Bigelow is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abijah Bigelow (1775–1860), US Representative from Massachusetts
Albert Bigelow (1906–1993), former US Navy officer turned peace activist and Quaker
Bob Bigelow (born 1953), retired National Basketball Association player
Charles Bigelow (type designer) (born 1945)
Daniel Bigelow (1824–1905), lawyer and politician
Doug Bigelow (1928–1996), Australian rules footballer with Essendon Football Club
Edward Manning Bigelow (1850–1916), Pittsburgh City Engineer, Director of Public Works and "father of Pittsburgh's parks"
Elliot Bigelow (1897–1933), Major League Baseball player
Elmer Charles Bigelow (1920–1945), US Medal of Honor posthumous recipient
Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814–1879), American inventor of weaving machines
Frank Hagar Bigelow (1851–1924), United States astronomer and meteorologist
Frederick Ellsworth Bigelow (1873–1929), American bandmaster and composer
Henry Bryant Bigelow (1879–1967), American oceanographer and marine biologist
Henry Jacob Bigelow (1818–1890), American surgeon and Harvard University professor
Herbert S. Bigelow (1870–1951), US Representative from Ohio
Hobart B. Bigelow (1834–1891), American politician and 50th Governor of Connecticut
Horace Bigelow (1898–1980), American chess master and organizer
Howard E. Bigelow (1923–1987), American mycologist
Jacob Bigelow (1787–1879), American physician, botanist, architect and professor
John Bigelow (1817–1911), American lawyer
John Bigelow, Jr. (1854–1936), US Army officer and son of John Bigelow
John P. Bigelow (1797–1872), mayor of Boston, Secretary of State of Massachusetts and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Julian Bigelow (1913–2003), American pioneering computer engineer
Kathryn Bigelow (born 1951), American film director
Lewis Bigelow (1785–1838), US Representative from Massachusetts
Lucius A. Bigelow (1892–1973), American chemistry professor
Poultney Bigelow (1855–1954), American journalist and author
Robert Bigelow (born 1945), hotel magnate
Rolla Bigelow (1878–1952), American banker
Scott Bam Bam Bigelow (1961–2007), American professional wrestler
Timothy Bigelow (soldier) (1739–1790), Continental Army colonel in the American Revolutionary War
Timothy Bigelow (lawyer) (1767–1821), Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Tom Bigelow (born 1939), former racing driver
Wilfred Gordon Bigelow (1913–2005), Canadian surgeon known for his role in developing the artificial pacemaker
William Sturgis Bigelow (1850–1926), American physician and collector of Japanese art
