McNair is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander McNair (1775–1826), American politician
• Andrew McNair (custodian), ringer of the Liberty Bell
• Andrew McNair (actor)
• Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair (1885–1975)
• Barbara McNair (1934–2007), African-American singer and actress
• Benjamin McNair (born 1974), Australian actor
• Bob McNair (1937–2018), American businessman
• Buck McNair (1919–1971), Canadian Second World War flying ace
• Cal McNair (born 1961), American NFL executive
• Chris McNair (1925–2019), American businessman and politician
• Clarence McNair (born 1977), American writer and entrepreneur
• Craig McNair (born 1975), New Zealand politician
• Duncan McNair, British lawyer, activist and author
• Eric Archibald McNair (1894–1918), Victoria Cross recipient
• Evander McNair (1820–1902), American army officer
• Fred McNair (born 1950), American tennis player
• Fred McNair (born 1968), American football player
• Frederick McNair (disambiguation), multiple people
• Frederick V. McNair Jr. (1882–1962), American naval officer
• Gabrial McNair (born 1973), composer
• Harold McNair (1931–1971), British saxophonist
• Heather McNair, American actress
• Ian McNair (1933–2007), Australian market researcher
• Janice McNair (born 1936), owner of the Houston Texans
• John McNair (congressman) (1800–1861), American politician
• John B. McNair (1889–1968), premier of New Brunswick, Canada, from 1940 to 1952
• John Frederick Adolphus McNair (1828–1910), British engineer
• Lesley J. McNair (1883–1944), American general
• Paddy McNair (born 1995), Northern Ireland footballer
• Paul D. McNair (born 1959), Canadian non-profit executive
• Richard Lee McNair (born 1958), American criminal
• Rick McNair (1942–2007), playwright, author, director
• Robert Evander McNair (1923–2007), American politician, governor of South Carolina
• Robin McNair (1918–1996), British Royal Air Force Second World War fighter pilot and civilian aviation executive
• Ronald McNair (1950–1986), physicist and astronaut
• Ron McNair (born c. 1950), American politician
• Sally McNair (born 1956), British journalist
• Steve McNair (1973–2009), American National Football League quarterback
• Sylvia McNair (born 1956), American opera singer
• Todd McNair (born 1965), American football coach
• Winifred McNair (1877–1954), British tennis player
• William N. McNair (1880–1948), mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1934 to 1936

Fictional characters

• Tom McNair, a lead character in the British television series Being Human

See also

• Media related to McNair (surname) at Wikimedia Commons
• MacNair
• McNair-Wilson

Surname list

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