McLean

MacLean, McClean, or McLean (Scottish Gaelic: Mac Gill-Eain, Irish: Mac Ghoilla Eoin) can refer to:

Places

Australia

• Maclean, New South Wales
• Maclean Island, Tasmania

Canada

• McLean Island (Nunavut), Nunavut
• McLean, Saskatchewan

United States of America

• McLean, Illinois
• McLean, Nebraska
• McLean, Texas
• McLean, Virginia
• McLean County, Illinois
• McLean County, Kentucky
• McLean County, North Dakota

Notable people

• Aaron McLean, English professional football player
• Adam McLean, authority on alchemical texts and symbolism
• AJ McLean (born 1978), a.k.a. Alexander McLean, American musician and singer
• Al McLean (born 1937), Canadian politician from Ontario
• Alex MacLean (born 1947), American photographic artist
• Alick Maclean (1872–1936), English composer
• Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), Scottish novelist
• Andrea McLean, British weather forecaster and television personality
• Allan Maclean of Torloisk, officer in the British Army responsible for Canada not taken over by rebels during the American War of Independence
• Allan McLean (Australian politician) (1840–1911), Premier of Victoria 1899-1900, Gippsland's first Federal representative 1901-1906
• Allan McLean (outlaw) (1855–1881), Canadian outlaw and son of Donald McLean, fur trader and explorer
• Archer Maclean (contemporary), British computer games programmer
• Archibald MacLean, British Army and Royal Air Force officer
• Bethany McLean, business writer for Vanity Fair magazine; formerly Fortune magazine; well known for her work in uncovering the Enron scandal
• Bitty McLean, a British/Jamaican reggae singer
• Bruce McLean, Scottish artist
• Bryan McLean (1947–1998), American rock musician
• Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean of Duart, Baron Maclean (1916–1990), Scottish nobleman, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II 1971–1984
• Daniel McLean (MacLean) (1770–1823), successful business man in the banking trade, owned an early sugar refinery in VA; chief benefactor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Alexandria
• Daniel McLean (1868–1950), Canadian politician from Manitoba
• David McLean (disambiguation), various
  • David Maclean (born 1953), English politician from Penrith and The Border
  • David McLean (businessman) (born 1938), founder of the McLean Group of Companies
• Don MacLean (disambiguation), various
  • Don Maclean (born 1944), British comedian and television host
  • Don McLean (born 1945), American singer and songwriter
  • Donald McLean (New Zealand politician) (1820–1877), New Zealand politician and government official
  • Donald McLean (fur trader) (1805–1864), Hudson's Bay Company fur trader and explorer, father of outlaw Allan McLean
  • Sir Donald Maclean (British politician) (1864–1932), English politician
  • Donald Duart Maclean (1913–1983), British intelligence agent and spy for the Soviet Union during WWII
• Dougie MacLean (born 1954), Scottish singer-songwriter
• Edward Beale McLean (1889–1941), American newspaper publisher, Washington Post
• Evalyn Walsh McLean (1886–1947), American Washington socialite, wife of Edward Beale McLean
• Sir Fitzroy MacLean, 1st Baronet (1911–1996), Scottish diplomat, adventurer, writer, and politician
• George F. McLean (born 1929), American philosopher
• George P. McLean (1857–1932), American politician
• Gloria Hatrick McLean, wife of American actor Jimmy Stewart
• G. S. McLean, founder and long time past President of Full Gospel Bible Institute (now Eston College), pastor, lecturer and writer
• Harry Aubrey de Maclean (1848–1920), (Kaïd, General Sir), soldier and instructor to the Moroccan army
• Hector MacLean (disambiguation)
• Hector Lachlan Stewart MacLean (1871–1897), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Ian McLean (1929–1965), Australian rules footballer
• Ian McLean (New Zealand) (born 1934), New Zealand politician
• John McLean (1785–1861), American politician and jurist from Ohio
• Jackie McLean (1931–2006), American jazz musician
• James "Buddy" McLean, Irish-American gangster
• James Hamilton McLean (1936, U.S.A.), American malacologist
