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Mackenzie

[muh-ken-zee]

Mackenzie (also spelled MacKenzie, Makenzie or McKenzie), originally pronounced makenyie (IPA /məkˈenjɪ/) (See Yogh for an explanation of this), is a surname of Highland Scottish origin (see Clan Mackenzie). It can refer to many different people, places and other subjects:

Scottish clan

Clan MacKenzie, a Scottish clan or last name.

People

Last name or surname

Aggie MacKenzie (b. 1955 Scottish television presenter)
Alastair MacKenzie (b. 1970; Scottish actor)
Alexander Mackenzie (1764–1820; explorer & employee Hudson's Bay Company)
Alexander Mackenzie (1822-1892; building contractor & writer, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada)
Alexander Mackenzie (died 1488), chief of the Clan Mackenzie
Alexander Campell Mackenzie (1847-1935; British musician, composer)
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1803-1848) U.S. Navy officer
Alister MacKenzie (1870-1934; British golf course designer)
Anne MacKenzie (b. 1960; Scottish broadcaster, BBC)
Billy Mackenzie (1957-1997; Scottish singer)
Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth, (died 1633), chief of the Clan Mackenzie
Colin Mackenzie (1754-1821; Surveyor General of India, art collector & orientalist)
Colin Cam Mackenzie (1556-1594), chief of the Clan Mackenzie
Colin Hercules Mackenzie (1898-1986; Head of S.O.E. in the Far East)
Colin John Mackenzie (1861-1956; Canadian Chief of the General Staff)
Colin Mackenzie (12077–1938; Australian anatomist, benefactor & museum administrator)
Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972; Scottish novelist)
David Mackenzie (b. 1947; Canadian politician)
David Mackenzie IV (b. 1942; Artist; Member of American Abstract Artist, painter)
Donald Mackenzie (explorer), Scottish-Canadian explorer and Governor of the Red River Settlement
Donald A. MacKenzie, professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Donald MacKenzie (rower), Canadian rower who won a medal at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Duncan Mackenzie (British archaeologist)
Francis MacKenzie (b. 1960; leader of Nova Scotia Liberal Party)
George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (1636‑1691; Scottish lawyer & legal writer)
George Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Seaforth (died 1651), chief of the Clan Mackenzie
George Henry Mackenzie (1837–1891), Scottish-born American chess champion
Gisele MacKenzie (1927-2003; Canadian singer)
Hector Roy Mackenzie (died 1528), landowner in Gairloch
Henry Mackenzie (1745-1831; Scottish novelist)
Ian Alistair Mackenzie (1890-1949; Canadian parliamentarian)
James Cameron Mackenzie (born 1852) American educator
James MacKenzie (1889–1914; Scottish soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross)
James Mackenzie (born 1979), Scottish actor
Jane Mackenzie (1825-1893; 2nd wife of Alexander Mackenzie)
Jemma McKenzie-Brown (1992-present; British/American Actor)
John Mackenzie (1869-1915; Scottish, recipient of the Victoria Cross)
John MacKenzie (1886-1933; American Medal of Honor recipient)
John Joseph Mackenzie (born 1865) Canadian pathologist
John Stuart Mackenzie (born 1860) British philosopher
Kelvin MacKenzie (b. 1946; editor/media figure United Kingdom)
Kenneth MacKenzie disambiguation page
Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Mackenzie of Kintail (died 1611), chief of the Clan Mackenzie
Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth (1635-1678), chief of the Clan Mackenzie
Kenneth D. Mackenzie (b. 1937; business theorist)
Kenneth R. Mackenzie (b. 1908; civil servant and author/translator)
Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie (1833-1886), translator of the German prankster tale "Till Eulenspiegel" into English ("Master Tyll Owlglass: His Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits")
Lewis MacKenzie (b. 1940; retired Canadian general & writer)
Mary Beth McKenzie (b. 1946; painter of contemporary figures)
Morell Mackenzie (1837-1892; British physician)
Murdo MacKenzie (1850-1939; Colorado & Brazilian cattle rancher)
Neil MacKenzie (b. 1976; English football player)
Norman MacKenzie (1894-1986; Canadian author, lawyer, professor & member of the senate)
R. Tait McKenzie (1867-1938; Canadian-born American surgeon and sculptor)
Ranald S. Mackenzie (1840–1889; U.S. Army Civil War officer)
Robert C. MacKenzie (1948-1995; American professional soldier)
Robert Ramsay Mackenzie (1811–1873; premier of Queensland, Australia)
Robert W. Mackenzie (b. 1928; politician in Ontario, Canada)
Sally MacKenzie (American romance author)
Thomas Mackenzie (1854-1930; Prime Minister of New Zealand)
William Lyon Mackenzie (1795–1861; Canadian journalist & rebel)
William Mackenzie is a name shared by various persons
Sir William Mackenzie (1849-1923; railway contractor & entrepreneur in Canada, U.S. & Brazil)
A. Daniel McKenzie (1924-1989); Canadian politician
Benjamin McKenzie (1978 - ), US actor
Bob McKenzie, Canadian broadcaster
Bret McKenzie (b. 1976; New Zealand actor and musician, member of Flight of the Conchords)
Dan McKenzie (professor) (b. 1942; British professor and geologist)
Daniel Duncan McKenzie (1859 - 1927), Canadian politician
Dave McKenzie (born 1943), New Zealand long-distance runner
Duke McKenzie (born 1963), English boxing commentator and former professional boxer
Lee McKenzie (born 1977), Scottish television presenter
Leon McKenzie (born 1978), English footballer

