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 (1957–2025), 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 (1936–2024), English rugby administrator Jack Rowell (photographer) (born 1955), American photographer 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 Peter Rowell (born 1958), English broadcaster 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) (1876–1965), 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
See also David Rowell & Co. British civil engineering contractor particularly noted for small suspension bridges Rowell-Sirois Commission, Canadian Royal Commission looking into the Canadian economy and federal-provincial relations from 1937 to 1940 Rowell Laboratories, Inc. pharmaceutical manufacturing company founded in 1935 in Baudette, Minnesota Rowell's syndrome, cutaneous condition, a form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus , destroyer escort acquired by the United States Navy during World War II