Duncan (surname)
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Duncan is a surname. For the etymology of the surname Duncan this web page cites: Dictionary of American Family Names. Another opinion is that the Gaelic Donnchadh is composed of the elements donn, meaning "brown"; and chadh, meaning "chief" or "noble".[1] In some cases when the surname originates in (Sligo) Ireland it is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Ó Duinnchinn, meaning "descendant of Donncheann". The Gaelic Donncheann is a byname composed of the elements donn, meaing "brown-haired man" or "chieftain"; and ceann, meaning "head".[2] The surname Duncan is represented in Scottish Gaelic as MacDhonnchaidh.
Armed forces
- Adam Duncan, British admiral
- Donald B. Duncan (1896-1975), American vice-admiral
- Donald W. Duncan (b. 1930), American soldier and anti-war activist
- Henry Duncan, British naval officer
Sports
- Alex Duncan (1900-1984), former Australian rules footballer with Carlton (1921-1924, 1926-1930)
- Andy Duncan (basketball) (1922-?), American basketball player
- Chris Duncan, American baseball player
- Dave Duncan (baseball), Major League Baseball player and pitching coach - father of Chris Duncan and Shelley Duncan
- Darryl Duncan, Australian rugby league footballer
- Ian Duncan (born 1961), Kenyan rally driver
- Jeff Duncan (baseball) (born 1978), American baseball player and coach
- John Duncan (footballer) (born 1949), Scottish footballer who notably played for Dundee and Tottenham Hotspur
- Johnny Duncan (footballer), Scottish international footballer and manager, who was most notably with Leicester City
- Mariano Duncan, Dominican baseball player
- Ross Duncan (born 1944), Australian cricketer
- Scott Duncan, former association football player and manager
- Shelley Duncan, American baseball player
- Tim Duncan (born 1976), American basketball player
- Vern Duncan (1890–1954), American baseball player
Acting
- Carmen Duncan (born 1942), Australian actress
- Lindsay Duncan (born 1950), British actress
- Michael Clarke Duncan (1957-2012), American actor
- Sandy Duncan (born 1946), American actress
Politics
- Alan Duncan (born 1957), British politician
- Charles William Duncan, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Energy
- Kenneth Addison "Ken" Duncan, former Louisiana State Treasurer
- Peter Duncan (British politician), Scottish conservative
- Peter Duncan (Australian politician), Labor representative in South Australian and federal parliaments
- William A. Duncan, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Mike Duncan, Former chairman of the Republican National Committee in the United States
Music
- Lesley Duncan, English singer and songwriter
- Trevor Duncan, English composer
- Sparky Duncan, Grenadian singer and songwriter
Other fields
- Alasdair Duncan, Australian writer
- Dan Duncan (1933-2010), American businessman
- Dave Duncan (writer), Canadian writer
- David Duncan, government witness in Enron scandal
- David F. Duncan epidemiologist and drug policy adviser to President Bill Clinton
- Donald F. Duncan, Sr., American entrepreneur and inventor, who is most commonly associated with Yo-yos
- Glen Duncan (born 1965), British author
- Helen Duncan (1897 – 1956), Scottish medium
- Henry Duncan (1774–1846), founder of the first Trustee Savings Bank
- Isadora Duncan, American dancer
- Jimmy Duncan, American politician
- Various individuals named John Duncan
- Robert Duncan (poet), U.S. beat poet
- George Smith Duncan, a tramway and mining engineer
- Iain Duncan Smith, British politician
- Joseph E. Duncan III, Notorious murderer and sexual predator
- Scott Duncan (businessman), American billionaire
- Tim Duncan (singer), Southern Gospel singer
- W. G. G. Duncan Smith, World War II air ace
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Hardcastle, Kate, ed. Oxford Dictionary of Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 81, 402. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ↑ "Duncan Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 August 2009. For the etymology of the surname Duncan this web page cites: Dictionary of American Family Names.
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