Cottrell (surname)
Cottrell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Cottrell, British metallurgist and physicist
- Ann Cottrell Free, American journalist
- Anthony Cottrell, one of the investors in the Port Phillip Association
- Arthur Cottrell, American football coach
- Bill Cottrell, American football player
- Blair Cottrell, an Australian far-right extremist
- Chris Cottrell, American entrepreneur
- Con Cottrell, Irish sportsperson
- Dorthia Cottrell, American singer and musician
- Elizabeth Cottrell, American geologist
- Erin Cottrell, American actress
- Frank Cottrell-Boyce, British screenwriter and novelist
- Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American inventor and physical chemist
- George Cottrell, British former politician, financier, and convicted felon
- George Cottrell (rugby), English rugby union and rugby league footballer
- Graham Cottrell, English cricketer and teacher
- James La Fayette Cottrell, American politician from Alabama
- Jim Cottrell, American football linebacker
- Leonard Cottrell, British writer and archaeologist
- Louis Cottrell Sr., jazz drummer
- Louis Cottrell Jr., jazz reedist
- Myron Cottrell, founder and owner of TPI Specialties
- Nathan Cottrell, American football player
- Patrick Cottrell, American writer
- Peter Cottrell, British historian and novelist
- Porter Cottrell, American professional bodybuilder
- Raymond Cottrell, Seventh-day Adventist theologian
- Robert Cottrell, coachbuilder and politician in South Australia
- Sheldon Cottrell, West Indian cricket player and Jamaican Defense Force soldier
- Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York
- T. J. Cottrell, American football player
- Ted Cottrell, defensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers
- Thomas Cottrell, Canadian politician from New Brunswick
- Travis Cottrell, American contemporary Christian music artist, songwriter, author and worship leader
- William Cottrell, convicted arsonist