MacTavish

MacTavish or McTavish is a Scottish surname, it is one Anglicised form of the Gaelic MacThàmhais, i.e. son of Thomas.

People

Surname MacTavish

• Alastair MacTavish Dunnett (1908–1998), Scottish journalist
• Anne Mactavish, Canadian jurist
• Charles MacTavish (1818–1868), American landowner
• Craig MacTavish (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey coach
• Don MacTavish (1940–1969), American race driver
• John MacTavish (British Consul) (c. 1787–1852), Scots-Canadian fur trade entrepreneur and diplomat
• Letitia MacTavish Hargrave (1813–1854), Scottish author
• Scott Mactavish (born 1965), American filmmaker, author, and journalist
• Shona Dunlop MacTavish (1920–2019), New Zealand dancer and teacher
• William Mactavish (1815–1870), Scottish-born representative of the Hudson's Bay Company; governor of Rupert's Land and Assiniboia in Canada

Surname McTavish

• Simon McTavish (fur trader) (1750–1804), of Montreal was a Scottish-born fur trader and the chief founding partner of the North West Company. His two elder brothers were taken into the care of their father's friend, Dugald MacTavish of Dunardry, Chief of the Clan MacTavish
• Graham McTavish (born 1961), Scottish actor

Fictional people

• Captain John "Soap" MacTavish, one of the main protagonists in ', ', and , and the alternative version of the same character (Sergeant Johnny "Soap" MacTavish) in the rebooted ' and ' games.

Other

• Clan MacTavish, Scottish clan
• SS Ina Mactavish

See also

• Tavish, a related given name
• MacTavish Cup, shinty

References