Cromwell (name)

Cromwell is an English surname which comes from the village Cromwell, Nottinghamshire.

People with this surname include:
 * Adelaide M. Cromwell (1919–2019), American sociologist and historian
 * Chad Cromwell (born 1957) American drummer
 * Dean Cromwell (1879–1962), American athletic coach
 * Elizabeth Cromwell (1598–1665), wife of Oliver Cromwell
 * George Cromwell (1860–1934), New York politician
 * Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (c. 1514 – 1551), son of Thomas Cromwell
 * Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell (1538–1592), son of Gregory Cromwell
 * Henry Williams (alias Cromwell) (1537–1604), Member of Parliament, son of Richard Williams (alias Cromwell)
 * Henry Cromwell (1628–1674), Lord Deputy of Ireland, son of Oliver Cromwell
 * James Cromwell (born 1940), American actor
 * James H. R. Cromwell (1896–1990), American diplomat
 * John Cromwell (1887–1979), American film actor, director, and producer
 * John P. Cromwell (1901–1943), US Navy Medal of Honor recipient
 * Keith Cromwell (born 1979), American professional lacrosse player
 * Nolan Cromwell (born 1955), American football player
 * Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653–58, great-great nephew of Thomas Cromwell
 * Other persons and items named Oliver Cromwell, see Oliver Cromwell (disambiguation)
 * Richard Cromwell (1626–1712), Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland 1658–59, son of Oliver Cromwell
 * Ralph de Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (died 1398), English peer
 * Ralph Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell (c. 1393 – 1456), English politician and diplomat
 * Richard Cromwell (1910–1960), an American actor
 * Richard Williams (alias Cromwell)
 * Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex (c. 1485 – 1540), English statesman in the reign of Henry VIII of England
 * Thomas Cromwell (Canadian jurist) (born 1952), Canadian judge
 * Townsend Cromwell (1922–1958), American oceanographer
 * William Nelson Cromwell (1854–1948), American attorney and co-founder of law firm Sullivan & Cromwell

People with the given name Cromwell include:
 * Cromwell Dixon (1892–1911), American aviation pioneer
 * Cromwell Everson (1925–1991), Afrikaans and South African composer