Cargill (surname)

Cargill is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ann Cargill, an 18th-century British opera diva
• Ansley Cargill, an American tennis player
• Baily Cargill (born 1995), British football (soccer) player
• Cargill Gilston Knott, a pioneer in seismological research
• Colonel Cargill, a fictional character in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22
• Donald Cargill, a Scottish Covenanter
• Edward Cargill, 19th century New Zealand politician
• Henry Cargill, an Ontario farmer, merchant and political figure
• Henson Cargill, a country music singer
• James Cargill (musician) bassist for Broadcast
• James R. Cargill businessman
• Joanna Cargill, a fictional Marvel Comics character
• John Cargill (politician), 19th century New Zealand politician
• Lance Cargill, an American lawyer and Republican politician
• Margaret Anne Cargill, billionaire philanthropist
• Morris Cargill, a white Jamaican lawyer, businessman, planter, journalist and novelist
• O. A. Cargill, a lawyer, author and buffalo rancher
• Patrick Cargill, a British actor
• Peter Cargill, a Jamaican international football player
• Russ Cargill, fictional character, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Head, and antagonist in The Simpsons Movie. Voiced by Albert Brooks.
• Sir John Traill Cargill, Chairman of Burmah Oil Company
• Wellington David Cargill, an Ontario manufacturer and political figure
• William Cargill, founder of the Otago settlement in New Zealand
• William Cargill (Berwick MP) (1813–1894), British Conservative Party politician, MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1863–65