McCloskey
McCloskey is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Gaelic Mac Bhloscaidh 'son of Bloscadh'. McCloskey was a sept of the O'Cahan in County Londonderry; a common variant is McCluskey. Notable people with the surname include:
- McCloskey (baseball), a 19th-century baseball player
- Bernard McCloskey, Northern Ireland judge
- C. John McCloskey, Catholic priest and member of Opus Dei
- Country McCloskey (fl. 1841–1850), American bare-knuckle boxer
- Deirdre McCloskey (born 1942), American economist
- Delamere Francis McCloskey (1897–1983), Canadian-born Los Angeles City Councilman
- Frank McCloskey (1939–2003), Indiana politician
- Gloria McCloskey (born 1935), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Helen McCloskey, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Henry John McCloskey (1925–2000), Australian moral philosopher
- Jack McCloskey (1925–2017), American basketball coach
- John McCloskey (1810–1885), Catholic archbishop
- Leigh McCloskey (born 1955), American actor
- Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a married couple, both attorneys, involved in the St. Louis gun-toting controversy
- Matthew McCloskey (1893–1973), Democratic Party fundraiser and US Ambassador to Ireland, father of Thomas McCloskey
- Paul McCloskey (born 1979), Irish boxer
- Pete McCloskey (born 1927), California politician
- Robert McCloskey (1914–2003), American author and illustrator
- Robert J. McCloskey (1922–1996), American statesman and ambassador
- Thomas McCloskey (1924–2004), Philadelphia construction magnate, son of Matthew McCloskey
- William George McCloskey (1823–1909), American Catholic Bishop
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