Mackall or MacKall is a surname. It is derived from the Gaelic MacCathail, meaning "son of Cathal". Early records of the name include M'Kawele in the late fourteenth-century, Makcaill in the early sixteenth century, and M'Call in the late sixteenth century.
People with the surname Alexander Lawton Mackall (1888–1968), American author, journalist, gastronomy expert and critic Benjamin Mackall IV (1745–1807), American planter, lawyer, and jurist from Calvert County, Maryland Charles Mackall (1903–1991), American college football player and golfer Corinne Lawton Mackall (1880–1955), American painter, humanitarian, and gardener Crystal Mackall (born 1960), American physician and immunologist John Thomas MacKall (1920–1942), United States Army paratrooper Leonard Mackall (1879–1937), American historian Lily Mackall (c. 1839–1861), messenger for Rose Greenhow, a Confederate spy in the American Civil War R. Covington Mackall (1822–1902), American politician and physician Steve Mackall (born 1959), cartoon voice actor William W. Mackall (1817–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War
See also Camp Mackall, active U.S. Army training facility in eastern Richmond County and northern Scotland County, North Carolina Richards v. Mackall, 113 U.S. 539 (1885), appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to the High Court
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