Rowell

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Rowell is a surname and may refer to:

• Galen Rowell (1940-2002), noted wilderness photographer and climber
• Gary Rowell (b. 1957), English football commentator and former football player
• Jack Rowell (b. 1937), Director of Rugby at Bath Rugby in England
• John Samuel Rowell (1825-1907), Wisconsin pioneer inventor and manufacturer of farm machinery
• Lt. Col. Milo Rowell (1903-1977), American lawyer and Army officer best known for his role in drafting the Constitution of Japan
• Newton Rowell (1867-1941), Canadian lawyer, politician, and leading lay figure in the Methodist church
• Theodore H. Rowell (1905-1979), Minnesota pharmaceutical industrialist and politician
• Victoria Rowell (b. 1960), American actress

In addition, Rowell may refer to one of the following:

• David Rowell & Co., a British civil engineering contractor particularly noted for small suspension bridges
• The Rowell-Sirois Commission, a Canadian Royal Commission looking into the Canadian economy and federal-provincial relations from 1937-1940
• Rowell Laboratories, Inc., a pharmaceutical manufacturing company founded in 1935 in Baudette, Minnesota