Ravenel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. (1927-2023), an American businessman and politician Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, South Carolina, United States Beatrice Ravenel (1870–1956), American poet Beatrice St. Julien Ravenel (1904–1990), American writer Charles D. Ravenel (1938-2017), American politician Douglas Ravenel (born 1947), American mathematician Harriott Horry Ravenel (1832–1912), American writer and historian Henry William Ravenel (1814–1887), American botanist St. Julien Ravenel (1819–1882), American physician and chemist Thomas Ravenel (born 1962), former State Treasurer of South Carolina William Bee Ravenel III, (1914–1968), educator and soldier
See also William Ravenel House in South Carolina, United States