Mackey is an Irish and Scottish surname. It can also be used as a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Albert Mackey Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert ...

(1807–1881), writer on freemasonry * Amanda Mackey (1951–2022), American casting director *

Bill Mackey Bill Mackey (December 15, 1927 – July 29, 1951) was an American racecar driver. His name at birth was William Christopher Gretsinger, Jr. Mackey was killed while attempting to qualify for an AAA sprint car Sprint cars are high-powered ...

(1927–1951), race car driver *

Biz Mackey James Raleigh "Biz" Mackey (July 27, 1897 – September 22, 1965) was an American catcher and manager in Negro league baseball. He played for the Indianapolis ABCs (1920–1922), New York Lincoln Giants (1920), Hilldale Daisies (1923–1931), ...

(1897–1965), American Negro league baseball player and manager *

Bobby Mackey Robert Randall "Bobby" Mackey (born March 25, 1948) is a traditional country music singer whose career has spanned 40 years. His musical style can be described by his loyalty to Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Buck Owens, Conway Tw ...

, country music singer * Clay Mackey, Washington viticulturist *

Connor Mackey Connor Mackey (born September 12, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Mackey became highly coveted as an undrafted free agent after playing three years of college i ...

(born 1996), American ice hockey player *

Crandal Mackey Crandal Mackey (December 15, 1865 – March 31, 1957), sometimes spelled Crandall, was an American lawyer and newspaper publisher. He served as the commonwealth attorney of Alexandria County, Virginia from 1904 to 1916, and led raids in Rosslyn, ...

(1865–1957), American lawyer and newspaper publisher * Dick Mackey, dogsled racer *

Edmund William McGregor Mackey Edmund William McGregor Mackey (March 8, 1846 – January 27, 1884) was a lawyer, state representstive, and United States Representative from South Carolina. He was a leader in the Republican Party. Life and career Born in Charleston, h ...

(1846–1884), U.S. Representative from South Carolina *

Emma Mackey Emma Margaret Marie Tachard-Mackey (born 4 January 1996) is a French-born British actress. Her breakthrough performance as Maeve Wiley, a sardonic teenager, in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Sex Education'' (2019–present), earned her a Br ...

(born 1996), French-British actress * Gerry Mackey Irish football player (born 1933) *

George Mackey George Whitelaw Mackey (February 1, 1916 – March 15, 2006) was an American mathematician known for his contributions to quantum logic, representation theory, and noncommutative geometry. Career Mackey earned his bachelor of arts at Rice Univer ...

(1916–2006), mathematician *

Greg Mackey Greg "Bluey" Mackey (20 October 1961 – 24 September 2014) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. Mackey played at club level for South Sydney Rabbitohs for three seasons between 1980 and 1983 ...

(1961–2014), Australian rugby league footballer *

Hayley Mackey Hayley Mackey (born 4 May 2001) is a New Zealand judoka. In 2022, Mackey won a bronze medal at the Tunis Open. She has been selected to represent New Zealand at the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known ...

(born 2001), is a New Zealand judoka *

Jack Mackey John Bernard "Jack" Mackey, VC (16 May 1922 – 12 May 1945) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British Commonwealth forces. Mackey was one of twent ...

(1922–1945), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross *

James Mackey James Corwin Mackey (born February 25, 1986) is an American professional poker player. He attended the University of Missouri before dropping out of a pre-med program to pursue a career in professional poker. In 2007, at 21 years and 4 months, ...

(born 1986), poker player *

Janet Mackey Janet Elsdon Mackey (née Craig; born 14 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician. She was a Member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 1993 until 2005. Early life and family Mackey was born in Auckland on 14 June 1953, the ...

(born 1953), politician *

Jermain Mackey Jermain "Choo Choo" Mackey (born 27 December 1979) is a Bahamian professional boxer of the 2000s and 2010s who won the Bahamas super middleweight title, World Boxing Council (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation ( CABOFE) super middleweight title, ...

(born 1979), Bahamian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s *

John Mackey (disambiguation) John Mackey may refer to: *John Mackey (American football) (1941–2011), American football tight end *John Mackey (businessman) (born 1953), founder of Whole Foods Market *John Mackey (composer) (born 1973), American composer of classical concert ...

