MacColl

MacColl is a surname from the Scottish Gaelic ”MacColla”, meaning "Son of Coll" shared by several notable people:

Born after 1800

• Evan MacColl (Gaelic poet) (1808–1898), Scots-Canadian Gaelic poet
• Hugh MacColl (1837–1909), Scottish logician and author
• Malcolm MacColl (1838–1907), British clergyman and publicist
• Dugald Sutherland MacColl (1859–1948), Scottish painter and writer

Born after 1900

• James MacColl (1908–1971), British Member of Parliament
• Ewan MacColl (born 'Miller', 1915–1989), British singer-songwriter, actor and playwright

Born after 1950

• Catriona MacColl (born 1954), English film and television actress
• Kirsty MacColl (1959–2000), British singer-songwriter with several top-10 singles on the UK and Irish music charts
• Mary-Rose MacColl (born 1961), Australian novelist
• Angus MacColl, Scottish bagpipe player

MacColl is also apparently an uncommon male Scottish given name, perhaps and spelled without CamelCase, i.e. as "Maccoll".^[1]