Dunwell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brad Dunwell, American soccer player Charles T. Dunwell (1852–1908), American politician Mary Ann Dunwell, American politician Michael Dunwell, English soccer player and manager Pauline Dunwell Partridge (1879–1944), American writer Richard Dunwell, English soccer player Steve Dunwell, American photographer Joseph Dunwell and David Dunwell, of English rock band The Dunwells