MacLean, also spelt McLean, 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 ...
Gaelic
Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to:
Languages
* Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...
surname (Mac Gille Eathain, or, Mac Giolla Eóin in
Irish Gaelic
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigeno ...
), Eóin being a Gaelic form of
Johannes
Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as " John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Y ...
(
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
). The clan surname is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic "Mac Gille Eathain", 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 ...
meaning "son of Gillean". Gillean means "the Servant of
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named for Gilleathain na Tuaidh, known as "Gillian of the Battleaxe", a famous 5th century warrior.
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Eachan Reaganach and his brother Lachlan were descended from Gilleathain na Tuaidh, and are the progenitors of the clan. The family grew very powerful throughout the Hebrides and Scottish Highlands, Highlands] through alliances with the Catholic Church in Scotland in the 9th century, the MacDonald (name), MacDonalds in the 13th century, and the MacKays
M&Co Trading Limited, trading as M&Co.) is a Scottish online retailer and former high street chain store selling women's, men's, and children's clothes, as well as small homeware products. Its head office is in Inchinnan, Scotland, though i ...
and 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 ...
s in the 16th century. Other spellings of the name include McClean, MacLaine, McLaine, McLain, MacLane, and many others.[
]Duart Castle
Duart Castle, or ''Caisteal Dhubhairt'' in Scottish Gaelic, is a castle on the Isle of Mull, beside the Sound of Mull off the west coast of Scotland, within the council area of Argyll and Bute. The castle dates back to the 13th century and i ...
is the seat of Clan MacLean
Clan Maclean (; Scottish Gaelic: ' ) is a Scottish Highlands, Highlands Scottish clan. They are one of the oldest clans in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands and owned large tracts of land in Argyll as well as the Inner Hebrides. Many early Macle ...
.
McLean
* Aaron McLean
Aaron McLean (born 25 May 1983) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a striker. At international level he gained five caps for the England C team during his time in non-league.
McLean began his senior career with Leyt ...
(born 1983), English professional footballer
* Adam McLean
Adam McLean (born 7 March 1948 in Glasgow) is a Scottish writer on alchemical texts and symbolism. In 1978 he founded the '' Hermetic Journal'' which he published until 1992 during which time he also started publishing the ''Magnum Opus Hermet ...
, Scottish authority on alchemical texts and symbolism
* Agnes McLean
Agnes McLean (4 December 1918 – 25 April 1994) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician.
Born in the Ibrox area of Glasgow, (1918–1994), Scottish trade unionist and politician
* AJ McLean
Alexander James McLean (born January 9, 1978) is an American singer. He is a founding member of the pop vocal group Backstreet Boys.
Early life
McLean was born on January 9, 1978, in West Palm Beach, Florida, to Denise (née Fernandez, now ...
(born 1978), American musician and singer
* Al McLean (politician)
Allan Kenneth McLean (March 20, 1937 – November 20, 2024) was a Canadian politician in Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1999 who represented the riding of Simcoe East. He ...
(born 1937), Canadian politician from Ontario
* Alan McLean (New Zealand cricketer)
Alan McLean (26 September 1911 – 12 August 2003) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington in the 1947-48 season.
A solid middle-order batsman and an accurate medium-pace bowler who was able to move the ball s ...
(1911–2003), New Zealand cricketer
* Alex McLean
Alex McLean (born 1975) is a British musician and researcher. He is notable for his key role in developing live coding as a musical practice,
including for creating TidalCycles, a live-coding environment that allows programmer musicians ...
(born 1975), British musician and software researcher
* Allan McLean (Australian politician)
Allan McLean (3 February 1840 – 13 July 1911) was an Australian politician who served as the 19th Premier of Victoria, in office from 1899 to 1900. He was later elected to federal parliament, where he served as a government minister under G ...
(1840–1911), Premier of Victoria 1899–1900, Gippsland's first Federal representative 1901–1906
* Allan McLean (outlaw) (1855–1881), Canadian outlaw and son of Donald McLean, fur trader and explorer
* Andrea McLean, British weather forecaster and television personality
* Angela McLean (biologist), University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...
