Coughlan

Coughlan Family Arms rendered in Gaelic with three passant guardant red lions with crowns. Source: Genealogical History of Irish Families 1895.

Coughlan is a surname of Irish origin (Mac Cochláin or Ó Cochláin), meaning 'son of the one with the cloak'. Other anglicisations of this surname include Coghlan, Coghlin and Coughlin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Cathal Coughlan (politician) (1937–1986), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• Cathal Coughlan (singer) (1960 - 2022), Irish singer-songwriter
• Clement Coughlan (1942–1983), Irish politician
• Elaine Coughlan, Irish venture capitalist
• Frank Coughlan (1904–1979), Australian jazz musician
• Gerry Coughlan (1903–1983), Irish middle-distance runner
• James Coughlan (field hockey) (born 1990), New Zealand field hockey player
• John Coughlan (hurler) (1898–1965), Irish sportsman
• John Coughlan, Australian airman who won the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal in 1968
• Laurence Coughlan (before 1766 – after 1773), Irish-born itinerant preacher
• Maria Coughlan (Moravskaya) (1890 – after 1947), Russian and American poet, writer, translator and literary critic; wife of Edward Coughlan
• Mark Coughlan (born 1982), Australian rules footballer
• Mary Coughlan (politician) (born 1965), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and Tánaiste (deputy prime minister)
• Mary Coughlan (singer) (born 1956), Irish jazz singer
• Nicola Coughlan (born 1987), Irish actress
• Richard Coughlan (1947–2013), English musician
• Stephen Coughlan (1910–1994), Irish politician
• Terence Coughlan (born 1956), Zimbabwean cricketer
• Tom Coughlan (hurler) (1881–after 1911), Irish hurler
• Tom Coughlan (rugby union) (1934–2017) New Zealand rugby player