Mackenzie (surname)
Mackenzie, MacKenzie and McKenzie are alternative spellings of a Scottish surname. It was originally written MacKenȝie and pronounced in Scots, with the "z" representing the old Middle Scots letter, "ȝ" yogh. This is an anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, which is a patronymic form of the personal name Coinneach, anglicised as Kenneth. The personal name means "comely".
People with the surname
Mackenzie, MacKenzie
A–I
- Adam MacKenzie,, Scottish field hockey defender
- Aggie MacKenzie, Scottish television presenter
- Alastair Mackenzie, Scottish actor
- Alexander Mackenzie , explorer and employee Hudson's Bay Company
- Alexander Mackenzie , building contractor and writer, second prime minister of Canada
- Alexander Mackenzie of Kintail, chief of the Clan Mackenzie
- Alexander Mackenzie , British musician, composer
- Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, U.S. Navy officer
- Alister MacKenzie, British golf course designer
- Anne MacKenzie, several people
- Arthur John Mackenzie, Scottish chess master
- Billy Mackenzie, Scottish singer, member of the rock band The Associates
- Bruce Roy MacKenzie, British intelligence operative and Minister of Agriculture in Kenya
- Cameron MacKenzie, Member of Parliament at the Parliament of South Africa
- Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth,, chief of the Clan Mackenzie
- Colin Mackenzie, Surveyor General of India, art collector and orientalist
- Colin Mackenzie, Australian anatomist, benefactor and museum administrator
- Colin Cam Mackenzie of Kintail, chief of the Clan Mackenzie
- Colin Hercules Mackenzie, Head of S.O.E. in the Far East
- Colin John Mackenzie, Canadian Chief of the General Staff
- Compton Mackenzie, Scottish novelist
- Dan Mackenzie, American songwriter-producer
- Dan MacKenzie, Canadian sports and marketing executive
- Dave MacKenzie , Canadian politician
- D. J. M. Mackenzie, British colonial medical official
- Donald Angus MacKenzie, professor of sociology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Donald MacKenzie, Canadian rower who won a medal at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Duncan Mackenzie, British archaeologist
- Eric Francis MacKenzie, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Francis MacKenzie, leader of Nova Scotia Liberal Party
- George Mackenzie, several people
- George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, Scottish lawyer and legal writer
- George Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Seaforth, chief of the Clan Mackenzie
- George Henry Mackenzie, Scottish-born American chess champion
- Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian singer
- Hector Roy Mackenzie, landowner in Gairloch
- Henry Mackenzie, Scottish novelist
- Ian Alistair Mackenzie, Canadian parliamentarian
- Ian Mackenzie-Kerr, British book designer
J–Z
- Jack Mackenzie, Canadian engineer and academic
- James Cameron Mackenzie, American educator
- James MacKenzie , Scottish soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Mackenzie , Scottish actor
- Jane Mackenzie, second wife of Alexander Mackenzie
- Janet Mackenzie, British Anglican priest
- John Mackenzie, several people
- *John Mackenzie , Scottish, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- *John MacKenzie , American Medal of Honor recipient
- *John Joseph Mackenzie, Canadian pathologist
- *John Stuart Mackenzie, British philosopher
- *John W.P. McKenzie, American missionary to the Choctaws and founder of McKenzie College
- *Jock Mackenzie, Scottish footballer
- Kelvin MacKenzie, editor/media figure, United Kingdom
- Kenneth MacKenzie, several people including:
- *Kenneth Mackenzie, 7th of Kintail, chief of the Clan Mackenzie
- *Kenneth Mackenzie, 10th of Kintail, chief of the Clan Mackenzie
- *Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Mackenzie of Kintail, chief of the Clan Mackenzie
- *Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth, chief of the Clan Mackenzie
- *Kenneth D. Mackenzie, business theorist