Linsey Dawn McKenzie (born 1978), British model
Neil McKenzie (born 1975), South African cricket player
Precious McKenzie (born 1936), New Zealand weightlifter, born in South Africa
Scott McKenzie, US singer
Paul McKenzie, Scottish-Canadian singer
Peter McKenzie, a New Zealand actor
William McKenzie, 19th century ophthalmologist
William M. McKenzie, called Red McKenzie (1907-1948), American Jazz musician
Winston McKenzie (born 1953), British politician and former amateur boxer

First name

Mackenzie Astin (b. 1973; American actor)
Sir Mackenzie Bowell (1824-1917; fifth Prime Minister of Canada)
Mackenzie Crook (b. 1971; British actor)
Mackenzie Phillips (b. 1959; American actress)
Mackenzie Rosman (b. 1989; American actress)
Mackenzie Thorpe (b. 1956; British artist)

Fictional characters

Bob and Doug McKenzie from SCTV
Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie from Veronica Mars
Leonard McKenzie, father of Namor the Sub-Mariner
Robert MacKenzie, from Andrea Newman's book & TV drama 'MacKenzie'
Mackenzie Allen from Commander in Chief (TV series)
Mackenzie "Mack" Hartford, the Operation Overdrive Red Ranger
Lt. Col. Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie, USMC from JAG
Mackenzie Winifred Elizabeth Wright Connor, Species Imperative series
Mackenzie Calhoun from the Star Trek: New Frontier series
Mackenzie Browning from The Young and the Restless

Music

"Sgt. MacKenzie", a lament written by Joseph Kilna MacKenzie
"Mackenzie" sung by Borditional

Places

Cities, towns and roads

Mackenzie, British Columbia, near Williston Lake in east central B.C.
Mackenzie, Missouri, suburb of St. Louis
Mackenzie, Ontario, on Thunder Bay in west central Ontario
Mackenzie Highway in Alberta, Canada
Mackenzie, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane in Australia
McKenzie, Alabama
McKenzie, Tennessee
McKenzie County, North Dakota
McKenzie Lake, Calgary and McKenzie Towne, Calgary, neighbourhoods in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Mackenzie No. 23, Alberta, a municipal district in northwestern Alberta, Canada

Bodies of water

MacKenzie Bay, Antarctica
Mackenzie Bay (Yukon), Northwest Territories/Yukon, Canada (in Beaufort Sea)
Mackenzie River Delta Northwest Territories, Canada
Mackenzie-Peace, Source of the (lake) British Columbia, Canada
Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, Canada (longest river in Canada)
Mackenzie River, east central Queensland, Australia (flows through Comet, Queensland)
Mackenzie River in the South Island of New Zealand
McKenzie River, Oregon, United States

Bodies of land

Mackenzie Basin, central South Island of New Zealand
Mackenzie King Island, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories/Nunavut, Canada (named for the Mackenzie King families of William Lyon Mackenzie King)
Mackenzie Mountains, southeast Northwest Territories, Canada
Mackenzie Trough, Beaufort Sea
Point MacKenzie, Alaska, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska