McLaren is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan McLaren (born 1971), Scottish footballer
• Andrew McLaren, Scottish curler
• Andy McLaren (1922–1996), Scottish football player
• Andy McLaren (born 1973), Scottish football player
• Angus McLaren (born 1988), Australian actor
• Anne McLaren (1927–2007), British zoologist
• Bill McLaren (1923–2010), Scottish sports broadcaster
• Billy McLaren (born 1948), Scottish football player
• Brandon Jay McLaren (born 1980), Canadian actor
• Brian McLaren (born 1956), American Christian minister
• Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), New Zealand racing driver
• Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren (1850–1934), Scottish jurist and politician
• Charles Melville McLaren (1913–2003), British industrialist and horticulturalist
• Colin McLaren, Australian writer
• David McLaren (1872–1939), New Zealand politician
• Digby McLaren (1919–2004), Canadian geologist and palaeontologist
• Duncan McLaren (1800–1886), Scottish politician
• Dylan McLaren (born 1982), Australian football player
• Eddie McLaren (1929–2020), Scottish footballer
• Francis McLaren (1886–1917), British politician
• Frankie and George McLaren (born 1997), British twin actors
• Frank McLaren (1881–1961), Scottish footballer for Hearts and Hamilton Academical
• Frederick McLaren (1874–1952), English cricketer
• Geoff McLaren (1921–1992), Australian politician
• Gregory Paul McLaren ("Lucky Diamond Rich"; born 1971), Guinness World Record holder as "the world's most tattooed person"
• Henry Charles McLaren (born 1948), British peer
• Henry Duncan McLaren (1879–1953), British politician, horticulturalist and industrialist
• Hollis McLaren, Canadian actress
• James McLaren (rugby) (born 1972), Scottish rugby player
• Jim McLaren (1897–1975), Scottish football player
• Jock McLaren ("Jock"; 1902–1956), Australian military officer
• John McLaren (disambiguation)
  • John McLaren, Lord McLaren (1831–1910), Scottish politician and judge
  • John McLaren (1846–1943), American horticulturist
  • John McLaren (1871–1958), Australian public servant
  • John McLaren (1886–1921), Australian cricketer
  • John McLaren (born 1951), American baseball coach and manager
  • John F. McLaren (fl. 1855–58), chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh
  • John Francis McLaren (1919–1953), British military pilot
  • John Inglis McLaren, Canadian politician
• Kenneth McLaren (1860–1924), British military commander
• Kyle McLaren (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway (1854–1933), British women's rights activist
• Leah McLaren (born 1975), Canadian writer and columnist
• Malcolm McLaren (1946–2010), British music manager
• Martin McLaren (1914–1979), British military commander and politician
• Mick McLaren (1930–2016), Rhodesian military commander
• Norman McLaren (1913–1987), Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director
• Paul McLaren (born 1976), English football player
• Peter McLaren (born 1948), Canadian-born theorist of critical pedagogy
• Richard McLaren (born 1945), Canadian expert on sports law
• Robin McLaren (1934–2010), British diplomat
• Lady Rose McLaren (1919–2005), British aristocrat
• Ross McLaren (born 1953), Canadian film director
• Ryan McLaren (born 1983), South African cricketer
• Samuel McLaren (1876–1916), Australian mathematician
• Sarah McLaren, New Zealand environmental scientist
• Scott McLaren (born 1968), Australian football referee
• Steve McLaren (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player
• Stuart McLaren (fl. 1902), Australian rugby union player
• Stuart McLaren (born 1975), Scottish/Australian football player and coach
• Timothy McLaren (born 1956), Australian rower
• Tommy McLaren (1949–1978), Scottish football player
• Walter McLaren (1853–1912), British politician
• Wayne McLaren (1940–1992), American stuntman, model, actor, and rodeo performer
• William McLaren (disambiguation)
  • William McLaren (1887–?), Scottish football player
  • William McLaren (1923–1987), Scottish illustrator
• Willie McLaren (born 1984), Scottish football player

McClaren

• Steve McClaren
• McClaren (Porridge), a character in the BBC sitcom Porridge

McClarin

• Curtis McClarin (1969–2014), American actor
• Jim McClarin (born 1945/1946), American politician

See also

• McLaren (disambiguation)
• MacLaren (surname)
• Baron Aberconway, family name