Kneale is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

of Manx origin. The name is an

Anglicisation Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...

of the Gaelic ''Mac Néill'', meaning "son of ''

Niall Niall is a male given name of Irish origin. The original meaning of the name is unknown, but popular modern sources have suggested that it means "champion" (derived from the Old Irish word ''niadh''). According to John Ryan, Professor of Early and ...

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People

Bryan Kneale Robert Bryan Charles Kneale (born 19 June 1930) is a Manx artist and sculptor, described by BBC News Online as "one of the Isle of Man's best known artists." Biography Born in the island's capital, Douglas, Kneale studied painting at the Dou ...

(born 1930), Manx artist and sculptor *Campbell Kneale, New Zealand musician who formed

Birchville Cat Motel Birchville Cat Motel is a one-man experimental music project formed by Campbell Kneale from Wellington, New Zealand. Although largely unrecognised by the mainstream press and public in his home country, Kneale has toured throughout Japan, Unite ...

Jane Heal Barbara Jane Heal (''née'' Kneale, born 21 October 1946) is a British philosopher, and since 2012, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Biography Heal is daughter of a pair of notable Oxford philosophers William Cal ...

(née Kneale; born 1946), British philosopher * Martha Kneale (née Hurst; 1909–2001), British philosopher * Matthew Kneale (born 1960), British writer *

Nigel Kneale Thomas Nigel Kneale (18 April 1922 – 29 October 2006) was a Manx screenwriter and author, whose career spanned more than 50 years, between 1946 and 1997. Predominantly a writer of thrillers that used science-fiction and horror elemen ...

(1922–2006), Manx writer * Patricia Kneale (1925–2008), British film and television actress * Paul Kneale (born 1986), Canadian artist * Tim Kneale (born 1982), British sport shooter * Victor Kneale (died 2007), Manx politician *

William Kneale William Calvert Kneale (22 June 1906, Liverpool – 24 June 1990, Grassington) was an English logician best known for his 1962 book ''The Development of Logic'', a history of logic from its beginnings in Ancient Greece written with his wife ...

(1906–1990), English logician

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