Makary Explained

Makary may refer to:

Places

• Makary, Cameroon, a town in Far North Region, Cameroon, on Lake Chad
  • Makary people, the Kotoko of the Lake Chad region, descended from the Kotoko kingdom
• Velyki Makary, a village in Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

People

Mononym

"Makary", also "Makari", is a Slavic name, cognate with the Latin Macarius (the following names may appear as "Makary"):

• Macarius of Unzha (1349–1444), credited with founding four monasteries in the Middle and Upper Volga regions of Russia; Russian Orthodox saint
• Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1482–1563), close adviser to Ivan the Terrible; Russian Orthodox saint
• Macarius Bulgakov (1816–1882), one of the three major church historians of the Russian Empire
• Macarius II (disambiguation)

Surname

• Marty Makary, British-American surgeon
• Ziad Makary, Lebanese politician

Given name

• Makary Younan (1934–2022), Coptic Orthodox priest

Middle name

• Józef Makary Potocki (died 1829), Polish nobleman

See also

• • Makari (disambiguation)