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surname. The last phoneme in the name is traditionally pronounced to rhyme with 'eye', but in some parts of the world this has come to rhyme with 'hey'. In Scotland, it corresponds to

Clan Mackay Clan Mackay ( ; gd, Clann Mhic Aoidh ) is an ancient and once-powerful Scottish Highlands, Highland Scottish clan from the far North of the Scottish Highlands, but with roots in the old Mormaer of Moray, Kingdom of Moray. They supported Robert I ...

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* Adam McKay *

Aeneas Mackay (1839-1909) Aeneas, Baron Mackay (29 November 1838 – 13 November 1909) was a Dutch Anti-Revolutionary politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1888 to 1891. Born into a noble family from Gelderland, he studied law in Utrecht and wor ...

, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, member and president of the Dutch House of Representatives *

Al McKay AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media * Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera * Al (''Fullmetal ...

Alan Lindsay Mackay Alan Lindsay Mackay FRS (born 6 September 1926) is a British crystallographer, born in Wolverhampton. He spent his scientific career at Birkbeck College, founded by George Birkbeck, one of the Colleges of the University of London, where he was ...

* Alexander McKay (disambiguation) *

Alfred Edwin McKay Captain Alfred Edwin "Eddie" McKay MC (27 December 1892 – 28 December 1917) was a Canadian flying ace who flew with the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Civilian life The son of William and Mary McKay, he was born on 27 Decem ...

Allen McKay Allen McKay (5 February 1927 – 2 May 2013) was a British Labour Party politician. Biography Born in Barnsley, McKay was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the South Yorkshire constituency of Penistone in a 1978 by-election following the d ...

* Ami McKay *

Andrew McKay Andrew Ian McKay (born 14 July 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Pla ...

Andrew McKay (actor) Andrew McKay (born 18 February 1981 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English actor, most well known for playing the role of Daniel Renshaw in ''Family Affairs'' from 2001 to 2002. He has more recently appeared as Al in ''EastEnders ''EastEnde ...

Andy McKay Andrew John McKay (born 17 April 1980) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Wellington Firebirds in the State Championship, having moved from the Auckland Aces for the 2009–10 season. He was born in Auckland. In June 201 ...

Andy Mackay Andrew Mackay (born 23 July 1946) is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founding member (playing oboe and saxophone) of the art rock group Roxy Music. In addition, he has taught music and provided scores for television, while his ...

* Angus McKay (disambiguation) *

Antonio McKay Antonio McKay Sr. (born February 9, 1964) is a former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meters. Career He won All-American honours competing for Georgia Tech and was the NCAA champion both indoors and outdoors in 1984. He won a ...

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Barrie McKay Barrie McKay (born 30 December 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker or as a winger for Heart of Midlothian. McKay has previously played for Rangers, Greenock Morton, Raith Rovers, Nottingham Forest, Swansea Cit ...

* Ben McKay (disambiguation) *

Bill McKay (disambiguation) William McKay (1772–1832) was a Canadian soldier and administrator. William or Bill McKay may also refer to: *William McKay (footballer), Scottish footballer *William McKay (parliamentary official) (born 1939), British government administrator, ...

Billy Mckay William Robert Mckay (born 22 October 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He has represented the Northern Ireland national team. Mckay began his career with Le ...

Bob McKay Robert Charles McKay (born December 27, 1947) is a former National Football League offensive lineman who played from 1970 through 1978, with the Cleveland Browns and New England Patriots. As a college player at the University of Texas, McKay ear ...

Bobby McKay Robert McInnes McKay (2 September 1900 – 24 May 1977) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Morton, Rangers, Newcastle United, Sunderland, Charlton Athletic, Bristol Rovers and Newport County, and represented Scotland onc ...

Brad McKay (doctor) Brad McKay is an Australian doctor, science communicator and author. He is best known for his television series ''Embarrassing Bodies Down Under'', which was broadcast in 2013. He is also a regular guest on numerous Australian television and r ...

