Rowell

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

• Bama Rowell (1916–1993), second baseman and outfielder for the Boston Bees/Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies
• Dr. Chester A. Rowell (1844–1912), physician, founder of the Fresno Republican newspaper, three time California State Senator, and University of California Regent (1891–1912). Brother of Jonathan H. Rowell.

• Chester Harvey Rowell (1867–1948). In 1898 became the editor and then manager of the Fresno Morning Republican lasting for 22 years. Son of Jonathan H. Rowell and nephew of Dr. Chester A. Rowell
• Fred Rowell (1918–1988), English footballer
• Galen Rowell (1940–2002), noted wilderness photographer and climber
• Gary Rowell (born 1957), English football commentator and former football player
• 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), former Director of Rugby at Bath Rugby in England
• James Rowell (1851–1941), English-born Australian politician
• John Samuel Rowell (1825–1907), Wisconsin pioneer inventor and manufacturer of farm machinery
• Jonathan H. Rowell (February 10, 1833 – May 15, 1908), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Jonny Rowell (born 1989), English footballer
• Marc Rowell (1938–2018), former 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 leading 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 Rules footballer in the Victorian Football League
• Theodore H. Rowell (1905–1979), Minnesota pharmaceutical industrialist and politician
• Victoria Rowell (born 1960), American actress
• William Rowell (1869–1916), English cricketer 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 1937-1940
• Rowell Laboratories, Inc. pharmaceutical manufacturing company founded in 1935 in Baudette, Minnesota
• Rowell's syndrome, cutaneous condition, a form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus
• USS Richard M. Rowell (DE-403), destroyer escort acquired by the United States Navy during World War II