McCloud is a Scottish or Irish surname, most likely a variant of

MacLeod MacLeod, McLeod and Macleod ( ) are surnames in the English language. The names are anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic ', meaning "son of Leòd", derived from the Old Norse ''Liótr'' ("ugly"). One of the earliest occurrences of the surnam ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Coyote McCloud William Lehmann (August 31, 1942 – April 6, 2011), better known as Coyote McCloud, was a popular radio disc jockey in Nashville, Tennessee. For more than 30 years, he was a drive-time personality at several Nashville radio stations. He first be ...

(1942–2011), disc jockey in Nashville, Tennessee *

David J. McCloud Lieutenant General David J. McCloud (February 15, 1945 – July 26, 1998) was an American USAF, Air Force lieutenant general. His final assignment was as commander of Alaskan Command, Eleventh Air Force, 11th Air Force, and the Alaskan North Ame ...

(1945–1998), Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force * Demelza McCloud (born 1980), Australian netball player *

George McCloud George Aaron McCloud (born May 27, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player who played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Early life McCloud attended Mainland High School in Daytona Beach and Florid ...

(born 1967), American former professional basketball player *

Jordan McCloud Jordan McCloud (born November 4, 1999) is an American football quarterback. He previously played college football for the South Florida Bulls, Arizona Wildcats, James Madison Dukes, and Texas State Bobcats. Early life and high school McCloud ...

(born 1999), American football player *

Kevin McCloud Kevin McCloud, (born 8 May 1959) is a British designer, writer, and a television presenter. He has presented the Channel 4 series ''Grand Designs'' since its debut in April 1999. Early life Born in Bedfordshire, McCloud and his two brothers, ...

(born 1959), British television presenter * Nick McCloud (born 1998), American football player * Nicole McCloud (born 1958), American singer, also known by her mononym Nicole. Also known as Lillie McCloud, as a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor'' * Ray-Ray McCloud (born 1996), American football player * Ross McCloud (1819–1868), early settler of northern California *

Scott McCloud Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod; June 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist and comics theorist. His non-fiction books about comics, ''Understanding Comics'' (1993), '' Reinventing Comics'' (2000), and '' Making Comics'' (2006), are made in comic ...

(born 1960), American cartoonist *

TJ McCloud TJ McCloud (born August 26, 1980) is an American indie and folk singer-songwriter and missionary. Early career Born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 1980, he lived in Perry, Oklahoma until 1990, then moved with his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where ...

(born 1980), American folk musician * Tyrus McCloud (born 1974), American football player *

Zach McCloud Zachary McCloud (born April 22, 1998) is an American football linebacker. He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes. Early life and high school McCloud attended Santaluces Community High School in Lantana, Florida. Coming out of high ...

(born 1998), American football player

Fictional characters

Fox McCloud is a fictional character and the chief protagonist of Nintendo's ''Star Fox'' series. He is an anthropomorphic red fox created by Shigeru Miyamoto and designed by Takaya Imamura. He was introduced as the sole playable character in the original ...

, protagonist of

Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles. The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi ...

's ''

Star Fox ''Star Fox'' is a rail shooter, space flight simulator, and third person action-adventure video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto and developed and published by Nintendo. The games follow the Star Fox combat team of anthropomorphic a ...

'' series. * Ace McCloud, member of the Centurions

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