McClintock

McClintock is a surname of Scottish and Irish Gaelic origin, deriving from an anglicization of a Gaelic name variously recorded as M'Ilandick, M'Illandag, M'Illandick, M'Lentick, McGellentak, Macilluntud, McClintoun, Mac Illiuntaig from the 14th century onward. The name is found mostly in Counties Donegal. The surname McClinton is an anglicization of the same Gaelic name. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anne McClintock (born 1954), feminist scholar in Zimbabwe
• Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), American scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine
• Barbara McClintock (illustrator) (born 1955), American artist
• Charles B. McClintock (1886–1965), American politician from Ohio
• Cynthia McClintock (born 1945), prominent American scholar of Latin America and professor of political science and international affairs
• Dan McClintock (born 1977), American professional basketball player
• Eddie McClintock (born 1967), American actor
• Elizabeth McClintock (1912-2004), American botanist
• Emory McClintock (1840–1916), American actuary
• Francis Leopold McClintock (1819–1907), Irish explorer
• Frank A. McClintock (1921–2011), Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
• Frank McLintock (born 1939), Scottish footballer
• Harry McClintock (1882–1957), American musical composer
• Herbert McClintock (1906–1985), Australian social realist artist
• Jacob McClintock (born 1988), American martial arts athlete
• James H. McClintock (1864–1934), American author
• Jessica McClintock (born 1930), American clothing designer
• John McClintock (police commissioner) (1874–?), Deputy Police Commissioner of New York City
• John McClintock (1743–1799), Irish MP for Enniskillen 1783–90, for Belturbet 1790–97
• John McClintock (theologian) (1814–1870), American theologist and educator, co-author of McClintock & Strong's Cyclopedia
• John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell (1798–1879), Irish peer and Conservative Member of Parliament
• John McClintock (1770–1855), Irish MP for Athlone 1820, for County Louth 1830–31
• John McClintock (Royal Navy officer) (1874–1929), British admiral
• Jonas R. McClintock (1808–1879), American politician in Pennsylvania
• Kenneth McClintock (born 1957), Puerto Rican politician
• Martha McClintock (born 1947), American psychologist
• Norah McClintock (born c. 1965), Canadian author
• Peter V. E. McClintock (born 1940), British physicist
• Poley McClintock (1900–1980), American musician
• Rembrandt McClintock (born c. 1900), Australian lithographer
• Ronald McClintock (1892-1922), British World War I flying ace
• Steven McClintock (born 1953), American musician
• Tom McClintock (born 1956), American politician (California)
• William C. McClintock (1845–?), American newspaper publisher