Rowell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Bama Rowell (1916–1993), American baseball player
  • Chester Rowell (1844–1912), physician, founder of the Fresno Republican newspaper, California State Senator, and University of California Regent; brother of Jonathan
  • Chester Harvey Rowell (1867–1948), editor and then manager of the Fresno Morning Republican; son of Jonathan
  • Fred Rowell (1918–1988), English footballer
  • Galen Rowell (1940–2002), American wilderness photographer and climber
  • Gary Rowell (born 1957), English football player and commentator
  • Geoffrey Rowell (1943–2017), Anglican cleric, third Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe
  • George P. Rowell (1838-1908), American advertising executive and publisher
  • Jack Rowell (born 1937), English rugby administrator
  • James Rowell (1851–1941), English-born Australian politician
  • John Samuel Rowell (1825–1907), Wisconsin inventor and manufacturer of farm machinery
  • Jonathan H. Rowell (1833–1908), American politician from Illinois
  • Jonny Rowell (born 1989), English footballer
  • Marc Rowell (1938–2018), Australian politician
  • Milo Rowell (1903–1977), American lawyer and Army officer best known for his role in drafting the Constitution of Japan
  • Newton Rowell (1867–1941), Canadian lawyer, politician, and lay figure in the Methodist church
  • Roger de Rowell, English medieval university chancellor
  • Roger M. Rowell (born 1939), American academic and wood scientist
  • Ross E. Rowell (1884–1947), United States Marine Corps aviator
  • Sarah Rowell (born 1962), British long-distance runner
  • Sydney Rowell (1894–1975), Australian soldier who served as Chief of the General Staff
  • Ted Rowell (footballer) (c.1877 – c.1967), Australian footballer
  • Theodore H. Rowell (1905–1979), American pharmaceutical industrialist and politician
  • Victoria Rowell (born 1960), American actress
  • William Rowell (1869–1916), English cricket and rugby union player

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