McKelvey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Andrew McKelvey (1934–2008), American businessman
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Derek McKelvey (1934-2019), British rock climber
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Frank McKelvey
Frank McKelvey (3 June 1895 – 30 June 1974) was an Irish painter from Belfast.
Early life and education
Francis Baird McKelvey, also known as Frank McKelvey, was born 3 June 1895. He was born in Belfast at 31 Woodvale Road. He was bap ...
(1895–1974), Irish painter
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Frank McKelvey Bell
''A Romance of the Halifax Disaster'' (1918) is a rare novella by Canadian Lieutenant-Colonel Frank McKelvey Bell based on the Halifax Explosion of 1917. Bell, after the explosion, had assisted in the medical rescue. His experiences during thi ...
, Canadian soldier and writer
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George McKelvey (lawman)
George McKelvey was a lawman in Charleston, Cochise County, Arizona during the 1880s. He is known for arresting Johnny-Behind-the-Deuce ( Michael O'Rourke) on January 14, 1881 after he killed Tombstone Mill and Mining Company’s chief engineer ...
, constable of Charleston, Arizona Territory
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George McKelvey (mayor)
George M. McKelvey is an American politician. A Democrat, he served two terms as Mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, from 1998 to 2005. Prior to serving as mayor, he served two terms as the Treasurer of Mahoning County. He has also been a teacher, sch ...
, American politician
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George McKelvey (soccer)
George McKelvey, also spelled McKelvie, (born Scotland) was a Scottish-American soccer player who spent his entire professional career in the United States.
Playing career
The first record of McKelvey playing professionally comes in 1913 when he ...
, American soccer player
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Gerald McKelvey
Gerald J. McKelvey (March 1, 1946 – April 23, 2009) was a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, t ...
, American politician
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Grant McKelvey, Scottish rugby union coach and player
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Houston McKelvey
Robert Samuel James Houston McKelvey, OBE, QVRM, TD (born 3 September 1942) was the Dean of Belfast.
He was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution (1954–61), Queen's University Belfast, 1961-65 and Trinity College, Dublin and or ...
(born 1942), Irish Anglican dean
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J. J. McKelvey
J. J. McKelvey (born March 15, 1980) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Clemson.
McKelvey also played for the Philadelphia So ...
(born 1980), American football player
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Jim McKelvey
James Morgan McKelvey Jr. is an American billionaire businessman, who is the co-founder of Block, Inc. McKelvey was appointed as an independent director of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in January 2017. As of November 2021, his net wor ...
(born 1965), American computer scientist
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Joan McKelvey, Canadian judge
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Joe McKelvey (died 1922), Irish republican
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John McKelvey (1847–1944), American baseball player
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Miguel McKelvey (born 1973/74), American billionaire
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Richard McKelvey (1944–2002), American political scientist
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Rob McKelvey (born 1969), American golfer
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Robert McKelvey, American football coach
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Susan Delano McKelvey
Susan Adams Delano McKelvey (1883–1964) was an American botanist and writer, noted for her work at the Arnold Arboretum.
Early life
McKelvey was born as Susan Magoun Delano on March 13, 1883, in Philadelphia and was a member of the prominen ...
, American botanist (1883-1964)
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Tara McKelvey, American journalist
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Trish McKelvey
Patricia Frances McKelvey (born 5 January 1942), often known as Trish McKelvey, is a New Zealand former cricketer, cricket administrator and educator. She appeared in 15 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1966 and ...
(born 1942), New Zealand cricketer
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Vincent Ellis McKelvey
Vincent Ellis McKelvey (April 6, 1916 – January 23, 1987) was an American geologist and earth scientist. Recognized as an international authority on deep-sea mineral deposits, he spent 46 years with the United States Geological Survey. From 1968 ...
(1917–1987), American geologist
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William McKelvey
William McKelvey (8 July 1934 – 19 October 2016) was a British Labour politician who served as the MP for Kilmarnock from the 1979 to 1983 general election and for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1983 until his retirement in 1997 on health grou ...
(born 1934), British politician
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