McNaughton or MacNaughton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: MacNaughton Alan Macnaughton (1903–1999), Canadian parliamentarian and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons Charles MacNaughton, Canadian politician Ian MacNaughton (1925–2002), television producer/director associated with Monty Python John 'Half Hung MacNaghten', or MacNaughton, Irish figure of 18th-century romantic folklore John A. MacNaughton (1945–2013), Canadian businessman John H. MacNaughton (1929-2022), American Episcopal bishop Lukas MacNaughton, (born 1995), footballer Malcolm Macnaughton (disambiguation) Malcolm Macnaughton (obstetrician) (1925–2016), Scottish obstetrician, gynaecologist, and academic Malcolm Macnaughton (bishop) (born 1957), British Anglican bishop Robert MacNaughton (born 1966), American child actor McNaughton Andrew McNaughton (1887–1966), Canadian army officer, politician and diplomat Brian McNaughton (1935–2004), American writer Bruce McNaughton, Canadian neuroscientist Christopher McNaughton (born 1982), German-American basketball player Colin McNaughton (born 1951), English writer and illustrator of children's books Daniel McNaughton (1851–1925), Canadian politician Donald McNaughton (New York politician) (1830–1893), New York politician Duncan McNaughton (1910–1998), Canadian Olympic athlete Duncan Alexander McNaughton (1877–1962), Canadian politician George McNaughton (1897–1991), Canadian professional ice hockey player George Matthew McNaughton (1893–1966), British civil engineer Gordon McNaughton (1910–1942), American Major League Baseball pitcher Gus McNaughton (1881–1969), English film actor James McNaughton (disambiguation), several people John McNaughton (born 1950), American film director John McNaughton (government official) (1921–1967), former United States Assistant Secretary of Defense and advisor to Robert McNamara Jon McNaughton, American painter Kevin McNaughton (born 1982), Scottish soccer player Margaret McNaughton, Canadian writer and historian Mark S. McNaughton, American politician from Pennsylvania Paul McNaughton (born 1952), Irish rugby union and soccer player Robert McNaughton (1924—2014), American computer scientist Samuel J. McNaughton (born 1939), American ecologist and Stanford University professor Sandy McNaughton (born 1953), Scottish footballer Terence McNaughton (born 1964), Irish hurling manager William John McNaughton (1926–2020), American Catholic missionary and bishop in South Korea See also Macnaughtan, a surname Macnaghten (disambiguation) Clan Macnaghten (sometimes spelt as MacNachten or MacNaughton), a Scottish clan MacNaughton Cup, a collegiate ice-hockey trophy in the United States MacNaughton Mountain, located in Essex County, New York Bernice MacNaughton High School, a high school in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada John Patrick McNaughton Barn, in Ottawa County, Oklahoma R. D. McNaughton Building, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada McNaughton, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the United States Daniel M'Naghten, British murderer M'Naghten Rules, first serious attempt to codify the insanity defense in criminal cases Lady Macnaghten (various spellings), ship taking settlers from Britain to Australia