McLennan, MacLennan and Maclennan are surnames derived from the

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

. Notable people with the surname include:

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* Andrew McLennan, New Zealand musician and songwriter better known as

Andrew Snoid Andrew Snoid (born Andrew McLennan) is a New Zealand musician, singer, and songwriter. He was featured in bands such as The Plague, The Whizz Kids, Blam Blam Blam (briefly), Pop Mechanix, The Swingers, and Coconut Rough. Snoid is best remembere ...

* Andrew Robert McLennan (1871–1943), Canadian politician *

Azlan McLennan Azlan McLennan (born 1975 in the United States)
''The Australian,'' 18 March 2006. Accesse ...

(born 1975), Australian artist * Bill McLennan (born 1942), Australian statistician *

Connor McLennan Connor McLennan (born 5 October 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for St Johnstone, on loan from Aberdeen. Club career McLennan was born and raised in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, and attended Peterhead Academy. H ...

(born 1999), Scottish footballer *

Danny McLennan Daniel Morrison McLennan (5 May 1925 – 11 May 2004) was a Scottish football player and coach. As a player, he was a Scottish League Cup winner with East Fife. His extensive coaching career took him all around the world and spanned a period of ...

(1925–2004), Scottish football player and manager *

Donald R. McLennan Donald Roderick McLennan (October 27, 1873 – October 14, 1944) was born in Duluth, Minnesota, son of William Lillingston McLennan and Julia MacLeod. He was the co-founder of the insurance brokerage firm Burroughs, Marsh & McLennan in 1905, whic ...

(1873–1944), American business executive *

Ethel Irene McLennan Ethel Irene McLennan (15 March 1891 – 12 June 1983) was an Australian botanist, mycologist and educator. Personal life and early career The daughter of George McLennan and Eleanor Tucker, she was born in Williamstown, Victoria and was edu ...

(1891–1983), Australian botanist and educator *

Freddie McLennan Freddie McLennan (born 8 February 1951) is a former Irish rugby union international player, playing for Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland on the left wing. McLennan was educated at Newbridge College and played schools rugby for them. ...

(born 1951), Irish rugby union international *

G. S. McLennan Pipe Major George Stewart McLennan (9 February 1883 – 31 May 1929) was a Scottish Great Highland bagpipe, bagpipe player. He was a successful solo piper, as well as a pipe major and composer. Life He was born on 9 February 1883 at 105 St. Leo ...

(1883–1929), Scottish bagpipe player * Gordon McLennan (politician) (1924–2011), Scottish leader of the Communist Party of Great Britain *

Gordon McLennan (rugby league) Gordon Douglas McLennan (1914–1966) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representative forward, he played his club football in Sydney for ...

(1914–1966), Australian rugby league footballer * Grant McLennan (1958–2006), Australian singer-songwriter with the band The Go-Betweens * Gregor McLennan (born 1952), British sociologist * Hector McLennan, Australian suffragist *

Jamie McLennan Jamie McLennan (born June 30, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who is now an analyst for TSN, TSN Radio 1050, NBC Sports and NHL Network. He spent eleven seasons in the National Hockey League with the New York Isl ...

(born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player *

John McLennan ''For other people with the same or similar name see John McLennan (disambiguation) .'' John McLennan (February 26, 1821 – December 18, 1893) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Glengarry as a Liberal-Conservative ...

(1821–1893), Canadian politician and businessman *

John Cunningham McLennan Sir John Cunningham McLennan, (October 14, 1867 – October 9, 1935) was a Canadian physicist. Born in Ingersoll, Ontario, the son of David McLennan and Barbara Cunningham, he was the director of the physics laboratory at the University of ...

(1867–1935), Canadian physicist *

John Ferguson McLennan John Ferguson McLennan FRSE LLD (14 October 1827 – 16 June 1881), was a Scottish advocate, social anthropologist and ethnologist. Life He was born in Inverness, the son of John McLennan, an insurance agent, and his wife, Jessie Ross. He was ...

