Knill (surname)
Knill is a surname of Manx origin and is the equivalent of McNeill, MacNeill or Neill (Mac Néill in Irish; Mac Nèill in Scottish) in Ireland and Scotland. It is derived from the Manx for "son of Neill" and is an alternative to the more common Anglicisation of Kneale. In some cases the surname Knill is of English origin; in this case its meaning is "someone who lived on a hillock". Notable people with this surname include:

Alan Knill (born 1964), English football manager and former player
 Frank John Knill (fl. 1918), British Marine, winner of the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
Hansrüedi Knill (born 1940), Swiss middle-distance runner
John Knill (1733–1811), English lawyer and Collector of Customs at St Ives, Cornwall
John Knill (MP) (16th century), English member of parliament for Radnorshire
Knill Baronets, in the county of Kent, England
 Sir Stuart Knill, 1st Baronet (1824–1898), businessman and Lord Mayor of London (1892–1893)
 Sir John Stuart Knill, 2nd Baronet (1856–1934), Lord Mayor of London (1909–1910)
Mike Knill (born 1941), Welsh rugby player
Paolo Knill (1932–2020), Swiss scientist, artist, and therapist
Richard Knill (1787–1857), English missionary
William Knill (1859–1940), Australian cricketer

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