* Brendan McKay (born 1995), American baseball player

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Callum McKay The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 2006, by order of first appearance. Ant Richards Anthony "Ant" Richards was the man Yvonne Jeffries (Alison Quigan) set up with ...

Charles McKay Charles Leslie McKay (April 21, 1855 – April 19, 1883) was an American naturalist and explorer. McKay was born at Appleton, Wisconsin. He studied under David Starr Jordan at Appleton Collegiate Institute, Butler University and Indiana Univers ...

Charles Mackay (disambiguation) Charles (or Charlie) Mackay, McKay, or MacKay may refer to: * Charles Mackay (author) (1814–1889), Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter * Charles McKay (1855–1883), American naturalist and explorer * Charles ...

Cheryl McKay Cheryl McKay is an American author and screenwriter, from Los Angeles, California. McKay holds an M.A. in Screenwriting from Regent University in Virginia, and is a winner of the 2006/2007 Art Within Labs award. She wrote the screen adaptations ...

Christopher McKay (planetary scientist) Dr Christopher P. McKay (born 1954) is an American planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, studying planetary atmospheres, astrobiology, and terraforming. McKay majored in physics at Florida Atlantic University, where he also studied ...

Clan McKay Clan Mackay ( ; gd, Clann Mhic Aoidh ) is an ancient and once-powerful Highland Scottish clan from the far North of the Scottish Highlands, but with roots in the old Kingdom of Moray. They supported Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish ...

Clarence Mackay Clarence Hungerford Mackay (; April 17, 1874 – November 12, 1938) was an American financier. He was chairman of the board of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation and president of the Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company. Early life He ...

(1874–1938), American financier *

Claude McKay Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay OJ (September 15, 1890See Wayne F. Cooper, ''Claude McKay, Rebel Sojourner In The Harlem Renaissance (New York, Schocken, 1987) p. 377 n. 19. As Cooper's authoritative biography explains, McKay's family predated ...

Clint McKay Clinton James McKay (born 22 February 1983) is an Australian former international cricketer. He was a member of the Victoria side and has represented Australia at One Day International (ODI) and Test level. A right-arm fast-medium bowler who st ...

* Cody McKay *

Colin McKay Colin McKay (born August 29, 1975) is a Canadian professional skateboarder who is widely recognized for his involvement with the original Plan B Skateboards "superteam" (bunch of OG's) as well as the subsequent relaunch of the brand in 2005. E ...

* Craig McKay (disambiguation)

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Daniel MacKay Daniel MacKay (born 19 April 2001) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a winger for Hibernian. He has previously played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Elgin City and Kilmarnock. MacKay has also represented Scotland at youth levels up to ...

Daniel McKay Daniel McKay is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing as a striker for Arthurlie in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region. Career McKay started his career at Kilmarnock and was named the first Clydesdale Bank ...

Daithí McKay Daithí Gerard McKay (born 1982, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is a newspaper columnist and former Irish politician. He was the Chair of the Finance Committee in the Northern Ireland Assembly and a Sinn Féin MLA for North Antr ...

David McKay (disambiguation) David McKay or MacKay may refer to: Arts * Dave Mackay (musician) (1932–2020), American jazz pianist, singer and composer * David Mackay (producer) (born 1944), Australian record producer/arranger and musical director * David McKay (activist) ( ...

Derek McKay Derek McKay (13 December 1948 – 20 April 2008) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right winger. Biography Derek McKay was born in Banff, Aberdeenshire, on the Moray Firth Coast. McKay began his career with his local Banff based, part ...

* Don McKay (disambiguation) *

Donald McKay Donald McKay (September 4, 1810 – September 20, 1880) was a Canadian-born American designer and builder of sailing ships, famed for his record-setting clippers. Early life He was born in Jordan Falls, Shelburne County, on Nova Scotia's S ...

