Abernethy (surname)
Abernethy is a surname whose origins link to a Scottish clan that descends from Orm de Abernethy, a grandson of Gille Míchéil, Earl of Fife that presumably settled at Abernethy, Perth and Kinross.
Notable people who have this surname include:
- Alan Abernethy (born 1957), Irish bishop
- Alexander de Abernethy (died ca. 1315), Scottish magnate
- Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956), journalist, theologian, poet; first North Carolina Poet Laureate
- Bob Abernethy (born 1927), American television journalist
- Bruce Abernethy (born 1962), Australian rules football player
- Charles Laban Abernethy (1872–1955), American politician
- George Abernethy (1807–1877), American politician
- Glen Abernethy (born 1971), American politician
- James Abernethy (1814–1896), British civil engineer
- Jim Abernethy (born 1902), Australian rules footballer
- John Abernethy (disambiguation)
- Liam Abernethy (born 1929), Irish hurler
- Lord Abernethy, hereditary title in the Peerage of Scotland
- John Cameron, Lord Abernethy (born 1938), a Senator of the College of Justice of Scotland
- Milton A. Abernethy (died 1991), American journalist, magazine editor, business owner, and stockbroker
- Moira Abernethy (born 1939), South African swimmer
- Robert Abernethy (born 1971), Australian swimmer
- Rod Abernethy, American video game music composer
- Roy Abernethy (1906–1977), American businessman
- Thomas Abernethy (1903–1998), American politician
- Tom Abernethy (born 1954), American professional basketball player
- Virginia Abernethy (born 1934), American professor of psychiatry and anthropology
See also
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