The surname came into use around the 11th century by two different Irish
clans: The
MacMahons of Thomond, a sept of the
Dál gCais, and the
MacMahons of Oriel, rulers of
Airgíalla. Additionally, a separate McMahon family in
County Fermanagh is descended from Mahon Maguire, a grandson of Donn Carrach Maguire.[2] According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the MacMahons were one of the chiefly families of the
Dal gCais or
Dalcassians who were a tribe of the
Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in
Ireland between about 500 and 100
BC.[3]
McMahon or MacMahon is the surname of the following people:
Chris McMahon, founding member and bassist, keyboardist, and vocalist of
Sheffield-based English
progressive rock band
Haze (band), which also includes Paul McMahon, founding member and brother of Chris, and Danny McMahon, Paul’s son and Chris’s nephew
Danny McMahon, drummer of
Sheffield-based English
progressive rock band
Haze (band), which also includes Paul McMahon, founding member and father of Danny, and Chris McMahon, founding member and Paul’s brother (and therefore also Danny’s uncle)
David McMahon, television writer, director, and producer, known for co-writing, co-directing, and co-producing
Ken Burns’sMuhammad Ali (miniseries)
Ella McMahon, British singer (better known as Ella Eyre)
Ellen McMahon (born 1951), American artist, illustrator, educator,
graphic designer, and professor in the School of Art at and Associate Dean for Research in the Arts in the College of Fine Arts at the
University of Arizona
Frank McMahon (author) (1919–1984), American-Irish playwright and broadcasting executive
Matt McMahon (pianist), award-winning Australian
jazzpianist and composer, including solo work, as the leader of 'The Matt McMahon Trio', and as the co-leader of 'Band of Five Names'
Michael McMahon, film producer, television producer, and founder of
Sydney-based film and television production company
Matchbox Pictures
Paul McMahon, founding member, guitarist, and vocalist of
Sheffield-based English
progressive rock band
Haze (band), which also includes Chris McMahon, founding member and brother of Paul, and Danny McMahon, Paul’s son and Chris’s nephew
Eleanor McMahon (born
c. 1962),
Canadian politician and founder of Share the Road Cycling Coalition, an urban transportation policy and advocacy group she created following the death of her husband, OPP Sergeant Greg Stobbart, in a collision in June 2006
McMahon baronets - There have been two baronetcies created for members of the McMahon family, both in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom, and belonging to different branches of the same family. One creation is extant as of 2007.
McMahon baronets - There have been two baronetcies created for members of the McMahon family, both in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom, and belonging to different branches of the same family. One creation is extant as of 2007.
Don S. McMahon, retired Australian
Seventh-day Adventist medical doctor, noted for making "pseudoscientific claims, historical errors, and misleading comparisons"
Bernard McMahon (1775—1816), Irish-American horticulturist who settled in
Philadelphia, served as one of the stewards of the plant collections from the
Lewis and Clark Expedition, and was the author of The American Gardener's Calendar: Adapted to the Climates and Seasons of the United States
Brian MacMahon (1923–2007), British-American epidemiologist
Kevin McMahon, Irish high-ranking
snooker player, upset by young upstart player
Zhao Xintong, who was later suspended for offences relating to betting on snooker
Jess McMahon (1882–1954), boxing and wrestling promoter; founder of Capitol Wrestling Corporation
Vincent J. McMahon (1914–1984), wrestling promoter; founder of WWE's immediate predecessor company, the World Wide Wrestling Federation
Vince McMahon (born 1945), former chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (dba WWE, Inc.)
Linda McMahon (born 1948), wife of Vince Jr., former CEO of WWE and former administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Shane McMahon (born 1970), son of Vince Jr. and former Executive President of WWE Global Media
Stephanie McMahon (born 1976), daughter of Vince Jr., chairwoman and co-CEO of WWE
Triple H (born 1969), ring name of Paul Levesque; husband of Stephanie, Chief Content Officer and Executive Vice President of Talent Relations of WWE, former professional wrestler
F. P. McMahon, Supply Officer, Antarctic Division,
Melbourne, and second-in-command of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) (Thala Dan), 1960–61, after whom the
McMahon Islands are named
John McMahon, American settler, manager of the Courtland branch of the
Huntsville mercantile firm Bierne and McMahon, and original documented owner of, as well as namesake of, the historic
John McMahon House (built 1828)
Michael McMahon, namesake of
McMahons Point,
Australia, as an Irish farm labourer who immigrated to the area with his brother, James McMahon, on 14 February 1848 when Michael was 19 years old
Michael McMahon, former NYPD police officer and husband of
Emmy award-winning American actress, singer and television writer
Martha Byrne
Michael Terrence McMahon (born 1998), their eldest child
Maxwell Vincent McMahon (born 2002), their second child, the pregnancy and birth of whom was chronicled by an episode of the
TLC series A Baby Story
Ryan McMahon, former girlfriend of, and noted domestic abuse victim of, American career criminal and former
Boston Red Sox employee
Jared Remy, who was also implicated in
steroid distribution
Thomas John McMahonFRGS (1864–1933), Australian
photojournalist and writer who, from 1915 to 1922, made several trips to
Melanesia and
Micronesia to create work that answered a demand in Australia, and the Western World, for visual information on the life in the Pacific Islands, the local's physical appearance and customs, and whether economic opportunities existed for settlers or investors
Will McMahon, host of syndicated Australian radio show Will & Woody
This page lists people with the
surnameMcMahon. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
