Mack the Knife (disambiguation)

Mack the Knife (disambiguation)

Mack the Knife (in German "Mackie Messer") is the nickname of "Macheath", a character from "The Threepenny Opera", and also the name of a song from that work.

Other uses of the term, presumably all based on the original use, may refer to:

*, a 1960 live album by Ella Fitzgerald, containing her famous version of the song with improvised lyrics
*Harold Macmillan, known as "Mac the Knife", former British Prime Minister.
*Robert McNamara, also known as "Mac the Knife", former U.S. Secretary of Defense
*John J. Mack, former CEO of Credit Suisse First Boston
*Mac the Knife, computer columnist
*Mack, the boss who held the first Star Piece, in "Super Mario RPG"
*Jennety, an alien mummy wielding short knives, in the video game "Captain Commando"
*Duncan Macleod, an immortal, in the TV series ""


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