What is "mawhinney"

Mawhinney may refer to:

• Brian Mawhinney PC (born 1940), British Conservative Party politician
• Chuck Mawhinney (born 1949), Oregon-born American who served in the United States Marine Corps as a sniper during the Vietnam War
• Gordon Mawhinney (born 1943), former politician in Northern Ireland
• Maxine Mawhinney, newsreader on BBC News, the BBC's 24‑hour rolling news channel