Duncan (surname)
Duncan is a surname. For the etymology of the surname Duncan this web page cites: Dictionary of American Family Names. Another opinion is that the Gaelic Donnchadh is composed of the elements donn, meaning "brown"; and chadh, meaning "chief" or "noble".[1] In some cases when the surname originates in County Sligo, Ireland, it is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Ó Duinnchinn, meaning "descendant of Donncheann". The Gaelic Donncheann is a byname composed of the elements donn, meaning "brown-haired man" or "chieftain"; and ceann, meaning "head".[2] The surname Duncan is represented in Scottish Gaelic as MacDhonnchaidh.
Armed forces
- Adam Duncan, British admiral
- Donald B. Duncan (1896–1975), American vice-admiral
- Donald W. Duncan (b. 1930), American soldier and anti-war activist
- Henry Duncan, British naval officer
- Pippa Duncan, British naval officer
- W. G. G. Duncan Smith, World War II air ace
Acting
- Carmen Duncan (born 1942), Australian actress
- Lindsay Duncan (born 1950), British actress
- Michael Clarke Duncan (1957–2012), American actor
- Sandy Duncan (born 1946), American actress
Fiction
- 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)
Music
- C Duncan, born Christopher Duncan, Scottish composer and musician whose debut album Architect was nominated for the 2015 Mercury Prize
- Lesley Duncan, English singer and songwriter
- Tim Duncan (singer), Southern Gospel singer
- Trevor Duncan, English composer
- Zélia Duncan, Brazilian singer and songwriter
Politics
- Alan Duncan (born 1957), British politician
- Arne Duncan (born 1964), U.S. Secretary of Education (2009–2015); politician
- Charles William Duncan, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Energy
- Jimmy Duncan, (born 1947), American politician; currently serving in the US House of Representatives as the representative from Tennessee's second House District
- John Duncan Sr., (1919 - 1988), American politician, served in US House of Representatives, father of Jimmy Duncan
- Ken Duncan (born 1945), former Louisiana state treasurer
- Kirsty Duncan (born 1966), Canadian politician and Minister of Science
- Leslie Samuel Duncan (1880–1952), newspaper editor and politician in South Australia
- Mike Duncan, Former chairman of the Republican National Committee in the United States
- Peter Duncan (British politician), Scottish conservative
- Peter Duncan (Australian politician), Labor representative in South Australian and federal parliaments
- Walter Leslie Duncan (1883–1947) Australian Senator for New South Wales
- Sir Walter Gordon Duncan (1885–1963) South Australian pastoralist and MLC
- Walter Hughes Duncan (1848–1906) South Australian pastoralist and MHA for Burra
- William A. Duncan, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
Sports
- Alex Duncan (1900-1984), former Australian rules footballer with Carlton (1921–1924, 1926–1930)
- Andy Duncan (basketball) (1922–2006), American basketball player
- Chris Duncan (born 1981), American baseball player
- Dave Duncan (baseball) (born 1945), Major League Baseball player and pitching coach, father of Chris Duncan and Shelley Duncan
- Darryl Duncan, Australian rugby league footballer
- Ian Duncan (born 1961), Kenyan rally driver
- Jeff Duncan (baseball) (born 1978), American baseball player and coach
- John Duncan (footballer) (born 1949), Scottish footballer who notably played for Dundee and Tottenham Hotspur
- Johnny Duncan (footballer) (1896–1966), Scottish international footballer and manager, who was most notably with Leicester City
- Ken Duncan (American football) (born 1946), American football player
- Mariano Duncan (born 1963), Dominican baseball player
- Ross Duncan (born 1944), Australian cricketer
- Scott Duncan (footballer) (1888–1976), former Scottish football player and manager
- Shelley Duncan, American baseball player
- Tim Duncan (born 1976), American basketball player
- Vern Duncan (1890–1954), American baseball player
Writers
- Alasdair Duncan, Australian writer
- Dave Duncan (writer), Canadian writer
- Glen Duncan (born 1965), British author
- Jane Duncan (1910–1976), pseudonym of Scottish writer Elizabeth Jane Cameron
- Lois Duncan (1934–2016), American writer of children's books
Other fields
- Bruce Duncan, Anglican priest and founder of Sarum College
- Dan Duncan (1933–2010), American businessman
- David Duncan, government witness in the Enron scandal
- David Douglas Duncan (1916–2018), American photojournalist
- David F. Duncan, epidemiologist and drug policy adviser to former US president Bill Clinton
- Donald F. Duncan, Sr., American entrepreneur and inventor, most commonly associated with Yo-yos
- George Smith Duncan, a tramway and mining engineer
- Graham Duncan (botanist), botanist at Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, South Africa
- Helen Duncan (1897–1956), Scottish medium
- Henry Duncan (1774–1846), founder of the first Trustee Savings Bank
- Iain Duncan Smith, British politician
- Isadora Duncan, American dancer
- Jane Duncan (architect) (born 1953), British architect
- Joseph E. Duncan III, notorious American murderer and sexual predator
- Kath Duncan (1888 or 1889 – 1954), Scottish communist activist
- Ken Duncan (photographer) (born 1954), Australian photographer
- Leslie Samuel Duncan (1880–1952), newspaper editor and politician in South Australia
- Mike Duncan (podcaster), U.S. history podcaster and writer
- Robert Duncan (poet), U.S. beat poet
- Scott Duncan (businessman), American billionaire
- Stephen Duncan (1787–1867), American plantation owner in the Antebellum South
- Stewart Duncan (philosopher), American philosopher
- Thomas Eric Duncan (1972–2014), first Ebola victim of the 2014 West African outbreak to develop symptoms while in the US
- Walter Duncan (1848–1932), British painter
- Walter Jack Duncan (1881–1941), war artist for the US Army during World War I
- Warren W. Duncan (1857–1938), American jurist
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.
- ↑ "Duncan Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 August 2009. For the etymology of the surname Duncan this web page cites: Dictionary of American Family Names.
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