McGinness is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jack McGinness, Australia's first elected Aboriginal union leader, son of Lucy McGinness and father of Kathy Mills Joe McGinness (1914–2003), Australian Aboriginal activist, son of Lucy McGinness John McGinness (born 1943), American physicist Lucy McGinness (1874?–1961), aka Alngindabu, Aboriginal Australian elder Mike McGinness (1947–2025), American politician in Nevada Paul McGinness (1896–1955), Australian World War I flying ace Ryan McGinness (born 1972), American artist Val McGinness (1910–1988) son of Lucy McGinness
See also McGinness Airport, a defunct airport in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States