* Donald McKay (politician) *

Doreen McKay Doreen McKay was an American film actress. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1938 film ''Pals of the Saddle'' and the 1939 film ''The Night Riders (1939 film), The Night Riders''. Filmography * ''Star for a Night (film), Star for a Night'' ...

Doug McKay (public servant) Douglas Henry McKay (5 September 1923 – 7 July 2012) was a senior Australian public servant. Life and career Doug McKay was born in North Sydney on 5 September 1923, growing up around Tumbarumba then Narrandera in southern New South Wales. ...

Douglas McKay James Douglas McKay (June 24, 1893 – July 22, 1959) was an American businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served in World War I before going into business, where he was most successful as a car dealership owner in Salem ...

* Douglas I. McKay *

Dryden McKay Dryden Dowd McKay (born November 25, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Newfoundland Growlers in the ECHL while under contract to the Toronto Marlies ...

(born 1997), American ice hockey goaltender * Duncan McKay (disambiguation) *

Dylan McKay Dylan Michael McKay, played by Luke Perry, is a fictional character from the television series, ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' Early years The son of morally ambiguous business tycoon, Jack McKay and his hippie ex-wife, Iris ...

, a fictional character from ''Beverly Hills, 90210''

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Elsie Mackay Honorable Lady Elsie Mackay (August 21, 1893–13th March 1928) was a British actress, jockey, interior decorator and pioneering aviator who died attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean with Walter G. R. Hinchliffe in a single engined Stinson D ...

, aka 'Poppy Wyndham', English actress and pioneering aviator *

Elsie Mackay (actress) Elsie Gertrude Mackay (20 February 1893–February 6, 1963) was an Australian-born actress who appeared on stage in the United States and Britain between 1914 and the early 1930s, and after 1934 performed on radio in Australia.Nick Murphy at t ...

, Broadway and film actress in the 1920s–30s * Ernie McKay

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Freddie McKay Freddie McKay (sometimes Freddy McKay) (1947 – 19 November 1986) was a Jamaican singer, whose career spanned the rocksteady and reggae eras. Biography McKay, born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, is regarded as one of the most soulful s ...

Fulton Mackay William Fulton Beith Mackay (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and playwright, best known for his role as prison officer Mr. Mackay in the 1970s television sitcom ''Porridge''. Early life Mackay was born in Paisley, Renfr ...

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Gardner McKay George Cadogan Gardner McKay (June 10, 1932 – November 21, 2001) was an American actor, artist, and author. He is best known for the lead role in the TV series '' Adventures in Paradise'', based loosely on the writings of James Michener. His ...

George McKay (disambiguation) George Mackay or Mckay may refer to: Arts and entertainment * George McKay (actor) (1884–1945), Russian-American actor * George Frederick McKay (1899–1970), American composer * George MacKay (actor) (born 1992), English actor Law and politics ...

Glenda McKay Glenda McKay (born 2 February 1971) is a British actress. She is best known for playing the character of Rachel Hughes on the popular ITV soap ''Emmerdale'' from 1988 until the character was killed off in 1999, in a well-remembered scene in whic ...

* Gordon W. McKay

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Hamish McKay Hamish McKay is a New Zealand television presenter. He was the lead sportscaster, rugby editor and sports journalist for 3 News, presenting the sports news on the weekday 6pm bulletins. He is a sports presenter and commentator for sports coverag ...

Heather McKay Heather Pamela McKay (née Blundell) (born 31 July 1941) is a retired Australian squash player, who is considered by many to be the greatest female player in the history of the game, and possibly also Australia's greatest-ever sportswoman. Sh ...

(born 1941), Australian squash player *

Hec McKay Hector Alexander McKay (15 December 1904 – 15 March 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL. A defender, McKay debuted for South Melbourne in 1926 and won their Best and Fairest In Australian s ...

Helen Mackay (sculptor) Helen Victoria Mackay (2 April 1897 – 1973) was a British sculptor. Biography Mackay was born at Cardiff, Wales. Her father, a railway contractor and quarry owner, died while she was still a child, leaving Mackay to be raised in Wales by her m ...

