# Mackall

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**Mackall** or **MacKall** is a surname. It is derived from the Gaelic *MacCathail*, meaning "son of *[Cathal](/source/Cathal)*". Early records of the name include *M'Kawele* in the late fourteenth-century, *Makcaill* in the early sixteenth century, and *M'Call* in the late sixteenth century.[1][2]

## People with the surname

- [Alexander Lawton Mackall](/source/Alexander_Lawton_Mackall) (1888–1968), American author, journalist, gastronomy expert and critic
- [Benjamin Mackall IV](/source/Benjamin_Mackall_IV) (1745–1807), American planter, lawyer, and jurist from Calvert County, Maryland
- [Charles Mackall](/source/Charles_Mackall) (1903–1991), American college football player and golfer
- [Corinne Lawton Mackall](/source/Corinne_Lawton_Mackall) (1880–1955), American painter, humanitarian, and gardener
- [Crystal Mackall](/source/Crystal_Mackall) (born 1960), American physician and immunologist
- [John Thomas MacKall](/source/John_Thomas_MacKall) (1920–1942), United States Army paratrooper
- [Leonard Mackall](/source/Leonard_Mackall) (1879–1937), American historian
- [Lily Mackall](/source/Lily_Mackall) (c. 1839–1861), messenger for Rose Greenhow, a Confederate spy in the American Civil War
- [R. Covington Mackall](/source/R._Covington_Mackall) (1822–1902), American politician and physician
- [Steve Mackall](/source/Steve_Mackall) (born 1959), cartoon voice actor
- [William W. Mackall](/source/William_W._Mackall) (1817–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War

## See also

- [Camp Mackall](/source/Camp_Mackall), active U.S. Army training facility in eastern Richmond County and northern Scotland County, North Carolina
- [Richards v. Mackall](/source/Richards_v._Mackall), 113 U.S. 539 (1885), appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to the High Court

## References

1. Reaney, PH (2006). *A Dictionary of English Surnames*. 3rd ed. Wilson, RM (ed.). London: [Routledge](/source/Routledge). p. 2036. ISBN 0-203-99355-1.

1. Reaney, PH (1995). *A Dictionary of English Surnames*. 3rd ed. Wilson, RM (ed.). Oxford: [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). p. 290. ISBN 0-19-8631464.

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