Keating (; Irish spelling: Céitinn) is an Irish and English family name.

Surname variations Common variations on the Keating surname include Caton, Kaitting, Kating, Keatinge, Keaton, Keith, Keting, Keatting, McKeating, Keatings and O'Keating. A Spanish variation, Cienfuegos, also exists.

Notable people Ailsa Keating, mathematician AnaLouise Keating (born 1961), academic, professor of Multicultural Women's and Gender Studies Brian Keating (born 1971), American cosmologist Caron Keating (1962−2004), British TV personality Charles Keating (1923−2014), American lawyer, banker, best known for his involvement in the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s, The Keating Five Scandal Charles Keating (actor) (1941−2014), English actor and narrator of audiobooks Chris Keating (musician) (born 1982), lead singer of American band Yeasayer Dan Keating (1902−2007), longest surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence Dennis Keating (born 1940), Irish footballer Derek Keating (1955–2023), Irish Fine Gael politician Dominic Keating (born 1962), British actor Donald Keating (1924–1995), British lawyer Edward Keating (1875–1965), American newspaper editor and politician, U.S. representative for Colorado, who sponsored the Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 Edward Michael Keating (1925–2003), American publisher, journalist, lawyer; founder of Ramparts magazine, member of the New Left movement Edwin Joseph (Ted) Keating (1910−1987), academic and director of the Bank of New Zealand Frank Keating (born 1944), American politician; governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating (journalist) (1937−2013), English sports journalist and author Frank A. Keating (1895−1973), Major General of the United States Army Fred Keating (disambiguation), several people Geoffrey Keating (c.1569−c.1644), Irish theologian and historian Gladys Keating (1923-2014), Virginia businesswoman, civic activist and politician H. R. F. Keating (1926−2011), British novelist Henry Sheehy Keating (1775-1847), officer of the British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, father of Henry Singer Keating Henry Singer Keating (1804−1888), British lawyer and barrister Isabel Keating, American actress and singer James Keating, multiple people John Keating (disambiguation), multiple people Jonathan Keating, British mathematician Joseph C. Keating Jr. (1950−2007), US psychologist Josephine E. Keating (1838−1908), American literary critic, musician music teacher Judith Keating (1957−2021), Canadian senator Justin Keating (1930−2009), Irish Labour Party politician Karl Keating (born 1950), American Catholic apologist Keith Keating, American business executive and writer Kenneth Keating (1900−1975), American politician, congressional representative and senator for New York, U.S. ambassador to India and Israel Larry Keating (1899−1963), American actor Michael Keating (disambiguation), multiple people Patrick N. Keating, theoretical physicist, of the Keating model Paul Keating (born 1944), 24th Prime Minister of Australia Richard E. Keating (1941−2006), American astronomer, known for the Hafele–Keating experiment Richard Harte Keatinge (1825−1904), soldier Robert Brendon Keating (1924−2012), American diplomat Roly Keating (born 1961), chief executive of the British Library Ronan Keating (born 1977), Irish singer Seán Keating, (1889−1977), Irish painter, President of the Royal Hibernian Academy Sean P. Keating (1903−1976), Irish Republican Army veteran and Irish-American activist and political figure Timothy J. Keating (born 1948), American admiral Tim Keating (born 1961), Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force Thomas Keating (1923−2018), monk, founder of Centering Prayer movement Tom Keating (1917−1984), art restorer and forger Trenna Keating, Canadian actress William H. Keating (1799−1840), American geologist William J. Keating (1927–2020), American politician, representative for Ohio's 1st district William R. Keating (born 1952), American politician, representative for Massachusetts' 9th congressional district Zoë Keating (born 1972), Canadian cellist and composer Maurice Keatinge (c.1761−1835), Irish landowner, soldier and politician Paffard Keatinge-Clay (1926–2023), British-born architect and sculptor

Fictional people Lieutenant Colonel Harry Keating, in The Mauritius Command, a 1977 novel by Patrick O'Brian, based on the real life Henry Sheehy Keating John Keating, played by Robin Williams in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society John Paul Keating, played by Shaun Evans in the television series Teachers Layla Keating, played by Greta Onieogou in the television series All American Peter Keating, in The Fountainhead, a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand Multiple characters in How to Get Away With Murder: Annalise Keating, played by Viola Davis, fictional defense lawyer and law professor Dr. Hannah Keating, Annalise's sister-in-law, played by Marcia Gay Harden Sam Keating, Annalise's husband, played by Tom Verica Keating 5, Annalise Keating's interns in How to Get Away With Murder

Keating genealogy

DNA projects and one name studies Keating DNA Project (hosted by FamilyTreeDNA.com, run by volunteers)

Published Keating genealogies Reprinted from Records of the American Catholic Historical Society, v. XXIX, No. 4, December 1918. Keating of Wexford.

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