McCracken (surname)
Appearance
McCracken is a hereditary surname derived from Ulster and nearby Galloway, Scotland.[1] It is an Anglicisation of Mac Reachtain an Ulster Gaelic variant of the patronymic surname Mac Neachtain (commonly Anglicised as McNaughton).[1]
People surnamed McCracken
[edit]- Annie Virginia McCracken (1686–?), American author
- Bert McCracken (born 1982), American vocalist
- Billy McCracken (1883–1979), Northern Ireland football player
- Bob McCracken (1904-1972), American jazz clarinetist
- Branch McCracken (1908–1970), American basketball coach
- Brian McCracken (born 1934), Irish jurist and Justice of the Irish Supreme Court
- Craig McCracken (born 1971), American animator
- Daniel D. McCracken (1930–2011) American computer scientist
- David McCracken (born 1981) Scottish football player
- Eileen McCracken (1920–1988), Irish botanist
- Edward R. McCracken American businessman
- Elizabeth McCracken (born 1966), American author
- Esther McCracken (1902–1971), British actress and playwright
- Frederick McCracken (1859-1949), British general
- Harold McCracken (1894–1983), American author
- Harry McCracken (born 1964), American journalist, editor in chief of PC World
- Harry McCracken (footballer), Northern Irish footballer
- Henry Joy McCracken (1767–1798), Irish rebel
- Henry Noble McCracken (1880-1970), American chancellor of New York University
- Herb McCracken (1899–1995), American football coach
- Hugh McCracken (1942–2013), American musician
- J. J. McCracken (born 1972), American artist
- Jack McCracken (1911–1958), American basketball player
- Jack McCracken (Scouting)
- James McCracken (1926–1988), American tenor
- Janet McCracken, American academic
- Jarrod McCracken, New Zealand rugby league player
- Jeff McCracken (born 1952), American actor, director, and producer
- Jeremy McCracken, British television director
- Joan McCracken (1917–1961), American actress and dancer
- John McCracken (artist) (1934-2011), American artist
- Josephine Clifford McCracken (1839–1921), German-born American
- Josiah McCracken (1874–1952), US college football All American and Olympic medal winner
- Krista McCracken, Canadian public historian and archivist
- Mark McCracken (born 1960), American actor
- Mary Ann McCracken (1770–1866), Irish radical and anti-slavery campaigner
- Mary Isabel McCracken (1866–1955), American entomologist
- Paul McCracken (basketball) (born 1950), NBA and Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball player
- Paul McCracken (economist) (1915–2012), American economist and former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers
- Philip McCracken (born 1928), American artist
- Peter Hale McCracken, American founder of Serials Solutions
- Quinton McCracken (born 1970), American major league baseball player
- Robert McCracken (footballer) (1890–unknown), Northern Irish professional footballer
- Robert McCracken (born 1968), United Kingdom professional boxer
- Robert M. McCracken (1874–1934), American politician
- Sandra McCracken (born 1977), American musician
- Thomas McCracken Jr. (born 1952), American lawyer and politician
- Voros McCracken (born 1971), American sabermetrician
- William McCracken (c. 1864 – 1940), American football coach and college educator
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b McCracken Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 30 December 2007