McPhee
Encyclopedia
McPhee is a Scottish
surname
. The name is an Anglicisation
of the Scottish Gaelic name Mac Dhuibhshithe (Descendant of the Dark Fairy). The name originated in Colonsay
.
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
surname
Surname
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. The name is an Anglicisation
Anglicisation
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of the Scottish Gaelic name Mac Dhuibhshithe (Descendant of the Dark Fairy). The name originated in Colonsay
Colonsay
Colonsay is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, located north of Islay and south of Mull and has an area of . It is the ancestral home of Clan Macfie and the Colonsay branch of Clan MacNeill. Aligned on a south-west to north-east axis, it measures in length and reaches at its widest...
.
People
- Adam McPheeAdam McPheeAdam McPhee is an Australian rules football football player who plays for the Fremantle Football Club and formerly for the Essendon Football Club. He is a versatile player who has played both as a forward and defender, and recently has also moved into a tagging role, with high profile clashes with...
, Australian footballer - Angus McPheeAngus McPheeAngus McPhee or MacPhee was a Scottish outsider artist, who made his art by weaving found vegetation, such as grasses, into extraordinary garments. He also used sheep's wool picked from barbed wire fences, and leaves. McPhee created most of his work whilst in the Craig Dunain Psychiatric Hospital...
, Scottish artist - Archie McPheeArchie McPheeArchie McPhee is a Seattle-based novelty dealer owned by Mark Pahlow. Begun in the 1970s in Los Angeles as the mail-order business Accoutrements, in 1983 it opened a retail outlet dubbed "Archie McPhee" after Pahlow's wife's great-uncle....
, Seattle-based novelty dealer - Bid McPheeBid McPheeJohn Alexander "Bid" McPhee was a 19th century Major League Baseball second baseman. He played 18 seasons in the majors, from until , all for the Cincinnati Reds franchise. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in...
, American baseball player - Cathy-Ann McPheeCathy-Ann McPheeCatherine-Ann MacPhee is a Gaelic singer.-Cathy-Ann the actress:Catherine-Ann was born on 21 November 1959 in the Island of Barra, Scotland. There she grew up with Scottish Gaelic as her first language. Electricity did not reach the island until she was six. At the age of five she started singing...
, Gaelic singer - Chris McPhee, English footballer
- Colin McPheeColin McPheeColin McPhee was a Canadian composer and musicologist. He is primarily known for being the first Western composer to make an ethnomusicological study of Bali, and for the quality of that work...
, Canadian composer, musician, musicologist - George McPheeGeorge McPheeGeorge McPhee is the general manager of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals as well as the team's alternate governor and vice president...
, Canadian sports manager - Joe McPheeJoe McPheeJoe McPhee is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist born in Miami, Florida, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone...
, American jazz musician - John McPhee (several namesJohn McPhee (disambiguation)John McPhee may refer to:* John McPhee , US writer* John McPhee , Premier of Tasmania* John McPhee , Scottish footballer* Bid McPhee , US baseball player...
) - Katharine McPheeKatharine McPheeKatharine Hope McPhee is an American pop singer, songwriter, actress, model, and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the Fox reality show American Idol in 2006, eventually finishing as the runner-up.Her self-titled debut album was released on RCA Records...
, American singer and contestant on television series American Idol - Laura McPheeLaura McPheeLaura McPhee is a Boston-based photographer.She is the daughter of award winning author John McPhee and photographer Pryde Brown, sister of novelists Jenny McPhee and Martha McPhee, architectural historian Sarah McPhee, and Joan Sullivan, founding principal of the Bronx Academy of Letters.McPhee...
, American photographer - Sianoa Smit-McPheeSianoa Smit-McPheeSianoa Smit-McPhee is an Australian actress. She is best known for her two years in Australian soap Neighbours as Breanna Timmins. Sianoa's next role was in the children's television series As the Bell Rings, which used to air on the Disney Channel.In 2007, Sianoa appeared as Desma, the lead...
, Australian actress - Sidney A. McPhee, American educator
- Simon McPheeSimon McPheeSimon McPhee is an Australian rules football coach, currently serving as senior coach of the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League...
(born 1969), Australian rules football coach - Stephanie Pearl-McPheeStephanie Pearl-McPheeStephanie Anne Pearl-McPhee is a writer, knitter, or International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and doula living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Life:...
, Canadian writer - Stephen McPheeStephen McPheeStephen McPhee is a Scottish former footballer. In a ten year career he has played for clubs in Scotland, England and Portugal. And has been capped for his country at under-21 level. A forward, he scored 55 goals in 249 games in all competitions.Starting his career at Coventry City, following a...
, Scottish footballer - Tony McPheeTony McPheeTony McPhee is an English blues guitarist, and founder of The Groundhogs....
, English musician - McPheeMcPheeMcPhee is a Scottish surname. The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name Mac Dhuibhshithe . The name originated in Colonsay.-People:*Adam McPhee, Australian footballer*Angus McPhee, Scottish artist...
, Australian progressive rock band
In fiction
- Dawson's CreekDawson's CreekDawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...
fictional characters:- Andie McPheeAndie McPheeAndrea "Andie" McPhee is a fictional character on the American television drama Dawson's Creek, from 1998 to 2000, with guest appearances in 2002 and 2003. She is portrayed by American actress Meredith Monroe.- Background :...
, portrayed by Meredith MonroeMeredith MonroeMeredith Leigh Monroe is an American actress who portrayed Andie McPhee on Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2000. She was a series regular in Seasons 2-3, appeared in several episodes at the beginning and end of season 4, and was a special guest star in the final series episode in Season 6, though... - Jack McPheeJack McPheeJack McPhee is a fictional character portrayed by Kerr Smith in the American television drama Dawson's Creek.-Fictional Biography:The son of Joseph McPhee, Jack is the shy new kid on the block when he and Andie begin their Sophomore year at Capeside High School. It is later revealed he and Andie...
, portrayed by Kerr SmithKerr SmithKerr Van Cleve Smith is an American actor best known for playing Jack McPhee on The WB drama series Dawson's Creek, Kyle Brody in The WB's, supernatural drama, Charmed and more recently Axel Palmer in My Bloody Valentine 3D...
- Andie McPhee
- Nanny McPheeNanny McPheeNanny McPhee is a 2005 fantasy film starring Emma Thompson and Colin Firth. Thompson also wrote the screenplay, which is adapted from Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda books.-Plot:...
, a 2005 children's film - Nanny McPhee and the Big BangNanny McPhee and the Big BangNanny McPhee and the Big Bang is a 2010 family film. It is a sequel to the 2005 film Nanny McPhee. It was adapted by Emma Thompson from Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda books...
, a 2010 sequel film.