Nowell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Nowell (1507–1602), Anglican Puritan theologian and clergyman; dean of St Paul's Andrew Nowell, English politician, MP for Rutland Ben Nowell (born 1985), New Zealand rugby player Bradley Nowell (1968–1996), American musician, lead singer and guitarist of the ska punk band Sublime Howard Wilbert Nowell (1872–1940), instructor in pathology at Boston University and cancer researcher Increase Nowell (1590–1655), colonial administrator, founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts Jack Nowell (born 1993), rugby player Jaylen Nowell (born 1999), American basketball player Laurence Nowell (1530–1570), English antiquarian, cartographer and scholar Laurence Nowell (priest) (died 1576), English churchman, Archdeacon of Derby and Dean of Lichfield, cousin of the antiquary Louis R. Nowell (1915–2009), Los Angeles fire captain and politician Markquis Nowell (born 1999), American basketball player Mel Nowell (born 1940), American basketball player Peter Nowell (1928–2016), cancer researcher and professor Thomas Nowell (1730?–1801), English clergyman, historian and religious controversialist Virginia Nowell (1892–1960), American publicist, serial litigant Wedgwood Nowell (1878–1957), American film actor
See also Radulf Novell, 12th century Anglo-Norman prelate whose name is sometimes spelled "Robert Nowell" Noel (surname) Noll, surname Knoll (surname) Knowle (disambiguation), includes list of people with surname Knowle