# List of people with surnames Macaulay, MacAulay or McAulay

List of people with the surnames Macaulay, MacAulay, and McAulay.

## People with the surname
### Macaulay

* Alastair Macaulay, chief dance critic of the New York Times
* Angus Macaulay (1759–1827), schoolmaster, physician and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada
* Archie Macaulay (1915–1993), Scottish football player and manager
* Aulay Macaulay (disambiguation), several people
* Catharine Macaulay (1731–1791), English historian
* Colin Macaulay (1760–1836), Scottish general, slavery abolitionist and campaigner
* David Macaulay (born 1946), American author and illustrator
* Eunice Macaulay (1923–2013), British-born animator and filmmaker
* Francis Sowerby Macaulay (1862–1937), English mathematician
* Frederick Macaulay (1882–1970), American economist of the Institutionalist School
* Genevieve Macaulay (1880–1938), American philanthropist and Papal duchess
* George Macaulay (1897–1940), English cricketer
* George Campbell Macaulay (1852–1915), English Classical scholar of Herodotus
* Herbert Macaulay (1864–1946), Nigerian politician
* Helene Macaulay (born 1961), American celebrity makeup artist
* James Macaulay (Canadian physician) (1759–1822), doctor and medical official in Upper Canada
* James Buchanan Macaulay (1793–1859), Canadian lawyer
* Jessica Macaulay (born 1992), British and Canadian high diver
* John Macaulay (politician) (1792–1857), political figure in Upper Canada
* John Simcoe Macaulay (1791–1855), another political figure in Upper Canada
* Kenneth Macaulay (politician) (1815–1867), English politician
* Kenneth Macaulay (colonialist) (1792–1829), colonial official in Sierra Leone
* Kyle Macaulay (born 1986), Scottish professional footballer
* Leopold Macaulay (1887–1979), Canadian politician
* Marc Macaulay (born 1957), American actor
* Matthew Macaulay (born 1984), British Christian musician and worship leader
* Michael Macaulay (1939–2021), South African cricketer
* Neill W. Macaulay, Jr. (1935–2007), American writer, professor and Cuban revolutionary
* Reginald Macaulay (1858–1937), English footballer
* Robert Macaulay (1921–2010), Canadian politician
* Robertson Macaulay (1833–1915), Canadian insurance company executive
* Rose Macaulay (1881–1958), English novelist
* Sarah Jane Macaulay (born 1963) aka Sarah Brown, wife of former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
* Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859), 1st Baron Macaulay, "Lord Macaulay", English poet, historian and Whig politician
* Thomas Bassett Macaulay (1860–1942), Canadian actuary and philanthropist
* Tony Macaulay (born 1944), English songwriter
* Tony Macaulay (writer) (born 1963), Northern Irish author, management consultant and peace builder
* Vince Macaulay (born 1961), head coach and owner of British Basketball League franchise Milton Keynes Lions
* Zachary Macaulay (1768–1838), Scottish colonial governor

### MacAulay

* Alexander McAulay (1863–1931), first professor of mathematics and physics at the University of Tasmania
* Fred MacAulay (born 1956), Scottish comedian
* John MacAulay, Canadian lawyer and Red Cross activist
* Lawrence MacAulay, Canadian politician
* Michael Darragh MacAulay, Irish Gaelic Footballer

### McAulay

* Alex McAulay (born 1977), American novelist
* Greg McAulay (born 1960), Canadian World champion curler
* James McAulay (1860–1943), Scottish footballer
* John McAulay (1888–1956), Scottish soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Terry McAulay, American football official
* William McAulay (1879–1935), Scottish footballer