Professor of Mathematical Biology
* Angela McLean, Lieutenant-Governor of Montana (2014–16)
* Archibald McLean (disambiguation), various
* Bethany McLean
Bethany Lee McLean (born December 12, 1970) is an American journalist and contributing editor for '' Vanity Fair'' magazine. She is known for her writing on the Enron scandal and the 2008 financial crisis. Previous assignments include editor-at-l ...
, business writer for ''Vanity Fair'' magazine; formerly ''Fortune'' magazine; well known for her work in uncovering the Enron scandal
* Bill McLean (1918–1996), Australian soldier and rugby union player, Wallabies captain
* Bitty McLean
Delroy Easton "Bitty" McLean (born 8 August 1972) is a British reggae, lovers' rock and ragga singer. He is best known for his three UK Top 10 hits in 1993 and 1994, including his debut offering " It Keeps Rainin' (Tears from My Eyes)".
Caree ...
, British/Jamaican reggae singer
* Bruce McLean
Bruce McLean (born 1944) is a Scottish sculptor, performance artist and painter.
McLean was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1961 to 1963, and at Saint Martin's School of Art, London, from 1963 to 1966. At Saint Martin ...
, Scottish artist
* Brian McLean (disambiguation) Brian McLean (born 1985) is a Scottish footballer.
Brian or Bryan M(a)cLean may also refer to:
* Brian McLean (rugby union), rugby union coach
* Brian McLean (visual effects artist) (born 1977), American special effects person
* Bryan MacLean ...
, various
* Bryan McLean (1946–1998), American rock musician
* Daniel McLean (disambiguation), various
* David McLean (disambiguation), various
* David McLean (businessman) (born 1938), founder of the McLean Group of Companies
* Derek McLean (1932–2025), English footballer
* Des McLean, Scottish stand-up comedian, actor and presenter
* Dominique "SonicFox" McLean (born 1991), American esports player
* Don McLean
Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail", he is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie (song), American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minut ...
(born 1945), American singer and songwriter
* Donald McLean (fur trader)
Donald McLean (1805 – July 17, 1864), also known as Samadlin, a First Nations adaptation of Sieur McLean, was a Scottish fur trader and explorer for the Hudson's Bay Company and who later became a cattle rancher near Cache Creek in British Co ...
(1805–1864), Hudson's Bay Company fur trader and explorer, father of outlaw Allan McLean
* Donald McLean (New Zealand politician) (1820–1877), New Zealand politician and government official
* Donald McLean (pastoralist)
Donald McLean (1780 – 11 October 1855) was a Scottish-born Australian pastoralist.
History
McLean, a Scotsman from Duisky, near Blaich, Ardgour, Argyleshire, was in July 1837 an early investor with the South Australian Company; for his ...
(1780–1855) pioneer wheat farmer of South Australia
* Doug McLean, Jr. (1912–1961), Australian rugby union and rugby league player
* Doug McLean, Sr. (1880–1947), Australian rugby union and rugby league player
* Edward Beale McLean (1889–1941), American newspaper publisher, ''Washington Post''
* Emily Nelson Ritchie McLean (1859–1916), American civic leader
* Ernest McLean (1926–2012), American R&B guitarist
* Ernie McLean (politician), Canadian politician
* Errol McLean (born 1952), Guyanese cyclist
* Evalyn Walsh McLean
Evalyn McLean ( Walsh; August 1, 1886 – April 26, 1947) was an American mining heiress and socialite, famous for reputedly being an owner of the Hope Diamond (which was bought in 1911 for US$180,000 from Pierre Cartier), as well as another f ...
(1886–1947), American Washington socialite, wife of Edward Beale McLean
* George F. McLean (1929–2016), American philosopher
* George P. McLean (1857–1932), American politician
* Gloria Hatrick McLean (1918–1994), wife of American actor Jimmy Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military aviator. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morali ...
