Livingstone is a surname and given name. The surname is toponymic. It is one of the habitual surnames eventually adopted by members of the Scottish branch of the Irish Dunleavy ( Gaelic language Duinnshléibhe)/ MacNulty royals, including the ancestors of the African missionary doctor and African explorer David Livingstone. There may be a relationship between the Livingstones and

Clan MacLea The Clan MacLea is a Highland Scottish clan, which was traditionally located in the district of Lorn in Argyll, Scotland, and is seated on the Isle of Lismore. There is a tradition of some MacLeas Anglicising their names to Livingstone, thus t ...

. Note on list of Stuart loyalists massacred at the 1647 Battle of Dunaverty in Kintyre, Scotland, “Of the surnames appearing in the second column the M'onleas were originally M'Dunleas ; the D disappears through euphonistic elision in Gaelic. Although Niall 10th Duke of Argyll, thought it quite possible that their eponymic ancestor was Dunsleve, the son of Aedh Alain, the O'Neill Prince evidence now leads to the conclusion that they are descendants of the Ruaidhri Mac Duinnsleibhe, the last king of Ulidia.”

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Adelaide Livingstone Dame Adelaide Lord Livingstone, DBE ( Stickney; 19 January 1881 – 14 September 1970) was an American-British human rights activist responsible for organising the Peace Ballot in 1934–35 to gauge the British public's sentiment in the winds of u ...

(Dame Adelaide Stickney Lord Livingstone) (died 1970), responsible for organizing the 1934–5 Peace Ballot in the UK *

Alexander Livingstone (Scottish politician) Sir Alexander McKenzie Livingstone (18 October 1880 – 14 September 1950) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. Early years Livingstone was born in Kelvin, Glasgow in October 1880 to Duncan Livingstone and Catherine McKenzie. Political ca ...

Archie Livingstone (footballer, born 1915) Archibald Livingstone (15 November 1915 – 12 August 1961) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Newcastle United, Bury, Southport and Everton as an inside forward or right half A midfielder i ...

(1915–1961), Scottish footballer * Bob Livingstone (1922–2013), American football player * Bobby Livingstone, Scottish footballer * Bruce Livingstone (born 1971), Canadian entrepreneur *

Colin H. Livingstone Colin Hamilton Livingstone (June 3, 1863—February 1, 1943) was an American banker and a president of the Washington and Old Dominion Railway (W&OD RY), the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation in Alexandria, and the Washington and Virginia Real ...

, first president of the Boy Scouts of America * David Livingstone 1813–1873, Scottish missionary explorer of Africa, best-known bearer of the name and namesake of numerous places * David N. Livingstone (born 1953), Professor of Geography and Intellectual History at Queen's University Belfast * Doug Livingstone (1898–1981), Scottish football player * Douglas Livingstone (1932–1996), South African poet * Duncan Livingstone (d. 1964) South African poet who contributed to Scottish Gaelic literature * Eddie Livingstone (1884–1945), Canadian owner and manager of the Toronto Shamrocks and the Toronto Blue Shirts *

Frank Livingstone (bowls) Frank Livingstone (1 August 1886 – 17 August 1966) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player. Bowls career At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney he won the men's singles silver medal. Livingstone died on 17 August 1966 and was buried at Waika ...

, New Zealand lawn bowler * Ian Livingstone (born 1949), English fantasy author * Ian Livingstone (disambiguation), various people *

Ken Livingstone Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born 17 June 1945) is an English politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of London from the creation of the office i ...

(born 1945), former Mayor of London * Liam Livingstone, English cricketer * Margaret Livingstone (born 1950), American neuroscientist and professor at Harvard Medical School * Marilyn Livingstone (born 1952), Scottish Labour politician * Mary Livingstone (Sadye Marks) (1905–1983), American radio comedian, widow and radio partner of Jack Benny * Nicole Livingstone (née Stevenson), Australian swimmer * Paul Livingstone American sitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist * Peadar Livingstone, Irish priest, linguist, and local historian * Richard Winn Livingstone, gave the Rede Lecture in 1944 on ''Plato and modern education'' * Robert Livingstone (born 1967), Canadian businessman * Scott Livingstone (born 1965), former professional baseball player * Sergio Livingstone (1920-2011), former Chilean goalkeeper, nicknamed 'El Sapo' * Sidney Livingstone (born 1945), English actor *

Stacey Livingstone Stacey Livingstone (born 23 January 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Early life and state football Livingstone was born in New South Wales but raised in Queensland. S ...

(born 1988), Australian rules footballer *

Susan Livingstone Susan Morrisey Livingstone (born January 13, 1946, in Carthage, Missouri) is a former Acting U.S. Secretary of the Navy in the George W. Bush administration from January–February 2003. She was the first woman to become Secretary of the Navy in U ...

, American administrator and civil servant * Terasa Livingstone (born 1975), Australian theatre, film and television actress * Joseph Livingstone (1942-2009), English footballer

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* Livingstone Adjin (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer * Livingstone Harris (born 1957), West Indian cricketer * Livingstone Lawrence (born 1962), West Indian cricketer * Livingstone Lusinde (born 1972), Tanzanian politician * Livingstone Sargeant (born 1947), West Indian cricketer * Livingstone Walker (1879–1940), English cricketer

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{{Given name, type=both Scottish toponymic surnames Surnames of Lowland Scottish origin English-language masculine given names

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