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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 ...
'', which is in turn a
patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...
form of the Gaelic personal name '' Lachlann''. Notable people with the surname include:


McLachlan

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Alexander McLachlan (politician) Alexander John McLachlan (2 November 1872 – 28 May 1956) was an Australian politician. He served as a Senator for South Australia from 1926 to 1944, representing the Nationalist Party and United Australia Party. He held ministerial office in ...
(1872–1956), Australian senator *
Alexander McLachlan (poet) Alexander McLachlan (1818–1896) was a Scottish-born Canadian poet who was active in the mid-nineteenth century and wrote in both Scottish dialect and poetic convention of the homesickness of Scottish immigrants to Canada. Both his contemporar ...
(1818–1896), Scottish-born Canadian poet *
Andrew McLachlan Andrew Lockhart McLachlan (born 14 January 1966) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since 6 February 2020, representing the Liberal Party of Australia. He was previously a member of the South Australian Leg ...
(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 former professional tennis player who previously represented New Zealand. He is a doubles specialist with a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 18, ...
(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 o ...
(born 1965), Australian actor and singer * Ed McLachlan (1940–2024), English cartoonist and illustrator *
George McLachlan George Hardie McLachlan (21 September 1901 – September 1964) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager. He played for a number of amateur sides as a youth but began his professional career with Clyde in the Scottish Football League. ...
(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), multiple people * Jimmy McLachlan, Scottish footballer * John McLachlan (disambiguation), multiple people * Jon McLachlan (1949–2024), New Zealand rugby union player *
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 p ...
(1866–1953), Scottish Benedictine nun *
Mark McLachlan Mark McLachlan (born February 27, 1990) is a product and game designer. Mark has designed and released products under the scope of the product design and game publishing studio Antsy Labs. In collaboration with his brother, Matthew McLachlan, Mark ...
(born 1990), American product & game designer * Michael A. McLachlan (born 1958), American politician * Mike McLachlan (1946–2021), American politician * Robert McLachlan (disambiguation), multiple people *
Roger McLachlan Roger McLachlan (15 January 1954 – 16 April 2025) was a New Zealand bass guitarist based in Australia. He was an early bass player for Little River Band. Early life McLachlan was born on 15 January 1954 in the small town of Riverton, near In ...
(1954–2025), New Zealand bass guitarist based in Australia *
Sarah McLachlan Sarah Ann McLachlan (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 (album), Surfacing'' (1997), for which she won two G ...
(born 1968), Canadian musician *
Tanner McLachlan Tanner McLachlan (born March 15, 1999) is a Canadian professional American football, football tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Southern Utah Thunderbirds football, Sou ...
(born 1999), Canadian American football player * Tom McLachlan (1912–1986), Australian rugby league footballer *
Virginia McLachlan Virginia McLachlan (born September 17, 1992) is a Canadian Paralympic sprinter who won 2 bronze medals in women's T35 200 m and 100 m run at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She also won 2 silver medals at 2011 Parapan American Games in ...
(born 1992), Canadian Paralympic sprinter


MacLachlan

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Angus MacLachlan Angus MacLachlan is a playwright and screenwriter known for writing the screenplay for the 2005 film ''Junebug (film), Junebug''. Career MacLachlan graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1980 and lives in Winston-Salem, North ...
(born 1959), playwright and screenwriter * Crawford Maclachlan (1867–1952), British admiral * Ewen MacLachlan (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 Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning role as Dale Cooper in ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991, 2017) and its film prequel '' Twin Peaks: Fire ...
(born 1959), American actor * Malcolm MacLachlan, 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 (1919–1943), British Royal Air Force pilot and flying ace of the Second World War


McLaglen

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Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British-American actor and boxer.Obituary '' Variety'', 11 November 1959, page 79. His film career spanned from the early 1920s through the 1950s, initially ...
(1886–1959), British-born American actor


Clan

* Clan Maclachlan, Scottish clan


Fictional characters

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


See also

* McLachlin (surname) * McLoughlin *
Lachlan (disambiguation) Lachlan may refer to: People * Lachlan (name), masculine name. Places * Several places in New South Wales, Australia, named for Lachlan Macquarie. For a more complete list, see Places named after Macquarie ** Electoral district of Lachlan, an ...
* McLoughlin, for the Irish origins of the name


References

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