# Munro (surname)

Munro (Scottish Gaelic:Rothach) is a Scottish surname. It means "man from the River Roe" in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The surname is common in Ross-shire and other areas of northern Scotland; it also spread to Canada via emigration. Variant spellings of the same name include Monro, Monroe, Munroe, Munrow and Manrow.
People with the name include:

## A–F

* Adam Munro (born 1982), Canadian hockey player
* Alan Munro (immunologist) (born 1987), British immunologist and entrepreneur
* Alan Munro (jockey) (born 1967), British horse-racing rider
* Alex Munro (comedian) (1911–1986), Scottish actor and comedy figure
* Alex Munro (footballer born 1912) (1912–1984), Scottish football player
* Alex Munro (footballer born 1944), Scottish-born English football player
* Alexander Munro (athlete) (1870–1934), British Olympic athlete
* Alexander Munro (sculptor) (1825–1871), Scottish sculptor
* Alexander Munro of Bearcrofts (fl. 17th century), Scottish military leader
* Alice Munro (1931–2024), Canadian author, recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature
* Andrew Munro (bishop) (fl. 15th century), Scottish bishop in the Roman Catholic Church
* Andrew Munro (mathematician) (1869–1935), Mathematician and Fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge
* Anna Munro (1881–1962), Scottish social activist
* Aubree Munro (born 1993), American softball player
* Bill Munro (1934–2023), Scottish footballer
* Burt Munro (1899–1978), New Zealand motorcycle racer
* Camille Munro (born 1991), Miss World Canada winner
* Campbell Munro (1899–1943), South African cricketer
* Carmine "Maggie" Munro (1931–2010), Aboriginal Australian leader
* Caroline Munro (born 1950), British actor and model
* Charles Ernest Monro (1874–1945), Scottish architect
* Charles H. Munro (1837–1908), Canadian physician and politician
* Charlie Munro (1917–1985), New Zealand-born Australian musician
* Colin Munro (born 1987), South African cricket player
* Dan Munro (born 1887), Scottish footballer
* Dana Carleton Munro (1866–1933), US historian
* David H. Munro (born 1955), US physicist
* Donald Munro of Foulis (died 1039), Irish mercenary settler in Scotland and founder of the Clan Munro
* Donald W. Munro (1916–1998), Canadian politician
* Donnie Munro (born 1953), Scottish musician
* Douglas Munro (actor) (1866–1928), British actor
* Douglas Albert Munro (1919–1942), United States World War II hero in the United States Coast Guard
* Dugald Munro (1930–1973), Australian politician
* Dunc Munro (1901–1958), Canadian hockey player
* Edith Munro (1895–1983), United States Coast Guard officer
* Elgin Albert Munro (1874–1931), Canadian politician
* Eric Frank Russell (1905–1978), English author who used the pen name Duncan H. Munro
* Fayette S. Munro (1874–1921), American politician and lawyer
* Frank Munro (1947–2011), Scottish football player

