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Nevil

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Nevil may refer to:

Surname:

  • Alex Nevil (born 1965), American actor and younger brother of Robbie Nevil
  • Dwight Nevil (born 1944), American professional golfer
  • Robbie Nevil (born 1958), American pop singer-songwriter/producer/guitarist

Given name:

  • Nevil Brownjohn GBE KCB CMG MC (1897–1973), Quartermaster-General to the Forces
  • Nevil Dede (born 1975), Tirana's current coach and a former football defender
  • Nevil Macready, GCMG, KCB, PC (Ire) (1862–1946), British Army officer
  • John Nevil Maskelyne (1839–1917), English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet
  • Nevil Maskelyne FRS (1732–1811), the fifth English Astronomer Royal
  • Nevil Maskelyne (magician) (1863–1924), British magician and inventor
  • Nevil Story Maskelyne (1823–1911), English geologist and politician
  • Henry Nevil Payne (died 1710), dramatist and agitator for the Roman Catholic cause in Scotland and England
  • Nevil Shed, American basketball player
  • Nevil Shute (1899–1960), British novelist and aeronautical engineer
  • Nevil Sidgwick (1873–1952), English theoretical chemist who contributed to the theory of valency and chemical bonding

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