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MacLeod and McLeod are surnames in the English language.
Jacob Burnet was an American jurist and statesman from Ohio. He served as a U.S. Senator.
Schmitt is a German surname.
The Northwest School was an American art movement established in small-town Skagit County, Washington and the Seattle area. It flourished in the 1930s-40s.
Schumacher or Schuhmacher is an occupational surname. The variant Schumaker is also commonly seen in the USA. Some notable people with Schumacher surname:
Langdon Brown Gilkey was an American Protestant ecumenical theologian.
Quinn is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Coinn. The latter surname means "descendant of Conn". The surname Quinn is also rendered Ó Cuinn in Irish. The surname is borne by numerous unrelated Irish families in Ulster and the Irish counties of Clare, Longford, and Mayo. The most notable family of the name are that of Thomond, a Dalcassian sept, who derive their surname from Niall Ó Cuinn who was slain at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. This family was formerly represented by the Earls of Dunraven. Another family is that seated in Annaly, who were related to the O'Farrell lords of Longford. Other families include one seated in Antrim; one seated in Raphoe; and one called Clann Cuain, seated near Castlebar. In the seventeenth century, the surname Quinn was common in Waterford. In 1890, the surname was numerous in Dublin, Tyrone, Antrim, and Roscommon. Quinn is one of the twenty most common surnames in Ireland. It is sometimes said that the surname Quinn is borne by Catholics whilst Quin is borne by Protestants.
Paterson is a Scottish and Irish surname meaning "Fathers' son" or "son of Patrick". In Connacht, and Ulster, the name is considered to be an Anglicised form of the Irish language surname Ó Casáin. Paterson is rarely used as a given name. There are other spellings, including Patterson. Notable people with the surname include:
Gordon Waverly Gilkey was an American artist, educator, and promoter of the arts from Oregon. A native Oregonian, he served during World War II in Europe collecting art stolen by the Nazis for which he was award the Meritorious Service Medal and other accolades. He later served in the administration at Oregon State University and worked for the Portland Art Museum.
Garrett is a surname and given name of Germanic and of Old French origins. It is one of the many baptismal surnames to have been derived from the popular given names of Gerard and Gerald in 12th-century England. Both of these names were taken to Britain by the conquering Normans and are the Old French versions of ancient Germanic personal names. The name Gerard is composed of the Germanic elements gēr or gār and hard, while Gerald is composed of again gēr or gār ("spear") and wald Although Garrett remains predominantly only a given name in the UK and Ireland, elsewhere in the English-speaking world it is a common last name.
The surname Bush is an English surname, derived from either the Old English word "busc" or the Old Norse "buskr," both of which mean "bush," a shrub.
Wight is a surname. It is an older English spelling of either Wright (surname) or White (surname).
John Gilkey is an American actor, director, comedian, juggler and clown.
Carney is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Garrett Gilkey is an American football guard who is currently a free agent, was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at Chadron State.
Richard Charles Gilkey (1925–1997) was an American painter, often associated with the 'Northwest School' of artists. During his long career he became one of the most acclaimed painters in the Pacific Northwest, with an original and highly distinctive style. He was particularly well known for his landscapes depicting the Skagit Valley in western Washington.
Helen Margaret Gilkey (1886–1972) was a pioneering mycologist and botanist. She was born in Montesano, Washington but moved to Corvallis, Oregon with her family in 1903 where she attended Oregon Agricultural College. Gilkey received both a bachelor's and a master's degree for her studies in botany and botanical illustration. She continued her studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1915 she became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in botany there. Gilkey's doctoral dissertation focused on the taxonomy of North American truffles and her published dissertation remains an important contribution to the study of truffle taxonomy in North America. After completing her doctoral studies, Gilkey secured a position as the herbarium curator at the Oregon Agricultural College in 1918. Gilkey also conducted research on vascular plants, but she was best known for her extensive studies on truffles. Gilkey described many species of truffles from the United States as well as a few from Argentina and Australia. Her 1939 monograph is the most comprehensive work on Tuberales of North America. In 2006, the truffle genus Gilkeya was named in Gilkey's honor.
Peter Belden Gilkey is an American mathematician, working in differential geometry and global analysis.
David P. Gilkey was a U.S. photojournalist for National Public Radio in the United States, for whom he covered disasters, epidemics and war.
