McCorkell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Aileen McCorkell, founder of the Derry Branch of the Red Cross David McCorkell (born 1955), Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim (from 2019) Sir Dudley McCorkell (1883–1960), Mayor of Londonderry (1929–1935), and ex officio member of the Senate of Northern Ireland and former Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry Gordon McCorkell (born 1983), Scottish actor Jenna McCorkell (born 1986)) is a British figure skater from Coleraine Jock McCorkell (born 1918), former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League Lisa McCorkell, American public health researcher Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell (1925–2006), former Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry, Northern Irish soldier and public servant Neil McCorkell, wicketkeeper for Hampshire County Cricket Club Ross McCorkell, Scottish-American drag queen

See also McCorkell Line, operated by Wm. McCorkell & Co. Ltd. from 1778, carrying passengers from Ireland, Scotland and England to the Americas