Bardwell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Elisabeth Bardwell (1831–1899), American astronomer Keith Bardwell, former Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to officiate a wedding in the 2009 Louisiana interracial marriage incident Leland Bardwell (1922–2016), Irish poet, novelist and playwright Robert Bardwell, former Jacobs Field organist Sherman Bardwell (1828–1900), American politician Tennyson Bardwell, writer/director Thomas Bardwell (1704–1767), English portrait and figure painter, art copyist, and writer William Bardwell (disambiguation)
Fictional characters Gloria Abbott Bardwell, fictional character Jeffrey & William Bardwell, twin fictional characters in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless