McPhail or MacPhail is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Addie McPhail Addie McPhail (July 15, 1905 – April 14, 2003) was an American film actress. Early years McPhail was born Addie Dukes in White Plains, Kentucky, on July 15, 1905. Her parents were Van and Cordelia Dukes, and she attended schools in Madiso ...

(1905–2003), American film actress * Alastair McPhail, British diplomat, the first British ambassador to South Sudan * Alexander James McPhail (1883-1931), Scottish-Canadian agricultural reformer * Andy McPhail, Scottish rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s *

Billy McPhail William Simeon McPhail (2 February 1928 – 4 April 2003) was a Scottish football player who played for Queen's Park, Clyde and Celtic. He scored three goals in Celtic's record 7–1 victory over Rangers in the 1957 Scottish League Cup final ...

(1928–2003), Scottish footballer *

Bob McPhail Robert Lowe McPhail (25 October 1905 – 24 August 2000) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside-left for Airdrieonians, Rangers and the Scotland national team. Career Airdrieonians Born on 25 October 1905, in Barrhead, McPhail s ...

(1905–2000), Scottish international footballer * Bob McPhail (rugby), English rugby union, and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s *

Bruce McPhail Bruce Eric McPhail (26 January 1937 – 21 July 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing, McPhail represented Mid Canterbury, Canterbury, and Nelson at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blac ...

(1937–2020), New Zealand rugby player * Dan McPhail (1903–1987), Scottish professional footballer * Daniel H. McPhail (1813-1884) American soldier, Lt Colonel, 5th Infantry

Battle of Monterey The Battle of Monterey, at Monterey, California, occurred on 7 July 1846, during the Mexican–American War. The United States captured the town unopposed. Prelude In February 1845, at the Battle of Providencia, the Californio forces had ouste ...

Siege of Veracruz On 9 March 1847, during the Mexican–American War, the United States military made an amphibious landing and besieged the key Mexican seaport of Veracruz. The port surrendered twenty days later. The U.S. forces then marched inland to Mexico ...

Battle for Mexico City The Battle for Mexico City refers to the series of engagements from September 8 to September 15, 1847, in the general vicinity of Mexico City during the Mexican–American War. Included are major actions at the battles of Molino del Rey and ...

Battle of Churubusco The Battle of Churubusco took place on August 20, 1847, while Santa Anna's army was in retreat from the Battle of Contreras or Battle of Padierna during the Mexican–American War. It was the battle where the San Patricio Battalion, made u ...

amongst others *

David McPhail (rugby league) David McPhail (30 June 1886 – ?) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played professionally for St Helens R.F.C., St. Helens and Wigan Warriors, Wigan. Early years McPhail was born in 1886. From a prominent rugby union family, he pl ...

(1886–?), New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s * David McPhail (1945–2021), New Zealand actor *

Donna McPhail Donna McPhail is a former British stand-up comedian who has also worked as a television presenter and journalist. McPhail is from London and was noted for her stand-up comedy in the 1990s, most prominently in her nomination for the Perrier Comed ...

, British comedian, TV presenter, journalist *

Douglas McPhail Douglas McPhail (April 16, 1914 – December 6, 1944) was an American actor and singer, active from the 1930s to 1944, when he committed suicide. He was married to Betty Jaynes.Wagner, Laura. "Douglas McPhail", ''Classic Images ''Classic Image ...

(1914–1944), American actor and singer *

George Wilson McPhail George Wilson McPhail (December 26, 1815 – June 28, 1871) was an American Presbyterian minister and educator who served as the sixth president of Lafayette College, a director at Princeton Theological Seminary, and the fifth president of Davids ...

(1815–1871), Presbyterian minister, president of Lafayette College, and Davidson College. * Hal McPhail (1912–1977), American football player * Jerris McPhail (born 1972), former professional American football player * Joe McPhail, American Marine Corps Fighter Pilot, Colonel WW2 * John McPhail (disambiguation) *

Larry McPhail Larry McPhail (born August 27, 1968) is a retired American soccer forward who played one season each in the American Professional Soccer League and SISL. McPhail was a member of the United States U-17 men's national soccer team at the 1985 FIFA ...

(born 1968), retired American soccer forward *

Malcolm McPhail Malcolm McPhail (1895 – 1975) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left, primarily for Kilmarnock, with whom he won the Scottish Cup in 1920. He was selected to play for Scotland in an unofficial 'Victory International' in 1919. ...

(1895–1975), Scottish footballer *

Marnie McPhail Marnie McPhail-Diamond is an American-born Canadian actress and musician. She began her career starring as Annie Edison in the CBC Television children's series ''The Edison Twins'' (1984–1986)."Movie based on real baby snatching" by Tony Ather ...

(born 1966), Canadian-American actress *

Michael McPhail Michael McPhail (born December 15, 1981) is an American rifle shooter. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2011 Pan American Games. He competed in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he p ...

(born 1981), American Olympic rifle shooter * Samuel McPhail (born 1826), American soldier, founder of the towns Caledonia and

Redwood Falls Redwood Falls is a city in Redwood County, located along the Redwood River near its confluence with the Minnesota River, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 5,102 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat. History As the immig ...

