McClintock
McClintock, rarely MacClintock, is a surname of Scottish and Irish Gaelic origin deriving from an anglicization of a Gaelic name variously recorded as M'Ilandick, M'Illandag, M'Illandick, M'Lentick, McGellentak, Macilluntud, McClintoun, and Mac Illiuntaig from the 14th century onward. The name is found mostly in County Donegal. The surname McClinton is an anglicization of the same Gaelic name.
Notable people with the surname include:
McClintock
- Anne McClintock, feminist scholar in Zimbabwe
- Barbara McClintock, American scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine
- Barbara McClintock (illustrator), American artist
- Byron McClintock, American Abstract Expressionist artist
- Charles B. McClintock, American politician from Ohio
- Cynthia McClintock, prominent American scholar of Latin America and professor of political science and international affairs
- Dan McClintock, American professional basketball player
- David McClintock, English natural historian, botanist, horticulturist and author
- Eddie McClintock, American actor
- Elizabeth McClintock, American botanist
- Emory McClintock, American actuary
- Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish explorer
- Frank McLintock, Scottish footballer
- Frank A. McClintock, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
- Harry McClintock, American musical composer
- Herbert McClintock, Australian social realist artist
- James H. McClintock, American author
- Jessica McClintock, American clothing designer
- John McClintock (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jonas R. McClintock, American politician
- Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican politician
- Martha McClintock, American psychologist
- Norah McClintock, Canadian author
- Peter V. E. McClintock, British physicist
- Poley McClintock, American musician
- Rembrandt McClintock, Australian lithographer
- Ronald McClintock, British World War I flying ace
- Steven McClintock, American musician
- Tom McClintock, American politician
- William McClintock (disambiguation), multiple people
MacClintock
- Carol MacClintock, American musicologist and editor
- , American biologist, non-fiction author and sculptor