Cargill (surname)

Cargill is a surname of Scottish origin, a sept of Clan Drummond.

Notable people with the surname include:

Persons

 * Ann Cargill, an 18th-century British opera diva
 * Ansley Cargill, an American tennis player
 * Baily Cargill (born 1995), British football (soccer) player
 * C. Robert Cargill, an American novelist and screenwriter
 * Donald Cargill, a Scottish Covenanter
 * Edward Cargill, 19th century New Zealand politician
 * Helen Cargill Thompson, Scottish scientist, librarian, art collector and supporter of educational, artistic and heritage organisations
 * Henry Cargill, an Ontario farmer, merchant and political figure
 * Henson Cargill (1941–2007), American country music singer
 * Jimmy Cargill (1914-1939), Scottish football (soccer) player
 * James Cargill (musician) bassist for Broadcast
 * James R. Cargill (1923-2006) U.S. businessman
 * James R. Cargill II (born 1949) U.S. businessman
 * Sir John Cargill, 1st Baronet (1867-1954), Chairman of Burmah Oil Company
 * John Cargill (politician), 19th century New Zealand politician
 * John Cargill Thompson, Scottish dramatist specialising in one-person plays
 * Karen Cargill, a Scottish operatic mezzo-soprano singer
 * Lance Cargill, an American lawyer and Republican politician
 * Margaret Anne Cargill, billionaire philanthropist
 * Morris Cargill, a white Jamaican lawyer, businessman, planter, journalist and novelist
 * Oscar Cargill (1898–1972), American literary critic and professor of English
 * O. A. Cargill, a lawyer, author and buffalo rancher
 * Patrick Cargill (1918-1996), a British actor
 * Peter Cargill, a Jamaican international football player
 * Wellington David Cargill, an Ontario manufacturer and political figure
 * William Cargill (Berwick MP) (1813–1894), British Conservative Party politician, MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1863–65
 * William Cargill (New Zealand politician), founder of the Otago settlement in New Zealand
 * William Wallace Cargill (1844-1909), founder of Cargill company in the U.S.

Fictional characters

 * Colonel Cargill, a fictional character in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22
 * Callie Cargill, a fictional character from the TV show The Glades
 * Joanna Cargill, a fictional Marvel Comics character
 * Russ Cargill, fictional character, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Head, and antagonist in The Simpsons Movie. Voiced by Albert Brooks.

Other

 * Cargill family; a U.S. business family
 * Cargill baronets; of Great Britain