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. 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.

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