Fawcett as a surname may refer to:
Benjamin Fawcett (1808–1893), English woodblock colour printer
Brian Fawcett (born 1944), Canadian poet and novelist
Cesar Fawcett, Colombian footballer
Charles Fawcett (historian), British historian
Charles Bungay Fawcett (1883-1952), British geographer
Charles Fernley Fawcett (1915–2008), U.S. soldier, actor, and co-founder of the International Medical Corps
David Fawcett (born 1963), Australian politician
Eric Fawcett (1927–2000), British-Canadian physicist
Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), U.S. actress
Henry Fawcett (1833–1884), British economist and politician
James Farish Malcolm Fawcett (c. 1856 – after 1918), English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera
Joan Fawcett (1937–2015), Canadian politician
John Fawcett (actor) (1768–1837), English actor and playwright
John Fawcett (of Bolton) (1789–1867), English composer
Joseph Fawcett (1758-1804), English Presbyterian minister and poet
Joy Fawcett (born 1968), American soccer player
Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929), British feminist
Norman Fawcett (1910–1997), Canadian politician
Percy Fawcett (1867 – c. 1925), British archaeologist and explorer
Philippa Fawcett (1868–1948), British mathematician and educator
Quinn Fawcett, pen name of a pair of authors, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Bill Fawcett
Ron Fawcett (born 1955), English rock climber
Ruth Fawcett (born 1961), Canadian physicist
Taylor Fawcett (born 1993), British actor
Theodore Fawcett (1832–1898), Australian settler and politician
Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett (1885–1940), American publisher (Fawcett Publications, Fawcett Comics)
William Fawcett (author) (1902–1941), English writer on horses and hunting
William Fawcett (disambiguation)