Colwell (surname)
Colwell is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Bob Colwell, American electrical engineer
- Carlton H. Colwell, American politician
- Dave Colwell, English rock guitarist
- Eileen Colwell, English librarian
- Elizabeth Colwell, American printmaker, typographer and writer
- Ernest Cadman Colwell, American biblical scholar, textual critic and palaeographer
- Frederick Colwell, American microbiologist
- Guy Colwell, American painter and cartoonist
- Jack Colwell, Australian singer-songwriter
- James Colwell, English-born Australian Methodist minister and historian
- Jason Colwell, Irish footballer
- Jeffrey Colwell, American lawyer
- Keith Colwell, Canadian politician
- Maria Colwell, British female murder victim
- Oliver Colwell, Union Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- Otis Colwell, American merchant and politician
- Patrick Colwell, American politician
- Rita R. Colwell, American environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator