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Mack the Knife
"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" (german: "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", italic=no, link=no) is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama ''The Threepenny Opera'' (german: Die Dreig ...
" is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama ''The Threepenny Opera''.
Mack the Knife may also refer to:
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''Mack the Knife'' (1989 film), a 1989 Netherlands romantic comedy musical film
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''Mack the Knife'' (1995 film), a 1995 Hong Kong comedy-drama film
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Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife'', a 1960 live album by Ella Fitzgerald, containing her famous version of the song with improvised lyrics
People
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Georges Leekens
Georges Leekens (born 18 May 1949) is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed ...
(born 1949), Belgian football manager and former player whose nickname is ''Mack the Knife'' (or ''Long couteau'' in French)
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Mac the Knife
Mac the Knife was the pen name (inspired by the homophonous well-known song "Mack the Knife") of an Anonymity, anonymous gossip columnist for the (now defunct) Apple Macintosh-focused trade publication ''MacWEEK''. Mac the Knife was always written ...
, computer columnist
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John J. Mack (born 1944), former CEO of Credit Suisse First Boston
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Harold Macmillan (1894–1986), known as "Mac the Knife", former British Prime Minister
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Robert McNamara
Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He remains the ...
(1916–2009), also known as "Mac the Knife", former U.S. Secretary of Defense
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Ray MacSharry
Ray MacSharry (born 29 April 1938) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Tánaiste from March 1982 to December 1982, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development from 1989 to 1993, Minister for the Public Servic ...
(born 1938), also known as "Mac the Knife", former Táinaiste of Ireland
*Mack "the Knife" Pride, brother of country singer
Charley Pride
Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid-1970s, when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Rec ...
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Mac Tonight
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Ma ...
, a McDonald's mascot who performs a version of ''Mack the Knife''
*Mack the Knife, a fictional character from ''
Captain Commando
is a 1991 futuristic side-scrolling beat 'em up originally developed and published by Capcom as an arcade video game, and later ported to several other platforms. It was the seventeenth game produced for the company's CP System hardware. The ga ...
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*Mack the Knife, a fictional character from ''
Super Mario RPG
''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' is a role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996. It was the final ''Mario'' game published for the SNES. The game was ...
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MTK Global
MTK Global (Mack The Knife Global) was a boxing and mixed martial arts management and event promotions company founded by Irish crime boss Daniel Kinahan and former professional boxer Matthew 'Mack the Knife' Macklin. Originally established in 201 ...
, former boxing management company
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