Macalister

Macalister, MacAlister, MacAllister and their variants are forms of a Gaelic surname which means 'son of Alisdair'. The name originated in Scotland and belonged to a branch of the Clan Donald; they became an independent clan in 1493. From about the thirteenth century, MacAlisters were settling in the Glens of Northern Ireland, and they became numerous there.

It can refer to the following people:

MacAlister

• Arthur Macalister (1818–1883), thrice Premier of Queensland, Australia
• David Macalister Silva (born 1986), Colombian footballer
• Donald MacAlister (1854–1934), physician, and former chancellor of the University of Glasgow
• John Young Walker MacAlister (1856–1925), British librarian
• Ian MacAlister Stewart, 13th Laird of Achnacone
• John Kenneth Macalister (1914–1944), Canadian hero of World War II
• Katie MacAlister (born 1964), Seattle-area writer
• Norman Macalister, former lieutenant-governor of Prince of Wales Isle
• Patrick MacAlister (1826–1895), Irish Roman Catholic Prelate and 24th Lord Bishop of Down and Connor
• Robert Macalister (1890–1967), former mayor of Wellington
• R. A. Stewart Macalister (1870–1950), Irish archaeologist

Macalister

• Very Rev D. M. Macalister (1832–1909), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland 1902
• Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister

McAllister

• Carlos MacAllister (born 1968), Argentine footballer
• Dylan Macallister (born 1982), Australian footballer
• Heather MacAllister, American writer
• Heather MacAllister (activist) (1968–2007), American performer and activist

Places

• Macalister, Queensland, a town in Australia

• Macalister, an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Australia, created in the 2017 redistribution

See also

• Macalester
• McAlister
• McAllister (surname)
• Clan MacAlister, a Highland Scottish clan and a branch of Clan Donald