McDowell (surname)

McDowell is a surname. It is derived from the Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander McDowell (1845-1913), congressman from Pennsylvania
• Charles S. McDowell (1871–1943), interim governor of Alabama
• Charles T. McDowell (born 1921), American academic and military officer
• Derek McDowell (born 1958), Irish politician
• Ephraim McDowell (1771–1830), American physician
• Fred McDowell (1904–1972), American blues singer and guitar player
• Graeme McDowell (born 1979), Northern Irish professional golfer
• Irvin McDowell (1818–1885), Union army general
• Jack McDowell (born 1960), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Jack McDowell (born circa 1922-23), Northern Irish political activist
• James McDowell (1795–1851), politician from Virginia
• James F. McDowell (1825-887), politician from Indiana
• James F. McDowell (born 1862), politician from Wisconsin
• John McDowell (born 1942), English philosopher
• Johnny McDowell (1915–1952), American Formula One driver
• Lyman Welford McDowell (1916-2016), American inventor
• Josh McDowell (born 1939), American Christian apologist and author
• Kelly McDowell (born circa 1953), mayor of El Segundo, California
• Linda McDowell (born 1949), British geographer
• Malik McDowell (born 1996), American football player
• Malcolm McDowell (born 1943), English actor
• Matthew McDowell, Steamboat owner and builder
• Michael McDowell (politician) (born 1951), barrister and former Irish politician
• Michael McDowell (actor) (born 1964), Northern Irish actor
• Michael McDowell (author) (1950-1999), American novelist and screenwriter
• Michael P. Kube-McDowell (born 1954), American science fiction writer
• Michael McDowell (racing driver) (born 1984), American race car driver
• Oddibe McDowell (born 1962), former Major League Baseball player
• Paul McDowell (rower) (1905–1962), American rower
• Paul McDowell (actor) (1931–2016), English actor and screenwriter
• Robert M. McDowell (born 1963), former U.S. Federal Communications Commissioner
• Roger McDowell (born 1960), Major League baseball player and coach
• R. B. McDowell (1913–2011), Professor Emeritus of History, Trinity College Dublin
• Sam McDowell (born 1942), Major League baseball pitcher
• Samuel Booker McDowell (1928-2014), American herpetologist
• Thomas McDowell (born 1977), convicted murderer
• William Fraser McDowell (1858–1937), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church

See also

• McDowell Lee (1925–2014), American politician
• Mike MacDowel (born 1932) British racecar driver
• Clan Macdowall
• MacDowell (disambiguation)
• McDowall (surname)