Livingstone (name)

Notable people

Surname

• Adelaide Livingstone (died 1970), peace activist
• Alexander Livingstone (Scottish politician)
• Archie Livingstone (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1961), Scottish footballer
• Bob Livingstone (1922–2013), American football player
• Bobby Livingstone, Scottish footballer
• Bruce Livingstone (born 1971), Canadian entrepreneur
• Colin H. Livingstone, American scout
• David Livingstone 1813–1873, Scottish missionary explorer of Africa, best-known bearer of the name and namesake of numerous places
• David N. Livingstone (born 1953), geographer
• Doug Livingstone (1898–1981), Scottish football player
• Douglas Livingstone (1932–1996), South African poet
• Duncan Livingstone (d. 1964) South African poet
• Eddie Livingstone (1884–1945), Canadian sports teram owner and manager
• Frank Livingstone (bowls), New Zealand lawn bowler
• Ian Livingstone (born 1949), English fantasy author
• Ian Livingstone (disambiguation), various people
• Jake Livingstone (ice hockey) (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ken Livingstone (born 1945), English politician
• Liam Livingstone, English cricketer
• Margaret Livingstone (born 1950), American neuroscientist
• Marilyn Livingstone (born 1952), Scottish politician
• Mary Livingstone (Sadye Marks) (1905–1983), American radio comedian, widow and radio partner of Jack Benny
• Nicole Livingstone (née Stevenson), Australian swimmer
• Parker Livingstone (born 2006), American football player
• Paul Livingstone American musician and composer
• Peadar Livingstone, Irish priest, linguist, and historian
• Richard Winn Livingstone, gave the Rede Lecture in 1944 on Plato and modern education
• Robert Livingstone (born 1967), Canadian businessman
• Scott Livingstone (born 1965), baseball player
• Sergio Livingstone (1920-2011), Chilean footballer
• Sidney Livingstone (born 1945), English actor
• Stacey Livingstone (born 1988), Australian footballer
• Susan Livingstone, American administrator and civil servant
• Terasa Livingstone (born 1975), Australian actress
• Joseph Livingstone (1942-2009), English footballer

Given name

• Livingstone Adjin (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
• Livingstone Harris (born 1957), West Indian cricketer
• Livingstone Lawrence (born 1962), West Indian cricketer
• Livingstone Lusinde (born 1972), Tanzanian politician
• Livingstone Sargeant (born 1947), West Indian cricketer
• Livingstone Walker (1879–1940), English cricketer

References

References

1. ''Dictionary of National Biography'', Vol. 35 MacCarwell – Maltby (Sidney Lee Ed.). (1893) New York: MacMillan & Co., p. 52, "As the family originally came from Ulidia, the lesser Uladh, or Ulster, the members of the family are often called in Irish writings, instead of MacDonlevy, Ultach, that is, Ulsterman, and from this the name of MacNulty, Mac an Ultaigh, son of the Ulsterman, is derived."
2. George F. Black, ''The Surnames of Scotland'', New York, New York Public Library, 1946, p 230, {{ISBN. 0871041723, "William Livingston (Highland Livingston), the [[Islay]] bard, always wrote his name in Gaelic M'Dhunleibhe and Dr. David Livingstone, the African traveler, was a Mac Dunleavy of [[Ulva]]”
3. John O'Hart, ''Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation'', 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, p. 426, “''MacDunshliebhe'' and ''O’Dunsleibhe'', anglicized ''Dunleavy'', ''Dunlief'', ''Dunlap'' … ''Delap'', ''Dunlevy'', ''Don-Levi'', ''Donlevy'', ''Levingstone'', ''Livingstone'', and ''Levenston'' (original emphasis).”
4. [http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Livingston_maclea_dna/] Genetic profiling has established that the Highland Mac Dunnshleibhe actually branched to become both the Livingstone and the [[Clan MacLea]], their name presumably having been also slurred, first, to Maconlea and, then, to Mac Lea, Mac Lay and McClay
5. (1916). "Highland Papers". Scottish Historical Society.