Brownell

Brownell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Abner C. Brownell (1813–1857), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, United States
 * Baker Brownell, philosopher
 * Bill Brownell, American professional basketball player
 * Edwin Orion Brownell, Canadian neo-classical composer and concert pianist
 * Francis E. Brownell (1840–1894), Union Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for action during the American Civil War
 * Francis H. Brownell (1867–1954), businessman, lawyer, and Washington state pioneer
 * Frederick Brownell, former South African state herald, designer of the South African flag
 * Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904–1996), United States Attorney General
 * Jim Brownell, politician
 * Joseph H. Brownell, American lumberman, farmer, politician
 * Kelly D. Brownell (born 1951), obesity researcher
 * Mia Brownell, American visual artist
 * Nelson Brownell, American politician
 * Peter Brownell (born 1948), American politician
 * Raymond Brownell (1894–1974), Royal Australian Air Force officer and World War I flying ace
 * Sonia Brownell, maiden name of Sonia Orwell (1918–1980), wife of George Orwell
 * Thomas Church Brownell (1779–1865), founder of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
 * William Crary Brownell (1851–1928), American literary and art critic
 * William E. Brownell, American scientist who conducts research at Baylor College of Medicine