Cowell (surname)

Cowell is an English language surname.

People
Notable people with this surname include:
 * Brady Cowell (1899–1989), American college sports coach
 * Brendan Cowell (born 1976), Australian actor, screenwriter and director
 * Butch Cowell (1887–1940), American coach and administrator in college athletics, brother of Roland
 * Cressida Cowell (born 1966), English children's author, known for novel How to Train Your Dragon
 * Damian Cowell (born c. 1960s), Australian musician
 * Edward Byles Cowell (1826–1903), professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University
 * Elizabeth Cowell (1912–1998), British broadcaster and television announcer
 * Frank Cowell, professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science
 * Henry Cowell (1897–1965), American composer
 * Several people named John Cowell:
 * John "Jack" Cowell (1887–date unknown), English footballer
 * John Cowell (1889–1918), Irish World War I flying ace
 * John Cowell (1554–1611), English jurist
 * Sir John Clayton Cowell (1832–1894), British Army general and Master of the Queen's Household
 * John F. Cowell (1852–1915), American botanist
 * John G. Cowell (1785–1814), American Navy officer during the War of 1812
 * Joseph Cowell (1792–1863), British actor and painter
 * Lowell Cowell (1945–2018), former NASCAR Cup Series driver
 * Nicholas Cowell (born 1961), British estate agent and businessman
 * Philip Herbert Cowell (1870–1949), British astronomer
 * Roberta Cowell (1918–2011), British racing driver and fighter pilot; first known British transsexual woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery
 * Roland Cowell (1895–1953), American coach and administrator in college athletics, brother of Butch
 * Sam Cowell (1820–1864), British actor and singer of comical songs
 * Sammy Cowell (born 1991), Thai actress and model
 * Samuel Cowell (1801–1875), English businessman and printer based in Ipswich
 * Two people named Simon Cowell:
 * Simon Cowell (born 1959), British record producer and impresario, known for Britain's Got Talent and other shows
 * Simon Cowell (1952–2024), British conservationist and television presenter, host of Wildlife SOS
 * Stanley Cowell (1941–2020), American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label
 * Theodore Robert Cowell, birth name of Ted Bundy (1946–1989), American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist and necrophile
 * Tony Cowell (born 1950), British radio broadcaster and author