Duncan (surname)
Duncan is a Scottish surname . The Scottish Gaelic name Donncheann or Donnchadh are bynames composed of the elements donn , meaning "brown" or "dark" from Donn a Gaelic God; and chadh , meaning "chief" or "noble".[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] County Sligo , Ireland, it is an Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic name MacDonough or Mac Donnchadha and Ó Duinnchinn , meaning "descendant of Donncheann ". The surname Duncan is represented in Scottish Gaelic as MacDhonn.
Acting
Art and design
Music
C Duncan , born Christopher Duncan, Scottish composer and musician whose debut album Architect was nominated for the 2015 Mercury Prize Gary Duncan (1946–2019), American guitarist and singerJohnny Duncan (country singer) (1938–2006), American singerLesley Duncan , English singer and songwriterLittle Arthur Duncan (1934–2008), American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriterMolly Duncan (1945–2019), Scottish tenor saxophonistTim Duncan (singer) , Southern Gospel singerTrevor Duncan , English composerZélia Duncan , Brazilian singer and songwriter
Politics
Alan Duncan (born 1957), British politicianArne Duncan (born 1964), U.S. Secretary of Education (2009–2015)Charles Duncan Jr. (1926–2022), U.S. Secretary of Energy (1979–1981)Frank I. Duncan (1858–1946), American politician, lawyer, judge and newspaper publisherJimmy Duncan , (born 1947), American politician, U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 2nd congressional district (1988–2019)John Duncan Sr. , (1919–1988), American politician, U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 2nd congressional district (1965–1988), father of Jimmy DuncanKirsty Duncan (born 1966), Canadian politician and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Leslie Duncan (1880–1952), newspaper editor and politician in South AustraliaMike Duncan (born 1951), chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and former chairman of the Republican National Committee in the United StatesPeter Duncan (Australian politician) (born 1945), Labor representative in South Australian and federal parliamentsPeter Duncan (British politician) (born 1965), Scottish politician, Member of Parliament from Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (2001–2005)Sir Walter Gordon Duncan (1885–1963), South Australian pastoralist and MLC
Walter Hughes Duncan (1848–1906), South Australian pastoralist and MHA for BurraWalter Leslie Duncan (1883–1947), Australian Senator for New South WalesWesley Duncan (b. 1980), American politician and member of the Nevada AssemblyWilliam Addison Duncan (1836–1884), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district (1883–1984)
Sports
Alexander Duncan (1884–1959), British long-distance runnerAlex Duncan (1900–1984), Australian rules football playerAndy Duncan (basketball) (1922–2006), American basketball playerBobby Duncan (born 1945), Scottish footballerBobby Duncan (footballer, born 2001) Cecil Duncan (1893–1979), Canadian ice hockey administratorChris Duncan (1981–2019), American baseball playerDave Duncan (baseball) (born 1945), Major League Baseball player and pitching coach, father of Chris Duncan and Shelley DuncanDarryl Duncan , Australian rugby league footballerEric Duncan (born 1984), American baseball coachGeorge Duncan (golfer) (1883–1964), Scottish golferIan Duncan (born 1961), Kenyan rally driverJaelyn Duncan (born 2000), American football playerJean Duncan (umpire) , Scottish hockey umpireJeff Duncan (baseball) (born 1978), American baseball player and coachJohn Duncan (footballer) (1949–2022), Scottish footballer who notably played for Dundee and Tottenham HotspurJohnny Duncan (footballer) (1896–1966), Scottish international footballer and manager, who was most notably with Leicester CityJon Duncan (born 1975), British orienteerJonathan Duncan (swimmer) (born 1982), New Zealand swimmerKatie Duncan (born 1988), New Zealand association footballerKen Duncan (American football) (born 1946), American football playerMariano Duncan (born 1963), Dominican baseball playerRick Duncan (born 1941), American football playerRoss Duncan (born 1944), Australian cricketerSam Duncan , Westmeath Gaelic footballerScott Duncan (footballer) (1888–1976), former Scottish football player and managerShelley Duncan , American baseball playerTim Duncan (born 1976), American basketball playerVern Duncan (1890–1954), American baseball player
Writers
