McRae (surname)

McRae is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:

Athletes and coaches

• Alister McRae (born 1970), British rally champion
• Brian McRae (born 1967), baseball player
• Chann McRae (born 1971), American road bicycle racer
• Charles McRae (born 1968), American football player and business executive
• Colin McRae (1968–2007), British rally driver
• Conrad McRae (1971–2000), American basketball player
• Graham McRae (1940–2021), New Zealand racing driver
• James McRae (born 1987), Australian former representative rower
• Jimmy McRae (born 1943), British rally driver
• Jordan McRae (born 1991), American basketball player
• Ken McRae (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey player
• Mike McRae (long jumper) (born 1955), American long jumper
• Mike McRae (baseball), Canadian baseball coach
• Shaun McRae (born 1959), Australian rugby coach
• Tim McRae (born 1970), American weightlifter
• William McRae (1909–1973), American football player and jurist

Actors, authors, and singers

• Bruce McRae (1867–1927), American actor
• Carmen McRae (1920–1994), American jazz singer
• Hamish McRae, British writer and journalist
• Tate McRae (born 2003), Canadian singer and dancer
• Tom McRae, British singer-songwriter
• Wally McRae (1936–2025), American cowboy poet

Politicians

• Alexander Duncan McRae (1874–1946), Canadian businessman, Army general, and politician

• Chuck McRae (born c. 1939), American jurist from Mississippi
• John J. McRae (1815–1868), American politician
• Thomas Chipman McRae (1851–1929), American politician
• William Plummer McRae (died 1901), American politician from Virginia
• Willie McRae (1923–1985), Scottish politician

Other people

• Cameron Farquhar McRae (1812–1872), Episcopalian minister
• Cameron Farquhar McRae (1873–1954), Episcopalian missionary in China
• Donald McRae (disambiguation), various people
• Dandridge McRae (1829–1899), American Civil War general
• Emma Montgomery McRae (1848–1919), American professor of literature
• Hal McRae (born 1945), baseball manager and player
• James McRae (United States Army officer) (1862–1940), American army officer
• James W. McRae (1910–1960), American engineer
• John Rodney McRae (1934–2005), American murderer
• William McRae (botanist) (1878–1952), Scottish botanist