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 HomeAndrew McNeil, Scottish professional footballerBob McNeil, Scottish footballer who played both North and South of the borderCarla Speed McNeil, sci-fi writer, illustratorCatherine McNeil, Australian modelCharles K. McNeil, invented the point spread in sports gamblingCharlie McNeil, former American football defensive backClaudia McNeil, American actressClifton McNeil, former professional American football player in the National Football LeagueColin McNeil, Scottish professional boxerCraig McNeil, American judge advocate (military lawyer) at Abu Ghraib prison in 2004David B. McNeil (1818–1897), New York politicianDixie McNeil, football player and manager in England and WalesDonald McNeil Fairfax, Commander in command of the USS NantucketDuncan McNeil, Scottish politicianFreeman McNeil, American football playerGeorge McNeil (ice hockey), former professional ice hockey player and coachGerald McNeil, German former professional American football playerGerry McNeil, Canadian hockey playerHector McNeil, Scottish politicianHoward McNeil, meteorologistIrving McNeil Ives, United States Senator from New YorkJay McNeil, former offensive lineman for the Calgary Stampeders, of the Canadian Football LeagueJean McNeil, fiction and travel authorJeremy McNeil, American basketball player who played college basketball for Syracuse UniversityJohn McNeil, general in the Union Army during the American Civil WarJohn McNeil (footballer born 1959), Scottish former professional footballer who played as a right wingerJohn McNeil (Musician), jazz musicianJohnny McNeil, Scottish footballer, playing as a centre-half, and a football managerJoseph Carruthers, Australian politician and Premier of New South WalesKate McNeil, American television actressLegs McNeil, founder of Punk magazineLoretta McNeil, American athleteLori McNeil, African-American tennis coach and playerLuis Anderson McNeil, first Panamanian Secretary General of the Inter-American Regional Organization of LaborMatt McNeil (1927–1977), Scottish footballerMatty McNeil, English footballerMcneil Clarke, Ontario lawyer and political figureMichael McNeil, former Middlesbrough and Ipswich Town (English) footballerMick McNeil, English former professional footballerMoses McNeil, Scottish football playerNancy McNeil, Playboy magazine modelNeil McNeil, Roman Catholic Archbishop of TorontoNorm McNeil, reserve catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red SoxPat McNeil, former professional American football running back for the Kansas City ChiefsRon McNeil, Canadian politicianRyan McNeil (American football), American football player in the NFL who was selected by the Detroit LionsSally McNeil and dead husband Ray McNeil, bodybuildersScott McNeil, Australian voice actorShawn McNeil, Canadian Hockey PlayerStephen McNeil, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova ScotiaSuzie McNeil, Canadian vocalist, contestant on Rock Star: INXSWade McNeil, musician