* G. S. McLean, founder and long-time past President of Full Gospel Bible Institute (now Eston College), pastor, lecturer and writer
* Ian McLean (1929–1965), Australian rules footballer
* Ian McLean (politician) (born 1934), New Zealand politician
* Jamel McLean
Jamel McLean (born April 18, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Kumamoto Volters of the B.League. Standing at , he plays at the power forward and center positions.
Professional career
After failing to get drafted at the ...
(born 1988), American basketball player
* John McLean
John McLean (March 11, 1785 – April 4, 1861) was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice of the Ohio and United States Supreme Courts. He was often discu ...
(1785–1861), American politician and jurist from Ohio
* John McLean (disambiguation), other people named John McLean
* Jackie McLean
John Lenwood McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator. He is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their death.
Bio ...
(1931–2006), American jazz musician
* James "Buddy" McLean, Irish-American gangster
* James Hamilton McLean
James Hamilton McLean (17 June 1936 – 11 November 2016) was an American malacologist (a biologist who studies mollusks). He specialized in marine gastropods. He worked on many families of Eastern Pacific gastropods including the Fissurellidae, T ...
(1936–2016), American malacologist
* Jason C. McLean (born 1977), Canadian stage actor
* Jim McLean
James Yuille McLean (2 August 1937 – 26 December 2020) was a Scottish football player, manager and director. He managed Dundee United between 1971 and 1993, becoming the longest-serving and most successful manager in the club's history, winni ...
(1937–2020), Scottish football player and manager
* Jock McLean (1908–1988), Scottish footballer
* John McLean
John McLean (March 11, 1785 – April 4, 1861) was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice of the Ohio and United States Supreme Courts. He was often discu ...
(1785–1861), American politician and jurist from Ohio
* John McLean (Illinois politician) (1791–1830), American politician from Illinois
* Kenny McLean (born 1992), Scottish footballer
* Kirk McLean
Kirk Alan McLean (born June 26, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and New York Rangers. ...
(born 1966), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Lachlan McLean (news anchor)
Lachlan McLean is a news anchor for Spectrum News 1, a 24-hour cable news network serving the state of Kentucky. He has been the primary 5:00pm anchor since the network debuted in November 2018.
He formerly hosted "The Midday Rush" sports talk ra ...
(born 1968), American radio broadcaster
* Lachlan McLean (footballer)
Lachlan McLean (born 28 March 1996) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a forward.
Career College
McLean began his collegiate career in 2016, moving to the United States to pursue a professional career after failing to secure a ...
(born 1996), Australian former soccer player
* Lenny McLean
Leonard John McLean (9 April 1949 – 28 July 1998) was an English unlicensed boxer, bouncer, bodyguard, businessman and actor. He was known as "The Guv'nor", "the King of the Cobbles" and "the hardest man in Britain".
McLean's pugilist re ...
a.k.a. “Guv'nor” (1949–1998), English weightlifter and boxer
* Luke McLean (born 1987), Australian-born Italian rugby union player
* Mable Parker McLean (1922–2012), American academic administrator
* Malcom McLean (1914–2001), inventor of containerized shipping
* McLean (singer) (born 1980), Anthony McLean a British singer previously known as Digga.
* McLean Stevenson
Edgar McLean Stevenson Jr. (November 14, 1927 – February 15, 1996) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake in the television series '' M*A*S*H'', which earned him a Golden Globe Awa ...
(1929–1996), American actor
* Martha McLean, local activist
* Margaret McLean (1845–1923), Australian women's rights advocate
* Matt McLean
Matthew McLean (born May 13, 1988) is an American competition swimmer who has been a member of several winning U.S. teams in freestyle relay events. He was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and earned a gold medal as a member o ...
