MacNeil can have a number of different meanings and spellings:

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