(1897–1973), British artist * Helen McKay, dance band singer *

Helen McKay (plant physiologist) Helen M. McKay is Head of the Centre, Sustainable Forestry and Climate Change at Forest Research. In July 2020 she was appointed to the role of Chief Forester for Scotland by Scottish Forestry. Research and career McKay joined Forest Research ...

Henry D. McKay Henry Donald McKay (1899–1980) was an American sociologist and criminologist who, along with Clifford Shaw, helped to establish the University of Chicago's Sociology Department as the leading program of its kind in the United States. He and Sha ...

Hilary McKay Hilary McKay (born 12 June 1959) is a British writer of children's books. For her first novel, ''The Exiles'', she won the 1992 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers. B ...

* Hilda Mabel McKay (1893-1987), Australian welfare worker and philanthropist *

Hugh Victor McKay Hugh Victor McKay (21 August 1865 – 21 May 1926) was an Australian industrialist who is known for heading the company that developed the Sunshine Harvester, arguably the first commercially viable combine harvester. He subsequently establish ...

Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay Hugh William Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, Baron Mackay (19 July 1937 – 10 May 2013), was a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords. He was the only male Lord of Parliament to sit in the House of Lords following the abolit ...

(1937–2013) *

Hunter McKay Hunter McKay is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' who was portrayed by Lee Donoghue from December 2006, as part of a new family unit consisting of parents Callum McKay (Peter Mochrie) and Justine Jones (La ...

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* Ian McKay (disambiguation): *

Iven Giffard Mackay Lieutenant General Sir Iven Giffard Mackay, (7 April 1882 – 30 September 1966) was a senior Australian Army officer who served in both world wars. Mackay graduated from the University of Sydney in 1904 and taught physics there fr ...

, Australian World War II general

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* J. Curtis McKay, American legislator *

Jack McKay (footballer, born 1885) John McKay (1885 – after 1911) was an English professional association football, footballer who made 19 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham. McKay was born in Hebburn, County Durham. He began his fo ...

Jack McKay (footballer, born 1996) Jack McKay (born 19 November 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ashton United. Club career Doncaster Rovers Glasgow-born McKay began his career at Doncaster Rovers with twin brother Paul when he was nine-yea ...

James McKay (disambiguation) James McKay may refer to: * James McKay (Canadian politician) (1862–1931), Canadian member of parliament * James McKay (fur trader) (1828–1879), Canadian fur trader, interpreter, and politician * James I. McKay (1793–1853), United States repr ...

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Jason McKay Jason McKay (born 11 October 1977 in Craigavon, Northern Ireland) is a professional boxer from Banbridge, County Down, fighting out of Belfast. McKay fights at super middleweight and is the former Irish light heavyweight champion. Amateur c ...

* Jessie McKay, Australian professional wrestler, ring name

Billie Kay Jessica McKay (born 23 June 1989) is an Australian professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Billie Kay and for her time in Impact Wrestling, where she competed as Jessie McKay. In Jun ...

Jim McKay James Kenneth McManus (September 24, 1921 – June 7, 2008), better known professionally as Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist. McKay was best known for hosting ABC's '' Wide World of Sports'' (1961–1998). His introdu ...

(1921–2008), professional name of American sportscaster James McManus *

Jim McKay (director) Jim McKay is an American film and television director, producer and writer. He has directed episodes of ''The Wire'', '' Treme'', ''Better Call Saul'', ''Big Love'', '' Criminal Intent'' and ''Mr. Robot'' as well as writing and directing ''Ev ...

Jodi McKay Jodi Leyanne McKay (born 16 August 1969) is a former Australian politician who was the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales from June 2019 until May 2021. She previously served as a member of the New South Wales Legislat ...

John MacKay (disambiguation) John MacKay, Mackay, or McKay may refer to: Arts and academics * John Bain Mackay (1795–1888), nurseryman based in Clapton, London *John MacKay (journalist) (born 1967), Scottish television journalist and newscaster * John D. Mackay (1909–197 ...

