Colwell (surname)
# Colwell (surname)

Colwell is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Bob Colwell (born 1954), American electrical engineer
* Carlton H. Colwell (1926–2021), American politician
* Dave Colwell (born 1964), English rock guitarist
* Eileen Colwell (1904–2002), English librarian
* Elizabeth Colwell (1881–1954), American printmaker, typographer and writer
* Ernest Cadman Colwell (1901–1974), American biblical scholar, textual critic and palaeographer
* Frederick Colwell, American microbiologist
* Guy Colwell (born 1945), American painter and cartoonist
* Jack Colwell, Australian singer-songwriter
* James Colwell (1860–1930), English-born Australian Methodist minister and historian
* Jason Colwell (born 1974), Irish footballer
* Jeffrey Colwell (born 1965), American lawyer
* Keith Colwell (born 1947), Canadian politician
* Maria Colwell (1965–1973), British female murder victim
* Oliver Colwell (1834–1862), Union Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
* Otis Colwell, American merchant and politician
* Patrick Colwell, American politician
* Rita R. Colwell (born 1934), American environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator
