Maskelyne
# Maskelyne

Maskelyne may refer to:

## People

* Nevil Maskelyne (MP) (1711–1679), English landowner, MP for Cricklade
* Nevil Maskelyne (1732–1811), the fifth British Astronomer Royal
* Nevil Story Maskelyne (1823–1911), English geologist, MP for Cricklade
* Nevill Maskelyne Smyth (1868–1941), British Army office, recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Ryan Maskelyne (born 1999), Australian-born Papua New Guinean Olympic swimmer
* The Maskelyne family of British magicians:
   * John Nevil Maskelyne (1829–1917), stage magician
   * Nevil Maskelyne (magician) (1863–1924), son of John Nevil
   * Jasper Maskelyne (1902–1973), stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s, son of Nevil

## Other uses

* Maskelyne (crater), a solitary lunar crater
* Maskelynes Islands, in Vanuatu
   * Maskelynes language
* Maskelyne Passage, Antarctica
