McNeil (surname)
'McNeil' or "MacNeil" is a Scottish surname closely related to the Gaelic speaking Isle of Barra in the Hebrides. Notable persons with that surname include:
- Adrienne McNeil Herndon, designer of the Herndon Home
- Andrew McNeil, Scottish professional footballer
- Bob McNeil, Scottish footballer who played both North and South of the border
- Carla Speed McNeil, sci-fi writer, illustrator
- Catherine McNeil, Australian model
- Cameron McNeil, Scottish footballer and future entrepeuner
- Charles K. McNeil, invented the point spread in sports gambling
- Charlie McNeil, former American football defensive back
- Claudia McNeil, American actress
- Clifton McNeil, former professional American football player in the National Football League
- Colin McNeil, Scottish professional boxer
- Craig McNeil, American judge advocate (military lawyer) at Abu Ghraib prison in 2004
- David B. McNeil (1818–1897), New York politician
- Dixie McNeil, football player and manager in England and Wales
- Donald McNeil Fairfax, Commander in command of the USS Nantucket
- Duncan McNeil, Scottish politician
- Freeman McNeil, American football player
- George McNeil, former professional ice hockey player and coach
- Gerald McNeil, German former professional American football player
- Gerry McNeil, Canadian hockey player
- Hector McNeil, Scottish politician
- Howard McNeil, meteorologist
- Irving McNeil Ives, United States Senator from New York
- Jay McNeil, former offensive lineman for the Calgary Stampeders, of the Canadian Football League
- Jean McNeil, fiction and travel author
- Jeremy McNeil, American basketball player who played college basketball for Syracuse University
- John McNeil, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War
- John McNeil (footballer), Scottish footballer, playing as a centre-half, and a football manager
- John McNeil (footballer born 1959), Scottish former professional footballer who played as a right winger
- John McNeil (Musician), jazz musician
- Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales
- Kate McNeil, American television actress
- Legs McNeil, founder of Punk magazine
- Loretta McNeil, American athlete
- Lori McNeil, African-American tennis coach and player
- Luis Anderson McNeil, first Panamanian Secretary General of the Inter-American Regional Organization of Labor
- Matty McNeil, English footballer
- Mcneil Clarke, Ontario lawyer and political figure
- Michael McNeil, former Middlesbrough and Ipswich Town (English) footballer
- Mick McNeil, English former professional footballer
- Moses McNeil, Scottish football player
- Nancy McNeil, Playboy magazine model
- Neil McNeil, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto
- Norm McNeil, reserve catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox
- Pat McNeil, former professional American football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Ron McNeil, Canadian politician
- Ryan McNeil (American football), American football player in the NFL who was selected by the Detroit Lions
- Scott McNeil, Australian voice actor
- Shawn McNeil, Canadian Hockey Player
- Stephen McNeil, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia
- Suzie McNeil, Canadian vocalist, contestant on Rock Star: INXS
- Wade McNeil, musician
Fictional characters
- Bill McNeil, character in "Newsradio" played by Phil Hartman
- Ryan McNeil, character in Young & the Restless played by Scott Reeves
- Tricia McNeil, character in The Young and The Restless
- Michael McNeil, a character in Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars