Burwell is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Alan Burwell (born 1943), English rugby league playerArmistead Burwell (planter), American planterBill Burwell (1895–1973), American baseball playerBryan Burwell (1955–2014), American sportswriterCarter Burwell (born 1955), American film score composerCliff Burwell (1898–1977) American pianist and songwriterDick Burwell (born 1940), American baseball playerGuy Burwell, American illustratorJim Burwell (1898–1974), Alcoholics Anonymous founding memberLeonidas Burwell (1817–1879), Canadian businessman and politicianLois Burwell (born 1960), British makeup artistMahlon Burwell (1783–1846), Canadian politicianPaul Burwell (1949–2007), English musicianSylvia Mathews Burwell (born 1965), American businesswoman and 22nd U.S. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesWilliam A. Burwell (1780–1821), American politicianGiven name:
Burwell Bassett (1764–1841), American politicianBurwell B. Bell III (born 1947), United States Army generalBurwell Jones (born 1933), American swimmerBurwell Boykin Lewis (1838–1885), American politicianBurwell C. Ritter (1810–1880), American politician