musician), lead singer of Antigone Rising
• Cassidy O'Reilly, American wrestler
• Christopher Cassidy, American astronaut
• Claudia Cassidy, American critic
• Damian Cassidy, Irish Gaelic footballer
• David Cassidy, American musician, actor and erstwhile teen idol of 'Partridge Family' fame, son of Jack Cassidy
• Donie Cassidy, Irish politician and businessman
• Ed Cassidy, American drummer
• Elaine Cassidy, actress
• Eva Cassidy (1963-1996), American singer
• Harry Cassidy, Canadian academic and social reformer
• Jack Cassidy, Irish-American actor, father of David, Shaun and Patrick Cassidy
• James Cassidy, several people
• Joanna Cassidy, American actress
• John Cassidy (artist), Irish sculptor and painter
• John Cassidy (baseball), American baseball player
• John Cassidy (journalist), business journalist and published author
• John Cassidy (magician), American magician
• Joseph "Joe" Cassidy, Scottish football player
• Joe Cassidy, Irish Gaelic footballer
• Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress, daughter of David Cassidy
• Matthew Cassidy, Irish footballer
• Michael Cassidy (actor), American actor
• Michael Cassidy, Canadian politician
• Natalie Cassidy, English soap actress
• Patrick Cassidy (actor), American actor, son of Jack Cassidy
• Patrick Cassidy (composer), Irish composer
• Scott Cassidy, American baseball player
• Shaun Cassidy, American celebrity, son of Jack Cassidy
• Stephen Cassidy, American labor leader
• Ted Cassidy, American actor
• William F. Cassidy, American military

Places

• Cassidy, British Columbia, a settlement and airport in Canada

Other

• Black Tom Cassidy, a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Hopalong Cassidy, a fictional cowboy created by Clarence E. Mulford
• Maggie Cassidy, the title of a novel by Jack Kerouac
• Proinsias Cassidy, a fictional vampire from the graphic novel Preacher
• Cassidy, a role played by actor Sam Slovick in the television show, Fame
• Kasidy Yates, a character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
• Cassidy, fictional character from W.I.T.C.H
• Cassidy's Ltd., a defunct Canadian company

References

1. ^ [1] Irish Gen. Retrieved Sep. 13, 2007

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Proper noun

Cassidy

1. A surname of Irish origin derived from Ó Caiside meaning "descendent of Caiside". Caiside is a first name meaning "curly haired" from Gaelic cas.
2. A female given name of modern American usage, derived from the surname.

From Wikispecies

Alan Cassidy

Alan Charles Cassidy

Born: 7 April 1949. Entomologist, United Kingdom.
Contact: 18 Woodhurst Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 8TF, England. Email: ACCassidy@aol.com

Works Include

• Cassidy, A.C., 1982. An annotated checklist of Brunei butterflies including a new species of the genus Catapaecilma (Lycaenidae). Brunei Mus. J., 5 (2): 202-272.
• Cassidy, A.C., 1985. An enlarged checklist of Brunei butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) including descriptions of one new species and two new subspecies. Brunei Mus. J., 6 i-iii: 135-168.
• Cassidy, A.C., 1990. On Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Sulawesi Region. Tyô to Ga, 41: 227-241.
• Hirowatari, T. and Cassidy, A.C., 1994. A new species of the genus Jamides Hübner from Sulawesi. Tyô to Ga, 45(1): 1-4.
• Cassidy, A.C., 1995a. On the Miletini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Sulawesi Region. Trans. Lepid. Soc. Japan, 46: 1-12.
• Cassidy, A.C., 1995b. On the Lycaenopsis group of genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Sulawesi Region. Trans. Lepid. Soc. Japan, 46: 45-62.
• Cassidy, A.C., Allen, M.G. & Harman, T., 2002. The generic position of Smerinthus decoratus Moore (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Trans. Lep. Soc. Japan, 53: 225-228.
• Cassidy, A.C., 2003. New information on lycaenid butterflies of the South-East Asian Islands. Trans. Lepid. Soc. Japan, 54(2): 73-82.