, American swimmer
* Matt McLean (racing driver), racing driver
* Matty McLean (born 1986), New Zealand television presenter
* Max McLean (born 1953), stage actor, writer, and producer
* Michelle McLean (contemporary), Namibian woman crowned Miss Universe in 1992
* Motto McLean
Emmanuel Hall Roberts "Motto" McLean (December 26, 1925 – July 10, 2019) was a Canadian professional hockey player who played for the Omaha Knights and Fort Worth Rangers in the United States Hockey League. He also played for the St. Louis Fl ...
(1925–2019), Canadian ice hockey player
* Nathaniel McLean (1815–1905), Union Army Civil War general
* Nixon McLean
Nixon Alexei McNamara McLean (born 20 July 1973) is a West Indian cricketer from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He featured in the role of a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played both Tests and ODIs for the West Indies. McLean also featured ...
(born 1973), West Indian cricketer
* Paul McLean (rugby union) (born 1953), Australian rugby union player and rugby union administrator
* Ray (Scooter) McLean, head coach of the Green Bay Packers football team in 1958
* Roderick McLean (19th century), Scottish poet who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria
* Samuel McLean (U.S. Consul)
Samuel McLean (September 12, 1797 – March 19, 1881), was a United States Consul for Trinidad de Cuba from 1849 through 1855. He was appointed at Missouri.
Family
He married Susan Wilson Smoot of the prominent Smoot Family of Alexandria. ...
, U.S. Consul for Trinidad de Cuba; 1849–1853, born 1797 in Alexandria, Virginia
* Samuel McLean (congressman)
Samuel McLean (August 7, 1826 – July 16, 1877) was an American politician who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867.
McLean was born at Summit Hill, Pennsylvania. He attended the schools of Wyomi ...
, Congressman for Montana, born 1826 in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania
* Samuel McLean (Canadian politician), politician of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador
* Sara McLean, former Miss Scotland 2011 runner-up and '' Big Brother 2012'' housemate
* Stuart or Stewart McLean, various
* Tim McLean (1985–2008), Canadian murder victim
* Tommy McLean
Thomas McLean Jr. (born 2 June 1947) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. McLean played for Kilmarnock, Rangers and Scotland as a midfielder. He managed Morton, Motherwell, Hearts, Raith Rovers and Dundee United.
E ...
(born 1947), Scottish football player and manager
* Tre McLean (born 1993), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...
* Walter McLean
Walter Franklin McLean, (born April 26, 1936) is a former Canadian politician.
Born in Leamington, Ontario, he grew up in Victoria British Columbia, the son of James Walter Lewis McLean (1905–1998), a Presbyterian minister, and Frances D. B ...
(born 1936), Canadian clergyman and politician from British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario
* William B. McLean (1914–1976), United States Navy physicist, conceived and developed the heat-seeking Sidewinder missile
* Wilmer McLean
Wilmer McLean (May 3, 1814 – June 5, 1882) was an American wholesale grocer from Virginia. His house, near Manassas, Virginia, was involved in the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. After the battle, he moved to Appomattox, Virginia, to escape t ...
(1814–1882), American farmer in whose house the American Civil war ended in 1865
MacLean
* Alex MacLean (born 1947), American photographic artist
* Alick Maclean (1872–1936), English composer
* Alistair MacLean
Alistair Stuart MacLean (; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. Many of his novels have been adapted to film, most notably '' The Guns of Navarone'' (1957) and '' Ice Sta ...
(1922–1987), Scottish novelist
* Allan Maclean of Torloisk, officer in the British Army responsible for Canada not taken over by rebels during the American War of Independence
* Alejandro Maclean
Alejandro "Álex" Maclean (6 August 1969 – 17 August 2010) was a Spanish TV film producer and aerobatics pilot, who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship under the number 36. Maclean was nicknamed "The Flying Matador".
Maclean, ...
, Spanish film producer and aerobatics pilot
* Alison Maclean
Alison Maclean (born July 31, 1958) is a Canadian-New Zealand film director of music videos, short films, television (episodes of ''Sex and the City'', ''The Tudors'', '' Homicide: Life on the Street''), commercials and feature films. Her works i ...
