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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:

• Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife, 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 Highlander