McDougall

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.

• Alexander McDougall (1732–1786), American privateer, merchant, and revolutionary leader
• Barbara McDougall (born 1937), former Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs
• Bob McDougall (1894–1936), Scottish footballer
• Charles McDougall (fl. 1990s–2020s), British television director
• Christopher McDougall (born 1962), American author
• Colin McDougall (1917–1984), Canadian author
• Dan McDougall (fl. 2000s–2010s), award-winning Scottish human-rights journalist
• David McDougall (footballer) (1894–1918), Scottish footballer
• Donnie McDougall (fl. 1970s–2000s), Canadian musician
• Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall (1805–1878), nineteenth-century American author, abolitionist, and feminist
• Francine McDougall (fl. 1990s–2010s), Australian director and photographer.
• Frank Lidgett McDougall (1884–1958), British-born Australian farmer and economic adviser
• Gay McDougall (born 1947), American lawyer
• Gordon McDougall (1916–1991), Australian actor
• Harriette McDougall (1818–1886), British missionary in Malaysia
• James McDougall (explorer) (fl. 1800s–1820s), nineteenth-century Canadian explorer of British Columbia
• James A. McDougall (1817–1867), nineteenth-century American politician from California
• Jimmy McDougall (fl. 1980s), Scottish lawyer
• John McDougall (disambiguation), list of people with the name
• Kevin McDougall, a fictional guardian with paired revolvers
• Marshall McDougall (born 1978), American baseball player
• Peter McDougall, several people
• Sarah Caitlin McDougall; married name Hirshland (born 1975), CEO of the United States Olympic Committee
• Sophia McDougall (fl. 2000s–2010s), British author, playwright, and poet
• Stanley McDougall (1889–1968), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Walt McDougall, (1858–1938), American cartoonist
• William McDougall (disambiguation), list of people with the name

• Amy McDougal, fictional character in a Scottish television series
• Bob McDougal (1921–2003), American football player
• David McDougal (1809–1882), naval officer in the American Civil War
• Dennis McDougal (1947–2025), American biographer
• Donald Joseph McDougal (1872–1942), Canadian politician representing the Ontario provincial electoral district of Ottawa East 1908–1911
• Francis McDougal (1826–1910), nineteenth-century Canadian politician from Ontario
• Karen McDougal (born 1971), American actor and model
• Jim McDougal (1940–1998), a figure in the American Whitewater controversy of the 1990s
• Susan McDougal (born 1955), a figure in the American Whitewater controversy of the 1990s
• James McDougal Hart (1828–1901), American painter
• Milton McDougal (1917–1984), American farmer and politician

• 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

• Robert McDouall (1774–1848), Scottish-born officer in the British Army
• John McDouall Stuart (1815–1866), Scottish explorer