McNeil or MacNeil is a Scottish surname closely related to the Gaelic speaking Isle of Barra in the Hebrides. Notable people with the 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
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 (ice hockey), 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 born 1959), Scottish former professional footballer who played as a right winger
John McNeil (Musician), jazz musician
Johnny McNeil, Scottish footballer, playing as a centre-half, and a football manager
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
Matt McNeil (1927–1977), Scottish footballer
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
Sally McNeil and dead husband Ray McNeil, bodybuilders
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
