Cattanach () is a
Scottish
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
surname. It may refer to:
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Bruce Macintosh Cattanach
Bruce Macintosh Cattanach FRS (5 November 1932–8 April 2020) was a British mouse geneticist, known for his pioneering work in the fields of autosomal imprinting and X chromosome inactivation.
With contemporaries that included Mary Lyon FRS ...
(1932-2020), Scottish pioneer of mouse genetics research
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George Cattanach
Competitor for Canada
George James Cattanach (July 25, 1878 – January 29, 1954) was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also kn ...
(1878–1954), Canadian lacrosse player
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Helen Cattanach (1920–1994), Scottish nurse
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John Cattanach
John Leckie Cattanach (May 10, 1863 – November 10, 1926) was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched three games during his only season, 1884. He pitched in one game for the Providence Grays of the National League, and two other g ...
(1863–1926), American baseball player
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John Cattanach (shinty)
Dr. John Cattanach (1885–1915) was a shinty player for Newtonmore in the 1900s. He is the only shinty player inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
Biography
Cattanach is considered one the outstanding shinty players in history. He sc ...
(1885–1915), Scottish shinty player
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Lachlan Cattanach Maclean, 11th Chief
Lachlan Catanach Maclean (circa 1465 – 10 November 1523) was the 11th Clan Chief of Clan MacLean from 1515 until his murder in 1523.
Biography
"Like several of his contemporaries he is a larger-than-life figure about whom several traditional ...
(1465–1523), Scottish clan chief
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Robert Cattanach
Robert "Robbie" Cattanach is an Australian professional footballer who plays for Canberra Olympic
Canberra Olympic FC is an Australian semi-professional Association football club based in the suburb of O'Connor in the north of Canberra, Au ...
(born 1984), Australian footballer
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Clan Macpherson
Clan Macpherson (, ) is a Highland Scottish clan and a member of the Chattan Confederation.
History
Origins
The Scottish Gaelic surname for Macpherson is ''Mac a' Phearsain'' which means ''son of the parson''. The Celtic church allowed priest ...
, a Scottish clan, part of the larger
Clan Chattan
Clan Chattan ( gd, Na Catanaich or gd, Clann Chatain) is a unique confederation of Highland clans. The clan is distinctive in highland clan history in that it was acknowledged to be a community or confederation, of twelve separate Scottish cla ...
Federation
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Cattanach v Melchior, an Australian court case
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