Julian MacKay Julian MacKay (born 28 October 1997) is an American ballet dancer. He is the first American to have completed both the lower and upper schools at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. In 2016, he joined the Mikhailovsky Ballet as a second solo ...

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K. Gunn McKay Koln Gunn McKay (February 23, 1925 – October 6, 2000) was an American politician who represented the state of Utah. He served from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1981, beginning in the 92nd United States Congress, ninety-second United States Ho ...

(1925–2000), American politician * Katherine Mackay (1901–1975), Australian police officer *

Katherine Duer Mackay Katherine Alexander Duer Mackay (1878–1930) was an American suffragist, socialite and writer from New York city. She was the founder of the Equal Franchise Society. Her involvement with the woman's suffrage movement "encouraged other wealthy wo ...

(1878–1930), American suffragist and socialite *

Katrine Mackay Catherine Julia Mackay (; 12 November 1864 – 28 March 1944), known by her pen name Katrine, was an Australian-born New Zealand journalist, novelist and cook. She was best known for her elegant social columns and for her bestselling book, '' ...

(1864–1944), New Zealand journalist, novelist and cook * Kevin McKay (artist) (born 1966), Australian artist

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* Leo McKay, Jr. * Lathan McKay

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Malky Mackay Malcolm George Mackay (born 19 February 1972) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of Ross County. Mackay, who played as a defender, began his playing career in Scottish football with Quee ...

(born 1972), Scottish footballer and manager * Malky Mackay (footballer, born 1942), Scottish footballer *

Margaret MacKay Margaret Smith MacKay (1903–1998) was a New Zealand lawyer. She was the tenth woman in New Zealand to be admitted to the bar. MacKay was born in Oamaru, in New Zealand's South Island, in 1903. Her father, Adam MacKay, had emigrated to Oamaru ...

(1903–1998), New Zealand lawyer *

Margaret McKay Margaret McKay (née McCarthy; 22 January 1907 – 1 March 1996) was a British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Clapham from 1964 to 1970. Early life Despite later assertions that McKay was born in 1911, she was in fact born on 22 Janua ...

Maureen McKay Maureen McKay (born 1971) is a Canadian television former actress who played Michelle Accette on ''Degrassi Junior High'' and ''Degrassi High''. She starred in a few ''Degrassi'' episodes and made a few other television and film appearances, but ...

Matt McKay Matthew Graham McKay (born 11 January 1983) is a retired Australian professional footballer who last played for Australian A-League club Brisbane Roar, and previously with the Australian national team. McKay currently holds the club's recor ...

McKay Christensen McKay Andrew Christensen (born August 14, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Christensen played for three different ballclubs during his career: the Chicago White Sox (1999–2001), Los Angeles Dodgers (2001), and New York Mets ( ...

Megan McKay Megan McKay (born 8 January 1997) is a professional basketball player from Australia. Early life McKay was born and raised in Katanning, Western Australia. College In 2015, McKay began her college career after committing to the Saint Mary's G ...

, basketball player *

Mekale McKay Mekale McKay (born August 4, 1993) is a former gridiron football wide receiver and current Head coach at Marion C. Moore School. He also was a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos, Tennessee Tit ...

(born 1993), American football player *

Mhairi McKay Mhairi McKay (born 18 April 1975) is a Scottish professional golfer who played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and was also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career McKay was born in Glasgow. She is a former pupil of Fernhill ...

(born 1975), Scottish golfer *

Michael McKay (disambiguation) Mike or Michael McKay may refer to: * Michael McKay (cyclist) (born 1964), Jamaican cyclist who represented Jamaica at the 1992 Summer Olympics * Michael McKay (labor leader), American labor leader and racketeer * Michael McKay (astronaut), forme ...