## G–L

* George Munro (philanthropist) (1825–1896), Canadian educator and philanthropist
* George Munro, 1st of Auchinbowie (fl. late 17th century), Scottish soldier
* George Munro, 1st of Culcairn (1685–1746), Scottish soldier
* George Munro, 1st of Newmore (1602–1693), Scottish soldier and politician
* George Munro, 5th Baron of Foulis (fl. 13th century), Scottish leader
* Lieutenant-Colonel George Munro (1700–1757), Scottish soldier (also spelled Monro)
* Gerald Munro (1897–1968), Canadian hockey player
* Grant Munro (filmmaker) (1923–2017), Canadian actor and film producer
* Grant Munro (footballer) (born 1980), Scottish football player
* Hamish Munro (1915-1994), Scottish biochemist and nutritionist
* Sir Harry Munro, 7th Baronet (1720–1781), Scottish military leader and politician
* Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916), British author using the pen name Saki
* Hector Munro, 8th of Novar (1726–1805), Scottish military leader
* Henry M. Munro (1840–1915), Canadian politician
* Henry Munro (Canada West politician) (1802–1874), Canadian politician
* Henry Munro (United Irishman) (1758–1798), Irish independence figure
* Hope Munro (born 1981), Australian field hockey player
* Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar (1797–1864), Scottish art collector
* Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (1819–1885), Scottish classical scholar
* Hugh Munro or Monroe (Rising Wolf) (1799-1892) Canadian fur trapper who joined the Blackfeet Nation.
* Hugh Munro (Canadian politician) (1854–1939), Canadian politician
* Hugh Munro, 9th Baron of Foulis (f. 15th century), Scottish leader
* Iain Munro (born 1951) Scottish football player
* Ian Munro (disambiguation), several people
** Ian Munro (pianist) (born 1963), Australian musician
* Ingrid Munro (fl. 20th century), Swedish-born social activist in Kenya
* James Munro (disambiguation), several people
** James Mitchell (writer) (1926–2002), British author who used the pen name James Munro
** James Munro (Australian politician) (1832–1908), Premier of Victoria
** James Munro (VC) (1826–1871), Scottish soldier and war hero
** Jim Munro (1870–1945), New Zealand politician
** Jim Munro (born 1962), British journalist
** Jimmy Munro (1870–1899), Scottish football player
* Janet Munro (1934–1972), British actor
* Jock Munro (1893–1917), Scottish footballer
* John Munro, 9th of Teaninich (1778–1858), Scottish soldier of the British H.E.I.C
* John Munro (loyalist) (~1728-1800) Scottish soldier opposing the American Revolution who later settled in Canada.
* John Neil Munro (born 1959), Scottish author and journalist
* Jonathan Munro, British journalist
* Julia Munro (fl. 1990s–2000s), Canadian politician
* Lachie Munro (born 1986), New Zealand rugby player
* Les Munro (1919–2015), English WWII pilot and war hero
* Leslie Munro (1901–1974), New Zealand lawyer and politician
* Libby Munro (born 1981), Australian actress
* Lily Oddie Munro (1937–2021), Canadian politician formerly called Lily Oddie Munro
* Lyall Munro Jnr (born 1951), Aboriginal Australian activist and elder
* Lyall Munro Snr (1931–2020), Aboriginal Australian activist and elder
* Lochlyn Munro (born 1966), Canadian actor

## M–Z

* "Maggie" (Carmine) Munro (1931–2010), Aboriginal Australian leader
* Malcolm Munro (born 1953), English footballer
* Mike Munro (born 1952), Australian television personality
* Morndi Munro, the last fluent speaker of the Unggumi language of Western Australia
* Neil Gordon Munro (1863–1942), Scottish-born Japanese physician
* Neil Munro (actor) (1947–2009), Canadian actor, director and playwright
* Neil Munro (footballer) (1868–1948), Scottish football player
* Neil Munro (writer) (1863–1930), Scottish author who sometimes used pen name Hugh Foulis
* Norman Munro (1842–1894), US newspaper publisher
* Pamela Munro (born 1947), US linguist
* Patrick Munro (1883–1942), British politician
* Pete Munro (born 1975), US baseball player
* Peter Jay Munro (1767–1833), American politician and lawyer
* Rob Munro (politician) (fl. 1980s–1990s), New Zealand politician
* Robert Monro sometimes also spelt Munro. 17th century Scottish general
* Robert Munro (disambiguation), several people
** Robert Munro (rugby footballer)
** Robert Munro, 6th Baron of Foulis (fl. 14th century), Scottish leader
** Robert Munro, 14th Baron of Foulis (died 1547), Scottish leader
** Robert Mor Munro, 15th Baron of Foulis (fl. 16th century), Scottish leader
** Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis (died 1633), Scottish leader
** Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness (1868–1955), Scottish politician and judge
** Sir Robert Munro, 3rd Baronet (fl. 17th century), Scottish leader
** Sir Robert Munro, 5th Baronet (died 1729), Scottish leader
** Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet (1684–1746), Scottish military leader
* Rona Munro (born 1959), Scottish author
* S. Sterling Munro, Jr. (1932–1992), US lawyer
* Samantha Munro (born 1990), Canadian actor
* Sandy Munro (born 1949), US automotive engineer
* Stuart Munro (born 1962), Scottish football player
* Stuart Munro (born 1964-2002), Musician, Kolkata, India
* Thalia Munro (born 1982), US water polo player
* Thomas Munro (art historian) (1897–1974), US art historian
* Thomas Munro (solicitor) (1866–1923), Scottish public figure
* Tony Munro (1963/64 – 2016), Australian sports journalist
* Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet (1761–1827), Scottish soldier
* Wilfred Harold Munro (1849–1934), US historian
* William Munro (disambiguation), several people