• Jason C. McLean (born 1977), Canadian stage actor
• Jim McLean (born 1937), Scottish football player and manager
• Jock McLean (1908–1988), Scottish footballer
• John McLean (1785–1861), American politician and jurist from Ohio
• John McLean (Illinois politician) (1791–1830), American politician from Illinois
• John Duncan MacLean (1873–1948), Canadian politician, Premier of British Columbia 1927–1928
• John Maclean MA (1879–1923), Scottish politician
• John MacLean (Canadian) (born c. 1927), Canadian politician and businessman
• John MacLean (hockey) (born 1964), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• John Norman Maclean (contemporary), American author
• Katherine MacLean (born 1925), American science fiction author
• Kirk McLean (born 1966), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Lachlan McLean (born 1968), American radio broadcaster
• Lenny McLean a.k.a. “Guv'nor” (1949–1998), English weightlifter and boxer
• Luke McLean (born 1987), Australian-born Italian rugby union player
• Malcolm Alexander MacLean (1842–1895), Canadian politician, Mayor of Vancouver, BC 1886–1887
• Malcolm McLean (1914–2001), inventor of containerized shipping
• MacLean & MacLean, a comedy/parody duo in Canada
• McLean (singer) (born 1980), Anthony McLean a British singer previously known as Digga.
• McLean Stevenson (1929–1996), American actor
• Margaret McLean (1845-1923), Australian women's rights advocate
• Michelle McLean (contemporary), Namibian woman crowned Miss Universe in 1992
• Neil Maclean (politician) (1875–1953), Scottish politician
• Nixon McLean (born 1973), West Indian cricketer
• Norman Maclean (1902–1990), American novelist and academic
• Paul D. MacLean (1913–2007), American physician and brain scientist
• Ray (Scooter) McLean, head coach of the Green Bay Packers football team in 1958
• Roderick McLean (19th century), Scottish poet who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria
• Ron MacLean (born 1960), Canadian sportscaster
• Samuel McLean (U.S. Consul) U.S. Consul for Trinidad de Cuba; 1849–1853, born 1797, in Alexandria, VA
• Samuel McLean (congressman) Congressman for Montana, born 1826, Summit Hill , PA
• Samuel McLean (politician) a politician of the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician and cofounder of category theory
• Sorley MacLean (1911–1996), Scottish Scots Gaelic poet
• Steven MacLean (disambiguation), various
  • Steve MacLean (footballer) (born 1982), Scottish footballer currently playing for Plymouth Argyle
• Stewart McLean (1913–1996), Canadian politician from Manitoba
• Stuart McLean (born 1948), Canadian radio broadcaster, author, and academic
• Tara MacLean (born 1973), Canadian singer and songwriter
• Tim McLean (1986–2008), Canadian murder victim
• Tommy McLean (born 1947), Scottish football player and manager
• Walter McLean (born 1936), Canadian clergyman and politician from British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario
• Wilmer McLean (19th century), American farmer in whose house the American Civil war ended in 1865

Fictional people

• Chris McLean, host of Total Drama Island, Total Drama Action, and Total Drama World Tour.
• Lord Maclean, a character in "The Revenge of Hamish", a poem by Sydney Lanier
• Will McLean, narrator in the 1980 novel The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy
• Piper McLean, a character in Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus series

Other possible meanings

• McLean Group of Companies, a North American real estate and film company
• Clan Maclean, Scottish clan
• McLean Hospital, psychiatric hospital, in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
• McLean Deluxe, low fat hamburger once sold by McDonald's restaurants
• Maclean's, is Canada’s only national weekly current affairs magazine
• McLean v. Arkansas, US Supreme Court case regarding church-state separation
• McLean High School, in school in McLean, Virginia
• Macleans (toothpaste), a brand of toothpaste distributed by GlaxoSmithKline

See also

• McClean (disambiguation)
• McClain (disambiguation)
• Macklin (disambiguation)
• McLane (disambiguation)