McMullen is a surname with predominantly Irish origins but also with some

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 ...

history. It derives from root forenames such as: Maolain, Maelan "Hillock" and Meallain "Pleasant". All of these forenames have over time evolved to the collateral "Son of Maolain", anglicised McMullen. Notable people with the surname include: *

Catherine Cookson Dame Catherine Ann Cookson (''née'' McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in ...

(1906–1998), English author who published in the United States under her maiden name Catherine McMullen * Curtis T. McMullen (born 1958), American mathematician *

Darren McMullen Darren McMullen (born 10 February 1982) is a Scottish-Australian television and radio presenter and personality, music journalist and music critic. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and emigrated with his family to Australia at the age of 12. He ...

(born 1982), Scottish-Australian television and radio personality * * Frances Drewry McMullen (1898–1995), American journalist and school psychologist * James McMullen, (1833–1913), Canadian politician * John McMullen (1832–1883), Irish-born, American Roman Catholic bishop * Mal McMullen (1927–1995), American professional basketball player * Michael McMullen, South Australian architect, designer of Marryatville, South Australia#The Acacias and many other notable buildings in Adelaide * Nathan McMullen (born 1988), English stage and TV actor * Neil C. McMullen (1913–1992), American politician *

Peter McMullen Peter McMullen (born 11 May 1942) is a British mathematician, a professor emeritus of mathematics at University College London. Education and career McMullen earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Trinity College, Cambridge, and studied at ...

(born 1942), British mathematician * Phil McMullen (born 1958), music critic from England, founder of both Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine and the Terrastock festivals * Ramsey MacMullen (1928–2022), American historian and writer *

Richard McMullen Richard Cann McMullen (January 2, 1868 – February 18, 1944) was an American manufacturer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Governor of Delaware. McMullen w ...

(1849–1926), American manufacturer and politician, Governor of Delaware * Sean McMullen (born 1948), Australian science fiction writer * Scott McMullen (born 1980), American football player

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* Katelyn MacMullen (born 1995), American actress * Norman MacMullen (1877–1944), British officer *

Ramsay MacMullen Ramsay MacMullen (March 3, 1928 – November 28, 2022) was an American historian who was Emeritus Professor of History at Yale University, where he taught from 1967 to his retirement in 1993 as Dunham Professor of History and Classics. His scholar ...

(1928–2022), American historian

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