Cogswell is a surname, derived from the town of Coggeshall in Essex. Notable people with the surname include:
A. E. Cogswell (1858–1934), British architect Alice Cogswell (1805–1830), deaf American, daughter of Mason Fitch Cogswell Bryce Cogswell, computer expert Charles A. Cogswell (1844–1908), American state senator Ed Cogswell (1854–1888), Major League Baseball player Fred Cogswell (1917–2004), Canadian poet Henry D. Cogswell (1820–1900), American dentist and temperance movement crusader Henry Hezekiah Cogswell (1776–1854), Nova Scotia lawyer, political figure and philanthropist Isabella Binney Cogswell (1819–1874), Canadian businessperson, daughter of Henry Hezekiah Cogswell James Kelsey Cogswell (1847–1908), United States Navy admiral who served in Spanish–American War John Cogswell (1592–1669), early colonist and landowner in colonial Massachusetts John B. D. Cogswell (1829–1889), American state senator Joseph Cogswell (1786–1871), American librarian, bibliographer and educator Margaret Cogswell (born 1947), American mixed-media installation artist and sculptor Mary V. R. Thayer (née Cogswell; 1902–1983), American socialite, journalist and author Mason Fitch Cogswell (1761–1830), American physician who pioneered education for the deaf Prescott F. Cogswell (1859–1960), American politician Sue Cogswell (born 1951), English squash player Theodore Cogswell (1918–1987), American science fiction author William Cogswell (disambiguation)
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