McNeil (surname)
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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 HerndonAdrienne McNeil HerndonAdrienne Herndon was an important African American woman in Atlanta, Georgia. She married Alonzo Herndon who was born a slave and became the first Black millionaire in Atlanta. Their mansion home, Herndon Home, which she designed, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000.-Sources:...
, designer of the Herndon Home - Andrew McNeilAndrew McNeilAndrew "Andy" McNeil is a Scottish professional association football goalkeeper who currently plays for Livingston. McNeil was previously with Hibernian, for whom he played in the 2007 Scottish League Cup Final win...
, Scottish professional footballer - Bob McNeilBob McNeilBob McNeil was a Scottish footballer who played both North and South of the border. In Scotland for Hamilton Academical and in England for Chelsea...
, Scottish footballer who played both North and South of the border - Carla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeil born in Hammond, Louisiana, is an American sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.-Career:...
, sci-fi writer, illustrator - Catherine McNeilCatherine McNeilCatherine McNeil is an Australian fashion model. At fourteen years old, she won a model search contest hosted by Girlfriend.-Career:...
, Australian model - Cameron McNeil, Scottish footballer and future entrepeuner
- Charles K. McNeilCharles K. McNeilCharles K. McNeil is the inventor of the point spread in sports gambling. McNeil earned a Master's Degree from the University of Chicago. He then taught math at the Riverdale Country School in New York and in Connecticut. His students included John F. Kennedy. He was also a securities analyst...
, invented the point spread in sports gambling - Charlie McNeilCharlie McNeilCharles Edis McNeil was a former American collegiate and Professional Football player. He was a defensive back who played for the American Football League's Los Angeles and San Diego Chargers...
, former American football defensive back - Claudia McNeilClaudia McNeilClaudia McNeil was an American actress known for premiering the role of matriarch Lena Younger in both the stage and screen productions of A Raisin in the Sun. She later appeared in a 1981 production of the musical version of the play, Raisin presented by Equity Library Theater...
, American actress - Clifton McNeilClifton McNeilClifton Anthony McNeil is a former professional American football player in the National Football League from 1964 through 1973. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the eleventh round in the 1962 NFL Draft out of Grambling State University...
, former professional American football player in the National Football League - Colin McNeilColin McNeilColin McNeil is a professional boxer.McNeil began boxing professionally late in his life, debuting in 2004 at the age of 32. In his career, he has lost only once , but has faced and beaten some tough competition. Currently, he is scheduled to box in The Contender Challenge: UK vs...
, Scottish professional boxer - Craig McNeil, American judge advocate (military lawyer) at Abu Ghraib prisonAbu Ghraib prisonThe Baghdad Central Prison, formerly known as Abu Ghraib prison is in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km west of Baghdad. It was built by British contractors in the 1950s....
in 2004 - David B. McNeilDavid B. McNeilDavid B. McNeil was an American politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of Col. David Breakenridge McNeil David B. McNeil (1818 Essex County, New York - April 15, 1897 Auburn, Cayuga County, New York) was an American politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of Col. David Breakenridge...
(1818–1897), New York politician - Dixie McNeilDixie McNeilDixie McNeil is a former English footballer and manager, who played as a striker.As a schoolboy, McNeil signed for his local club Leicester City F.C. after playing for local club Holwell Works. However he did not fit into the First Division side's plans and was released. He made his football...
, football player and manager in England and Wales - Donald McNeil Fairfax, Commander in command of the USS Nantucket
- Duncan McNeilDuncan McNeilDuncan McNeil is a Scottish Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Greenock and Inverclyde.-Career:From 1965 to 1979 he worked as a boilermaker at Scott Lithgow, initially as an apprentice...
, Scottish politician - Freeman McNeilFreeman McNeilFreeman McNeil is a former professional American football player who was selected by the New York Jets in the 1st round of the 1981 NFL Draft....
, American football player - George McNeilGeorge McNeilGeorge McNeil is a former professional ice hockey player and coach.He played for the Richmond Hawks, Brighton Tigers and Earls Court Rangers in the English National League and for the Dundee Tigers in the Scottish National League prior to the Second World War.He may be best- remembered as a coach...
, former professional ice hockey player and coach - Gerald McNeilGerald McNeilGerald McNeil is a former professional American football player. He was a wide receiver who often returned punts and kickoffs...
, German former professional American football player - Gerry McNeilGerry McNeilGerald George McNeil is a former professional ice hockey goaltender who won two Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s....
, Canadian hockey player - Hector McNeilHector McNeilHector McNeil PC was a Scottish Labour politician.McNeil was educated at Woodside School and the University of Glasgow, trained as an engineer and worked as a journalist on a Scottish national newspaper. He was a member of Glasgow Town Council 1932-8...
, Scottish politician - Howard McNeilHoward McNeilHoward Gilbert McNeil was a meteorologist in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas for more than twenty years from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s...
, meteorologist - Irving McNeil Ives, United States Senator from New York
- Jay McNeilJay McNeilJay McNeil is a former offensive lineman for the Calgary Stampeders, of the Canadian Football League. He played from 1994 until he retired after the 2007 CFL season. He played in four Grey Cups for the Stampeders, winning two.He was a CFL Western Division All-Star guard in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,...
, former offensive lineman for the Calgary Stampeders, of the Canadian Football League - Jean McNeilJean McNeilJean McNeil is a Canadian fiction and travel author.Born in New Brunswick, she grew up on Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. She is currently a writer-in-residence for the charity First Story...
