Munro (surname)
Munro is a Scottish surname. It means "man from the River Roe" in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The surname is common in Ross-shire and other areas of northern Scotland; it also spread to Canada via emigration. Variant spellings of the same name include Monro, Monroe, Munroe, Munrow and Manrow.
People with the name include:
A–F
- Adam Munro, Canadian hockey player
- Alan Munro (immunologist), British immunologist and entrepreneur
- Alan Munro (jockey), British horse-racing rider
- Alex Munro (comedian), Scottish actor and comedy figure
- Alex Munro (footballer born 1912), Scottish football player
- Alex Munro (footballer born 1944), Scottish-born English football player
- Alexander Munro (athlete), British Olympic athlete
- Alexander Munro (sculptor), Scottish sculptor
- Alexander Munro of Bearcrofts, Scottish military leader
- Alice Munro, Canadian author, recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Andrew Munro (bishop), Scottish bishop in the Roman Catholic Church
- Andrew Munro (mathematician), Mathematician and Fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge
- Anna Munro, Scottish social activist
- Aubree Munro, American softball player
- Bill Munro, Scottish footballer
- Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer
- Camille Munro, Miss World Canada winner
- Campbell Munro, South African cricketer
- Carmine "Maggie" Munro, Aboriginal Australian leader
- Caroline Munro, British actor and model
- Charles Ernest Monro, Scottish architect
- Charles H. Munro, Canadian physician and politician
- Charlie Munro, New Zealand-born Australian musician
- Colin Munro, South African cricket player
- Colin Munro (diplomat), British diplomat
- Dan Munro, Scottish footballer
- Dana Carleton Munro, US historian
- David H. Munro, US physicist
- Donald Munro of Foulis, Irish mercenary settler in Scotland and founder of the Clan Munro
- Donald W. Munro, Canadian politician
- Donnie Munro, Scottish musician
- Douglas Munro (actor), British actor
- Douglas Albert Munro, United States World War II hero in the United States Coast Guard
- Dugald Munro, Australian politician
- Dunc Munro, Canadian hockey player
- Edith Munro, United States Coast Guard officer
- Elgin Albert Munro, Canadian politician
- Eric Frank Russell, English author who used the pen name Duncan H. Munro
- Fayette S. Munro, American politician and lawyer
- Frank Munro, Scottish football player
G–L
- George Munro (philanthropist), Canadian educator and philanthropist
- George Munro, 1st of Auchinbowie, Scottish soldier
- George Munro, 1st of Culcairn, Scottish soldier
- George Munro, 1st of Newmore, Scottish soldier and politician
- George Munro, 5th Baron of Foulis, Scottish leader
- Lieutenant-Colonel George Munro, Scottish soldier
- Gerald Munro, Canadian hockey player
- Grace Emily Munro, Australian volunteer and charity worker
- Grant Munro (filmmaker), Canadian actor and film producer
- Grant Munro (footballer), Scottish football player
- Hamish Munro, Scottish biochemist and nutritionist
- Sir Harry Munro, 7th Baronet, Scottish military leader and politician
- Hector Hugh Munro, British author using the pen name Saki
- Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, Scottish military leader
- Henry M. Munro, Canadian politician
- Henry Munro (Canada West politician), Canadian politician
- Henry Munro (United Irishman), Irish independence figure
- Hope Munro, Australian field hockey player
- Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar, Scottish art collector
- Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro, Scottish classical scholar
- Hugh Munro or Monroe (Rising Wolf) Canadian fur trapper who joined the Blackfeet Nation.
- Hugh Munro (Canadian politician), Canadian politician
- Hugh Munro, 9th Baron of Foulis, Scottish leader
- Iain Munro Scottish football player
- Ian Munro (disambiguation), several people
- * Ian Munro (pianist), Australian musician
- Ingrid Munro, Swedish-born social activist in Kenya
- James Munro (disambiguation), several people
- * James Mitchell (writer), British author who used the pen name James Munro
- * James Munro (Australian politician), Premier of Victoria
- * James Munro (VC), Scottish soldier and war hero
- * Jim Munro, New Zealand politician
- * Jim Munro, British journalist
- * Jimmy Munro, Scottish football player
- Janet Munro, British actor
- Jock Munro, Scottish footballer
- John Munro, 9th of Teaninich, Scottish soldier of the British H.E.I.C
- John Munro (loyalist) Scottish soldier opposing the American Revolution who later settled in Canada.
- John Neil Munro, Scottish author and journalist
- Jonathan Munro, British journalist
- Julia Munro, Canadian politician
- Lachie Munro, New Zealand rugby player
- Les Munro, English WWII pilot and war hero
- Leslie Munro, New Zealand lawyer and politician
- Libby Munro, Australian actress
- Lily Oddie Munro, Canadian politician formerly called Lily Oddie Munro
- Lyall Munro Jnr, Aboriginal Australian activist and elder
- Lyall Munro Snr, Aboriginal Australian activist and elder
- Lochlyn Munro, Canadian actor
M–Z
- Madeline Munro, British geologist, science educator and film reviewer
- "Maggie" (Carmine) Munro, Aboriginal Australian leader
- Malcolm Munro, English footballer
- Margaret Munro, New Zealand architect
- Mike Munro, Australian television personality
- Morndi Munro, the last fluent speaker of the Unggumi language of Western Australia
- Neil Gordon Munro, Scottish-born Japanese physician
- Neil Munro (actor), Canadian actor, director and playwright
- Neil Munro (footballer), Scottish football player
- Neil Munro (writer), Scottish author who sometimes used pen name Hugh Foulis
- Norman Munro, US newspaper publisher
- Pamela Munro, US linguist
- Patrick Munro, British politician
- Pete Munro, US baseball player
- Peter Jay Munro, American politician and lawyer
- Rob Munro (politician), New Zealand politician
- Robert Monro sometimes also spelt Munro. 17th century Scottish general
- Robert Munro (disambiguation), several people
- * Robert Munro (rugby footballer)
- * Robert Munro, 6th Baron of Foulis, Scottish leader
- * Robert Munro, 14th Baron of Foulis, Scottish leader
- * Robert Mor Munro, 15th Baron of Foulis, Scottish leader
- * Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis, Scottish leader
- * Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness, Scottish politician and judge
- * Sir Robert Munro, 3rd Baronet, Scottish leader
- * Sir Robert Munro, 5th Baronet, Scottish leader
- * Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet, Scottish military leader
- Rona Munro, Scottish author
- S. Sterling Munro, Jr., US lawyer
- Samantha Munro, Canadian actor
- Sandy Munro, US automotive engineer
- Stuart Munro, Scottish football player
- Stuart Munro, Musician, Kolkata, India
- Thalia Munro, US water polo player
- Thomas Munro (art historian), US art historian
- Thomas Munro (solicitor), Scottish public figure
- Tony Munro, Australian sports journalist
- Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet, Scottish soldier
- Wilfred Harold Munro, US historian
- William Munro (disambiguation), several people