What is "mcnaught"

McNaught or MacNaught is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anita McNaught (born 1965), British-New Zealand journalist and TV presenter
• Erin McNaught (born 1982), the 2006 Miss Australia
• Ian McNaught-Davis ( fl 1950s-1980s), BBC TV presenter
• James McNaught (1870–1919), Scottish footballer
• Jane Macnaught, producer of British tv soap Coronation Street
• John McNaught (1902–1970), Canadian radio broadcaster and writer
• John Watson MacNaught (1904–1984), Canadian politician
• Judith McNaught (born 1944), American writer
• Ken McNaught (born 1955), Scottish footballer
• Kenneth McNaught (1918–1997), Canadian historian
• Robert H. McNaught (born 1956), Scottish-Australian astronomer
• William McNaught (Glasgow) (1813–1881), engineer who compounded a beam engine
• William McNaught (Rochdale) (1813–1881), engineer of Petrie and McNaught, who invented a variable cut off gear and governor for a Stationary steam engine
• William Kirkpatrick McNaught (1845–1919), Canadian politician
• Willie McNaught (born 1922), Scottish footballer