, fiction and travel author - Jeremy McNeilJeremy McNeilJeremy McNeil is an American basketball player who played college basketball for Syracuse University during their first National Championship in 2003. He played 135 games spanning from 1999–2004, which included 21 starts...
, American basketball player who played college basketball for Syracuse University - John McNeilJohn McNeilJohn McNeil was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was most noted for his role in the Palmyra Massacre and other acts of alleged brutality.-Early life and career:...
, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War - John McNeil (footballer)John McNeil (footballer)John Law McNeil was a Scottish footballer, playing as a centre-half, and a football manager.John McNeil signed for Portsmouth from Musselburgh Brutonians In December 1928. He moved to Reading in January 1930 where he was a regular for a while...
, Scottish footballer, playing as a centre-half, and a football manager - John McNeil (footballer born 1959)John McNeil (footballer born 1959)John McNeil is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a right winger.-Career:McNeil signed professional forms with Morton in 1975 and played over 300 league games for the Greenock side...
, Scottish former professional footballer who played as a right winger - John McNeil (Musician)John McNeil (Musician)John McNeil is an American jazz trumpeter. He has performed with artists including Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan, and The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra.-External links:...
, jazz musician - Joseph CarruthersJoseph CarruthersSir Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers KCMG was an Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales.According to Percival Serle, few premiers of New South Wales succeeded in doing so much distinguished work...
, Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales - Kate McNeilKate McNeilKate McNeil is an American television actress. She began her acting career on the soap opera As the World Turns in 1981. In 1982, she appeared in the low-budget comedy Beach House, billed as Kathy McNeil. The following year, she starred in the slasher film The House on Sorority Row where she was...
, American television actress - Legs McNeilLegs McNeilRoderick Edward "Legs" McNeil is a writer and rock music historian. He is the co-founder and a writer for Punk Magazine; he is also a former senior editor at Spin Magazine, and the founder and editor of Nerve magazine .- Punk Magazine:At the age of 18, McNeil gathered with two high school...
, founder of Punk magazine - Loretta McNeilLoretta McNeilLoretta T. McNeil was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for the United States in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 4 x 100 meters where she won the silver medal with her teammates Mary Washburn, Jessie Cross and Betty Robinson....
, American athlete - Lori McNeilLori McNeilLori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison...
, African-American tennis coach and player - Luis Anderson McNeilLuis Anderson McNeilLuis Alejandro Anderson McNeil was born on February 9, 1941 in Colon, Republic of Panama. He was the first Panamanian Secretary General of CIOSL/ORIT Inter-American Regional Organization of Labor...
, first Panamanian Secretary General of the Inter-American Regional Organization of Labor - Matty McNeilMatty McNeilMatthew "Matty" McNeil is an English footballer who plays for Chester as a striker.-Non-League:Born in Manchester, McNeil began his career with non-league club Woodley Sports before signing for Stalybridge Celtic in 1999 and also played for Runcorn and Hyde United, where he was Hyde's supporters...
, English footballer - Mcneil ClarkeMcneil ClarkeMcneil Clarke was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Grenville South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1872....
, Ontario lawyer and political figure - Michael McNeil, former Middlesbrough and Ipswich Town (English) footballer
- Mick McNeilMick McNeilThis article is on the footballer. For the Simple Minds keyboardist, see Mick MacNeil.Muchael "Mick" McNeil is a former Middlesbrough and Ipswich Town footballer who made nine appearances for England in 1960 and 1961...
, English former professional footballer - Moses McNeilMoses McNeilMoses McNeil was a Scottish professional footballer who was one of the founding members of Rangers Football Club. He played as a winger.-Club career:...
, Scottish football player - Nancy McNeil, Playboy magazine model
- Neil McNeilNeil McNeilNeil McNeil was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver from 1910 to 1912 and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto from 1912 to 1934.-Early life:...
, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto - Norm McNeilNorm McNeilNorman Francis McNeil was a reserve catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 180 lb. McNeil batted and threw right-handed...
, reserve catcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red SoxBoston Red SoxThe Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"... - Pat McNeilPat McNeilPatrick Lamont McNeil is a former professional American football running back. He played college football at Baylor University. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1976 NFL Draft in the 17th round . He played during the 1976 and 1977 seasons.- References :...
, former professional American football running back for the Kansas City ChiefsKansas City ChiefsThe Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a... - Ron McNeilRon McNeilRonald Keith McNeil was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1958 to 1987, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....
, Canadian politician - Ryan McNeil (American football)Ryan McNeil (American football)Ryan Darrell McNeil is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 1993 NFL Draft. He played college football at Miami....
, American football player in the NFL who was selected by the Detroit Lions - Scott McNeilScott McNeilScott McNeil is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...
, Australian voice actor - Shawn McNeilShawn McNeilShawn McNeil is a professional ice hockey centre currently playing for EV Duisburg Die Füchse of the 2nd Bundesliga in Germany.-Playing career:...
, Canadian Hockey Player - Stephen McNeilStephen McNeilStephen McNeil is a Nova Scotian politician representing the riding of Annapolis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and is the leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party....
, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia - Suzie McNeilSuzie McNeilSusan Jane "Suzie" McNeil is a Canadian pop rock recording artist.-Early life:McNeil was born in Mississauga, Ontario. She has a sister, Laura Norris, a teacher at a public high school in Toronto.-Rock Star: INXS:...
, Canadian vocalist, contestant on Rock Star: INXS - Wade McNeil, musician
Fictional characters
- Bill McNeil, character in "Newsradio" played by Phil Hartman
- Ryan McNeilRyan McNeilRyan McNeil was a fictional character on the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless. He was played by Scott Reeves from 1991 to 2001.-Character:...
, 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