Mack is a given name and nickname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Mack Beggs Mack Beggs (born 1999) is an American former high school wrestler from Euless, Texas, Euless, Texas. Beggs is a trans man. State athletic rules only allowed him to compete in the league for the sex he was assigned at birth. In 2017, he defeated C ...

(born 1999), American high school wrestler * Mack Brown (born 1951), head coach of the University of Texas at Austin Longhorn football team *

Mack Brown (running back) Mack Brown (born September 24, 1991) is a former American football running back. He played college football at Florida, and signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings. Early ...

(born 1991), American football player *

Mack C. Chase Mack C. Chase (April 29, 1931 – October 2, 2023) was an American oil and natural gas businessman, who made his fortune in the oilfields of the Permian Basin (North America), Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico. Early life Mack C. Chase was ...

(born 1931), American oil and natural gas tycoon *

Mack Calvin Mack Calvin (born July 27, 1947) is an American former basketball player. A five-time ABA All-Star, Calvin recorded the second most assists in ABA history, and was later named to the ABA All-Time Team. High school career Calvin was born in Fort W ...

(born 1947), American former basketball player * Mack Charles Parker (1936–1959), African-American victim of lynching in the US *

Mack David Mack David (July 5, 1912 – December 30, 1993) was an American lyricist and songwriter, best known for his work in film and television, with a career spanning the period between the early 1940s and the early 1970s. David was credited with writing ...

(1912–1993), American lyricist and songwriter *

Mack Herron Mack Willie Herron (July 24, 1948 – December 6, 2015) was a professional American football running back who played in the National Football League from 1973 to 1976. He played college football at Kansas State, where he finished second in the na ...

(born 1948), American former football running back *

Mack Hollins Mack Hollins (born September 16, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina, and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth ...

(born 1993), American football player *

Mack Jones Mack may refer to: People *Mack (given name) *Mack (surname) *Reinhold Mack, German record producer and sound engineer, often credited as simply "Mack" *Richard Machowicz (1965–2017), host of ''FutureWeapons'' and ''Deadliest Warrior'', known as ...

(1938–2004), American Major League Baseball player *

Mack Lee Hill Mack Lee Hill (August 17, 1940 – December 14, 1965) was an American football player, a running back at Southern University and for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs. He died suddenly after undergoing knee surgery, two days afte ...

(1940–1965), American college and professional football player *

Mack Mitchell Mack Henry Mitchell (born August 16, 1952) is an American former defensive end who played five seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the Cleveland Browns. He was born and raised in Diboll, Texas and attended Diboll High School and ...

(born 1952), American former football player * Mack Ray Edwards (1918–1971), American child sex abuser/serial killer; committed

suicide by hanging Suicide by hanging is the intentional killing of oneself (suicide) via suspension from an anchor-point such as an overhead beam or hook, by a rope or cord or by jumping from a height with a noose around the neck. Hanging is often considered ...

in his prison cell. *

Mack Wilson Lyndell Santrell "Mack" Wilson (born February 14, 1998) is an American football linebacker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama. Early years Wilson attended George Washington ...

(born 1998), American football player

Nickname

Johnny Mack Brown John Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western films. Early life Born and raise ...

(1904–1974), American actor and football player *

Mack Flenniken George M. "Mack" Flenniken (January 24, 1905 – May 26, 1956) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Cardinals in 1930 and the New York Giants in 1931. Flenniken ...

, American football player, coach, and sports figure *

Mack McCarthy William Leroy "Mack" McCarthy (born July 3, 1952) is the former head college basketball coach for East Carolina University. On March 6, 2010, athletic director Terry Holland announced that McCarthy would complete the season as head coach and then m ...

, former head college basketball coach for East Carolina University *

Mack Miller Andrew Markley "Mack" Miller (October 15, 1931 – February 16, 2020) was an American cross-country skier, trainer, and high school teacher. He represented the United States twice at the Winter Olympics. Career Miller studied at Western State ...

, American former cross-country skier and trainer Andrew Markley (born 1931)

Stage name

Mack Gordon Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler; June 21, 1904 – February 28, 1959) was an American composer and lyricist for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times in 11 years, including five consecutive years betwee ...

(1904–1959), American composer and lyricist of songs for stage and film, born Morris Gittler *

Mack Sennett Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...

(1880-1960), Canadian director and actor born Michael Sinnott *

Mack Swain Mack Swain (born Moroni Swain; February 16, 1876 – August 25, 1935) was an early American film actor, who appeared in many of Mack Sennett’s comedies at Keystone Studios, including the Keystone Cops series. He also appeared in major fea ...

(1876–1935), American actor and vaudevillian born Moroni Swain

Fictional characters

* Mack (''Cars''), an anthropomorphic semi-trailer truck from the film ''Cars'', based on a Mack truck *Mack, the

boss Boss may refer to: Occupations * Supervisor, often referred to as boss * Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier * Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization * Fire boss, ...

who held the first Star Piece in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' *Mack the Knife, the eponymous serial killer in the song ''

Mack the Knife "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" (german: "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", italic=no, link=no) is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama ''The Threepenny Opera'' (german: Die Dreig ...

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