Gowdy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Barbara Gowdy (born 1950), Canadian novelist and short story writer
- Bill Gowdy (1903–1958), Irish association football player
- Bruce Gowdy, American guitarist
- Cornell Gowdy (born 1963), American football player
- Curt Gowdy (1919–2006), American sportscaster
- Hank Gowdy (1889–1966), American baseball player
- Joe Gowdy (fl. 1920s), Irish association football player
- John W. Gowdy (1869–1963), Scottish American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and The Methodist Church
- Kevin Gowdy (born 1997), American baseball player
- Pete Gowdy, British singer-songwriter
- Trey Gowdy (born 1964), American attorney and former U.S. Representative from South Carolina
See also
edit- Gowdy, Indiana, a community in the United States
- Karen Morris-Gowdy (born 1956), American actress
- Gowdy solution
- Gowdy Field, former athletic field in Columbus, Ohio
- Curt Gowdy Media Award, an annual award given by the Basketball Hall of Fame to outstanding basketball writers and broadcasters
- Curt Gowdy State Park, state park located in Wyoming