Cowell (surname)

Cowell /ˈkaʊəl/ is an English language surname.

People

Notable people with this surname include:

• Brady Cowell (1899–1989), American college sports coach
• Brendan Cowell (born 1976), Australian actor, screenwriter and director
• Butch Cowell (1887–1940), American coach and administrator in college athletics, brother of Roland
• Cressida Cowell (born 1966), English children's author, known for novel How to Train Your Dragon
• Damian Cowell (born c. 1960s), Australian musician
• Edward Byles Cowell (1826–1903), professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University
• Elizabeth Cowell (1912–1998), British broadcaster and television announcer
• Frank Cowell, professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science
• Henry Cowell (1897–1965), American composer
• Several people named John Cowell:
  • John "Jack" Cowell (1887–date unknown), English footballer
  • John Cowell (1889–1918), Irish World War I flying ace
  • John Cowell (1554–1611), English jurist
  • Sir John Clayton Cowell (1832–1894), British Army general and Master of the Queen's Household
  • John F. Cowell (1852–1915), American botanist
  • John G. Cowell (1785–1814), American Navy officer during the War of 1812
• Joseph Cowell (1792–1863), British actor and painter
• Lowell Cowell (1945–2018), former NASCAR Cup Series driver
• Nicholas Cowell (born 1961), British estate agent and businessman
• Philip Herbert Cowell (1870–1949), British astronomer
• Roberta Cowell (1918–2011), British racing driver and fighter pilot; first known British transsexual woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery
• Roland Cowell (1895–1953), American coach and administrator in college athletics, brother of Butch
• Sam Cowell (1820–1864), British actor and singer of comical songs
• Sammy Cowell (born 1991), Thai actress and model
• Samuel Cowell (1801–1875), English businessman and printer based in Ipswich
• Two people named Simon Cowell:
  • Simon Cowell (born 1959), British record producer and impresario, known for Britain's Got Talent and other shows
  • Simon Cowell (1952–2024), British conservationist and television presenter, host of Wildlife SOS
• Stanley Cowell (1941–2020), American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label
• Theodore Robert Cowell, birth name of Ted Bundy (1946–1989), American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist and necrophile
• Tony Cowell (born 1950), British radio broadcaster and author

See also

• Cowell (disambiguation), other things named Cowell