Rawlins is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adrian Rawlins, British actor
Chip Rawlins, writer
Dennis Rawlins, American astronomer, historian, and publisher
Horace Rawlins, English professional golfer
John Aaron Rawlins, American Civil War general
Joseph Lafayette Rawlins, American politician and lawyer
Michael Rawlins, Chairman of UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Nicholas Rawlins, British experimental psychologist
Richard Rawlins, former Bishop of St. Davids
Rondell Rawlins, Guyanese gang leader
V. Lane Rawlins, former president of Washington State University
Xander Rawlins, British singer-songwriter best known for the charity single "1000 Miles Apart"