* Molly McKay *

Mungo McKay Mungo McKay (born 22 January 1971) is an Australian actor. Mungo McKay was born in Brisbane in 1971. McKay is the third son to Margaret and Desmond and the second brother to Brett and David. Mungo studied at the Queensland Academy of Dramatic ...

Muriel McKay Muriel Freda McKay (4 February 1914 – ) was an Australian woman who was kidnapped on 29 December 1969 in the United Kingdom, and presumed murdered in the first few days of 1970. She was married to Alick McKay, an executive at News Limited and ...

(1914–1970), Australian woman

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Natasha McKay Natasha McKay (born 14 January 1995) is a former competitive Scottish figure skater who competes in ladies' singles for Great Britain. She is the 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb champion, the 2017 Skate Helena champion, the 2017 Open d'Andorra cham ...

Nellie McKay Nell Marie McKay (born April 13, 1982) is a singer and songwriter. She made her Broadway debut in ''The Threepenny Opera'' (2006). Early life and education McKay was born in London to an English father, writer-director Malcolm McKay, and an ...

Nellie Y. McKay Nellie Yvonne McKay (May 12, 1930 – January 22, 2006) was an American academic and author who was the Evjue-Bascom Professor of American and African-American Literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she also taught in English ...

Nicholas McKay (disambiguation) Nicholas McKay is the name of: * Nicholas McKay (actor), Australian actor on the television series ''Farscape'' * Nicholas McKay (inventor) Nicholas McKay, Sr. (December 8, 1920 – November 15, 2014) was an American inventor and entrepreneur. His ...

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Pat McKay Pat Mckay (born May 29, 1957, Kilmarnock, Scotland, United Kingdom) is a Scottish karateka. He has a fifth Dan black belt in karate and is the winner of multiple World Karate Championships The Karate World Championships, also known as the W ...

, Scottish martial artist *

Patrick McKay John D. Payne (born 1979/1980) and Patrick McKay (born 1980/1981) are an American screenwriting duo best known for developing the Amazon Prime Video series '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power''. Early life The two are originally fro ...

(born 1980/1981), American screenwriter * Patricia McKay *

Peter McKay (footballer) Peter McKay (23 February 1925 – 23 November 2000) was a Scottish footballer. He holds the record of being Dundee United's all-time top goalscorer, with 158 league goals and 202 overall. McKay also played for Burnley and St Mirren. He retire ...

, Scottish footballer *

Peter McKay (Australian politician) Peter Charles McKay was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1976 until 1999. McKay was first elected as an independent member in the Electoral division of Pembroke after his father, Ben McKay died in office. In the ensuing 1976 P ...

Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape Kenneth Peter Lyle Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape (born 23 January 1943), known as Peter Inchcape, is a British peer, landowner, and business man. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1994 to 1999. Early life The elder son of Kenneth Mackay, ...

(born 1943) *

Peter MacKay Peter Gordon MacKay (born September 27, 1965) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2015 and has served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2013–2015), Minister of National Defence (2007� ...

, Canadian politician (born 1965)

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R. J. McKay Roland J. McKay is an Australian-born biologist known for his work in exotic and translocated freshwater fish in Australia. McKay is curator of fishes at the Queensland Museum and his work has been quoted extensively. He also contributed a key se ...

, Australia-born biologist *

Randy McKay Hugh Randall McKay (born January 25, 1967) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey, hockey player. Playing the forward (ice hockey), right wing position, he played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1988 to 2003 with the Detr ...

, Canadian retired ice hockey player *

Ray McKay Raymond Owen McKay (born August 22, 1946 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks, Buffalo Sabres, and California Golden Seals from 1968 to 1974. He ...

, former ice hockey player *

Raymond McKay __NOTOC__ Raymond T. McKay (November 15, 1925 – August 9, 1993) was an American labor leader. He was president of American Maritime Officers (AMO) from 1957 until his death in 1993. After World War II, McKay sailed as a second engineer on a ...

