{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{wikt|McElroy}} '''McElroy''' is an Irish surname originating in County Fermanagh, Ireland, where the placename Ballymackilroy is found<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/McElroy#ixzz64suGVZRmof|title=Surname Database: McElroy Last Name Origin}}</ref>
McElroy is the surname of a number of people:
== Family of Clint McElroy == * Hugh McElroy (1874-1912), Chief Purser aboard the RMS ''Titanic'' and great-uncle to Clint * Clint McElroy (born 1955), American radio personality, comics writer and podcaster * Griffin McElroy (born 1987), American video games journalist and podcaster; son of Clint * Justin McElroy (born 1980), American journalist and podcaster; son of Clint * Sydnee McElroy, American doctor, podcaster; wife of Justin * Travis McElroy (born 1983), American podcaster; son of Clint
== Other notable people with the surname == * Alan B. McElroy, American writer * Albert McElroy (1915–1975), Northern Irish politician * Alice McElroy Procter (1915–1987), American composer * Brennan McElroy (born 1992), American basketball player * Caralee McElroy (born 1983), American multi-instrumentalist * Chuck McElroy (born 1967), American baseball player * Codey McElroy (born 1992), American football player * Colleen J. McElroy (1935–2023), American writer * Drake McElroy (born 1969), American motorcycle racer * Edward J. McElroy, labor leader * George McElroy (1893–1918), Irish World War I Flying Ace * George McElroy (journalist) (1922–2006), journalist * Greg McElroy, American former professional football player * Guy McElroy (1946–1990), Scholar of African-American art * Ian McElroy, American musician * Immanuel McElroy (born 1980), American basketball player * James McElroy (1945–2011), Irish American mobster * Jane Roma McElroy (1867–1923), American painter * Jim McElroy (born 1953), American basketball player * Jim McElroy (baseball) (1862–1889), Major League Baseball player * John McElroy (Jesuit) (1782–1877), one of two of the Army's first Catholic Chaplains. Founder of St. John's Literary Institute, Boston College High School, and Boston College. * John McElroy (author) (1846–1929), American soldier, journalist and author * Joseph McElroy (born 1930), American novelist * Kathleen McElroy American academic and journalist * Ken McElroy (1934–1981), American murder victim and criminal * Leeland McElroy (born 1974), All-American college football player, professional football player, kick returner * Lillian McElroy (1917–2009), American politician * Lilly McElroy, American photographer and artist * Mark McElroy (Ohio politician) (1906–1981), American politician * Mark McElroy (Arkansas politician), American politician * Mary Arthur McElroy (1841–1917), sister of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur and acting First Lady * Michael McElroy (actor), musical theatre actor * Michael McElroy (scientist), atmosphere scientist * Neil H. McElroy (1904–1972), American Secretary of Defense * Reggie McElroy (born 1960), American football player * Robert McNutt McElroy (1872–1959), professor at Princeton University * Robert W. McElroy (born 1954), Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Washington * Roy McElroy (1907–1994), Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand (1965–1968) * Sam McElroy (born c. 1963), American football coach * Steven McElroy (born 1966), American actor and director * Theodore Roosevelt McElroy (1901–1963), American telegrapher operator * Tony McElroy, British spin doctor * Vann McElroy (born 1960), American football player * Wendy McElroy, Canadian author * William D. McElroy (1917–1999), American biochemist * William S. McEllroy, American tennis player
==Fictional characters== * Chef (South Park), whose full name is Jerome McElroy * Stuart McElroy, fictional character from the BBC drama Holby City.
==See also== * Elroy (disambiguation) * McIlroy <!-- It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname -->
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