MacLeay or Macleay or McLeay may refer to:

People

Alexander Macleay Alexander Macleay (also spelt McLeay) MLC FLS FRS (24 June 1767 – 18 July 1848) was a leading member of the Linnean Society, a fellow of the Royal Society and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Life Macleay was born on Ro ...

(1767–1848), Scottish civil servant and entomologist. *

George Macleay Sir George Macleay (180924 June 1891) was an Australian explorer and politician. Biography Macleay was born in London, the third son of Alexander Macleay and educated at Westminster School. He came to Australia in 1826. In November 1829 he ...

(1809–1891), Australian explorer and politician. *

George McLeay George McLeay (6 August 1892 – 14 September 1955) was an Australian politician and senior minister in the Menzies Liberal government. Early life McLeay was born in Port Clinton, South Australia and educated at Port Clinton Public School un ...

(1892–1955), Australian politician *

Glenn McLeay Glenn McLeay (born 14 August 1968) is a cyclist from New Zealand. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games at Auckland he won a gold medal in the 4000m team pursuit, and came 9th in the 10 mile track pursuit. At the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona he ...

(born 1968), New Zealand cyclist * John McLeay Jr. (1922–2000), Australian politician * John McLeay Sr. (1893–1982), Australian politician *

Ken MacLeay Kenneth Hervey MacLeay (born 2 April 1959) is a former English-born Australian cricketer. He was an all-rounder who played 16 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1983 and 1987. MacLeay played in the 1983 Cricket World Cup The 19 ...

(born 1959), English-born Australian cricketer. *

Leo McLeay Leo Boyce McLeay (born 4 October 1945) is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from June 1979 to October 2004. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives 1989–93. During 1992 h ...

(born 1945), Australian politician. *

Paul McLeay Paul Edward McLeay (born 23 August 1972), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Heathcote for the Labor Party between 2003 and 2011. In 2010, McLeay resigned ...

(born 1972), Australian politician *

William John Macleay Sir William John Macleay (13 June 1820 – 7 December 1891) was a Scottish-Australian politician, naturalist, zoologist, and herpetologist. Early life Macleay was born at Wick, Caithness, Scotland, second son of Kenneth Macleay of Keiss and hi ...

(1820–1891), Australian politician and naturalist. *

William Sharp Macleay William Sharp Macleay or McLeay (21 July 1792 – 26 January 1865) was a British civil servant and entomologist. He was a prominent promoter of the Quinarian system of classification. After graduating, he worked for the British embassy in Pari ...

(1792–1865), British entomologist.

Places

Electoral district of Macleay Macleay was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales established in 1880 in the Macleay River The Macleay River is a river that spans the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts ...

, New South Wales, Australia. *

Macleay Island Macleay Island is an island in Moreton Bay, South East Queensland, Australia. The island constitutes a town and locality within the City of Redland. In the , the locality of Macleay Island had a population of 2,681 people. Geography Mac ...

, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. *

Macleay Museum The Macleay Museum at The University of Sydney, was a natural history museum located on the University's campus, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Museum was amalgamanted into Chau Chak Wing Museum, which opened in 2020. The Macleay M ...

of science, University of Sydney, Australia. *

Macleay River The Macleay River is a river that spans the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Formed by the confluence of the Gara River, Salisbury Waters and Bakers Creek, the Macleay River ...

, New South Wales, Australia. *

Macleay Shire Macleay Shire was a local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Macleay Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the '' Local Government (Shires) Act 1905''. ...

, a former LGA in New South Wales, Australia.

Animals

* Macleay's dorcopsis, ''Dorcopsulus macleayi'', a marsupial. * Macleay's honeyeater, ''Xanthotis macleayanus'', a bird. * Macleay's mustached bat, ''Pteronotus macleayii''. *

Macleay's swallowtail ''Graphium macleayanus'', the Macleay's swallowtail, is a butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. The species was named after Alexander Macleay. Taxonomy Macleay's swallowtail was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. Two s ...

, ''Graphium macleayanus'', a butterfly. * Macleay's spectre, ''Extatosoma tiaratum'', a stick insect. {{disambig