Vail (surname)

Vail is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Aaron Vail (1796–1878), American diplomat
 * Alfred Vail (1807–1859), American machinist and inventor
 * Anna Murray Vail 1863–1955), American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden
 * Aramenta Dianthe Vail (1820–1888), American painter
 * Benjamin A. Vail (1844–1924), American jurist and politician
 * Bob Vail (1881–1942), American baseball pitcher
 * Calvin Lee Vail (born 1995), American YouTuber known as LeafyIsHere
 * Charles H. Vail (1866–1924), American Universalist clergyman, Christian socialist, political activist, and writer
 * Clover Vail (born 1939), Swiss-born American artist
 * Edwin Arnold Vail (1817–1885), Canadian physician and political figure
 * Eric Vail (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Fred Vail ( 1903–1914), American sports coach
 * George Vail (1809–1875), American politician
 * Harry Vail (died 1928), American rowing coach
 * Henry Vail (1782–1853), American politician
 * Ira Vail (1893–1979), American race car driver
 * Louis Vail ( 1894), American football coach
 * Lester Vail (1899 – 1959), American actor of the stage, screen, and radio
 * Melville Vail (1906–1983), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Mike Vail (born 1951), American baseball player
 * Myrtle Vail (also as Myrtle Damerel; 1888–1978), American actress and writer
 * Nathan R. Vail (1825–1888), American mine operator, landowner, and politician
 * Jacob G. Vail (1827-1884), American army officer and general after the American Civil War
 * Patrick Roger Vail (1859-1913), American businessman and politician
 * Pegeen Vail Guggenheim (1925–1967), Swiss-French painter
 * Peter Vail (born 1930), American geologist and geophysicist
 * Pyotr Vail (Пётр Львович Вайль; 1949–2009) Latvian-Russian writer, editor, and radio executive
 * Rachel Vail (born 1966), American children and young adults genre author
 * Raymond Vail, English environmentalist
 * Richard B. Vail (1895–1955), American politician
 * Silas Jones Vail (1818–1883), American hatmaker and hymn composer
 * Stephen Vail (1780–1864), American rail and metal forge businessman
 * Theodore Newton Vail (1845–1920), American telephony industrialist
 * Theresa Vail (born 1990), American beauty pageant contestant ("Miss Kansas" 2013)
 * Thomas Hubbard Vail (1821–1889), American Episcopalian bishop
 * Tobi Vail (born 1969), American musician, music critic, and feminist activist; formerly of the band Bikini Kill
 * Walter Vail (1852-1906), American businessman
 * William Berrian Vail (1823–1904), Canadian businessman and politician