Cameron (surname)
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Cameron is a surname of Scottish origin, and a first name derived from the surname. The surname comes from Scottish Gaelic cam-shron "crooked-nose" or "hooked-nose," and is the name of a Scottish clan, Clan Cameron. Also in early Viking "Kameron" meant "god-like" or "all powerful".
[edit] People with the surname Cameron
- Alan Cameron (US classical scholar), U.S. classical scholar
- Alan Cameron (NZ legal scholar), New Zealand legal scholar
- Dr. Allison Cameron, character in the TV series House
- Angus Cameron (1826-1897), U.S. politician
- Archie Cameron (1895-1956), Australian politician
- Bill Cameron, (1942-2005), Canadian journalist
- Bob Cameron (born 1963), Australian politician
- Bob Cameron (football player) (born 1954), Canadian football player
- Candace Cameron (born 1976), U.S. actress
- Carl Cameron, U.S. television journalist
- David Cameron (born 1966), British politician
- Donald Cameron (VC) (1916-1961), British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
- Donald W. Cameron (born 1936), Canadian politician
- Douglas Colin Cameron (1854-1921), Canadian politician
- Duncan Cameron (general), British general
- Duncan Cameron (fur trader), Canadian fur trader
- Elspeth Cameron (born 1943), Canadian writer
- Ewan Cameron (Vitamin C) (1922-1991), Scottish physician
- Ewan Cameron (MKULTRA), U.S. physician
- Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel (1629-1719), Scottish Highland chieftain
- Fred Cameron (born c. 1919), Canadian politician
- James Cameron (journalist) (1911-1985), British journalist
- James Cameron (born 1954), U.S. movie producer/director
- John Cameron (c. 1579-1623), Scottish theologian
- John Allan Cameron (1938-2006), Canadian folk singer
- Julia Cameron, writer
- Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), British photographer
- Kenneth D. Cameron (born 1949), U.S. astronaut
- Kirk Cameron (born 1970), U.S.actor
- Margaret Alison Cameron (born 1937), Australian librarian, administrator and ornithologist
- Matt Cameron (born 1962), U.S. hard rock musician
- Matthew Crooks Cameron (1822-1887), Canadian politician
- Michael Cameron, GIMPS participant
- Mike Cameron (born 1973), U.S. Major League Baseball player
- Pero Cameron (born 1974), New Zealand professional basketball player
- Richard Cameron (religious leader) (1648[?]-1680), Scottish religious leader
- Richard Cameron (writer), British playwright
- Robert Cameron, (born 1912) Photographer
- Ron Cameron, Canadian politician
- Ross Cameron (born 1965), Australian politician
- Simon Cameron (1799-1889), U.S. politician
- Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-1894), English traveller
- W. Bruce Cameron, U.S. humorous writer
