McGuinness (also MacGuinness, McGinnis, Guinness) is an

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

surname. It derives from and is an

anglicized Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

form of the

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

''Mac Aonghuis'', literally meaning "son of Angus" (Angus meaning "one, choice"). It may also denote the name Mac Naois. People with the surname include: * Albert McGuinness, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s *

Arthur Guinness Arthur Guinness ( 172523 January 1803) was an Irish brewer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. The inventor of Guinness beer, he founded the Guinness Brewery at St. James's Gate in 1759. Born in Celbridge, County Kildare around 1725, Guinness ...

(1725–1803), Irish brewer and founder * Bobby McGuinness (born 1954), Scottish footballer *

Brian McGuinness Brian McGuinness (22 October 1927 – 23 December 2019) was a Wittgenstein scholar best known for his translation, with David Pears, of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, ''Tractatus-Logico-Philosophicus''. He was christened with the forenames ...

(1927–2019), British philosopher *

Catherine McGuinness (English politician) Catherine Sidony McGuinness is a politician and public speaker in the City of London Corporation. She served as Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee, the effective political leader of the corporation, from 2017 to 2022. She is the daught ...

, City of London Corporation * Catherine McGuinness (judge) (born 1934), Irish Supreme Court judge, former senator *

Charles McGuinness Charles John 'Nomad' McGuinness (6 March 1893 – 7 December 1947) was an Irish adventurer supposed to have been involved with a myriad of acts of patriotism and nomadic impulses. Due to a habitual trait of embellishing his own life story mixed ...

(1893–1947), Irish adventurer, author, and sailor *

Deborah McGuinness Deborah Louise McGuinness (born ca. 1960) is an American computer scientist and researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). She is a professor of Computer, Cognitive and Web Sciences, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and an endowed ...

(born c. 1960), American computer scientist working in the field of artificial intelligence *

Ed McGuinness Edward McGuinness is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on books such as ''Superman'', ''Superman/Batman'', ''Deadpool'', and ''Hulk''. His pencil work is frequently inked by Dexter Vines, and as such, their cove ...

, American comic book artist and penciller * Edwin D. McGuinness (1856–1901), American politician, mayor of Providence, Rhode Island *

Eugene McGuinness Eugene Michael McGuinness (born 11 August 1985 in Leytonstone, London) is an English singer-songwriter and frontman of Eugene + the Lizards. Music career McGuinness's first release, ''The Early Learnings of Eugene McGuinness'', was released o ...

(born 1985), British singer-songwriter *

Frank McGuinness Professor Frank McGuinness (born 1953) is an Irish writer. As well as his own plays, which include '' The Factory Girls'', ''Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme'', ''Someone Who'll Watch Over Me'' and ''Dolly West's Kitchen'', ...

(born 1953), Irish playwright, translator and poet *

Georgina McGuinness Georgina McGuinness (née Allan, formerly Thomas) is a newsreader who was the anchor of Nine News#Adelaide, ''Nine News Adelaides weekend 6pm news bulletin from 1989 to 2011. Career An Adelaide native, born 29 August 1966, she studied at Seymo ...

(née Allen), television journalist from Adelaide *

Gerry McGuinness Gerald Michael McGuinness (born 14 September 1953) is a Scottish rugby coach and former player who won seven caps for Scotland playing as a prop forward. Rugby Union career Amateur career In 1977 he played for West of Scotland. In 1987 he mo ...

(born 1953), Scottish rugby union player *

Jim McGuinness Jim McGuinness (born 16 November 1972) is an association football coach and former Gaelic footballer, coach and Manager (Gaelic games), manager, who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as both player and manager with the Donegal ...

(born 1972), Gaelic footballer and manager * John McGuinness (born 1972), English professional motorcycle racer * John J. McGuinness (born 1955), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and TD for Carlow-Kilkenny since 1997 *

Mairead McGuinness Mairead McGuinness (born 13 June 1959) is an Irish politician serving as the European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union since October 2020. A member of Fine Gael, she previously served as Fi ...

(born 1959), Irish Fine Gael politician and MEP since 2004 *

Martin McGuinness James Martin Pacelli McGuinness ( ga, Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa; 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican politician and statesman from Sinn Féin and a leader within the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during ...

(1950–2017), Irish Sinn Féin politician and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, 2007–2017 *

Nathan McGuinness Nathan Paul McGuinness is a creative director and visual effects supervisor. He was nominated for an Oscar for his work on the film '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' (2003) and won a BAFTA Award for his work on the film '' The ...

, visual effects supervisor *

Nigel McGuinness Steven Haworth (born 23 January 1976), better known by his ring name Nigel McGuinness, is an English actor, professional wrestling commentator and retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with WWE where he worked as a color ...

(born 1976), English professional wrestler *

Norah McGuinness Norah Allison McGuinness (7 November 1901 – 22 November 1980) was an Irish painter and illustrator. Early life Norah McGuinness was born in County Londonderry. She attended life classes at Derry Technical School and from 1921 studied at ...

(1901–1980), Irish painter and illustrator *

Paddy McGuinness Patrick Joseph McGuinness (born 14 August 1973) is an English actor, comedian and television presenter. He rose to fame with the help of Peter Kay, who invited him to appear in his programmes ''That Peter Kay Thing'', ''Phoenix Nights'' and ''Ma ...

(born 1973), English comedian *

Paddy McGuinness (civil servant) Patrick Joseph McGuinness (born 27 April 1963) is a former senior British civil servant who now advises businesses and governments globally on their resilience, Crisis, Technology, Data and Cyber issues. He was the Deputy National Security Advise ...

, intelligence officer *

Padraic McGuinness Padraic Pearse "Paddy" McGuinness AO (27 October 1938 – 26 January 2008) was an Australian journalist, activist, and commentator. He began his career on the far left, then worked as a policy assistant to the more moderate Labor parliamentar ...

(1938–2008), Australian journalist *

Paul McGuinness Paul McGuinness (born 16 June 1951) is the founder of ''Principle Management Limited'', a popular music act management company based in Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland. He was the manager of the rock band U2 from 1978 to 2013. Early life ...

(born 1951), manager of Irish rock band U2 * Paul "Mad Dog" McGuinness, Irish guitarist and vocalist with the band ''

Shane MacGowan and The Popes The Popes are a band originally formed by Shane MacGowan (of the Pogues) and Paul "Mad Dog" McGuinness, who play a blend of rock, Irish folk and Americana. Shane MacGowan and The Popes released two studio and one live album in the 1990s, perfor ...

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Rosamond McGuinness Rosamond 'Corky' McGuinness (4 December 1929 – 16 March 2012, London) was an American music historian. McGuinness was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She came from a Jewish family, her father, Howard Cohan being a dentist, and her mother Adelaid ...

, (1929–2012), music historian * Séamus McGuinness (1930–2008), Gaelic footballer * Seán McGuinness (died 1978), Irish Republican, TD for Leix-Offaly 1923–1925 *

Wilf McGuinness Wilfred McGuinness (born 25 October 1937) is an English former football player and manager, who played twice for England in his short playing career. He succeeded Sir Matt Busby as manager of Manchester United in 1969. Following his tenure at ...

(born 1937), English football player and manager

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