Broadwell (surname)

Broadwell is a surname, probably derived from placenames in Britain. Notable people with the surname include:

• Cyrus Broadwell (1801–1879), builder of Cyrus Broadwell House
• Lewis Wells Broadwell (1820–1906), American engineer and inventor of firearms and artillery components
• Lucina C. Broadwell (c. 1890–1919), American murder victim
• Robert Broadwell (fl. 1919), director of The Great Radium Mystery
• James Eugene Broadwell (1921–2018), American aeronautical engineer
• Charles Broadwell (fl. 2000s), publisher of The Fayetteville Observer
• Paula Broadwell (fl. 2012), American biographer of Gen. David Petraeus

Fictional characters

• Amanda Broadwell, in web series The Cavanaughs