, Canadian film director of music videos
* Andrew Dyas MacLean (1896–1971), Canadian naval officer and publisher
* Angus MacLean (1915–2000), Canadian politician, former Premier of Prince Edward Island
* Archer Maclean
Archer Donald Maclean (28 January 1962 – 17 December 2022) was a British video game programmer. He was the author of '' Dropzone'' which he developed for the Atari 8-bit computers and was ported to other systems. Maclean also developed the Com ...
(contemporary), British computer games programmer
* Archibald MacLean, British Army and Royal Air Force officer
* Billy Joe MacLean (1936–2025), Canadian politician
* Bonnie MacLean, American artist
* Brett MacLean (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
* Bryan MacLean (1946–1998), American singer, guitarist and songwriter
* Calum Maclean (folklorist)
Calum Iain Maclean (Scottish Gaelic: ''Calum Iain MacGillEathain''; 6 September 1915 – 17 August 1960), was a Scotland, Scottish Folklore, folklorist, collector, Ethnography, ethnographer and author.
Early life
Maclean was born in Òsga ...
(1915–1960), Scottish folklorist, collector, ethnographer and author
* Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean of Duart, Baron Maclean (1916–1990), Scottish nobleman, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II 1971–1984
* Craig MacLean
Craig MacLean MBE (Grantown-on-Spey, July 31, 1971) is a Scottish track cyclist who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a silver medal in the ...
(born 1971), Scottish track cyclist
* Danielle MacLean (fl.1990s–present), Australian filmmaker
* David Maclean
David John Maclean, Baron Blencathra, (born 16 May 1953) is a Conservative Party life peer. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border from 1983 to 2010.
Early and later life
Born in Scotland, Maclean was educated at ...
(born 1953), English politician from Penrith and The Border
* Don Maclean (comedian) (born 1944), British comedian and television host
* Don MacLean (basketball)
Donald James MacLean (born January 16, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, and became the all-time scoring leader ...
(born 1970), American basketball player and broadcaster
* Sir Donald Maclean (British politician)
Sir Donald Maclean (9 January 1864 – 15 June 1932) was a British Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Leader of the Opposition between 1918 and 1920 and served in the Cabinet of Ramsay MacDonald's National Government as ...
(1864–1932), English politician
* Donald Maclean (spy)
Donald Duart Maclean (; 25 May 1913 – 6 March 1983) was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent who participated in the Cambridge Five spy ring. After being recruited by a Soviet agent as an undergraduate student, Maclean entered the civi ...
(1913–1983), British intelligence agent and spy for the Soviet Union during WWII
* Doug MacLean
James Douglas MacLean (born April 12, 1954) is a Canadian sportscaster working for Rogers Media's Sportsnet and former ice hockey coach and general manager. He is the former president/general manager and head coach of the National Hockey League ...
(born 1954), Canadian sportscaster and former head coach and general manager
* Dougie MacLean (born 1954), Scottish singer-songwriter
* Douglas MacLean
Charles Douglas MacLean (January 10, 1890 – July 9, 1967) was an American stage and silent film actor who later worked as a producer and screenwriter in the sound era.
Early life and stage career
Born in Philadelphia, MacLean was educated at ...
(1890–1967), American silent motion picture actor, producer, and writer
* Edwin L. MacLean (1890–1968), American politician and lawyer
* Eileen MacLean (1949–1996), American educator and politician
* Every Maclean
Every Maclean was a 19th-century New Zealand politician.
Maclean was elected to Auckland Provincial Council
The Auckland Province was a Provinces of New Zealand, province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government ...
(fl. 1870s), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
The New Zealand Legislative Council () was the upper house of the General Assembly of New Zealand between 1853 and 1951. An earlier arrangement of New Zealand Legislative Council (1841–1853), legislative councils for the colony and provinces ...
* Sir Ewen Maclean, professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
* Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet
Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean, 1st Baronet (11 March 1911 – 15 June 1996), was a British Army officer, writer and politician. A Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) from 1941 to 1974 Maclean was one of only two soldiers who during the Second Wor ...
