McCreary
McCreary is a surname. It is derived from the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surnames Mac Ruidhrí and Mac Ruaidhrí.[1]
People with the surname
- Aaron McCreary, American college baseball coach
- Bear McCreary (born 1979), American composer and musician
- Bill McCreary (disambiguation), a number of people involved in ice hockey
- Conn McCreary (1921–1979), American Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing
- Ethel McCreary, Canadian All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- George Deardorff McCreary (1846–1915), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Hiram McCreary, Canadian politician
- James B. McCreary (1838–1918), Governor of Kentucky, U.S. Representative and Senator
- Jay McCreary (1918–1995), American basketball player and coach
- Foley (musician), stage name of Joseph McCreary, Jr.
- John McCreary (1761–1833), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Keith McCreary (1940–2003), National Hockey League player
- Loaird McCreary (born 1953), American football player
- Lori McCreary, American film producer and computer scientist
- Roger McCreary (born 2000), American football player
- William McCreary (1855–1904), Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg and member of the House of Commons
Citations
- ^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1755.
References
- Hanks, P; Coates, R; McClure, P, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879883-5.