McDowall (surname)

McDowall, MacDowall or Macdowall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adrian J. McDowall, Scottish film director
 * Alex MacDowall (born 1991), British auto racing driver
 * Archibald McDowall (1841–1918), Australian surveyor
 * Betty McDowall, Australian actress
 * Bob McDowall (1939-2011), New Zealand ichthyologist
 * Cecilia McDowall, (born 1951), British composer
 * Charles McDowall (1862–1916), Australian politician
 * Cyndra MacDowall (born 1953), Canadian artist
 * David McDowall, British Army general
 * Day Hort MacDowall (1850–1927), politician from old Northwest Territories, Canada
 * Drew McDowall (born 1961), Scottish musician
 * Duncan MacDowall (born 1963), English former professional footballer
 * Frederick McDowall (1900–1975), New Zealand scientist
 * Iain McDowall, Scottish writer
 * Ian McDowall, American chief executive
 * Jack McDowall (1905–1969), American football player
 * Jai McDowall (born 1986), Scottish musician
 * Jamie McDowall (born 1947), English cricketer
 * Kenny McDowall (born 1963), Scottish footballer
 * Les McDowall (1912–1991), Scottish footballer and manager
 * Margaret McDowall (born 1936), Scottish swimmer
 * Rachel McDowall (born 1984), English actress
 * Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet (1841–1912), English scientist and music theorist
 * Robert McDowall (1821–1894), Scottish-born Australian cricketer
 * Roddy McDowall (1928–1998), Anglo-American actor
 * Rose McDowall (born 1959), Scottish musician
 * William MacDowall, Scottish priest and Master of Works to Mary, Queen of Scots and her mother Mary of Guise