# McCracken (surname)

McCracken is a hereditary surname derived from Ulster and nearby Galloway, Scotland. It is an Anglicisation of Mac Reachtain an Ulster Gaelic variant of the patronymic surname Mac Neachtain (commonly Anglicised as McNaughton).

## People surnamed McCracken

* Annie Virginia McCracken (1868–?), American author
* Bert McCracken (born 1982), American vocalist
* Billy McCracken (1883–1979), Northern Ireland football player
* Bob McCracken (1904-1972), American jazz clarinetist
* Branch McCracken (1908–1970), American basketball coach
* Brian McCracken (born 1934), Irish jurist and Justice of the Irish Supreme Court
* Craig McCracken (born 1971), American animator
* Daniel D. McCracken (1930–2011) American computer scientist
* David McCracken (born 1981) Scottish football player
* Eileen McCracken (1920–1988), Irish botanist
* Edward R. McCracken American businessman
* Elizabeth McCracken (born 1966), American author
* Esther McCracken (1902–1971), British actress and playwright
* Frederick McCracken (1859-1949), British general
* Harold McCracken (1894–1983), American author
* Harry McCracken (born 1964), American journalist, editor in chief of PC World
* Harry McCracken (footballer), Northern Irish footballer
* Henry Joy McCracken (1767–1798), Irish rebel
* Henry Noble McCracken (1880-1970), American chancellor of New York University
* Herb McCracken (1899–1995), American football coach
* Hugh McCracken (1942–2013), American musician
* J. J. McCracken (born 1972), American artist
* Jack McCracken (1911–1958), American basketball player
* Jack McCracken (Scouting)
* James McCracken (1926–1988), American tenor
* Janet McCracken, American academic
* Jarrod McCracken, New Zealand rugby league player
* Jeff McCracken (born 1952), American actor, director, and producer
* Jeremy McCracken, British television director
* Joan McCracken (1917–1961), American actress and dancer
* John McCracken (artist) (1934-2011), American artist
* Josephine Clifford McCracken (1839–1921), German-born American
* Josiah McCracken (1874–1952), US college football All American and Olympic medal winner
* Krista McCracken, Canadian public historian and archivist
* Mark McCracken (born 1960), American actor
* Mary Ann McCracken (1770–1866), Irish radical and anti-slavery campaigner
* Mary Isabel McCracken (1866–1955), American entomologist
* Paul McCracken (basketball) (born 1950), NBA and Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball player
* Paul McCracken (economist) (1915–2012), American economist and former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers
* Peter Hale McCracken, American founder of Serials Solutions
* Philip McCracken (1928–2021), American artist
* Quinton McCracken (born 1970), American major league baseball player
* Robert McCracken (footballer) (1890–unknown), Northern Irish professional footballer
* Robert McCracken (born 1968), United Kingdom professional boxer
* Robert M. McCracken (1874–1934), American politician
* Sandra McCracken (born 1977), American musician
* Thomas McCracken Jr. (born 1952), American lawyer and politician
* Voros McCracken (born 1971), American sabermetrician
* William McCracken (c. 1864 – 1940), American football coach and college educator