Duncan (first name)
Duncan is a male given name that occurs in the English-speaking world.
Origin and meaning
Duncan is the Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Donnchadh meaning "brown (hairy) warrior".
Name bearer
Ruler
- Duncan I (1001-1040), King of Scotland
- Duncan II (1060-1094), King of Scotland
- Duncan, 3rd Earl of Fife († 1154), Scottish magnate
- Duncan, 4th Earl of Fife († 1204), Scottish magnate
- Duncan, 8th Earl of Fife (1262–1289), Scottish magnate
- Duncan, 9th Earl of Fife († 1353), Scottish magnate
- Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell († 1453), Scottish nobleman
First name
- Duncan Armstrong (* 1968), Australian swimmer
- Duncan Black (1908-1991), Scottish economist
- J. Duncan M. Derrett (1922–2012), British legal scholar and orientalist
- Duncan Douglas (born 1965), American biathlete
- Duncan Edwards (1936-1958), English football player
- Duncan Faure (* 1956), South African musician, singer and songwriter
- Duncan U. Fletcher (1859-1936), American politician
- Duncan Free (* 1973), Australian rower
- Duncan Grant (1885–1978), Scottish painter
- Duncan Hamilton (1920–1994), Irish racing driver
- Duncan Huisman (* 1971), Dutch racing driver
- Duncan Hunter (politician) (born 1948), American politician
- Duncan D. Hunter (* 1976), American politician
- Duncan James (born 1978), British singer
- Duncan Jones (director) (born 1971), British director
- Duncan Jones (rugby player) (born 1978), Welsh rugby union player
- Duncan Keith (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
- Duncan Kennedy (luge) (* 1967), American luge rider
- Duncan Kibet Kirong (* 1978), Kenyan marathon runner
- Duncan Lamont (musician) (1931–2019), British jazz musician
- Duncan Laurence (* 1994), Dutch singer
- Duncan Ban MacIntyre (1724-1812), Scottish Gaelic poet
- Duncan MacPherson (1966–1989), Canadian ice hockey player, died under unexplained circumstances on the Stubai Glacier
- Duncan McCargo (* 1963), British university professor
- Duncan McKenzie (soccer player, 1950) (born 1950), English soccer player
- Robert Duncan McNeill (* 1964), American actor, film producer and director
- Duncan B. Mfune (* 1937), New Apostolic clergyman in Zambia
- Duncan Oughton (born 1977), New Zealand football player
- Samuel Duncan Parnell (1810–1890), British-New Zealand person of the labor movement
- Duncan Sandys (1908–1987), British politician
- Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947), Canadian poet and storyteller
- Duncan Sheik (* 1969), American musician
- Duncan Siemens (* 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
- Duncan Stewart (politician, 1763) (1763-1820), American politician (Mississippi)
- Duncan Stewart (politician, 1833) (1833-1923), Uruguayan politician
- Duncan Watts (* 1971), Australian sociologist
- Duncan White (1918-1998), Sri Lankan athlete
Fictional character
- Duncan MacLeod, the "Highlander", see Highlander (TV series)