(1827–1881), Scottish ethnologist * Kenneth McLennan (1925–2005), American military general * Margo McLennan (1938–2004), English television actor * Mark McLennan (born 1991), Scottish footballer *

Neil McLennan Neil McLennan (September 2, 1777, 1778, or 1787 – 1867) was an early Scottish-American settler of Texas. McLennan County, Texas, was named for him. McLennan was born on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. In 1801, he and a large group of family ...

(died 1867), Scottish-American settler * Nick McLennan (born 1988), New Zealand rugby union player *

Paul McLennan Paul Stewart McLennan is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for East Lothian since 2021. He has served as a local councillor for the Dunbar and East Linton multi-member ward of ...

( 2020s), Scottish politician * Ross McLennan (singer), Australian singer * Ross McLennan (drummer), Australian drummer *

Scotty McLennan William L. McLennan, Jr. (born on November 21, 1948), better known as Scotty McLennan, is an American Unitarian Universalist minister, lawyer, professor, published author, public speaker and senior administrator at Stanford University in Stanf ...

(born 1948), American minister of religion, academic, lawyer and author * Farquhar McLennan (born 1892), Toronto footballer, CEF - killed in action June 13,1916, Battle of Sanctuary Wood, Belgium

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* Angus MacLennan (1844–1908), Canadian politician * Carol MacLennan (born 1941), Educator/Academic, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong *

David MacLennan David Herman MacLennan (July 3, 1937 - June 24, 2020) was a Canadian biochemist and geneticist known for his basic work on proteins that regulate calcium flux through the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), thereby regulating muscle contraction and rel ...

(1937–2020), Canadian biochemist and geneticist *

Hector MacLennan Sir Hector MacLennan Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, FRCP FRCPGlas FRCOG (1 November 1905 – 6 January 1978) was a Scottish gynaecologist, Knight Bachelor, knighted in the 1965 Birthday Honours. He was President of the Royal Society o ...

, (1905–1978), Scottish gynaecologist * Hugh Dan MacLennan, Scottish broadcaster and writer *

James Maclennan James Maclennan (March 17, 1833 – June 9, 1915) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in the township of Lancaster, Upper Canada (now Ontario), the son of Roderick Maclennan and Mary Mac ...

(1833–1915) Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge *

John Hugh MacLennan John Hugh MacLennan (March 20, 1907 – November 9, 1990) was a Canadian writer and professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award. Family and childhood MacLennan was born in Glace B ...

(1907–1990), Canadian author and academic *

Matt MacLennan Matt MacLennan is a television writer/producer in both comedy/drama. Matt has also written for film and video games like '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist'' by Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is ...

(born 1976), Canadian film/television writer *

Michael MacLennan Michael Lewis MacLennan (born June 5, 1968) is a Canadian playwright, television writer and television producer, best known as a writer and producer of television series such as '' Queer as Folk'' and ''Bomb Girls''. As a playwright he is a two ...

(born 1968), Canadian playwright *

Murdoch MacLennan Murdoch MacLennan (born 10 April 1949) is a British senior media executive. He is chairman of the Press Association Group, Independent News & Media, and also of the Scottish Professional Football League. From 2004 until 2017 he was CEO of th ...

(born 1949), Scottish media executive * Paul D MacLennan (born 1966), Government adviser and leisure policy maker * Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart (1936–2020), Scottish politician *

Roddy MacLennan Roddy MacLennan (born 3 May 1989 in Livingston) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Linlithgow Rose in the East of Scotland League. He is a product of Clyde's youth system. Career MacLennan signed a YTS contract with Clyde in July 2007. H ...

(born 1989), Scottish footballer *

Rosie MacLennan Rosannagh "Rosie" MacLennan (born August 28, 1988) is a Canadian trampoline gymnast. She is the 2013 and 2018 World Trampoline champion, 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, and 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games champion in the individual trampoline e ...

, (born 1988), Canadian Olympic trampolinist (Gold) *

Ruari MacLennan Ruari MacLennan (born 26 March 1988) is a Scottish football midfielder who plays for Armadale.. MacLennan is a product of Clyde's youth system. Career Born in Livingston, MacLennan signed a YTS contract with Clyde in the summer of 2006, and m ...

(born 1988), Scottish footballer * Scott MacLennan (born 1987), Scottish cricketer

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