- *Kenneth R. Mackenzie, civil servant and author/translator
- *Kenneth Ross MacKenzie, American Physicist and discoverer of astatine
- *Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie, translator of the German prankster tale Till Eulenspiegel into English
- Laurence MacKenzie, Scottish footballer
- Lewis MacKenzie, retired Canadian general and writer
- Morell Mackenzie, British physician
- Murdo MacKenzie, Scottish raconteur, Colorado and Brazilian cattle rancher
- Neil MacKenzie, English football player
- Norman MacKenzie, several people
- *Norman MacKenzie , Canadian author, lawyer, professor and member of the senate
- *Norman Mackenzie, American conductor
- Osgood Mackenzie, Scottish gardener and landowner
- Peter Samuel George Mackenzie, Canadian politician
- Ranald S. Mackenzie, U.S. Army Civil War and Indian Wars officer
- Robert MacKenzie, several people
- *Robert C. MacKenzie, American professional soldier
- *Robert Ramsay Mackenzie, premier of Queensland, Australia
- *Robert W. Mackenzie, politician in Ontario, Canada
- Sally MacKenzie, American romance author
- Stephen Mackenzie, British medical doctor
- Talitha MacKenzie, American ethnomusicologist
- Thomas Mackenzie, several people
- *Thomas MacKenzie , Russian rear admiral, founder of the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, Russian Empire
- *Thomas Mackenzie, prime minister of New Zealand
- Walter Mackenzie, Canadian surgeon and academic
- Warren MacKenzie, American craft potter
- William Lyon Mackenzie, Canadian journalist and rebel
- William Lyon Mackenzie King, several people
McKenzie
- A. Daniel McKenzie, Canadian politician
- Albert Edward McKenzie, English Victoria Cross recipient
- Benjamin McKenzie, US actor
- Bob McKenzie, Canadian broadcaster
- Bret McKenzie, New Zealand actor and musician, member of Flight of the Conchords
- Charles E. McKenzie, American politician
- Dan McKenzie , British professor and geologist
- Daniel Duncan McKenzie, Canadian politician
- Dave McKenzie , New Zealand long-distance runner
- Don McKenzie
- Donald McKenzie , Scottish-Canadian explorer and governor of the Red River Settlement
- Duke McKenzie, English boxing commentator and former professional boxer
- Duncan McKenzie, English footballer
- Fayette Avery McKenzie, educator and president of Fisk University
- Fay McKenzie, American actress
- George McKenzie, Scottish footballer
- Graham Douglas "Garth" McKenzie, Australian and Western Australian cricketer
- Hector McKenzie, Scottish footballer
- Isaiah McKenzie, American football player
- Jack McKenzie, several people
- Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
- James Mckenzie , Infamous New Zealand outlaw and folk hero of Scottish Gael heritage
- James A. McKenzie , American politician
- Jemma McKenzie-Brown, British/American actor
- John McKenzie, several people
- Johnnie McKenzie, rapper, better known as Jay Rock on the music label Strange Music
- Julia McKenzie, actress
- Kahlil McKenzie, American football player
- Kareem McKenzie, American professional football player
- Ken McKenzie, Canadian newspaper publisher and sports journalist
- Kevin McKenzie, several people
- Lee McKenzie, several people
- Leon McKenzie, English footballer
- Linsey Dawn McKenzie, British model
- Lionel W. McKenzie, American economist
- Luke McKenzie, Australian triathlete
- Marc McKenzie, Scottish footballer
- Mary Beth McKenzie, painter of contemporary figures
- Neil McKenzie, South African cricketer
- Paul McKenzie, several people
- Peter McKenzie, several people
- Polly McKenzie, character in The Inbetweeners
- Precious McKenzie, New Zealand weightlifter, born in South Africa
- R. Tait McKenzie, Canadian-born American surgeon and sculptor
- Sarah McKenzie, Australian jazz musician
- Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter
- Thomasin McKenzie, a New Zealand actress
- Toby McKenzie, American businessman and philanthropist.
- William McKenzie, several people
- William M. McKenzie, called Red McKenzie, American jazz musician
- Winston McKenzie, British politician and former amateur boxer