Cowell (surname)
Cowell is a surname with multiple origins.Origin of the name
Cowell is a surname of English origin. It is a habitational name from several places in the counties of Lancashire and Gloucestershire called Cowhill, composed the Old English cu + hyll. In some instances the surname Cowell may also be an Americanized form of the Polish, Jewish and Sorbian name Kowal. It could also be an anglicisation of a Scots Gaelic surname or from the Irish name McCawell.People
Notable people with this surname include:
- Brady Cowell, American college sports coach
- Brendan Cowell, Australian actor, screenwriter and director
- Butch Cowell, American coach and administrator in college athletics, brother of Roland
- Cressida Cowell, English children's author, known for novel How to Train Your Dragon
- Damian Cowell, Australian musician
- Edward Byles Cowell, professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University
- Elizabeth Cowell, British BBC television service presenter
- Frank Cowell, professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science
- Henry Cowell, American composer
- Several people named John Cowell:
- *John Cowell, Irish World War I flying ace
- *John Cowell, English jurist
- *John F. Cowell, American botanist
- *John G. Cowell, American Navy officer in the War of 1812
- Joseph Cowell, British actor and painter
- Lowell Cowell, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Nicholas Cowell, British estate agent and businessman
- Philip Herbert Cowell, British astronomer
- Roberta Cowell, British racing driver and fighter pilot; first known British transsexual woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery
- Roland Cowell, American coach and administrator in college athletics, brother of Butch
- Sam Cowell, British actor and singer of comical songs
- Two people named Simon Cowell:
- * Simon Cowell, British record producer and impresario, known for Britain's Got Talent and other shows
- * Simon Cowell, British television presenter, host of Wildlife SOS
- Stanley Cowell, American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label
- Theodore Robert Cowell, birth name of Ted Bundy, American serial killer, rapist and necrophile
- Tony Cowell, British radio broadcaster and author