(1925–1993), American labor leader *

Rich McKay Richard James McKay (born March 16, 1959) is an American football executive who is the president and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to joining the Falcons, he was the general manager of the Tampa Bay Buc ...

, president of the

Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined th ...

Ritchie McKay Ritchie Lawrence McKay (born April 22, 1965) is an American basketball coach who is in his second stint as the head coach of the Liberty Flames of Liberty University. McKay for the last 6 seasons had been the associate head coach to Tony Bennett f ...

, American basketball coach * Roderick McIntosh McKay, Scottish chess master *

Rodney McKay Meredith Rodney McKay, Ph.D, is a fictional character in the 2004 Canadian-American Sci-Fi Channel television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'', two military science fiction television shows about military teams exploring two gal ...

, a character from ''

Stargate Atlantis ''Stargate Atlantis'' (usually stylized in all caps and often abbreviated ''SGA'') is an adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's ''Stargate'' franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper ...

'' * Roy McKay (baseball) (1933–1995), baseball pitcher

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Sandra Lee McKay Sandra McKay (born 1945) is Professor Emeritus of San Francisco State University. Her main areas of interest are sociolinguistics, International English, English as an International Language, and second language pedagogy. For most of her career she ...

, Professor Emeritus of

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...

Scott McKay Scott McKay (born December 2, 1960) is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who served as a former leader of the Green Party of Quebec and a former Montreal council member. McKay was elected in 2008 to the Quebec National Assembly for the Parti Q ...

, a Canadian politician *

Scott McKay (actor) Scott McKay (born Carl Gose, May 28, 1915 – March 16, 1987) was an American film, television and theatre actor. Life and career McKay was born in Pleasantville, Iowa as Carl Gose. He attended the University of Colorado, specializing in Engl ...

, American actor * Serena McKay (1997–2017), a Canadian woman who was brutally murdered and her murder posted online * Shane McKay, a character from ''

Degrassi ''Degrassi'' is a Canadian television franchise created by Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler in 1979. It is centred on a multigenerational teen drama about an ensemble cast of teenagers attending the namesake Toronto school as they navigate their ad ...

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Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw Simon Brooke Mackay, Baron Tanlaw (born 30 March 1934) is a former member of the House of Lords. Family and business interests Tanlaw is the fourth son of Kenneth Mackay, 2nd Earl of Inchcape. His mother, the 2nd Earl's second wife, was Leono ...

(born 1934), member of the House of Lords *

Sophie McKay Sophie Juliette McKay is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' who was portrayed by Kimberley Crossman from 2006 to 2011 as part of the McKay family unit. She made a guest appearance in 2012. Creation and castin ...

, a character from ''

Shortland Street ''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously ...

'' *

Stephanie McKay Stephanie McKay is an American soul singer and songwriter from the Bronx in New York, whose music includes elements of soul, funk, rock and hip hop. McKay's career has spanned over 20 years, during which time she has collaborated with artists ...

, American soul singer and songwriter * Stephen McKay, British Professor in Social Research

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Thomas McKay (disambiguation) Thomas McKay (1792–1855) was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman and co-founder of Ottawa, Ontario. Thomas or Tom McKay may also refer to: *Thomas McKay (fur trader) (1796–1849), Canadian fur trader and early settler of Oregon *Thomas McKay (C ...

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Tim McKay Timothy J. McKay (1947 – July 30, 2006) was an environmentalist and executive director of the non-profit Northcoast Environmental Center, a transportation advocacy organization, in Arcata, California. Education McKay graduated from Humbold ...

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William McKay Lt.-Colonel William McKay (1772 – 18 August 1832) is remembered for leading the Canada, Canadian Forces to victory at the Siege of Prairie du Chien during the War of 1812. After the war, he was appointed Indian Department, Superintendent o ...

Willie McKay Willie McKay is a British football agent, based in Monaco. He was the agent of many top-level footballers, mainly based in England and France, specifically the Premier League His clients include James McFadden, Joey Barton, Henri Camara, Scot ...

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