McComas

McComas is a surname. Comas is the reduced version of the surname which is the plural form of the Catalan word como originating from the Gaulish cumba meaning valley.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Alice Moore McComas (1850–1919), American author, editor, lecturer, reformer
• Campbell McComas, Australian comedian, writer, and actor
• Daniel F. McComas, American politician
• David McComas, American space scientist
• Edward O. McComas (1919–1954), American flying ace during World War II
• Francis McComas (1875–1938), Australian-born artist
• George W. McComas (1841–1928), American politician
• James Douglas McComas, former president of three U.S. universities
• J. Francis McComas, American science fiction editor
• Kendall McComas, American child actor
• Lorissa McComas, American nude model
• Louis E. McComas, American politician
• Walter R. McComas (1879–1922), American politician and lawyer
• William McComas (1795–1865), American politician and lawyer from Virginia

See also

• Clan MacThomas, a Scottish clan of the McComases
• McComas, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.

References

1. Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.