McMillan (surname)
MacMillan, Macmillan, McMillen or McMillan are variants of a Scottish family name. The origin of the name is said to derive from the origin of the Scottish Clan MacMillan. The progenitor of the Clan was said to be Airbertach, a Hebridean prince of the old royal house of Moray. Airbertach had a son named Cormac, who was a Bishop, and Cormac's own son Gilchrist or, in Gaelic, Gille Chrisosd, the prognenitor of the Clann an Mhaoil, was a religious man like his father; and it was because of this that he wore the tonsure which gave him the nickname Maolan or Gillemaol. As a Columban priest, his head would have been shaved over the front of his head in the style of St. John, rather than at the vertex of head (the dominant style in The Church of Rome). This distinctive tonsure is described in Gaelic as 'Mhaoillan'. The name MacMillan thus literally means, "son of the tonsure".
People having this name include:
People
- Alexander Macmillan (disambiguation), several persons
- Angus McMillan (1810–1865), Australian explorer
- Brian McMillan (born 1963), South African Cricketer
- Brockway McMillan (born 1915) American Scientist, former Under Secretary of the Air Force and the second Director of the National Reconnaissance Office
- Colin R. McMillan (1935–2003), former Assistant United States Secretary of Defense
- Craig McMillan (born 1976), New Zealand Cricketer
- Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846–1933), Manitoba politician
- Daniel MacMillan (1813–1857), British publisher, brother of Alexander Macmillan (publisher)
- Dave MacMillan (1886–1963), American basketball coach
- Dave McMillan (racing driver) (born 1944), New Zealand former racing driver
- Donald Baxter MacMillan (1874–1970), American explorer
- Duncan MacMillan (disambiguation), several persons
- Edwin McMillan (1907–1991), American chemist and Nobel Prize winner
- Ethel McMillan (1904–1987), New Zealand politician
- Frank McMillan (1899–1966), Australian rugby league footballer
- Gervan McMillan (1904–1951), New Zealand politician
- Gordon McMillan (born c. 1927), American ice hockey player
- Gordon Holmes MacMillan, British World War II general and Hereditary Chief of the Clan MacMillan
- Hammy McMillan, Scottish world champion curler
- Harold Macmillan (1894–1986), British Prime Minister
- Herbert H. McMillan (born 1958), American politician
- H. R. MacMillan (1885–1976), Canadian forester
- Ian McMillan (born 1956), British poet
- J. Douglas MacMillan (1933–1991), Scottish pastor
- James McMillan (disambiguation), several persons
- John McMillan (disambiguation), several persons
- Joseph McMillan (born 1953), U.S. vexillologist and heraldist
- Sir Kenneth MacMillan (1929–1992), Scottish-born choreographer
- Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1812–1878), Scottish blacksmith who invented the rear-wheel-driven bicycle
- Marcia MacMillan (born 1970), Canadian news anchor
- Margaret MacMillan (born 1943), Canadian historian
- Margaret McMillan (1860–1931), nursery education pioneer
- Nate McMillan (born 1964), former NBA player and coach of the Portland Trail Blazers
- Norman MacMillan (disambiguation), several persons
- Robert McMillan (disambiguation), several persons
- Stephen McMillan (born 1976), Scottish former footballer
- William MacMillan (disambiguation), several persons
- Whitney MacMillan (born 1929), American businessman
Fictional characters