Dodwell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Celeste Dodwell (born 1990), Australian actressChristina Dodwell (born 1951), explorer and travel writerEdward Dodwell (1767–1832), Irish writer on archaeologyGrant Dodwell (born 1952), Australian producer, actor, writer and directorHenry Dodwell (1641–1711), Irish scholar, theologian and writerSam Dodwell (1909–1990), English painterCharles Reginald Dodwell (1922–1994), English art historian, especially of 800-1200 and Anglo-Saxon art.