Willie McLaren (born 1984), Scottish footballer currently playing for Airdrie United
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Billy McLaren (born 1948), Scottish association football player and manager
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Bill McLaren (1923–2010), Scottish rugby union player and commentator
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John Ripley Myers graduated from Hamilton College in 1887 and shortly after (in the same year) purchased Clinton Pharmaceutical Company in Upstate New York with friend and fellow graduate from Hamilton College, William McLaren Bristol.