Dowell (surname)

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

• Alastair Dowell (1920–2010), Scottish cricketer
• Andrew Dowell (born 1996), American football player
• Anthony Dowell (born 1943), English ballet dancer
• Brenna Dowell (born 1996), American artistic gymnast
• Cassius C. Dowell (1864–1940), Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa
• Charlie Dowell (1888–?), Australian football player
• Coleman Dowell (1925–1985), American songwriter and author
• Colton Dowell (born 1999), American football player
• David Dowell, American atmospheric scientist
• Denzel Dowell (1944–1967), African-American killed by a police officer
• Dion Dowell (born 1985), American basketball player
• Duck Dowell (1912–2003), American basketball player
• Edward Dowell (1822–1896), English cricketer and clergyman
• Frances O'Roark Dowell (born 1964), American author
• George Dare Dowell (1831–1910), English Victoria Cross recipient
• Hanson Dowell (1906–2000), Canadian ice hockey administrator and politician
• Jake Dowell (born 1985), American ice hockey player
• Joe Dowell (1940–2016), American pop singer
• John Dowell (born 1935), British physicist
• John E. Dowell Jr. (born 1941), American printmaker and professor
• Ken Dowell (born 1961), American baseball player
• Kieran Dowell (born 1997), English football player
• Leonard Dowell (1902–1966), Scottish football player
• Mule Dowell (1913–1992), American football player
• Pat Dowell (born 1957), American alderman
• Roy Dowell (born 1951), California artist
• Saxie Dowell (1904–1974), American jazz and pop bandleader
• Spright Dowell (1878–1963), President of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now Auburn University
• Stephen Dowell (1833–1898), English historian and legal writer
• Susanne Irene Dowell (born 1941), American mezzo-soprano
• Wayne Dowell (born 1978), English football player
• William Dowell (1885–1949), Welsh rugby player