Munro (Scottish Gaelic: Rothach) is a Scottish surname. It means "man from the River Roe" in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The surname is common in Ross-shire and other areas of northern Scotland; it also spread to Canada via emigration. Variant spellings of the same name include Monro, Monroe, Munroe, Munrow and Manrow.
People with the name include:
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Adam Munro (born 1982), Canadian hockey player
Alan Munro (immunologist) (born 1987), British immunologist and entrepreneur
Alan Munro (jockey) (born 1967), British horse-racing rider
Alex Munro (comedian) (1911–1986), Scottish actor and comedy figure
Alex Munro (footballer born 1912) (1912–1984), Scottish football player
Alex Munro (footballer born 1944), Scottish-born English football player
Alexander Munro (athlete) (1870–1934), British Olympic athlete
Alexander Munro (sculptor) (1825–1871), Scottish sculptor
Alexander Munro of Bearcrofts (fl. 17th century), Scottish military leader
Alice Munro (1931–2024), Canadian author, recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature
Andrew Munro (bishop) (fl. 15th century), Scottish bishop in the Roman Catholic Church
Andrew Munro (mathematician) (1869–1935), Mathematician and Fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge
Anna Munro (1881–1962), Scottish social activist
Aubree Munro (born 1993), American softball player
Bill Munro (1934–2023), Scottish footballer
Burt Munro (1899–1978), New Zealand motorcycle racer
Camille Munro (born 1991), Miss World Canada winner
Campbell Munro (1899–1943), South African cricketer
Carmine "Maggie" Munro (1931–2010), Aboriginal Australian leader
Caroline Munro (born 1950), British actor and model
Charles Ernest Monro (1874–1945), Scottish architect
Charles H. Munro (1837–1908), Canadian physician and politician
Charlie Munro (1917–1985), New Zealand-born Australian musician
Colin Munro (born 1987), South African cricket player
Colin Munro (diplomat) (born 1946), British diplomat
Dan Munro (born 1887), Scottish footballer
Dana Carleton Munro (1866–1933), US historian
David H. Munro (born 1955), US physicist
Donald Munro of Foulis (died 1039), Irish mercenary settler in Scotland and founder of the Clan Munro
Donald W. Munro (1916–1998), Canadian politician
Donnie Munro (born 1953), Scottish musician
Douglas Munro (actor) (1866–1928), British actor
Douglas Albert Munro (1919–1942), United States World War II hero in the United States Coast Guard
Dugald Munro (1930–1973), Australian politician
Dunc Munro (1901–1958), Canadian hockey player
Edith Munro (1895–1983), United States Coast Guard officer
Elgin Albert Munro (1874–1931), Canadian politician
Eric Frank Russell (1905–1978), English author who used the pen name Duncan H. Munro
Fayette S. Munro (1874–1921), American politician and lawyer
Frank Munro (1947–2011), Scottish football player
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George Munro (philanthropist) (1825–1896), Canadian educator and philanthropist
George Munro, 1st of Auchinbowie (fl. late 17th century), Scottish soldier
George Munro, 1st of Culcairn (1685–1746), Scottish soldier
George Munro, 1st of Newmore (1602–1693), Scottish soldier and politician
George Munro, 5th Baron of Foulis (fl. 13th century), Scottish leader
Lieutenant-Colonel George Munro (1700–1757), Scottish soldier (also spelled Monro)
Gerald Munro (1897–1968), Canadian hockey player
Grace Emily Munro (1879-1964), Australian volunteer and charity worker
Grant Munro (filmmaker) (1923–2017), Canadian actor and film producer
Grant Munro (footballer) (born 1980), Scottish football player
Hamish Munro (1915-1994), Scottish biochemist and nutritionist
Sir Harry Munro, 7th Baronet (1720–1781), Scottish military leader and politician
Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916), British author using the pen name Saki
Hector Munro, 8th of Novar (1726–1805), Scottish military leader
Henry M. Munro (1840–1915), Canadian politician
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Madeline Munro (1885–1974), British geologist, science educator and film reviewer
"Maggie" (Carmine) Munro (1931–2010), Aboriginal Australian leader
Malcolm Munro (born 1953), English footballer
Margaret Munro (1914–2005), New Zealand architect
Marita Munro (born 1954), Australian academic and church historian
Mike Munro (born 1952), Australian television personality
Morndi Munro, the last fluent speaker of the Unggumi language of Western Australia
Neil Gordon Munro (1863–1942), Scottish-born Japanese physician
Neil Munro (actor) (1947–2009), Canadian actor, director and playwright
Neil Munro (footballer) (1868–1948), Scottish football player
Neil Munro (writer) (1863–1930), Scottish author who sometimes used pen name Hugh Foulis
Norman Munro (1842–1894), US newspaper publisher
Pamela Munro (born 1947), US linguist
Patrick Munro (1883–1942), British politician
Pete Munro (born 1975), US baseball player
Peter Jay Munro (1767–1833), American politician and lawyer