General MacDowall, McDowall, or McDowell may refer to:
Charles McDowell (North Carolina militiaman) (1743–1815), North Carolina Militia brigadier general in the American Revolutionary War David McDowall (born 1954), British Army major general Day Hort MacDowall (British Army officer) (1795–1870), British Army lieutenant general Hay MacDowall (died 1809), British Army lieutenant general Irvin McDowell (1818–1885), U.S. Army major general
See also Robert McDouall (1774–1848), British Army major general