McReynolds

E192941

family name person surname

McReynolds is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable figures in American public life, including politicians and jurists.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
McReynolds canonical	7
MacReynolds	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1739451 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: McReynolds
Context triple: [James C. McReynolds, familyName, McReynolds]

A. Martin Hurson
Martin Hurson was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison during the 1981 Irish hunger strikes.
B. Trevor Timm
Trevor Timm is a journalist and civil liberties advocate known for his work on press freedom, government transparency, and digital rights.
C. Flynt
Flynt is the middle name of William Flynt Nichols, an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
D. Artie Kane
Artie Kane is an American pianist, composer, and prolific film and television orchestrator known for his work on numerous Hollywood scores and TV movies.
E. Schalk
Schalk is a masculine given name of Afrikaans and Dutch origin, commonly used in South Africa.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: McReynolds
Target entity description: McReynolds is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable figures in American public life, including politicians and jurists.

A. Martin Hurson
Martin Hurson was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison during the 1981 Irish hunger strikes.
B. Trevor Timm
Trevor Timm is a journalist and civil liberties advocate known for his work on press freedom, government transparency, and digital rights.
C. Flynt
Flynt is the middle name of William Flynt Nichols, an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
D. Artie Kane
Artie Kane is an American pianist, composer, and prolific film and television orchestrator known for his work on numerous Hollywood scores and TV movies.
E. Schalk
Schalk is a masculine given name of Afrikaans and Dutch origin, commonly used in South Africa.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	family name ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfBirth	1862-02-03 ⓘ 1929-10-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1946-08-24 ⓘ 2018-08-17 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Virginia School of Law ⓘ Vanderbilt University ⓘ
fieldOfNotability	law ⓘ politics ⓘ
hasCountryOfOrigin	Scotland ⓘ
hasEtymologicalElement	Mac ⓘ Reynolds ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin	English ⓘ Scottish ⓘ
hasNotableBearer	David McReynolds ⓘ George McReynolds ⓘ James Clark McReynolds ⓘ Mack McReynolds ⓘ Owen McReynolds ⓘ
hasSurname	McReynolds self-linksurface differs ⓘ McReynolds self-linksurface differs ⓘ McReynolds self-linksurface differs ⓘ McReynolds self-linksurface differs ⓘ McReynolds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasUsageRegion	Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasVariant	McReynolds self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MacReynolds McReynold ⓘ
memberOf	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States) Socialist Party USA ⓘ
occupation	activist ⓘ jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ pacifist ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
usedIn	English language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justice James C. McReynolds → familyName → McReynolds ⓘ

subject surface form: James C. McReynolds

James Clark McReynolds → familyName → McReynolds ⓘ

McReynolds → hasVariant → McReynolds self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: MacReynolds