McColl (surname)
McColl is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin. It is shared by several notable people and fictional characters:
- Beth McColl, English writer and podcaster
- Bill McColl, former American football player
- Billy McColl (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Colin McColl, KCMG, former head of the British Secret Intelligence Service
- Hugh McColl, Fourth generation American banker, influential in evolution of the banking industry
- Ian McColl, Scottish international footballer and manager
- James McColl (disambiguation)
- * James McColl (musician), Scottish frontman for the British band The Supernaturals
- * James McColl (politician)
- * Jim McColl, Scottish businessman
- * Jimmy McColl (footballer born 1892), Scottish footballer
- * Jimmy McColl (Olympic footballer), Scottish footballer
- John B. McColl (Canadian politician), Canadian national political figure
- John McColl (British Army officer), KCB, CBE, DSO, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- John McColl (politician), Canadian political figure
- Milt McColl, former American football player
- Pamela McColl, Canadian publisher and campaigner
- Peter McColl, Former Rector of the University of Edinburgh
- Robert Smyth McColl, Scottish footballer and founder of the RS McColl newsagent chain
- William McColl (disambiguation)
- * William McColl (clarinetist)
- * William McColl (footballer), Scottish international footballer
Fictional characters
- Mitch McColl, character on the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away.''
History and Origin
Anglicized version of the Gaelic patronym Mac Colla which was used by three brothers who were said to be the fabled forefathers of the monarchs of mid-Ulster. 'Great chief' or 'son of the battle chief' has been suggested as a possible meaning for the name. Because the surname was occasionally pronounced with a terminal fricative sound like Mac Collach, there seems to have been some confusion with McCullough historically.The surname was first discovered in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, which is now part of the Council Area of Argyll and Bute, in Argyllshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.