Sharon McPhail Sharon McPhail is an American attorney and politician who served on the Detroit City Council from 2002 until 2006. McPhail was a candidate for mayor in the 1993 and 2005 elections. She was formerly a lawyer in private practice, a division chief ...

(born 1948), American lawyer and politician *

Stephen McPhail Stephen John Paul McPhail (born 9 December 1979) is an Irish former professional footballer and the sporting director of Shamrock Rovers in the League of Ireland Premier Division. A play-making central midfielder, McPhail started his career at ...

(born 1979), Republic of Ireland international footballer

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Agnes Macphail Agnes Campbell Macphail (March 24, 1890 – February 13, 1954) was a Canadian politician and the first woman elected to Canada's House of Commons. She served as a Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) from 1921 to 1940; from 1 ...

(1890–1954), Canadian feminist and first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons. *

Alesha MacPhail On 2 July 2018, six-year-old Scottish girl Alesha Sarah MacPhail was abducted from her bed and murdered by 16-year-old Aaron Thomas Campbell. Alesha, from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, was three days into a stay with her grandparents on th ...

, murder victim *

Andrew Macphail Sir John Andrew Macphail, (November 24, 1864 – September 23, 1938) was a Canadian physician, author, professor of medicine, and soldier. Macphail was a prolific writer, and an influential intellectual during the early twentieth century.Dami ...

(1864–1938), Canadian physician, author, professor of medicine and soldier. *

Andy MacPhail Andrew Bowen MacPhail (born April 5, 1953) is an American baseball executive. He has previously served as general manager for the Minnesota Twins and Chicago Cubs, and as president for the Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies. MacPhail i ...

(born 1953), president of baseball operations for the Baltimore Orioles and son of the former American League president Lee MacPhail and grandson of Larry MacPhail. *

Angus MacPhail Angus Roy MacPhail (8 April 1903 – 22 April 1962) was an English screenwriter, active from the late 1920s. He is best remembered for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. Early life and education Son of merchant clerk Angus MacPhail and Fanny ...

(1903–1962), English screenwriter known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock; credited with the creation of the term "MacGuffin" * Catherine Macphail (born 1964), Scottish-born author *

Dan Macphail The ''Vital Spark'' is the best known name associated with Clyde puffer boats, having been used in the fictional works created by Scottish writer Neil Munro (writer), Neil Munro. Several Clyde puffers were used in televised versions of Munro' ...

, fictitious engineer of the ''Vital Spark'' *Dugald MacPhail (1818-1887) Gaelic songwriter, poet and author from Strathcoil on Mull *Dugald MacPhail, One of the last survivors of the

Battle of Isandlwana The Battle of Isandlwana (alternative spelling: Isandhlwana) on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Eleven days after the British invaded the Zulu Kingdom, Zululand ...

in 1879 when serving as part of the Buffalo Border Guard. *

Iain Macphail, Lord Macphail Iain Duncan Macphail, Lord Macphail (24 January 1938 – 21 October 2009) was a Scottish lawyer and Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the country's Supreme Courts. Early life Macphail was educated at the independent George Watson� ...

(1938–2009) Scottish lawyer, Senator of the College of Justice, Judge of the Supreme Court * John MacPhail (born 1955), former Scottish footballer *

Joy MacPhail Joy Kathryn MacPhail (born March 6, 1952) is a former Canadian politician in British Columbia. A longtime member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, she served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1991 to 2005 and as a ...

(born 1952), former Canadian New Democratic Party of British Columbia politician * Katherine Stewart MacPhail (1887-1974), Scottish Surgeon *Lachlan MacPhail of

Tiree Tiree (; , ) is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The low-lying island, southwest of Coll, has an area of and a population of around 650. The land is highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, and fishing are ...

(1889-1961), Scottish Merchant Navy Captain and renowned piper *

Larry MacPhail Leland Stanford "Larry" MacPhail Sr. (February 3, 1890 – October 1, 1975) was an American lawyer and an executive in Major League Baseball. He served as a high-ranking executive, including club president and general manager, with the Cincin ...

(1890–1975), American executive and innovator in Major League Baseball *

Lee MacPhail Leland Stanford MacPhail Jr. (October 25, 1917 – November 8, 2012) was an American front-office executive in Major League Baseball. MacPhail was a baseball executive for 45 years, serving as the director of player personnel for the New York Y ...

(1917–2012), former administrator in Major League Baseball * Malcolm MacPhail, World War One books *

Mark MacPhail Troy Anthony Davis (October 9, 1968 – September 21, 2011) was a man convicted of and executed for the August 19, 1989 murder of police officer Mark MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia. MacPhail was working as a security guard at a Burger King re ...

(died 1989), police officer and murder victim * Robert Lloyd George MacPhail (1920–1995), Canadian politician and the 36th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island; Member of the Order of Canada *William S. MacPhail (fl. 1900s), namesake of the

MacPhail Center for Music The MacPhail Center for Music is one of the nation's oldest and largest community-based music education centers. Located in the Mill District of Downtown East, Minneapolis, Minnesota, the school has over 16,000 students, providing instruction ...

in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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