MacCready is a Scottish version of the Gaelic surname
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 ...
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McCreadie or
McCredie. Notable people with the surname include:
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Derek MacCready (born 1967), Canadian football league player
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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 dev ...
(born 1925), American aerospace engineer and champion glider pilot
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24643 MacCready, a Mars-crossing asteroid, named after Paul MacCready
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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 ...
(born 1962) U.S. author
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