Mackey (name)

Mackey is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Gaelic Mac Aoidh meaning 'son of Aodh', a variant of the Scottish and Irish McKay.^[1][2] In Ireland the name is also derived from to Ó Macdha 'descendant of Macdha', a given name meaning 'virile, manly', and may be anglicised as such.^[3]

People with the surname Mackey

• Albert Mackey (1807–1881), writer on freemasonry
• Albert D. Mackey (died 1935), American politician and lawyer from Maryland
• Amanda Mackey (1951–2022), American casting director
• Bill Mackey (1927–1951), race car driver
• Biz Mackey (1897–1965), American Negro league baseball player and manager
• Bobby Mackey, country music singer
• Clay Mackey, Washington viticulturist
• Connor Mackey (born 1996), American ice hockey player
• Crandal Mackey (1865–1957), American lawyer and newspaper publisher
• Dick Mackey, dogsled racer
• Edmund William McGregor Mackey (1846–1884), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• Emma Mackey (born 1996), French-British actress
• Gerry Mackey Irish football player (1933–2021)
• George Mackey (1916–2006), mathematician
• Greg Mackey (1961–2014), Australian rugby league footballer
• Harriet Wright O'Leary Mackey (1916-1999), American teacher and politician and first woman to serve on the tribal council of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
• Hayley Mackey (born 2001), is a New Zealand judoka
• Howard Hamilton Mackey (1901–1987), American architect, educator
• Jack Mackey (1922–1945), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Mackey (born 1986), poker player
• Janet Mackey (born 1953), politician
• Jermain Mackey (born 1979), Bahamian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s
• John Mackey (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kevin Mackey (born 1946), basketball coach
• Kyle Mackey (born 1962), American football player
• Lance Mackey (1970–2022), dogsled racer
• Levi A. Mackey (1819–1889), 19th century politician
• Malcolm Mackey (born 1970), basketball player
• Mick Mackey (1912–1982), hurler
• Moana Mackey (born 1974), politician
• Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947), American writer
• Nick Mackey, politician
• Sandra Mackey (c. 1930–2015), expert on Middle East
• Steve Mackey (born 1966), musician
• Steven Mackey (born 1956), composer
• Wade Clark Mackey (born 1946), American author and social scientist
• William Mackey (Jesuit) (1915–1995), Canadian Jesuit Educationist and founder of the modern educational system of Bhutan

People with the given name Mackey

The surname Mackey has occasionally been used as a given name.

• Mackey Sasser (born 1962), American former Major League Baseball player
• Mackey Saturday (born 1985), American designer and typographer

Fictional characters

• Vic Mackey, main character of the FX drama series The Shield
• Mr. Mackey, on the animated series South Park