McLennan explained

McLennan, MacLennan, and Maclennan are surnames derived from the Scottish Gaelic Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Mac Gille Fhinnein.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

McLennan

• Andrew Robert McLennan (1871–1943), Canadian politician
• Azlan McLennan (born 1975), Australian artist
• Bill McLennan (1942–2022), Australian statistician
• Connor McLennan (born 1999), Scottish footballer
• Danny McLennan (1925–2004), Scottish football player and manager
• Donald R. McLennan (1873–1944), American business executive
• Ethel Irene McLennan (1891–1983), Australian botanist and educator
• Freddie McLennan (born 1951), Irish rugby union international
• G. S. McLennan (1883–1929), Scottish bagpipe player
• Gordon McLennan (politician) (1924–2011), Scottish leader of the Communist Party of Great Britain
• Gordon McLennan (rugby league) (1914–1966), Australian rugby league footballer
• Grant McLennan (1958–2006), Australian singer-songwriter with the band The Go-Betweens
• Gregor McLennan (born 1952), British sociologist
• Hector McLennan, Australian suffragist
• Jamie McLennan (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player
• John McLennan (1821–1893), Canadian politician and businessman
• John Cunningham McLennan (1867–1935), Canadian physicist
• John Ferguson McLennan (1827–1881), Scottish ethnologist
• Kenneth McLennan (1925–2005), American military general
• Margo McLennan (1938–2004), English television actor
• Mark McLennan (born 1991), Scottish footballer
• Neil McLennan (died 1867), Scottish-American settler
• Nick McLennan (born 1988), New Zealand rugby union player
• Paul McLennan (2020s), Scottish politician
• Ross McLennan (singer), Australian singer
• Ross McLennan (drummer), Australian drummer
• Scotty McLennan (born 1948), American minister of religion, academic, lawyer and author
• Fiona Mclennan (born 1968), Australian entrepreneur and beloved mother

MacLennan/Maclennan

• Angus MacLennan (1844–1908), Canadian politician
• David MacLennan (1937–2020), Canadian biochemist and geneticist
• Hector MacLennan, (1905–1978), Scottish gynaecologist
• Hugh Dan MacLennan, Scottish broadcaster and writer
• James Maclennan (1833–1915) Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge
• John Hugh MacLennan (1907–1990), Canadian author and academic
• Matt MacLennan (born 1976), Canadian film/television writer
• Michael MacLennan (born 1968), Canadian playwright
• Murdoch MacLennan (born 1949), Scottish media executive
• Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart (1936–2020), Scottish politician
• Roddy MacLennan (born 1989), Scottish footballer
• Rosie MacLennan, (born 1988), Canadian Olympic trampolinist (Gold)
• Ruari MacLennan (born 1988), Scottish footballer
• Scott MacLennan (born 1987), Scottish cricketer

See also

• Maclennan, South Island, New Zealand
• McLennan, Alberta, Canada
• McLennan County, Texas, United States
• McLennan Reservation, nature reserve in Massachusetts, United States
• Clan MacLennan, a Scottish clan

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks, Patrick . Oxford University Press, USA . 2022 . 2nd . en.