McDiarmid explained

McDiarmid, also MacDiarmid, is an Irish surname originating from a high king of Ireland circa 657 AD, popular in Scotland.^[1]

People

Notable people with this surname include:

McDiarmid

• Archie McDiarmid (1881–1957), Scottish-born Canadian track and field athlete
• Bunny McDiarmid (contemporary), New Zealand environmental activist
• C. J. McDiarmid (1869–1942), American lawyer and professional baseball executive
• David McDiarmid (1952–1995), Tasmanian-born Australian artist, designer and political activist
• Dorothy Shoemaker McDiarmid (1906–1994), American politician in Virginia and Quaker activist
• Errett Weir McDiarmid (1909–2000), American librarian and academic
• George McDiarmid (1880–1946), Scottish footballer
• Howard McDiarmid (1927–2010), Canadian physician and political figure in British Columbia
• Ian McDiarmid (born 1944), Scottish Tony award theatre actor and director
• Jack McDiarmid (1903–1974), Australian rules footballer
• John McDiarmid (tennis) (1911–1982), American tennis player
• John B. McDiarmid (1913–2002), Canadian academic and military intelligence officer
• John Stewart McDiarmid (1882–1965), Canadian Liberal politician, later Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
• Matthew McDiarmid (1914–1996), Scottish literary scholar, essayist and poet
• Niall McDiarmid (born 1967), Scottish photographer
• Kevin McDiarmid (born 1969), English born Famous DJ and Music Producer using the pseudonym "K69"
• Lucy McDiarmid (born 2000), English-born talented musician and singer best known for winning Haltons Got Talent and achieving a No.1 music release.
• David McDiarmid (born 1962), English-born alternative sculpture based in Southampton

MacDiarmid

• Alan MacDiarmid (1927–2007), New Zealand-born American chemist
• Douglas MacDiarmid (1922–2020), New Zealand-born painter active in Paris, France
• Findlay George MacDiarmid (1869–1933), Canadian farmer and political figure in Ontario
• Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978), Scottish poet, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve
• Margaret MacDiarmid (fl. 2009–2013), Canadian politician in British Columbia
• Sarah MacDiarmid, Scottish-Australian woman who disappeared in 1990 in Melbourne, Australia
• Toby MacDiarmid (1925–2003), Australian politician
• William MacDiarmid (1875–1947), Canadian politician in Ontario

Places

• MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, in New Zealand
• McDiarmid Falls, a waterfall in British Columbia, Canada
• McDiarmid Park, a stadium in Perth, Scotland
• William McDiarmid House, a historic building in Fayetteville, North Carolina

See also

• MacDermot, an Irish Gaelic family
• McDermid, a Scottish surname

Notes and References

1. Web site: Surname Database: McDiarmid Last Name Origin.