McDaniel

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title: "McDaniel" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["anglicised-scottish-gaelic-language-surnames", "surnames-of-scottish-origin"] topic_path: "general/anglicised-scottish-gaelic-language-surnames" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDaniel" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

McDaniel is a surname. It may refer to the following people:

• Barry McDaniel (1930–2018), American operatic baritone

• Chris McDaniel (born 1972), American attorney and politician

• Clara McDaniel (born 1948), American blues singer and songwriter

• Clint McDaniel (born 1972), American basketball player

• David McDaniel (1939–1977), American science fiction writer

• Devon McDaniel, Jamaican politician

• Ellas McDaniel (1928–2008), better known by the stage name Bo Diddley, American guitarist and singer

• Etta McDaniel (1890–1946), American actress, sister of Hattie and Sam McDaniel

• George A. McDaniel (1885–1944), American actor and singer

• Hattie McDaniel (1895–1952), American actress, first African-American Oscar winner, sister of Etta and Sam McDaniel

• Henry Dickerson McDaniel (1836–1926), American politician

• Jacobbi McDaniel (born 1989), American football player

• James McDaniel (born 1958), American actor

• Jeffrey McDaniel (born 1967), American poet

• Lindy McDaniel (1935–2020), American baseball player

• Lurlene McDaniel (born 1944), American author

• Matthew McDaniel (20th/21st century), American human rights activist

• Mel McDaniel (1942–2011), American singer and music artist

• Michael McDaniel (professor), chair of the Council of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) from 2017 to 2019

• Michael A. McDaniel, American psychologist

• Mike McDaniel (born 1983), American football coach, former head coach of the Miami Dolphins NFL team

• Mildred McDaniel (1933–2004), American athlete

• Orlando McDaniel (1960–2020), American football player

• Randall McDaniel (born 1964), American football player

• Ronna McDaniel (born 1973), American politician

• Sam McDaniel (1886–1962), American actor, brother of Etta and Hattie McDaniel

• Sam McDaniel (basketball) (born 1995), Australian basketball player

• Scott McDaniel (born 1965), American comics artist

• Terry McDaniel (born 1965), American football player

• Wahoo McDaniel, ring name of Edward McDaniel (1938–2002), American football player and professional wrestler

• William Roberts McDaniel (1861–1942), American academic

• Xavier McDaniel (born 1963), American basketball player

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