McLachlan ( ), McLachlan or McLaglen is a surname. It is derived from the Irish ''

MacLachlainn McLachlan ( ), McLachlan or McLaglen is a surname. It is derived from the Irish ''MacLachlainn'', which is in turn a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name ''Lachlann''. Notable people with the surname include: McLachlan *Alexander McLachlan ...

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patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

form of the Gaelic personal name '' Lachlann''. Notable people with the surname include:

McLachlan

* Alexander McLachlan (politician) (1872–1956), Australian senator *

Alexander McLachlan (poet) Alexander McLachlan (1818–1896) was a Scottish-born Canadian poetry, Canadian poet who was active in the mid-nineteenth century and wrote in both Scottish dialect and poetic convention of the homesickness of Scottish Canadian, Scottish immigrant ...

(1818–1896), Scottish-born Canadian poet * Andrew McLachlan (born 1966), Australian politician, army man and lawyer *

Angus McLachlan Angus Alexander McLachlan (born 11 November 1944) is an Australian pastoralist and former first-class cricketer. Cricket career Like his elder brother Ian before him, McLachlan was educated at St. Peter's College, Adelaide, and Jesus College ...

(born 1944), Australian pastoralist and former first-class cricketer *

Ben McLachlan Ben McLachlan ( ; マクラクラン勉, ''Makurakuran Ben''; born 10 May 1992) is a Japanese professional tennis player who previously represented New Zealand. He is a doubles specialist with a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 18, achiev ...

(born 1992), New Zealand–Japanese tennis player * C. Ian McLachlan (born 1942), justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court *

Craig McLachlan Craig Dougall McLachlan (born 1 September 1965) is an Australian actor, musician, singer and composer. He has been involved in film, television, the music industry and music theatre for over 30 years. He is best known for appearing in the soap ...

(born 1965), Australian actor and singer * George McLachlan (1901–1964), Scottish footballer *

Ian McLachlan Ian Murray McLachlan (born 2 October 1936) is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1998, representing the Liberal Party. He was Minister for Defence in the Howard Government from ...

(born 1936), Australian landowner * James McLachlan (disambiguation) * Jimmy McLachlan (born 1870; fl. 1890s), Scottish footballer * John McLachlan (disambiguation) *

Laurentia McLachlan Dame Laurentia McLachlan, OSB, ''née'' Margaret McLachlan, (11 January 1866 – 23 August 1953) was a Scottish Benedictine nun, Abbess of Stanbrook Abbey, and an authority on church music. She became posthumously known to a wide public when po ...

(1866–1953), Scottish Benedictine nun * Mark McLachlan (born 1990), American product & game designer * Michael A. McLachlan (born 1958), American politician * Mike McLachlan (1946–2021), American politician * Robert McLachlan (disambiguation) *

Sarah McLachlan Sarah Ann McLachlan OC OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. As of 2015, she had sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is '' Surfacing'', for which she won two Grammy Awards (ou ...

(born 1968), Canadian musician * Tom McLachlan (1912–1986), Australian rugby league footballer * Virginia McLachlan (born 1992), Canadian Paralympic sprinter * William McLachlan (disambiguation)

MacLachlan

Angus MacLachlan Angus MacLachlan is a playwright and screenwriter most famous for writing the screenplays for the 2005 film '' Junebug'' and the cult short film ''Tater Tomater''. He graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1980 and lives in Wins ...

(born 1959), playwright and screenwriter * Crawford Maclachlan (1867–1952), British admiral *

Ewen MacLachlan Ewen MacLachlan (Gaelic: Eòghann MacLachlainn) (1775–1822) was a Scottish scholar and poet. He is noted for his translations of ancient classical literature into Gaelic, for his own Gaelic verse, and for his contribution to Gaelic dictionarie ...

(1775–1822), Scottish Gaelic scholar and poet *

Kyle MacLachlan Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (; ' McLachlan, February 22, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dale Cooper in '' Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991; 2017) and its film prequel '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' (1992), as well as roles ...

(born 1959), American actor *

Malcolm MacLachlan Malcolm "Mac" MacLachlan is Professor of Psychology and Social Inclusion at Maynooth University, Ireland. He has published over twenty books and three hundred academic papers and chapters and delivered over 30 Keynote presentations at inter ...

, Professor of Global Health at Trinity College Dublin *

Patricia MacLachlan Patricia Marie MacLachlan ( Pritzkau; March 3, 1938 – March 31, 2022) was an American children's writer. She was noted for her novel '' Sarah, Plain and Tall'', which won the 1986 Newbery Medal. Early life MacLachlan was born in Cheyenne, Wyo ...

(1938–2022), American children's writer * Ross MacLachlan (born 1957), Canadian singer and pianist *

James MacLachlan James Archibald Findlay MacLachlan (1 April 1919 – 31 July 1943) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. MacLachlan was credited with 16 German and Italian aircraft shot down in approximately 250 mis ...

(1919–1943), British Royal Air Force pilot and flying ace of the Second World War

McLaglen

Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British boxer-turned-Hollywood actor.Obituary ''Variety'', 11 November 1959, page 79. He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made sev ...

(1886–1959), British-born American actor

Clan

* Clan Maclachlan, Scottish clan

Fictional characters

* Ryan McLachlan, fictional character * Tiffany McLachlan, fictional character

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