title: Alexander McKay
text: # Alexander McKay
  
  Alexander McKay or MacKay may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Alexander McKay (boxer) (1804–1830), Scottish heavyweight bare-knuckle fighter
  * Alexander McKay (politician) (1843–1912), mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, 1886–1887
  * Alexander Mackay (British Army officer) (1717–1789), British general and Member of Parliament
  * Alexander MacKay (politician) (1818–?), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada
  * Alexander Gordon McKay (1924–2007), Canadian academic who specialized in Vergilian studies
  * Alexander Murdoch Mackay (1849–1890), Presbyterian missionary to Uganda
  * Alexander MacKay (fur trader) (1770–1811), business associate of fur trader Duncan Cameron
  * Alexander Grant MacKay (1860–1920), Canadian teacher, lawyer and provincial level politician
  * Alexander Mackay (magistrate) (1833–1909), New Zealand farmer, explorer, linguist, magistrate and land court judge
  * Alexander McLellan Mackay (1834–1905), businessman and politician in Newfoundland
  * Alexander McKay (geologist) (1841–1917), New Zealand geologist
  * Alexander McKay (educator) (1841–1917), educator in Nova Scotia
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Alex MacKay, a fictional 1632 character
  