, multiple people *

Kevin Mackey Kevin Mackey (born August 21, 1946) is a former head coach of men's basketball at Cleveland State University. His CSU Vikings upset the Indiana Hoosiers and the Saint Joseph's Hawks to make the Sweet 16 in the 1986 NCAA Division I men's basketbal ...

(born 1946), basketball coach *

Kyle Mackey Kyle Erickson Mackey (born March 2, 1962) is an American football coach and former quarterback who played for the New York Jets, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was also an Aren ...

(born 1962), American football player *

Lance Mackey Lance Mackey (June 2, 1970 – September 7, 2022) was an American dog musher and dog sled racer from Fairbanks, Alaska. Mackey was a four-time winner of both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Early life Lance was born o ...

(1970–2022), dogsled racer *

Levi A. Mackey Levi Augustus Mackey (November 25, 1819 – February 8, 1889) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania. Mackey was born in White Deer Township, Pennsylvania, White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. In 1837, he graduated f ...

(1819–1889), 19th century politician *

Malcolm Mackey Malcolm Malik Mackey (born July 11, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round (27th pick overall) of the 1993 NBA draft. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Mackey played only ...

(born 1970), basketball player *

Mick Mackey Michael John Mackey (12 July 1912 – 13 September 1982) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Limerick county team. Born in Castleconnell, County Limerick, Mackey first arrived on the inter-county scene a ...

(1912–1982), hurler *

Moana Mackey Moana Lynore Mackey (born 28 February 1974) is a New Zealand politician and has represented the New Zealand Labour Party in the New Zealand Parliament from 2003 until 2014. She has Māori, Irish, Scottish and Spanish ancestry. Early life an ...

(born 1974), politician *

Nathaniel Mackey Nathaniel Mackey is an American poet, novelist, anthologist, literary critic and editor. He is the Reynolds Price Professor of Creative Writing at Duke University and a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets. Mackey is currently teaching a p ...

(born 1947), American writer *

Nick Mackey Nikita V. Mackey is an American former police officer, lawyer, and politician who served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 99th district. Mackey worked for 14 years as a police officer wi ...

, politician *

Sandra Mackey Sandra Mackey (''née'' Sherman; September 13, 1937 – April 19, 2015) was an American writer on Middle Eastern culture and politics. Early life and education Mackey was born Sandra Sherman in Oklahoma City, the daughter of funeral directors Velt ...

(c. 1930–2015), expert on Middle East *

Steve Mackey Stephen Patrick Mackey (born 10 November 1966) is an English musician and record producer best known as the bass guitarist for the alternative rock band Pulp, which he joined in 1989. As a record producer, he has produced songs and albums by M ...

(born 1966), musician *

Steven Mackey Steven ("Steve") Mackey (born February 14, 1956) is an American composer, guitarist, and music educator. Life As a musician growing up listening to and performing vernacular American musics as well as classical music, Mackey's compositions are i ...

(born 1956), composer * Wade Clark Mackey (born 1946), American author and social scientist *

William Mackey (Jesuit) William Joseph Mackey, S.J. (19 August 1915 – 18 October 1995) was a Canadian Catholic priest and Jesuit educator. He was responsible for establishing the modern education system in Bhutan, including its first high school (which is now its fir ...

(1915–1995), Canadian Jesuit Educationist and founder of the modern educational system of Bhutan

Given name

Mackey Sasser Mack Daniel Sasser (born August 3, 1962), nicknamed "The Hacker", is an American former professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1987 through 1995 for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets and Se ...

(born 1962), American former Major League Baseball player *

Mackey Saturday Mackey Saturday is an American designer and typographer whose work includes logos for Instagram, Oculus and Luxe. He runs his own design firm and was formerly a principal at New York City design firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv. Early life an ...

(born 1985), American designer and typographer

Fictional characters

Vic Mackey Victor Samuel Mackey, played by Michael Chiklis, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the FX crime drama series ''The Shield'', which ran for seven seasons. Mackey is portrayed as a corrupt and brutal detective in the Los Angeles Pol ...

, main character of the FX drama series ''The Shield'' * Mr. Mackey, on the animated series ''South Park'' {{Given name, type=both