The surname came into use around the 11th century by two different Irish
clans: The
MacMahons of Thomond, a sept of the
Dál gCais, and the
MacMahons of Oriel, rulers of
Airgíalla. Additionally, a separate McMahon family in
County Fermanagh is descended from Mahon Maguire, a grandson of Donn Carrach Maguire.[2] According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the MacMahons were one of the chiefly families of the
Dal gCais or
Dalcassians who were a tribe of the
Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in
Ireland between about 500 and 100
BC.[3]
McMahon or MacMahon is the surname of the following people:
Chris McMahon, founding member and bassist, keyboardist, and vocalist of
Sheffield-based English
progressive rock band
Haze (band), which also includes Paul McMahon, founding member and brother of Chris, and Danny McMahon, Paul’s son and Chris’s nephew
Danny McMahon, drummer of
Sheffield-based English
progressive rock band
Haze (band), which also includes Paul McMahon, founding member and father of Danny, and Chris McMahon, founding member and Paul’s brother (and therefore also Danny’s uncle)
David McMahon, television writer, director, and producer, known for co-writing, co-directing, and co-producing
Ken Burns’sMuhammad Ali (miniseries)
Ella McMahon, British singer (better known as Ella Eyre)
Ellen McMahon (born 1951), American artist, illustrator, educator,
graphic designer, and professor in the School of Art at and Associate Dean for Research in the Arts in the College of Fine Arts at the
University of Arizona
Frank McMahon (author) (1919–1984), American-Irish playwright and broadcasting executive
Matt McMahon (pianist), award-winning Australian
jazzpianist and composer, including solo work, as the leader of 'The Matt McMahon Trio', and as the co-leader of 'Band of Five Names'
Michael McMahon, film producer, television producer, and founder of
Sydney-based film and television production company
Matchbox Pictures
Paul McMahon, founding member, guitarist, and vocalist of
Sheffield-based English
progressive rock band
Haze (band), which also includes Chris McMahon, founding member and brother of Paul, and Danny McMahon, Paul’s son and Chris’s nephew
Eleanor McMahon (born
c. 1962),
Canadian politician and founder of Share the Road Cycling Coalition, an urban transportation policy and advocacy group she created following the death of her husband, OPP Sergeant Greg Stobbart, in a collision in June 2006
McMahon baronets - There have been two baronetcies created for members of the McMahon family, both in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom, and belonging to different branches of the same family. One creation is extant as of 2007.
McMahon baronets - There have been two baronetcies created for members of the McMahon family, both in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom, and belonging to different branches of the same family. One creation is extant as of 2007.
Don S. McMahon, retired Australian
Seventh-day Adventist medical doctor, noted for making "pseudoscientific claims, historical errors, and misleading comparisons"
Bernard McMahon (1775—1816), Irish-American horticulturist who settled in
Philadelphia, served as one of the stewards of the plant collections from the
Lewis and Clark Expedition, and was the author of The American Gardener's Calendar: Adapted to the Climates and Seasons of the United States
Brian MacMahon (1923–2007), British-American epidemiologist
Kevin McMahon, Irish high-ranking
snooker player, upset by young upstart player
Zhao Xintong, who was later suspended for offences relating to betting on snooker
Jess McMahon (1882–1954), boxing and wrestling promoter; founder of Capitol Wrestling Corporation
Vincent J. McMahon (1914–1984), wrestling promoter; founder of WWE's immediate predecessor company, the World Wide Wrestling Federation
Vince McMahon (born 1945), former chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (dba WWE, Inc.)
Linda McMahon (born 1948), wife of Vince Jr., former CEO of WWE and former administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Shane McMahon (born 1970), son of Vince Jr. and former Executive President of WWE Global Media
Stephanie McMahon (born 1976), daughter of Vince Jr., chairwoman and co-CEO of WWE
Triple H (born 1969), ring name of Paul Levesque; husband of Stephanie, Chief Content Officer and Executive Vice President of Talent Relations of WWE, former professional wrestler
F. P. McMahon, Supply Officer, Antarctic Division,
Melbourne, and second-in-command of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) (Thala Dan), 1960–61, after whom the
McMahon Islands are named
John McMahon, American settler, manager of the Courtland branch of the
Huntsville mercantile firm Bierne and McMahon, and original documented owner of, as well as namesake of, the historic
John McMahon House (built 1828)
Michael McMahon, namesake of
McMahons Point,
Australia, as an Irish farm labourer who immigrated to the area with his brother, James McMahon, on 14 February 1848 when Michael was 19 years old
Michael McMahon, former NYPD police officer and husband of
Emmy award-winning American actress, singer and television writer
Martha Byrne
Michael Terrence McMahon (born 1998), their eldest child
Maxwell Vincent McMahon (born 2002), their second child, the pregnancy and birth of whom was chronicled by an episode of the
TLC series A Baby Story
Ryan McMahon, former girlfriend of, and noted domestic abuse victim of, American career criminal and former
Boston Red Sox employee
Jared Remy, who was also implicated in
steroid distribution
Thomas John McMahonFRGS (1864–1933), Australian
photojournalist and writer who, from 1915 to 1922, made several trips to
Melanesia and
Micronesia to create work that answered a demand in Australia, and the Western World, for visual information on the life in the Pacific Islands, the local's physical appearance and customs, and whether economic opportunities existed for settlers or investors
Will McMahon, host of syndicated Australian radio show Will & Woody
This page lists people with the
surnameMcMahon. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.