Tragic O'Hara is a singer and performer from the United Kingdom. The name comes from a family story involving a bar called O'Haras on the outskirts of Vancouver, Canada, which the family owned and later lost in a fire. A press cutting from a Canadian newspaper, kept by the artist’s grandmother, is said to have contained the phrase “Tragic O'Hara,” and this becomes the adopted name.

The story attached to the name refers to an uncle, a half-aunt and two thirds of a cousin in Canada, and to an alleged insurance scam connected with the fire. The artist also quotes an uncle, Thomas, whose advice about stage performance is presented as a lasting influence. The overall tone of the account is deliberately exaggerated and theatrical, matching the persona suggested by the name.