McNeil (surname)
McNeil or MacNeil is a Scottish surname of Irish origin closely related to the Gaelic speaking Isle of Barra in the Hebrides. Notable people with the surname include:
People
Actors and models
- Catherine McNeil (born 1989), Australian model
- Claudia McNeil (1917–1993), American actress
- Kate McNeil (born 1959), American television actress
- Nancy McNeil (born 1947), American model in Playboy magazine
- Scott McNeil, Australian-Canadian voice actor
Musicians and singers
- John McNeil (musician) (born 1948), American jazz musician
- Suzie McNeil (born 1976), Canadian vocalist, contestant on Rock Star: INXS
- Wade McNeil (born 1984), Canadian musician
Politicians
- David B. McNeil (1818–1897), American politician in New York state
- Duncan McNeil (born 1950), Scottish politician
- Hector McNeil (1907–1955), Scottish politician
- Ron McNeil (1920–2003), Canadian politician
- Stephen McNeil (born 1964), Canadian politician, 28th premier of Nova Scotia
- William McNeill (politician) (fl. 1830s), Canadian politician
- William Simpson McNeill (1814–1902), Canadian political figure in Prince Edward Island
Sportspeople
Baseball
- Jeff McNeil (born 1992), American baseball player for the New York Mets
- Norm McNeil (1892–1942), American professional baseball catcher, played briefly with the Boston Red Sox
Football (soccer)
- Andrew McNeil (born 1987), Scottish football coach and former football goalkeeper
- Bob McNeil (1890–1948), Scottish footballer for Hamilton Academical and Chelsea
- Dixie McNeil (born 1947), English former footballer and manager
- Henry McNeil (1853–1924), Scottish footballer for Queen's Park and Scotland
- Hugh McNeil (1878–1960), Scottish footballer for Motherwell, Celtic, Morton and Hamilton Academical
- Hugh McNeil, Jr. (fl. 1920s), son of the above, Scottish footballer for Motherwell and Hamilton Academical
- John McNeil (footballer, born 1959), Scottish former footballer primarily with Morton
- Johnny McNeil (fl. 1930s), Scottish footballer and manager
- Matt McNeil (1927–1977), Scottish footballer
- Matty McNeil (born 1976), English former footballer
- Mick McNeil (born 1940), English former footballer
- Moses McNeil (1855–1938), Scottish footballer for Rangers (founding member of the club) and Scotland
- Peter McNeil (1854–1901), Scottish footballer for Rangers (founding member of the club)
Gridiron football
- Charlie McNeil (American football) (1936–1994), American defensive back in gridiron football
- Clifton McNeil (born 1940), American former wide receiver in gridiron football
- Freeman McNeil (born 1959), American former running back in gridiron football
- Gerald McNeil (born 1962), German-born former wide receiver in gridiron football
- Jay McNeil (born 1970), Canadian former offensive lineman in gridiron football
- Pat McNeil (born 1954), American former running back in gridiron football
- Ryan McNeil (American football) (born 1970), American former defensive back in gridiron football
Ice hockey
- Billy McNeill (ice hockey) (1936–2007), Canadian ice hockey player
- George McNeil (ice hockey) (1914–1997), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Gerry McNeil (1926–2004), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Other
- Charles K. McNeil (1903–1981), American inventor of the point spread in sports gambling
- Colin McNeil (born 1972), Scottish former professional boxer
- Jeremy McNeil (born 1980), American former basketball player for Syracuse University
- Loretta McNeil (1907–1988), American athlete and Olympic sprinter
- Lori McNeil (born 1963), American tennis coach and former player
Writers
- Carla Speed McNeil, American sci-fi writer and illustrator
- Frances McNeil, English novelist and playwright also writing as Frances Brody
- Jean McNeil (born 1969), Canadian-born fiction and travel author working in England
Other
- Barbara Joyce McNeil (born 1941), American physician in Massachusetts
- Howard McNeil (1920–2010), American meteorologist in Texas
- John McNeil (1813–1891), American general in the Union Army during the Civil War
- Legs McNeil (born 1956), American music journalist and founder of Punk magazine
- Luis Anderson McNeil (born 1941), first Panamanian Secretary General of the Inter-American Regional Organization of Labor
- Neil McNeil (1851–1934), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto
- Neil McNeil (businessman) (1855–1927), Western Australian businessman
- Neil E. McNeil (1875–?), American attorney and Associate Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
- Peter McNeil (architect) (1917–1989), Canadian architect
- Sally McNeil (born 1960), American bodybuilder convicted in the shooting death of her husband and fellow bodybuilder, Ray McNeil
- William H. McNeill (historian) (1917–2016), Canadian-born American historian
- William McNeill (philosopher) (born 1961), professor of philosophy at DePaul University
- William Henry McNeill (1803–1875), American naval captain and discoverer of Victoria Harbour
Fictional characters
- Ryan McNeil, character in Young & the Restless played by Scott Reeves
- Tricia McNeil, character in The Young and The Restless
- Michael McNeil, character in Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars
As first or middle name
- Sir Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers (1857–1932), Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales
- Mcneil Clarke (1838–1872), Ontario lawyer and political figure
- Donald McNeill Fairfax (1818–1894), Commander of the USS Nantucket
- Adrienne McNeil Herndon (born Adrienne Elizabeth McNeil; 1869–1910), designer of the Herndon Home
- Irving McNeil Ives (1896–1962), United States Senator from New York
See also
This page lists people with the surname McNeil.
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