Alasdair Duncan , Australian writerDave Duncan (writer) (1933–2018), Canadian writerGlen Duncan (born 1965), British authorIsabelle Wight Duncan (1812–1878), Scottish authorJane Duncan (1910–1976), pseudonym of Scottish writer Elizabeth Jane CameronJohn Shute Duncan (1768–1844), English academic, writer, and museum curatorLois Duncan (1934–2016), American writer of children's booksMary Lundie Duncan (1814–1840), Scottish poet and hymn-writerPhilip Bury Duncan (1772–1863), English academic, writer, and museum curatorRobert Duncan (poet) , American beat poetSara Jeannette Duncan (1861–1922), Canadian author and journalist
Other fields
Bruce Duncan (born 1938), British priest and founderCarl Porter Duncan (1921–1999), professor of experimental psychology at Northwestern University, USDan Duncan (1933–2010), American businessmanDavid Duncan , government witness in the Enron scandalDavid Douglas Duncan (1916–2018), American photojournalistDavid F. Duncan , epidemiologist and drug policy adviser to former US President Bill ClintonDonald F. Duncan Sr. , American entrepreneur and inventor, most commonly associated with Yo-yosGary Duncan, defendant in case Duncan v. Louisiana decided by the US Supreme Court
George Smith Duncan , a tramway and mining engineerGraham Duncan (botanist) , botanist at Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, South AfricaHelen Duncan (1897–1956), Scottish mediumHenry Duncan (minister) , founder of the first Trustee Savings BankHerbert Osbaldeston Duncan (1862–1945), English racing bicyclist, journalist, and pioneer of the British automobile industryIain Duncan Smith , British politicianIsadora Duncan , American dancerJonathan Duncan (currency reformer) (1799–1865), British advocate of reforming the monetary systemJonathan Duncan (Governor of Bombay) (1756–1811)Joseph Edward Duncan (1963–2021), American convicted serial killer and child molesterKath Duncan (1888 or 1889 – 1954), Scottish communist activistKen Duncan (photographer) (born 1954), Australian photographerLeslie Duncan (1880–1952), newspaper editor and politician in South AustraliaMarion Moncure Duncan (1913–1978), American businesswoman and lineage society leaderMary Ellen Duncan (died 2022), American academic administrator and teacherMike Duncan (podcaster) , American history podcaster and writerPearl Duncan , Australian retired teacher, anthropologist, academic and Aboriginal elder.Scott Duncan (businessman) , American billionaireStephen Duncan (1787–1867), American plantation owner in the Antebellum SouthStewart Duncan (philosopher) , American philosopherThomas Eric Duncan (1972–2014), the first Ebola victim of the 2014 West African outbreak to develop symptoms while in the USTodd Duncan (author) , author and motivational speakerVender Duncan (1928–1959), American serial killerWalter Jack Duncan (1881–1941), war artist for the US Army during World War IWarren W. Duncan (1857–1938), American juristWilliam Duncan (American physician) (1860–1900), American physician and politicianWilliam Duncan (philosopher) (1717–1760), Scottish natural philosopher and classicist
Fictional characters
Karen Beecher-Duncan , supporting character (and sometime member) of the Teen Titans (DC Comics )Lily Duncan , a fictional character from Mona the Vampire Mal Duncan , supporting character (and sometime member) of the Teen Titans (DC Comics )Tammy & Tommy Duncan, supporting characters from The Mighty Ducks
Tyler Duncan and Mrs. Duncan are secondary characters in Big Time Rush Veronica Duncan , supporting character in Young Sheldon Ian Duncan , a character in the TV series Community John Oliver King Duncan , of Shakespeare's Macbeth Duncan, (Walter Sparrow) Robin of Locksley's companion in the 1991 film Robinhood Prince of Thieves.
Duncan Idaho , a Mentat from Frank Herbert's Dune Tara Duncan, the titular character of the French fourteenth-book series by Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian . Unfortunately, only the first two have been translated into English .
Carter Duncan, the main antagonist of The Perfect Guy (2015 film)
See also
References
^ Hanks, Patrick ; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Hardcastle, Kate (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 81, 402. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1 ^ Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí (1999). The Sacred Isle: Belief and religion in pre-Christian Ireland . Boydell & Brewer. pp. 27, 58. ^ Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí (1991). Myth, Legend & Romance: An encyclopaedia of the Irish folk tradition . Prentice Hall Press. pp. 165– 166, 154.