(1911–1996), Scottish diplomat, adventurer, writer, and politician
* Sir George Maclean, (1795–1861), Commissary General in the British Army.
* George Maclean (1801–1847), Governor of Gold Coast
* Harry Aubrey de Maclean (1848–1920), (Kaïd, General Sir), soldier and instructor to the Moroccan army
* Hector MacLean (disambiguation) Hector MacLean may refer to:
Clan Chiefs
Many chiefs of Clan Maclean have been called Hector or Eachann, including:
* Red Hector of the Battles Maclean (1368–1411), 6th Clan Chief, killed at the Battle of Harlaw, also known as "Red Hector"
* Hect ...
* Hector Lachlan Stewart MacLean (1871–1897), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
* James Mackenzie Maclean (1835–1906), Welsh politician
* Jill MacLean (born 1941), English-Canadian author
* John Duncan MacLean (1873–1948), Canadian politician, Premier of British Columbia 1927–1928
* John Maclean MA
John Maclean (24 August 1879 – 30 November 1923) was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era. He was notable for his outspoken opposition to World War I, which caused his arrest under the Defence of the ...
(1879–1923), Scottish politician
* John Frederick MacLean (1921–1973) American sports broadcaster
* John MacLean (ice hockey)
John Carter MacLean (born November 20, 1964) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He most recently served as the assistant coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent the majority of hi ...
(born 1964), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* John Norman Maclean (contemporary), American author
* The Juan MacLean, American electronic musician
* Karon MacLean, American and Canadian computer scientist and mechanical engineer
* Katherine MacLean (1925–2019), American science fiction author
* Kenny MacLean
Kenneth Irving MacLean (January 9, 1956 – November 24, 2008) was a Scottish-Canadian musician, best known as a member of the multi-platinum selling band Platinum Blonde.
Biography
MacLean was born in Glasgow on January 9, 1956.
Musical c ...
(1956–2008), Scottish-Canadian musician
* Kirsty Maclean (born 2005), Scottish footballer
* Malcolm Alexander MacLean (1842–1895), Canadian politician, Mayor of Vancouver, BC 1886–1887
* MacLean & MacLean, a comedy/parody duo in Canada
* Melinda MacLean (born 1946), Canadian politician
* Nancy MacLean
Nancy K. MacLean (born 1959) is an American historian. She is the William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University. MacLean's research focuses on race, gender, labor history and social movements in 20th-century U.S. hist ...
(born 1959), American historian
* Natalie MacLean, Canadian wine writer
* Neil Maclean (politician) (1875–1953), Scottish politician
* Norman Maclean
Norman Fitzroy Maclean (December 23, 1902August 2, 1990) was an American professor at the University of Chicago who, following his retirement, became a major figure in American literature. Maclean is best known for his Hemingwayesque writing, h ...
(1902–1990), American novelist and academic
* Norman Hector Mackinnon Maclean (Tormod MacGill-Eain) (1936–2017), Scottish Gaelic comedian, novelist, poet, musician and broadcaster.
* Paul MacLean (ice hockey) (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player
* Paul D. MacLean (1913–2007), American physician and brain scientist
* Rachel Maclean, a Scottish multi-media artist
* Rachel Maclean (born 1965), UK politician
* Ranald MacLean (born 1938), Scottish judge
* Robert MacLean (born 1970), American Air Force, Border Patrol, and Federal Air Marshal Service veteran
* Rob MacLean
Robin "Rob" MacLean (born 1958 in Invergordon) is a Scottish television presenter, football commentator and sports writer. He currently works for BBC Scotland and TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom), TNT Sports.
MacLean began his career with the Highla ...
(born 1958), Scottish television presenter, football commentator and sports writer
* Ronald MacLean Abaroa (born 1949), Bolivian politician
* Ron MacLean
Ronald Joseph Corbett MacLean (born April 12, 1960) is a Canadian sportscaster for the CBC and Rogers Media, best known as the host of ''Hockey Night in Canada'' from 1986 to 2014 and again since 2016. MacLean is also a former hockey referee.
