Meaning of Last Name

Cormack is a surname derived from the gaelic given name "Cormac", and may refer to: In science * Allan McLeod Cormack, South African-American Nobel prize winner as co-inventor of Computed tomography. * Gordon Cormack, Canadian computer scientist and co-inventor of the DMC data compression algorithm. In film: * Bartlett Cormack, American screenwriter for The Racket and Fury * Danielle Cormack, New Zealand actress In literature: * Patrick Cormack, English politician and writer * William Cormack, Scottish-Canadian explorer and author In other fields: * Peter Cormack, Scottish footballer * Peter McKenzie Cormack, crew member of the SS Sauternes * Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim