Nowell is the surname of:
Alexander Nowell (c. 1507–1602), Anglican Puritan theologian and clergyman; dean of St Paul'sAndrew Nowell, MP for RutlandBen Nowell (born 1985), New Zealand rugby union playerBradley Nowell (1968-1996), lead singer and guitarist of the ska punk band SublimeHoward Wilbert Nowell (1872–1940), instructor in pathology at Boston University and a pioneering cancer researcherIncrease Nowell (1590-1655), colonial administrator, original patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Company, founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and first ruling elder of the First Church in CharlestownJack Nowell (born 1993), rugby union playerLaurence Nowell, two English cousins often confused with each other, one an antiquarian, cartographer and scholar (c. 1515–c. 1571), the other a churchman (died 1576)Louis R. Nowell (1915–2009), Los Angeles city fire captain and politicianMel Nowell (born 1940), National Basketball Association playerPeter Nowell (born 1928), cancer researcher and professorThomas Nowell (1730?–1801), English clergyman, historian and religious controversialistWedgwood Nowell (1878–1957), American film actorWilliam Nowell (1880–1968), a British mycologist