Frances "Fannie" Knowling McNeil (14 March 1869 – 23 February 1928) was a suffragist and artist from the Dominion of Newfoundland.

Her parents, George and Elizabeth (Upham) Knowling,[2] had both been born in Devon in England and were supporters of women's rights.

[1] That same year, McNeil, alongside May Kennedy and Julia Salter Earle, became the first three women to seek political office in the dominion, when they ran in the St. John’s municipal election.

[1][3] Also in 1925, McNeil and fellow artist Albert Edward Harris founded the Newfoundland Society of Art.

[4] They began by arranging exhibitions of the work of local artists as well as showing foreign art[1] under the auspices of the existing Colony Club.