McCormack

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox surname | name = McCormack |image= |image_size= <!-- width in pixels --> |caption= | pronunciation = (Muh-core-mack) | meaning = "son of Cormac'" | region = Ireland, Scotland | language = | variant = Cormack (surname){{!}}, MacCormack, McCormick, MacCormick, Cormac, Cormach, Cormich, Cormiche, Mac Cormaic | footnotes =<ref>[http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Mccormack – origin]</ref> }} '''McCormack''' is a Scottish and Irish surname that originated in Ireland and Scotland. Spelling variations include: Cormack, MacCormack, MacCormac, McCormac, Cormac, Cormach.

== Architecture == * Sir Richard MacCormac, (1938–2014), British architect, founder of MJP Architects

== Business == * Arthur John McCormack (1865–1936), English businessman associated with Wolseley Motors * Derek McCormack (academic), New Zealand professor and administrator * Emmet J. McCormack (1880–1965), US director and treasurer, One of the founders of Moore-McCormack * Gavan McCormack, Australian historian and orientalist

==Entertainment== * Adetokumboh McCormack (born 1982), Sierra Leone-born American actor * Ange McCormack (born 1996 or 1997), Australian journalist and radio presenter * Catherine McCormack (born 1972), English actress * Danielle McCormack (born 1983), English actress * Daryl McCormack (born 1992/1993), Irish actor * David McCormack (born 1968), Australian singer and songwriter * Eric McCormack (born 1963), Canadian-born American actor * Franklyn MacCormack (1906–1971), American radio personality * Geoffrey MacCormack known as Warren Peace, English vocalist * John McCormack (1884–1945), Irish tenor singer * Kevin McCormack (born 1970), Irish dancer * Mary McCormack (born 1969), American actress * Niamh McCormack (born 2001), Irish actress * Patty McCormack (born 1945), US actress * Sean McCormack, sound editor * Will McCormack (born 1974), American actor, brother of Mary

==Fictional characters== * Cliff McCormack, fictional character on The CW television series ''Veronica Mars'' * Clive McCormack, fictional character in the video game ''The Getaway'' * Ren McCormack, fictional character in the film ''Footloose''

==Law== * Bridget Mary McCormack (born 1966), Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (January 1, 2013 – Present) * Michael McCormack (born 1939), US state judge (Nebraska) * Mike McCormack, Toronto Police officer and Toronto Police Association president * William J. McCormack (police officer) (1933–2016), Mauritius-born Canadian Chief of Police

==Literature== * Derek McCormack (born 1969), Canadian writer * Mike McCormack (born 1965), Irish writer * Una McCormack (born 1972), British-Irish novelist

==Medicine== * Henry MacCormac, Irish dermatologist and physician who served as a lieutenant-colonel in Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War * Henry MacCormac, (1800–1886), Irish physician who advocated open-air theory * William MacCormac, (1836–1901), British surgeon who served as the President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

== Military == * James McCormack (1910–1975), United States Army officer who served in World War II, and was later the first Director of Military Applications of the United States Atomic Energy Commission

==Politics== * Billy McCormack (1928–2012), director and vice president of the Christian Coalition of America and pastor of University Worship Center in Shreveport, Louisiana * Edward J. McCormack, Jr. (1923–1997), Massachusetts Attorney General, nephew of John William McCormack * Ellen McCormack (1926–2011), US third-party candidate for US president in 1980 * John McCormac, US politician (Democratic Party) * John William McCormack (1891–1980), US Representative from Massachusetts and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives * Michael McCormack (born 1964), Australian Member of Parliament * Mike McCormack (1921–2020), US Representative from Washington * Pádraic McCormack (born 1942), Irish delegate to Teachta Dála * Richard T. McCormack (born 1941), United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States and United States Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs * Sean McCormack (born 1964), US Assistant Secretary of State * William McCormack (1879–1947), Australian politician, Premier of Queensland

==Sports== * Alan McCormack (born 1984), Irish footballer * Charlie McCormack (1895–1975), Scottish footballer * Chris McCormack (triathlete) (born 1973), Australian triathlete * Damien McCormack (born 1987), Australian rules footballer * David McCormack (basketball) (born 1999), American basketball player * Don McCormack (born 1955), American baseball player * Fergal McCormack (born 1974), Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer * Frank MacCormack (born 1954), baseball pitcher for Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners * Jack McCormack (Australian rules footballer) (1904–1966), Australian rules footballer * Jack McCormack (rugby league) (1904–1996), Australian rugby league footballer * John McCormack, several sportspeople * Mark McCormack (1930–2003), American lawyer, sports agent and writer, founder and chairman of IMG * Mike McCormack (American football) (1930–2013), American football player (Cleveland Browns) and coach * Ross McCormack (born 1986), Scottish footballer * Steve McCormack (born c.1973), Scottish rugby league coach * Tom McCormack (Erin's Own hurler) (1888–1959), Irish hurler for Kilkenny and Erin's Own

==Other genre== * Billy McCormack (1928–2012), American clergyman * Bruce L. McCormack (born 1952), professor of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary * Franklyn MacCormack (1906–1971), US radio personality in Chicago * Hilary McCormack (1934–2022), New Zealand advocate for the Deaf community * Sir William MacCormac, 1st Baronet (1836–1901), British surgeon

==Other== * MacCormack method, a discretization scheme for the numerical solution of partial differential equations. It is introduced by Robert W. MacCormack in 1969.<ref>MacCormack, R. W., The Effect of viscosity in hypervelocity impact cratering, AIAA Paper, 69-354 (1969).</ref> * McCormack Motorsports, former Indy Racing League team owned by Dennis McCormack that operated from 1996 to 2001. * McCormack, Minnesota, an unorganized territory in St. Louis County, Minnesota

==See also== * McCormac * Carmack * Cormac * Cormack (surname) * Cromack * McCormick (surname)

==References== {{Reflist}}

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