McEldowney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brooke McEldowney, the creator of 9 Chickweed Lane, a print comic strip, and of Pibgorn, a webcomic Dennis McEldowney (1926–2003), New Zealand born author and publisher Francis McEldowney (born 1981), Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with whom he has won a National League title Harrison McEldowney, American choreographer known for his theatrical work John McEldowney (law professor), Professor of Law at the University of Warwick and former World Bank visiting Fellow in the Supreme Tribunal of Justice in Venezuela Nancy McEldowney (born 1958), United States career diplomat