Neill is an Irish

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, and may refer to * A. S. Neill (1883-1973), British educator and author *

Alan Webster Neill Alan Webster Neill (October 6, 1868 - July 7, 1960) was a Canadian politician. He was elected as MLA for the riding of Alberni in 1889 and 1900 serving until 1903. He was Alderman on the first Council of the newly incorporated Town of Alberni (1 ...

(1868-1960), Canadian politician *

Alec Neill Alexander George Neill (born 22 July 1950 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand politician. He was a member of parliament for the National Party on three non-consecutive occasions between 1990 and 2002 and was later a member of the ...

(b.1950), New Zealand politician *

Ben Neill Ben Neill (born November 14, 1957) is an American composer, trumpeter, producer, author, and educator. He is the inventor of the "Mutantrumpet", a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument. Early life, family and education Neill was born in Winston-Sa ...

(b.1957), American composer *

Bob Neill Sir Robert James MacGillivray Neill KC (Hon) (born 24 June 1952) is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromley and Chislehurst from 2006 to 2024. He served as a Parliame ...

(b.1952), British politician *

Bud Neill William "Bud" Neill (5 November 1911–28 August 1970) was a Scotland, Scottish cartoonist who drew cartoon strips for a number of Glasgow-based newspapers between the 1940s and 1960s. Following his death, his work has attained cult status w ...

(1911-1970), Scottish cartoonist *

Casey Neill Casey Neill is an American musician. He leads Portland, Oregon-based band Casey Neill & The Norway Rats, singing with a raspy vocal quality and playing electric and acoustic guitars. Neill's style, folk-punk, mixes influences from punk, Celtic a ...

, American musician *

Edward Duffield Neill Edward Duffield Neill (1823 – 1893) was an American author and educator. Neill was born in Philadelphia. After studying at the University of Pennsylvania for some time, he enrolled at Amherst College and graduated from Amherst in 1842, then s ...

, American minister, author, and educator, secretary to Abraham Lincoln *

Fiona Neill Fiona Neill is a British author and journalist. She has written five Sunday Times bestsellers including Her last novel, The Betrayals which sold over 130,000 copies and was a Richard & Judy Book Club selection. She has worked as a foreign corre ...

, British author and columnist * James C. Neill (c.1788–1848), American soldier and politician *

James George Smith Neill James George Smith Neill (27 May 1810 – 25 September 1857)Dictionary of Indian Biography p314 was a British military officer of the East India Company, who served during the Indian rebellion of 1857. Early career Neill was born at Swindridg ...

(1810-1857), British army general *

Jay Wesley Neill The Geronimo bank murders occurred on December 14, 1984, when Jay Wesley Neill killed four people during a bank robbery in Geronimo, Oklahoma. Neill was convicted and sentenced to death, and was executed in 2002. His co-conspirator, Robert Grady ...

(1965-2002), American murderer * John R. Neill (1877-1943), American book illustrator *

John W. Neill John Whitley Neill (15 May 1934 – 21 August 2019) was captain of the Great Britain Field Hockey team at the Mexico Olympics in 1968. Born in Surrey, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the ...

(1934–2019), British hockey player *

Lucas Neill Lucas Edward Neill (born 9 March 1978) is an Australian former Association football, soccer player. Neill played as a Defender (association football), defender, often playing as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre back as well ...

(b.1978), Australian soccer player *

Noel Neill Noel Darleen Neill (November 25, 1920 – July 3, 2016) was an American actress, pin-up girl, and model. She played Lois Lane in the film serials ''Superman'' (1948) and '' Atom Man vs. Superman'' (1950), as well as the 1950s television series ' ...

(1920-2016), American film and television actress *

Patrick Neill (disambiguation) Patrick Neill may refer to: * Patrick Neill (naturalist) (1776–1851), Scottish printer, naturalist and travel writer * Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen Francis Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, (8 August 1926 – 28 May 2016) wa ...

, multiple people *

Paul Neill Paul Neill (September 6, 1882 – October 1968) was an American electrical engineer at Bell Labs in the 1940s. He is credited with helping to invent the TNC and Type N connectors used for microwave and RF communications. He joined Bell in ...

(1882-1968), American electrical engineer *

Reilly Neill Reilly Neill is an American politician from Montana. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first candidate to file for governor of Montana in the 2020 Montana gubernatorial election. Neill served in the Montana House of Representatives f ...

, American politician *

Roy William Neill Roy William Neill (born Roland de Gostrie, 4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was an Irish-born American film director best known for producing and directing almost all of the Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series), Sherlock Holmes films starr ...

(1887-1946), Irish-American film director *

Sam Neill Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he is regarded as one of the most versatile acto ...

(b.1947), New Zealand actor *

Stephen Neill Stephen Charles Neill (1900–1984)Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, p. 488. was a British Anglican bishop, missionary and scholar. He was proficient in a number of languages, including Ancient Greek, Latin and Tamil language, Tamil. ...

(1900–1984), British Anglican bishop, missionary and scholar *

Terry Neill (disambiguation) Terry Neill may refer to: * Terry Neill William John Terence Neill (8 May 1942 – 28 July 2022) was a Northern Irish football player and manager. A centre-back, he captained and later managed Arsenal, guiding the club to a European final i ...

, multiple people *

Wilfred T. Neill Wilfred T. Neill (1922–2001) was an Americans, American herpetology, herpetologist and author. His name survives in the Binomial nomenclature, scientific names of the central Florida crowned snake, ''Tantilla relicta neilli'', and a Central Americ ...

(1922-2001), American herpetologist *

William Neill (disambiguation) William Neill may refer to: *William Neill (poet) (1922–2010), Scottish poet *William Neill (rugby league) (1884–1964), Australian rugby league footballer of the early 20th century *William Neill, birth name of Bud Neill (1911–1970), Scottish ...

, multiple people

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