McLachlan

McLachlan (/məˈklɒxlən/ mə-KLOKH-lən), MacLachlan or McLaglen is a surname. It is derived from the Irish MacLachlainn, which is in turn a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name Lachlann. Notable people with the surname include:

McLachlan

• Alexander McLachlan (politician) (1872–1956), Australian senator
• Alexander McLachlan (poet) (1818–1896), Scottish-born Canadian poet
• Andrew McLachlan (born 1966), Australian politician, army man and lawyer
• Angus McLachlan (born 1944), Australian pastoralist and former first-class cricketer
• Ben McLachlan (born 1992), New Zealand–Japanese tennis player
• C. Ian McLachlan (born 1942), justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
• Craig McLachlan (born 1965), Australian actor and singer
• Ed McLachlan (1940–2024), English cartoonist and illustrator
• George McLachlan (1901–1964), Scottish footballer
• Ian McLachlan (born 1936), Australian landowner
• James McLachlan (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jimmy McLachlan, Scottish footballer
• John McLachlan (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jon McLachlan (1949–2024), New Zealand rugby union player
• Laurentia McLachlan (1866–1953), Scottish Benedictine nun
• Mark McLachlan (born 1990), American product and game designer
• Michael A. McLachlan (born 1958), American politician
• Mike McLachlan (1946–2021), American politician
• Robert McLachlan (disambiguation), multiple people
• Roger McLachlan (1954–2025), New Zealand bass guitarist based in Australia
• Sarah McLachlan (born 1968), Canadian musician
• Tanner McLachlan (born 1999), Canadian American football player
• Tom McLachlan (1912–1986), Australian rugby league footballer
• Virginia McLachlan (born 1992), Canadian Paralympic sprinter

MacLachlan

• Angus MacLachlan (born 1959), playwright and screenwriter
• Crawford Maclachlan (1867–1952), British admiral
• Ewen MacLachlan (1775–1822), Scottish Gaelic scholar and poet
• Kyle MacLachlan (born 1959), American actor
• Malcolm MacLachlan, Professor of Global Health at Trinity College Dublin
• Patricia MacLachlan (1938–2022), American children's writer
• Ross MacLachlan (born 1957), Canadian singer and pianist
• James MacLachlan (1919–1943), British Royal Air Force pilot and flying ace of the Second World War

McLaglen

• Victor McLaglen (1886–1959), British-born American actor

Clan

• Clan Maclachlan, Scottish clan

Fictional characters

• Ryan McLachlan, fictional character
• Tiffany McLachlan, fictional character

See also

• McLachlin (surname)
• McLoughlin
• Lachlan (disambiguation)
• McLoughlin, for the Irish origins of the name

References

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname McLachlan.
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