McKay, MacKay or Mackay is a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

/ Irish 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. Notable people with the surname include:

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* Adam McKay * Aeneas Mackay (1839-1909), Prime Minister of the Netherlands, member and president of the Dutch House of Representatives * Al McKay * Alan Lindsay Mackay * 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 *

Ami McKay Ami McKay (born 1968) is an American Canadian novelist, playwright and journalist. McKay was born in Lebanon, Indiana, but now lives with her husband and two sons on the Bay of Fundy. She began her writing career as a freelancer for CBC Radio. Her ...

* Andrew McKay * Andrew McKay (actor) *

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) Angus McKay, MacKay or Mackay may refer to: Politicians * Angus Mackay (Victorian politician) (1824–1866), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly * Angus Mackay (Queensland politician) (1834–1910), member of the Queensland Legislative As ...

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 *

Ben McKay (disambiguation) Ben McKay may refer to: * Ben McKay (politician) (1918–1976), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council * Ben McKay (actor), British actor * Ben McKay (footballer) (born 1997), Australian rules footballer See also * Ben Mackey Ben Mackey ...

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 *

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 * Brad McKay (doctor) * Brendan McKay (born 1995), American baseball player

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* Callum McKay *

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 * Christopher McKay (planetary scientist) *

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 (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 *

Cody McKay Cody Dean McKay (born January 11, 1974) is a Canadian former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Oakland Athletics in 2002 and for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2004. Biography A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, McKay attended Ho ...

* Colin McKay *

Craig McKay (disambiguation) Craig McKay may refer to: * Craig McKay (film editor), American film editor * Craig McKay (cartoonist) (born 1966), American freelance illustrator * Craig McKay (actor) (born 1973), English actor See also * Craig Mackay (1927–2020), Canadian ...

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* Daniel MacKay *

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) Don McKay may refer to: * Don McKay (poet) (born 1942), Canadian poet, editor, and educator * Don McKay (actor) (1925–2018), American actor, dancer and singer * Don McKay (rugby union) (born 1937), New Zealand rugby union player * Sir Don McKay ( ...

* Donald McKay *

Donald McKay (politician) Donald McKay (January 13, 1836 – January 2, 1895) was a merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented 2nd Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1876 to 1886 and 1890 to 1893 as a Conservati ...

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 McKay *

Douglas I. McKay Douglas Imrie McKay (May 25, 1883 – September 24, 1962) was an American artillery and law enforcement officer and New York City Police Department police official who served as New York City Police Commissioner in 1914. His five months in office ...

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 Marl ...

(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, aka 'Poppy Wyndham', English actress and pioneering aviator * Elsie Mackay (actress), 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

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* Gardner McKay *

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 *

Gordon W. McKay Gordon William McKay (March 17, 1910 – October 26, 1990) was an American politician and businessman from Oregon. He was a Republican who served two four-year terms in the Oregon State Senate. In the senate, McKay represented a large rural dist ...

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* Hamish McKay * Heather McKay (born 1941), Australian squash player * Hec McKay *

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 Helen McKay (born Ruby Ellen Northover in Woolwich, London on 15 April 1910 - died ) was a dance band singer, active during the 1930s and 1940s. She was the first person to sing on the then high-definition standard (405-line television system, 4 ...

, 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 Dame Hilda Mabel Stevenson (, formerly Kidd; 1893–1987) was an Australian philanthropist and community worker. She was the daughter of Hugh Victor McKay, a combine harvester inventor. She was the trustee and founder of the Sunshine Foundation ...

(1893-1987), Australian welfare worker and philanthropist * Hugh Victor McKay * Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay (1937–2013) * Hunter McKay

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Ian McKay (disambiguation) Ian McKay (1953–1982) was a British soldier who won a posthumous Victoria Cross in the Falklands War. Ian McKay may also refer to: *Ian McKay (footballer) (1923–2010), Australian rules footballer with North Adelaide * Ian McKay (writer) (born 1 ...

: * Iven Giffard Mackay, Australian World War II general

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J. Curtis McKay J. Curtis McKay (October 10, 1926 – March 23, 1998) was an American Republican lawyer and politician from Wisconsin. Born in Chicago, Illinois, McKay graduated from Grinnell College and received his law degree from Northwestern University Sc ...

, 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 * Jim McKay (1921–2008), professional name of American sportscaster James McManus * Jim McKay (director) * Jodi McKay * John MacKay (disambiguation) *

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 Katherine Ada Mackay (10 December 1901 – 15 June 1975) was an Australian police officer who was one of the first women to hold high rank in the Victoria Police. Mackay was born in Colombo, Ceylon, to Emma (née Foord) and Robert Mackay. Her fa ...

(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. Leo McKay Jr. (born June 19, 1964) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer from Stellarton, Nova Scotia. He also is a periodic contributor to ''The Globe and Mail''.Bad heart, good tale Leo McKay Jr.. The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont.: S ...

* Lathan McKay

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

Malky Mackay (footballer, born 1942) Malcolm Dingwall Mackay (born 19 January 1942) is a Scottish former amateur footballer who made over 350 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. He later became president of the club and is a member of the club's committee. Mack ...

, 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 * McKay Christensen *

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 (born 1993), American football player * Mhairi McKay (born 1975), Scottish golfer * Michael McKay (disambiguation) *

Molly McKay Molly B. McKay (born September 9, 1970) is an American attorney and a civil rights activist for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. McKay was the former Co-Executive Director of Marriage Equality California and the former Media Di ...

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 (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 cha ...

* Nellie McKay * Nellie Y. McKay *

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, 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 Patricia A. McKay is a partner with the public accounting firm of Templeton & Company, which provides accounting, audit, tax and consulting services to clients from its South Florida offices in West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. Prior to joining ...

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 (born 1943) * Peter MacKay, 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, 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 (1925–1993), American labor leader * Rich McKay, 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 Roderick McIntosh McKay (born 11 February 1952) is a Scottish chess player, International Master (IM, 1986), seven-times Scottish Chess Championship winner (1971, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988). Biography In July 1968, at 16 years of age, ...

, Scottish chess master * Rodney McKay, a character from '' Stargate Atlantis'' *

Roy McKay (baseball) Roy Alexander McKay (August 1, 1933 – December 25, 1995) was an aggressive left-handed baseball pitcher born in London, Ontario, Canada, who signed with the Detroit Tigers organization in 1952 after spending much of his youth at Labatt Park, i ...

(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 *

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

Shane McKay The following is a list of the characters from the ''Degrassi Classic'' era of the Canadian teen drama ''Degrassi'' franchise, created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. ''Degrassi Junior High'' was the second series in the ''Degrassi'' franc ...

, a character from '' Degrassi'' * Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw (born 1934), member of the House of Lords * Sophie McKay, a character from '' Shortland Street'' *

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 Stephen Douglas McKay (born 3 May 1968) is a British academic and since 2013 the first Distinguished Professor of Social Research at the University of Lincoln.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 ...

: * Tim McKay

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* William McKay * Willie McKay

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