Dowell (surname)
Dowell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alastair Dowell, Scottish cricketer
- Anthony Dowell, English ballet dancer
- Brenna Dowell, American artistic gymnast
- Cassius C. Dowell, Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa
- Charlie Dowell, Australian rules footballer
- Coleman Dowell, American songwriter and author
- David Dowell, American atmospheric scientist
- Denzel Dowell, African-American killed by a police officer in 1967
- Dion Dowell, American basketball player
- Duck Dowell, American professional basketball player
- Edward Dowell, English cricketer and clergyman
- Frances O'Roark Dowell, American author of middle-grade fiction
- George Dare Dowell, English Victoria Cross recipient
- Hanson Dowell, Canadian lawyer, judge and politician
- Jake Dowell, American ice hockey player
- Joe Dowell, American pop singer
- John Dowell, British physicist, and emeritus professor at University of Birmingham
- John E. Dowell Jr., American printmaker and professor at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University
- Ken Dowell, American Major League baseball player
- Kieran Dowell, English footballer
- Leonard Dowell, Scottish football player
- Pat Dowell, Chicago alderman
- Roy Dowell, California contemporary visual artist
- Saxie Dowell, American jazz and pop bandleader
- Spright Dowell, President of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known as Auburn University
- Stephen Dowell, English historian and legal writer
- Susanne Irene Dowell, American Mezzo-soprano
- Wayne Dowell, retired English football player
- William Dowell, Welsh international dual-code rugby player
