Gottwald is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Clytus Gottwald (born 1925), German composer, conductor and musicologistFelix Gottwald (born 1976), Austrian Nordic combined athlete who competed from 1994 to 2007Frederick Gottwald (1858–1941), traditionalist American painter, influential in the development of the Cleveland School of artGeorge Joseph Gottwald (1914-2002), American Catholic bishopHartwig Gottwald, German politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic UnionJeremiah Gottwald, fictional character in the Sunrise anime series, Code Geass: Lelouch of the RebellionKlement Gottwald (1896–1953), Czechoslovakian Communist politician, prime minister and president of CzechoslovakiaMichal Gottwald (born 1981), Slovak football forward who plays for FK Dukla Banská Bystrica in the Slovak SuperligaNorman K. Gottwald (born 1926), American biblical scholar and political activistPeter Gottwald Jr., Paralympian athlete from America competing mainly in category T13 middle distance eventsSiegfried Gottwald (1943–2015), German mathematician, logician and historian of science