Maskelyne

Maskelyne is a British family name, the following people had this name:

• Descendants of William Maskelyn, of Purton, Wiltshire
• Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811), British court astronomer
• Nevil Maskelyne (magician) (1863-1924), British magician
• Nevil Story Maskelyne (1823–1911) English geologist, mineralogist and politician
• Jasper Maskelyne (1902–1973), British stage magician, son of the stage magician Nevil Maskelyne, known as the "War Magician"
• John Nevil Maskelyne (1839–1917), British stage magician and descendant of Nevil Maskelyne

Also:

• Maskelyne (moon crater) , named after Nevil Maskelyne
• Maskelyne Passage , strait in the Biscoe Islands archipelago, Antarctica

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.