Gowdy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Barbara Gowdy (born 1950), Canadian novelist and short story writer Bill Gowdy (1903–1958), Irish association football player Bruce Gowdy, American guitarist Cornell Gowdy (born 1963), American football player Curt Gowdy (1919–2006), American sportscaster Elizabeth Gowdy Baker, born as Elizabeth Stewart Gowdy (1860–1927), American painter Hank Gowdy (1889–1966), American baseball player Joe Gowdy (fl. 1920s), Irish association football player John W. Gowdy (1869–1963), Scottish American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and The Methodist Church Kevin Gowdy (born 1997), American baseball player Mathilda Cajdos Gowdy (1877–1909), Hungarian-American circus performer and animal trainer Pete Gowdy, British singer-songwriter Trey Gowdy (born 1964), American attorney and former U.S. Representative from South Carolina
See also Gowdy, Indiana, a community in the United States Gowdy solution Gowdy Field, former athletic field in Columbus, Ohio Curt Gowdy Media Award, an annual award given by the Basketball Hall of Fame to outstanding basketball writers and broadcasters Curt Gowdy State Park, state park located in Wyoming Elizabeth Gowdy Baker (1860–1927), American painter Ruth Gowdy McKinley (1931–1981), American-Canadian ceramist Karen Morris-Gowdy (born 1956), American actress