McComas is a surname.

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is the reduced version of the surname which is the plural form of the Catalan word ''como'' originating from the Gaulish ''cumba'' meaning ''valley''. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alice Moore McComas Alice Moore McComas (, Moore; June 18, 1850 – December 19, 1919) was an American author, editor, lecturer and reformer. She was a pioneer suffragist in California and served as president of the Los Angeles Equal Suffrage Association. During the v ...

(1850–1919), American author, editor, lecturer, reformer *

Campbell McComas Geoffrey Campbell McComas AM (2 May 19528 January 2005) was an Australian comedian, writer and actor. Early life and education McComas attended Caulfield Grammar School and Scotch College in Hawthorn, Melbourne, and studied law and arts at Mona ...

, Australian comedian, writer, and actor *

Daniel F. McComas Daniel Francis McComas (born May 26, 1953, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) has served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly's North Carolina House of Representatives representing the state's nineteenth House district in New H ...

, American politician * David McComas, American space scientist *

Edward O. McComas Edward Otis McComas (June 25, 1919 – June 22, 1954) was a United States Air Force colonel. He served in the United States Army Air Forces as a fighter pilot during World War II, and he became an ace with 14 aerial victories, including 5 in a s ...

(1919–1954), American flying ace during World War II * Francis McComas (1875–1938), Australian-born artist * George W. McComas (1841–1928), American politician *

James Douglas McComas James Douglas McComas (December 23, 1928 – February 10, 1994) was 14th President of Mississippi State University from 1975-1985, the 12th President of the University of Toledo from 1985 to 1988, and the 13th President of Virginia Polytechni ...

, former president of three U.S. universities *

J. Francis McComas Jesse Francis McComas (June 9, 1911 – April 19, 1978) was an American science fiction editor. McComas wrote several stories on his own in the 1950s using both his own name and the pseudonym Webb Marlowe. He entered publishing in 1941 as a sale ...

, American science fiction editor *

Kendall McComas Kendall McComas (October 29, 1916 – October 15, 1981) was an American child actor. Career Born in Holton, Kansas, McComas first appeared in the '' Mickey McGuire'' short subjects series as a member of Mickey McGuire's gang and stayed throug ...

, American child actor *

Lorissa McComas Lorissa McComas (November 26, 1970 – November 3, 2009) was an American actress and Glamour photography, glamour model. Early life McComas graduated from Princeton High School (Sharonville, Ohio), Princeton High School in Sharonville, Ohio in ...

, American nude model *

Louis E. McComas Louis Emory McComas (October 28, 1846 – November 10, 1907) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of both branches of the United States Congress and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District o ...

, American politician * Walter R. McComas (1879–1922), American politician and lawyer *

William McComas William McComas (1795 – June 3, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Virginia Senate, United States House of Representatives and voted against secession in the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861. During the American ...

(1795–1865), American politician and lawyer from Virginia

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