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

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