MacGillivray explained

MacGillivray is a surname and given name derived from the Gaelic language. The name can be written in modern Scottish Gaelic as Bràigheach, MacGille, MacGilleBhràth, and MacIlleBhràth. MacGillivray may refer to:

People

Given name:

• MacGillivray Milne (1882 - 1959), 27th Governor of American Samoa

Surname:

• Carolina Henriette MacGillavry(1904 - 1993), Dutch chemist
• Charles Robert Macgillivray (1804?–1867), Scottish physician and Gaelic scholar
• Charles Andrew MacGillivary (1917 - 2000), Canadian-born American soldier
• Helen MacGillivray, Australian statistician
• James Pittendrigh MacGillivray (1856 - 1938), Scottish sculptor and poet
• John MacGillivray (1821 - 1867), Scottish naturalist active in Australia
• Ivor MacGillivray (1840 - 1939), Australian politician
• Paul MacGillivray (1834 - 1895), Scottish surgeon and naturalist, active in Australia
• William MacGillivray (1796 - 1852), Scottish naturalist
• William D. MacGillivray (born 1946), Canadian film director and screenwriter
• Allister MacGillivray (born 1948), Canadian composer, guitarist, author

Places

• MacGillivray, South Australia, a locality on Kangaroo Island, Australia
• McGillivray, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada

Other

• MacGillivray Freeman Films, a film studio based in Laguna Beach, CA

Other uses

• MacGillivray's warbler (Oporornis tolmiei), a bird species
• Clan Macgillivray, a Scottish clan