McDowall (surname)
McDowall, MacDowall or Macdowall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adrian J. McDowall, Scottish film director
- Alex MacDowall, British auto racing driver
- Archibald McDowall, Australian surveyor
- Betty McDowall, Australian actress
- Bob McDowall, New Zealand ichthyologist
- Cecilia McDowall,, British composer
- Charles McDowall, Australian politician
- Cyndra MacDowall, Canadian artist
- David McDowall, British Army general
- Day Hort MacDowall, politician from old Northwest Territories, Canada
- Drew McDowall, Scottish musician
- Duncan MacDowall, English former professional footballer
- Frederick Henry McDowall, New Zealand scientist
- Iain McDowall, Scottish writer
- Ian McDowall, American chief executive
- Jack McDowall, American football player
- Jai McDowall, Scottish musician
- Jamie McDowall, English cricketer
- Jolanshoy McDowall, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines footballer
- Kenny McDowall, Scottish footballer
- Les McDowall, Scottish footballer and manager
- Margaret McDowall, Scottish swimmer
- Rachel McDowall, English actress
- Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet, English scientist and music theorist
- Robert McDowall, Scottish-born Australian cricketer
- Roddy McDowall, Anglo-American actor
- Rose McDowall, Scottish musician
- William MacDowall, Scottish priest and Master of Works to Mary, Queen of Scots and her mother Mary of Guise
