Charles McDowell

Charles McDowell may refer to:


 * Charles McDowell (North Carolina militiaman) (1743–1815), American Revolutionary War general and politician
 * Charles McDowell Jr. (journalist) (1926–2010), political writer and columnist
 * Charles S. McDowell (Charles Samuel McDowell Jr., 1871–1943), interim governor of Alabama
 * Charles T. McDowell (1921–2007), professor at the University of Texas at Arlington
 * Charlie McDowell (1983–), film director and screenwriter