...
(born 1960), Canadian sportscaster
* Rory MacLean
Rory MacLean Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, FRSL (born 5 November 1954) is a Great Britain, British-Canadian historian and travel writer who lives and works in Berlin and the United Kingdom. His best known works are ''Stalin’s Nose'' ...
(born 1954), Canadian and British author
* Sarah Jean Munro Maclean (1873–1952), Canadian painter
* Sorley MacLean
Sorley MacLean (; 26 October 1911 – 24 November 1996) was a Scottish Gaelic poet, described by the Scottish Poetry Library as "one of the major Scottish poets of the modern era" because of his "mastery of his chosen medium and his engagement ...
(1911–1996), Scottish Scots Gaelic poet
* Steven MacLean (disambiguation), various
** Steven MacLean (astronaut)
Steven Glenwood MacLean (born December 14, 1954) is a retired Canadian Canadian astronaut, astronaut. He was the president of the Canadian Space Agency, from September 1, 2008, to February 1, 2013.
He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and is married ...
(born 1954), Canadian astronaut
** Steve MacLean (footballer) (born 1982), retired Scottish footballer and current first team coach at St. Johnstone
* Tara MacLean
Tara Margaret Charity MacLean (born October 25, 1973) is a Canadian musician, singer, and composer.
Her songs as a solo artist include "Evidence", "If I Fall (Tara MacLean song), If I Fall", and a cover of the Christmas song "Light of the Stabl ...
(born 1973), Canadian singer and songwriter
* Veronica Maclean (1920–2005), British food writer and hotelier
* Vince MacLean (born 1944), Canadian politician and former Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
McClean
* James McClean (born 1989), Irish footballer
Maclean Feudal
Barons in Scotland
In Scotland, "baron" or "baroness" is a rank of the ancient nobility of the Baronage of Scotland, a hereditary Imperial, royal and noble ranks, title of honour, and refers to the holder of a barony, erected into a free barony by Crown Charter, ...
* The Honorable Sir Lachlan Maclean of Duart Baron of Duart
* Sir Charles Edward Maclean of Dunconnel Bt, 2nd Baronet of Strachur and Glensluain, Baron Strachur, and 16th Hereditary Keeper and Captain of Dunconnel in the Isles of The Sea
* Lorne Gillean Ian Mclaine of Lochbuie Baron of Moy
* Malcolm Fraser Maclean of Kingairloch Baron of Kingairloch
* Kenneth Lee MacLean Baron of Denboig
* David Ian Mclean Baron of Preston
Maclean Life Peers
* Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean
* David Maclean
David John Maclean, Baron Blencathra, (born 16 May 1953) is a Conservative Party life peer. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border from 1983 to 2010.
Early and later life
Born in Scotland, Maclean was educated at ...
, Baron Blencathra
Fictional characters
* Chris McLean, host of the ''Total Drama
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'' series
* Lord Maclean, a character in "The Revenge of Hamish", a poem by Sydney Lanier
* Tristan McLean, the mortal father of Piper McLean created by Rick Riordan
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.
* Will McLean, narrator in the 1980 novel ''The Lords of Discipline'' by Pat Conroy
* Piper McLean, a character in Rick Riordan's ''The Heroes of Olympus'' series. She is a demigod daughter of Aphrodite
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and Tristan McLean.
* Lucy MacLean, a protagonist of the Fallout TV series, where she portrays a vault dweller in search of her father Hank MacLean.
* Hank MacLean, a character in the Fallout TV Series, Lucy MacLean's father and the Overseer of Vault 33.
See also
* Clan Maclean
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* Maclean baronets
* John McClane
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, fictional character
* MacLaine surnames
* McLaine surnames
* McLain surnames
* MacLane surnames
References
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English-language surnames
Surnames of Scottish origin
Surnames of Irish origin