MacCready
MacCready is a Scottish version of the Gaelic surname McCready, McCreadie or McCredie. Notable people with the surname include: * Derek MacCready (born 1967), Canadian football league player * Paul MacCready (born 1925), American aerospace engineer and champion glider pilot ** 24643 MacCready, a Mars-crossing asteroid, named after Paul MacCready See also * * Gwyn Cready Gwyn Cready (born January 17, 1962) is an American author of romance novels. Biography Personal life Cready was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended Mt. Lebanon High School, where she became close friends with novelist Teri Coyne and ...

Paul MacCready
Paul B. MacCready Jr. (September 25, 1925 – August 28, 2007) was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the designer of the human-powered aircraft that won the first Kremer prize. He devoted his life to developing more efficient transportation vehicles that could "do more with less". Early life and education Born in New Haven, Connecticut to a medical family, MacCready was an inventor from an early age and won a national contest building a model flying machine at the age of 15. "I was always the smallest kid in the class ... by a good bit, and was not especially coordinated, and certainly not the athlete type, who enjoyed running around outside, and was socially kind of immature, not the comfortable leader, teenager type. And so, when I began getting into model airplanes, and getting into contests and creating new things, I probably got more psychological benefit from that than I would have from some of the other typical school things." Mac ...
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Derek MacCready
Derek MacCready (born May 4, 1967 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former Canadian Football League defensive tackle A defensive tackle (DT) is a position in American football that will typically line up on the line of scrimmage, opposite one of the offensive guards, however he may also line up opposite one of the tackles. Defensive tackles are typically the la ... who played eleven seasons for four teams from 1989 to 1999. References 1967 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people BC Lions players Canadian football defensive linemen Edmonton Elks players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Ohio State Buckeyes football players Ottawa Rough Riders players Players of Canadian football from Quebec Canadian football people from Montreal {{Canadianfootball-defensive-lineman-stub ...
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McCready
McCready is an Irish and Scottish surname. It is the Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Riada "son of Riada", a personal name meaning "trained" and "expert". McCready is a variant of McCreadie; other variants are MacCready and McCredie. People with the surname include: * Allan McCready (1916–2003), New Zealand politician * Benjamin McCready (born 1951), American portrait painter * Chris McCready (born 1981), English footballer * Connie McCready (1921–2000), American politician * Esther McCready (1931–2020), American nurse * George McCready Price (1870–1963), Canadian creationist * Keith McCready (born 1957), American professional pool player * Kevin F. McCready (1957–2004), American clinical psychologist * Lauren S. McCready (1915–2007), Rear Admiral and founder of the United States Merchant Marine Academy * Mike McCready (other), or Michael McCready, multiple people * Mindy McCready (1975–2013), American country music artist * Niall McCready, Irish Gael ...
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McCreadie
McCreadie is a Scottish surname; along with MacCready and McCredie it is a variant of the Irish McCready. It is uncommon as a given name. People with the surname include: * Andrew McCreadie (1870–), Scottish footballer * Drew McCreadie (born 1967), Canadian actor, playwright and improviser * Eddie McCreadie (born 1940), Scottish footballer and manager * Fergus McCreadie (born 1997), Scottish jazz pianist * Harvey McCreadie (1942–2008), Scottish footballer * Hugh McCreadie (1874–), Scottish footballer * Michael McCreadie Michael McCreadie (born 16 March 1946, in Glasgow) is a Paralympian with successes in lawn bowls and wheelchair curling. He made his debut at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg as a swimmer. He won two bronze medals in lawn bowls at the 19 ... (born 1946), Scottish Paralympic athlete * Tim McCreadie (born 1974), American dirt modified racing driver References

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McCredie (other)
McCredie may refer to: People * Colin McCredie (born 1972), Scottish actor * George McCredie (1859–1903), Australian politician * Malcolm McCredie (born 1942), Australian cyclist * Nancy McCredie (1945–2021), Canadian athlete * Nellie McCredie (1901–1968), Australian architect and potter * Walt McCredie (1876–1934), American baseball player * William Wallace McCredie (1862–1935), American politician Places * McCredie Springs, Lane County, Oregon, U.S. * McCredie Township, Callaway County, Missouri, U.S. See also * MacCready, a surname * McCreadie, a surname * McCready, a surname * ''R v McCredie ''R v McCredie'' 000 Triple zero, Triple Zero, Zero Zero Zero, Triple 0, Triple-0, 000, or 0-0-0 may refer to: * 000 (emergency telephone number), the Australian emergency telephone number * "Triple Zero", a song by AFI (band), AFI from ''Shut ...