title: McKean (surname)
text: # McKean (surname)
  
  McKean or MacKean is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, and may refer to:
  
  ## Art
  
  * Charles McKean, Scottish architectural historian
  * Michael Jones McKean (born 1976), American artist
  
  ## Military
  
  * George Burdon McKean, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
  * James B. McKean (1821–1879), New York politician and Union Army general
  * Scott McKean (born 1968), United States Army lieutenant general
  * Thomas J. McKean (1810–1870), Union general during the American Civil War
  * William McKean (1800–1865), American admiral
  
  ## Music
  
  * Dave McKean, illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, filmmaker and musician
  * Joy McKean, Australian country music singer
  * Michael McKean (born 1947), American actor, comedian, composer and musician, appeared in This Is Spinal Tap
  
  ## Politics
  
  * Arthur McKean (1882–1957), American footballer and politician
  * Hugh McKean (1967–2022), Colorado politician
  * James B. McKean (1821–1879), New York politician and Union Army general
  * James J. MacKean, Irish politician in the 1928 Seanad
  * Samuel McKean (1787–1841), American merchant and politician from Burlington, Pennsylvania
  * Thomas McKean (1734–1817), signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
  
  ## Sport
  
  * Allan McKean, Australian rugby league player.
  * Arthur McKean, American footballer and politician
  * Bobby McKean, Scottish footballer
  * Ed McKean, American baseballer
  * Jim McKean (1945–2019), Canadian baseball umpire.
  * Olive McKean, American swimmer
  * Tom McKean (born 1963), Scottish former middle distance runner who won the European Championships 800m gold medal at Split in 1990
  
  ## Other fields
  
  * Erin McKean, American lexicographer
  * Henry McKean, Scottish-American mathematician
  * John McKean (1941–1996), Australian ornithologist
  * Kip McKean, minister
  * Liz MacKean (1964–2017), British television reporter
  * Maeve Kennedy McKean (1979–2020), American public health official, human rights attorney, and academic
  * Roland McKean, American economist
  