Cormack is a surname derived from the Irish given name "
Cormac
Cormac is a masculine given name in the Irish and English languages. The name is ancient in the Irish language and is also seen in the rendered Old Norse as ''Kormákr''.
Mac is Irish for "son", and can be used as either a prefix or a suffix. ...
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Science
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Allan McLeod Cormack
Allan MacLeod Cormack (February 23, 1924 – May 7, 1998) was a South African American physicist who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (along with Godfrey Hounsfield) for his work on X-ray computed tomography (CT).
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, South African-American Nobel prize winner as co-inventor of
Computed tomography
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Gordon Cormack, Canadian computer scientist and co-inventor of the
DMC data compression algorithm
Film
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Bartlett Cormack
Edward Bartlett Cormack (March 19, 1898 – September 16, 1942) was an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and producer best known for his 1927 Broadway play ''The Racket'', and for working with Howard Hughes and Cecil B. DeMille on sev ...
, American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and producer
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Danielle Cormack
Danielle Cormack (born 26 December 1970) is a New Zealand stage and screen actress. She was one of the original cast members of the long-running soap opera '' Shortland Street'', though she is also known for her role as the Amazon Ephiny in th ...
, New Zealand actress
Literature
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Patrick Cormack
Patrick Thomas Cormack, Baron Cormack, (born 18 May 1939) is a British politician, historian, journalist and author. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 40 years, from 1970 to 2010. Cormack is a member of the Conservative Party and i ...
, English politician and writer
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William Cormack, Scottish-Canadian explorer and author
Other fields
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Arthur Cormack, Scottish Gaelic singer and musician
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Christian Cormack, British rowing cox
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Graham Cormack, Scottish curler
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Joe Cormack
Joe Cormack (born 30 August 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and Fitzroy in the Victorian/Australia Football League (VFL/AFL).
West Coast recruited Cormack from Swan Districts, where he had p ...
, former Australian rules footballer
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John Cormack
John Cormack (born 1964) is an Irish retired hurler. His league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team lasted the 1988-89 season.
Born in Loughmore, County Tipperary, Cormack came to prominence as a hurler and Gaelic footb ...
, Irish sportsman
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Karen Mac Cormack, British/Canadian experimental poet
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Lesley Cormack (born 1957), Canadian historian of mathematics and historian of geography
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Magnus Cormack
Sir Magnus Cameron Cormack Order of the British Empire, KBE (12 February 1906 – 26 November 1994) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party and served multiple terms as a Australian Senate, ...
, Scottish-born Australian politician
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Paul Cormack, former English cricketer
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Peter Cormack
Peter Barr Cormack (born 17 July 1946) is a Scottish former international football player and manager. His greatest success was with Liverpool in the early 1970s, for whom he played 178 times, winning two league championships, one FA Cup and t ...
, Scottish footballer
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Peter McKenzie Cormack, crew member of the SS Sauternes
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Robert Cormack, British academic
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Robin Cormack
Robin Sinclair Cormack, FSA (born 27 September 1938) is a British classicist and art historian, specialising in Byzantine art. He was Professor in the History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, 1991–2004.
Mary Career
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, British classicist and art historian.
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Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim
McCormac
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Carmack Carmack is a surname derived from the Irish given name " Cormac". Notable people with the surname include:
* Adrian Carmack (born 1969), game artist, cofounder of id Software
* Chris Carmack (born 1980), American actor
*Edward W. Carmack (1858–19 ...
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McCormack
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