McDougall or McDougal (see also

MacDougall MacDougall or MacDougal (see also McDougall) is a Scottish surname that can refer to a number of individuals, or localities or things named for individuals with this surname. The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic ''Mac Dhùgaill'', me ...

) is a Scottish surname that can refer to several people, places and things. It is derived from the

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

''Mac Dubhghaill'', meaning "son of Dubhghall." It shares the same origin as McDowell.

People named McDougall

Alexander McDougall Alexander McDougall (1732 9 June 1786) was a Scottish-born American seaman, merchant, a Sons of Liberty leader from New York City before and during the American Revolution, and a military leader during the Revolutionary War. He served as a maj ...

, American privateer, merchant, and revolutionary leader *

Barbara McDougall Barbara Jean McDougall (born November 12, 1937) is a former Canadian politician. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1984 to 1993, and as Secretary of State for External Affairs from 1991 to 1993. She did not run again in the 1993 Canadi ...

, former Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs *

Charles McDougall Charles McDougall is a British Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning director. Biography McDougall has directed for popular television series which include the pilot episode of ABC's ''Desperate Housewives'' (which includes the unaired pilot as well). M ...

, British television director *

Christopher McDougall Christopher McDougall (born 1962) is an American author and journalist. He is best known for his 2009 book '' Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen''. He has also written for ''Esquire'', ''T ...

, 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 Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall (1805–1878) was an abolitionist, poet, novelist, editor, botanist, spiritualist medium, and advocate of women's, voters', and workers' rights. In contrast to many other 19th-century women writers, through ...

, nineteenth-century American author, abolitionist, and feminist * Francine McDougall, Australian director and photographer. *

Frank Lidgett McDougall Frank Lidgett McDougall (1884–1958) was a British-born Australian farmer and economic adviser, now best known for his part in the foundation of the Food and Agriculture Organization. Early life He was the son of John McDougall, a Wesleyan Met ...

, British-born Australian farmer and economic adviser *

Gay McDougall Gay Johnson McDougall (born August 13, 1947, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American lawyer who has spent her career addressing international human rights and racial discrimination. She is currently a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Leitner ...

, American lawyer * Gordon McDougall, Australian actor * Harriette McDougall, British missionary in Malaysia *

James McDougall (explorer) James McDougall was a nineteenth-century fur trader and explorer, who is remembered for his participation in opening up present-day British Columbia, Canada to European settlement as part of a North West Company expedition to the region, led by Si ...

, 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 The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for the United States. It was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado ...

Sophia McDougall Sophia McDougall is a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Life and career McDougall is best known internationally as the author of alternate history novels published by Orion Publishing Group and based on the premise that the Roman Empire ...

, 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

* Amy McDougal, fictional character in a Scottish television series *

David McDougal David Stockton McDougal (September 27, 1809 – August 7, 1882) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War most noted for his leadership during a naval battle off of Japan. Biography Born in Ohio, McDougal was appointed ...

, naval officer in the American Civil War *

Dennis McDougal Dennis McDougal (November 25, 1947 – March 22, 2025) was an American author and newspaper journalist, who has been called "L.A.'s No. 1 muckraker". His book ''Privileged Son'' was described as "illuminating reading for anyone interested in 20t ...

, 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 James Bert McDougal (August 25, 1940 – March 8, 1998) and his wife, Susan McDougal, were financial partners with Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton in the real estate venture that led to the Whitewater political scandal of the 1990s. Starting i ...

, a figure in the American Whitewater controversy of the 1990s *

Susan McDougal Susan Carol McDougal (née Henley; born June 27, 1955) is a real estate investor who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater controversy. Her refusal to answer "three questions" for a grand jury, on whether President Bill Clinton lied ...

, a figure in the American Whitewater controversy of the 1990s * James McDougal Hart, American painter * Milton McDougal, American farmer and politician

Places and things

* McDougal, Arkansas, United States of America *

McDougall, Ontario McDougall is a township in central Ontario, Canada, on the Parry Sound in the District of Parry Sound. It was named after William McDougall, one of the Fathers of Confederation. In 2000, the Township of McDougall amalgamated with the unorgan ...

, 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 RHM plc, formerly Rank Hovis McDougall, was a United Kingdom food business. The company owned numerous brands, particularly for flour, where its core business started, and for consumer food products. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and ...

, or RHM, a British food manufacturer

People named McDougall

People named McDougal

Places and things

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