Echols is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alice Echols, American cultural critic and historian Antwun Echols (born 1971), American boxer Brandin Echols (born 1997), American football player Cameron Echols (born 1981), American basketball player Cameron Echols-Luper (born 1995), American football player Charlie Echols, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Damien Echols (born 1974), one of the West Memphis Three Dorothy Jung Echols (1916–1977), American geologist Donnie Echols (born 1957), American football player Douglas Echols, American man wrongfully convicted of rape Drew Echols, American politician Edward Echols (1849–1914), American politician Emily Echols (born 1988), American jurist Fate Echols (1939–2002), American football player Harrison "Hatch" Echols (1933–1993), American molecular biologist, biochemist, and geneticist Jennifer Echols, American writer Joe Echols (1917–1977), American football coach John Echols (disambiguation) multiple people including: John Echols (1823–1896), Confederate general Johnny Echols (born 1947), American singer-songwriter and guitarist Johnny Echols (baseball) (1917–1972), American baseball player Jon Echols (born 1979), American politician Joseph Hubbard Echols (1816–1885), American politician Lathan Moses Echols (born 2002), better known as Lil Mosey, American rapper Leonard S. Echols (1871–1946), American politician Michael Echols, American politician Mike Echols (1944–2003), American writer Mike Echols (American football) (born 1978), American football player M. Patton Echols (1925–2012), American politician Odis Echols (1930–2013), American politician, radio broadcaster and lobbyist Oliver P. Echols (1892–1954), American military officer Paul C. Echols (1944–1994), American musicologist and conductor Power Echols (born 2003), American football player R. E. Echols, American politician from Oklahoma Robert L. Echols (born 1941), American judge Robert Milner Echols (1798–1847), American politician Sheila Echols (born 1964), American athlete Shelly Echols (born 1979), American politician Terry Echols (born 1962), American football player Tim Echols, American politician Vanessa Echols (born 1960), American television journalist William Echols (disambiguation) William Holding Echols, American soldier (1834–1909) William Holding Echols (1859–1934), American academic