Cowell (surname)

Cowell /ˈkaʊəl/ is a surname with multiple origins.

Origin of the name

Cowell is a surname of English origin.^[1] It is a habitational name from several places in the counties of Lancashire and Gloucestershire called Cowhill, composed the Old English cu (cow) + hyll (hill).^[1] In some instances the surname Cowell may also be an Americanized form of the Polish, Jewish and Sorbian name Kowal.^[1] It could also be an anglicisation of a Scots Gaelic surname or from the Irish name McCawell.^[2]

People with the surname

• Brady Cowell (1899–1989), American college sports coach
• Brendan Cowell (born 1976), Australian actor, screenwriter and director
• Cressida Cowell (born 1966), English children's author, known for novel How to Train Your Dragon
• Damian Cowell, Australian musician
• Edward Byles Cowell (1826–1903), professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University
• Elizabeth Cowell, British BBC television service presenter
• Frank Cowell, professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science
• Harry Cowell, record producer
• Henry Cowell (1897–1965), American composer
• Several people named John Cowell:
  • John Cowell, Irish World War I flying ace
  • John Cowell (1554–1611), English jurist
  • John F. Cowell (1852–1915), American botanist
  • John G. Cowell (1785–1814), American Navy officer in the War of 1812
• Joseph Cowell (1792–1863), British actor and painter
• Nicholas Cowell (born 1961), British estate agent and businessman
• Philip Herbert Cowell (1870–1949), British astronomer
• Roberta Cowell (1918—2011), British racing driver and World War 2 fighter pilot; and the first known British transsexual woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery
• Roland Cowell American college sports coach
• Sam Cowell (1820–1864), British actor and singer of comical songs
• Two people named Simon Cowell:
  • Simon Cowell (born 1959), British record producer and impresario, known for Britain's Got Talent and other shows
  • Simon Cowell, British television presenter, host of Wildlife SOS
• Stanley Cowell (born 1941), American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label
• Ted Bundy, American serial killer, rapist and necrophile, born Theodore Robert Cowell
• Tony Cowell, British radio broadcaster and author

See also

• Cowell (disambiguation), other things named Cowell

References

1. "Cowell Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
2. https://www.houseofnames.com/cowell-family-crest/?A=54323-224