Cogswell (surname)

Cogswell is a surname, derived from the town of Coggeshall in Essex. Notable people with the surname include:


 * A. E. Cogswell (1858–1934), British architect
 * Alice Cogswell (1805–1830), deaf American, daughter of Mason Fitch Cogswell
 * Bryce Cogswell, computer expert
 * Charles A. Cogswell (1844–1908), American state senator
 * Ed Cogswell (1854–1888), Major League Baseball player
 * Fred Cogswell (1917–2004), Canadian poet
 * Henry D. Cogswell (1820–1900), American dentist and temperance movement crusader
 * Henry Hezekiah Cogswell (1776-1854), Nova Scotia lawyer, political figure and philanthropist
 * Isabella Binney Cogswell (1819–1874), Canadian businessperson, daughter of Henry Hezekiah Cogswell
 * James Kelsey Cogswell (1847–1908), United States Navy admiral who served in Spanish–American War
 * John Cogswell (1592–1669), early colonist and landowner in colonial Massachusetts
 * John B. D. Cogswell (1829–1889), American state senator
 * Joseph Cogswell (1786–1871), American librarian, bibliographer and educator
 * Margaret Cogswell (born 1947), American mixed-media installation artist and sculptor
 * Mary V. R. Thayer (née Cogswell; 1902–1983), American socialite, journalist and author
 * Mason Fitch Cogswell (1761–1830), American physician who pioneered education for the deaf
 * Prescott F. Cogswell (1859–1960), American politician
 * Sue Cogswell (born 1951), English squash player
 * Theodore Cogswell (1918–1987), American science fiction author
 * William Cogswell (disambiguation)