Mowla can be both a middle name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Reazul Mowla Rezu, Bangladeshi film director Abdul Mowla, Pakistani detainee at Guantanamo Bay Golam Mowla (1920–1984), Bangladeshi businessman Seyed Javad Mowla, Iranian neuroscientist Qazi Azizul Mowla, Bangladeshi architecture academic