McDougall or McDougal (see also MacDougall) is a Scottish surname that can refer to several people, places and things. It is derived from the Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill, meaning "son of Dubhghall." It shares the same origin as McDowell.
People named McDougall
edit- Alexander McDougall, American privateer, merchant, and revolutionary leader
- Barbara McDougall, former Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs
- Charles McDougall, British television director
- Christopher McDougall, American author
- Colin McDougall, Canadian author
- Dan McDougall, award-winning Scottish human-rights journalist
- David McDougall (footballer) (1894–1918), Scottish footballer
- Donnie McDougall, Canadian musician
- Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall, nineteenth-century American author, abolitionist, and feminist
- Francine McDougall, Australian director and photographer.
- Gay McDougall, American lawyer
- Gordon McDougall, Australian actor
- Harriette McDougall, British missionary in Malaysia
- James McDougall (explorer), nineteenth-century Canadian explorer of British Columbia
- James A. McDougall, nineteenth-century American politician from California
- Jimmy McDougall, Scottish lawyer
- John McDougall (disambiguation), list of people with the name
- Kevin McDougall, a fictional guardian with paired revolvers
- Marshall McDougall, American baseball player
- Peter McDougall, several people
- Sarah Caitlin McDougall; married name Hirshland (born 1975), CEO of the United States Olympic Committee
- Sophia McDougall, British author, playwright, and poet
- Stanley Robert McDougall, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Walt McDougall, (1858–1938), American cartoonist
- William McDougall (disambiguation), list of people with the name
People named McDougal
edit- Amy McDougal, fictional character in a Scottish television series
- David McDougal, naval officer in the American Civil War
- Dennis McDougal, American biographer
- Donald McDougal, Canadian politician representing the Ontario provincial electoral district of Ottawa East 1908–1911
- Francis McDougal, nineteenth-century Canadian politician from Ontario
- Karen McDougal, American actor and model
- Jim McDougal, a figure in the American Whitewater controversy of the 1990s
- Susan McDougal, a figure in the American Whitewater controversy of the 1990s
- James McDougal Hart, American painter
- Milton McDougal, American farmer and politician
Places and things
edit- McDougal, Arkansas, United States of America
- McDougall, Ontario, Canada
- McDougall Hill, a street in Edmonton, Canada, named after the hill it runs on
- McDougall Hospital, U.S. Army Hospital in the Bronx during the American Civil War.
- USS McDougal, two ships of the United States Navy, named for David McDougal
- Rank Hovis McDougall, or RHM, a British food manufacturer