McMillan ( surname ) - wikipedia McMillan ( surname ) MacMillan, Macmillan, McMillen or McMillan are variants of a Scottish surname. The origin of the name is said to derive from the origin of the Scottish Clan MacMillan. The progenitor of the Clan was said to be Airbertach, Hebridean prince of the old royal house of Moray. Airbertach had a son named Cormac, who was a Bishop, and Cormac 's own son Gilchrist or, in Gaelic, Gille Chriosd, the progenitor of the Clann an Mhaoil, was a religious man like his father ; and it was because of this that he wore the tonsure which gave him the nickname Maolan or Gillemaol. As a Columban priest, his head would have been shaved over the front of his head in the style of Saint John the Evangelist, rather than at the vertex of head ( the dominant style in The Church of Rome ). This distinctive tonsure is described in Gaelic as ' Mhaoillan '. The name MacMillan thus literally means, `` son of the tonsure ''. People having this name include : People Robbie Coltrane ( real name Anthony McMillan, born 1950 ), British actor Alexander Macmillan ( disambiguation ), several persons Angus McMillan ( 1810 -- 1865 ), Australian explorer Archie McMillan ( 1894 -- 1917 ), Scottish footballer Brian McMillan ( born 1963 ), South African Cricketer Brockway McMillan ( 1915 -- 2016 ), American scientist, former Under Secretary of the Air Force and the second Director of the National Reconnaissance Office Bruce McMillan ( disambiguation ), several persons Colin R. McMillan ( 1935 -- 2003 ), former Assistant United States Secretary of Defense Craig McMillan ( born 1976 ), New Zealand Cricketer Daniel Hunter McMillan ( 1846 -- 1933 ), Manitoba politician Daniel MacMillan ( 1813 -- 1857 ), British publisher, brother of Alexander Macmillan ( publisher ) Dave MacMillan ( 1886 -- 1963 ), American basketball coach Dave McMillan ( racing driver ) ( born 1944 ), New Zealand former racing driver David MacMillan, a Scottish born professor of organic chemistry David McMillan ( footballer ) ( born 1988 ), Irish footballer Donald Baxter MacMillan ( 1874 -- 1970 ), American explorer Duncan MacMillan ( disambiguation ), several persons Edwin McMillan ( 1907 -- 1991 ), American chemist and Nobel Prize winner Ethel McMillan ( 1904 -- 1987 ), New Zealand politician Evan McMillan ( born 1988 ), Irish footballer Frank McMillan ( 1899 -- 1966 ), Australian rugby league footballer Frew McMillan ( born 1942 ), South African tennis player Gervan McMillan ( 1904 -- 1951 ), New Zealand politician Gordon McMillan ( born c. 1927 ), American ice hockey player Gordon McMillan ( born c. 1953 ), South African Cricket and Badminton player Gordon Holmes Alexander MacMillan ( 1897 -- 1986 ), British World War II general and Hereditary Chief of the Clan MacMillan Graham McMillan ( born 1936 ), soccer player Hammy McMillan ( born 1963 ), Scottish world champion curler Harold Macmillan ( 1894 -- 1986 ), British prime minister Helen E. McMillan ( 1909 -- 1984 ), American politician Herbert H. McMillan ( born 1958 ), American politician H.R. MacMillan ( 1885 -- 1976 ), Canadian forester Ian McMillan ( born 1956 ), British poet J. Douglas MacMillan ( 1933 -- 1991 ), Scottish pastor James McMillan ( disambiguation ), several persons John McMillan ( disambiguation ), several persons Joseph McMillan ( born 1953 ), U.S. vexillologist and heraldist Kenneth G. McMillan ( born 1942 ), American politician Sir Kenneth MacMillan ( 1929 -- 1992 ), Scottish - born choreographer Kirkpatrick Macmillan ( 1812 -- 1878 ), Scottish blacksmith who invented the rear - wheel - driven bicycle Marcia MacMillan ( born 1970 ), Canadian news anchor Margaret MacMillan ( born 1943 ), Canadian historian Margaret McMillan ( 1860 -- 1931 ), nursery education pioneer Nate McMillan ( born 1964 ), former NBA player and coach of the Indiana Pacers Norman MacMillan ( disambiguation ), several persons Quintin McMillan ( 1904 -- 1948 ), South African cricketer Robert McMillan ( disambiguation ), several person Stephen McMillan ( born 1976 ), Scottish former footballer Thomas S. McMillan ( 1888 -- 1939 ), American lawyer, politician, and college baseball coach William MacMillan ( disambiguation ), several persons Whitney MacMillan ( born 1929 ), American businessman Fictional characters Trillian ( character ), or Tricia McMillan, character in The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy Ernie Macmillan, character in the Harry Potter book series Captain MacMillan, SAS sniper in the 2007 video game Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare Stewart and Sally McMillan, title roles in the television series McMillan & Wife Joe MacMillian, character in the AMC TV series Halt and Catch Fire This page lists people with the surname McMillan. 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. 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Question: where does the last name mcmillan come from
Answer: the Scottish Clan MacMillan