MacNeil can have a number of different meanings and spellings:

Contents

• Notable people
• Fictional people
• Other possible meanings
• See also

Clan MacNeil is a Scottish clan.

Notable people

• Al MacNeil (1935–2025), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Angus MacNeil (born 1970), Scottish politician
• Archibald Macneil of Colonsay (fl. 1773–1805), Scottish laird
• Bernie MacNeil (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey player
• Bhreagh MacNeil, Canadian actress
• Brett MacNeil (born 1967), Canadian gridiron football player
• Carol Brooks MacNeil (1871–1944), American sculptor
• Carole MacNeil (born 1964), Canadian television journalist
• Charles Grant MacNeil (1892–1976), Canadian politician
• Chuck MacNeil (born 1944), Canadian politician
• Colin MacNeil, British comics artist
• Colin MacNeil (footballer) (1936–2025), Australian rules footballer
• Cooper MacNeil (born 1992), American racecar driver
• Cornell MacNeil (1922–2011), American baritone
• Donald C. MacNeil (1924–1978), Canadian politician
• Drew MacNeil (born 1964), Scottish shinty player
• Flora MacNeil (1928–2015), Scottish Gaelic singer
• Heather MacNeil, Canadian archivist
• Hermon Atkins MacNeil (1866–1947), American sculptor
• Hugh MacNeil (1860–1924), New Zealand cricketer, golfer and businessman
• Hugh Livingstone Macneil (1850–1901), Canadian pioneer ranch and town developer
• Ian MacNeil (ice hockey) (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ian MacNeil (scenic designer) (born 1960), British scenic designer, the son of Robert MacNeil
• Ian Roderick Macneil (1929–2010), American legal scholar
• John MacNeil (1854–1896), Scottish/Australian evangelist
• Joseph MacNeil (1924–2018), Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop
• Karen MacNeil, American wine writer and educator
• Ken MacNeil (born 1975), Canadian darts player
• Kenzie MacNeil (1952–2021), Canadian songwriter and politician
• Kevin MacNeil, Scottish writer and poet
• Laine MacNeil (born 1996), Canadian actress
• Linda MacNeil (born 1954), American jeweller
• Maggie MacNeil (born 2000), Canadian swimmer
• Mick MacNeil (born 1958), Scottish songwriter and keyboardist
• Neil MacNeil (1923–2008), American journalist
• Rita MacNeil (1944–2013), Canadian folk singer
• Robert MacNeil (1931–2024), Canadian-American television journalist
• Russell MacNeil (1931–2018), Canadian politician
• Sarah Macneil (born 1955), Australian Anglican bishop
• Sheila MacNeil, Scottish tissue engineer
• Wade MacNeil (born 1984), Canadian musician
• William J. MacNeil (born 1946), Canadian real estate agent and politician

As first name

• MacNeil Mitchell (1904–1996), American lawyer and politician

Fictional people

• Regan MacNeil, a character from William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist, played by Linda Blair in the 1973 film

Other possible meanings

• The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour , former name of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer when Robert MacNeil co-anchored

See also

• McNeil (disambiguation)
• McNeill (disambiguation)
• MacNeill
• McNeal
• MacNeal
• MacNeille

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname MacNeil.
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