Shadwell is an English surname.
Notable people with the name include:
- Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642âÂÂ1692), English poet and playwright
- Lancelot Shadwell (1779âÂÂ1850), British barrister and politician
- Charles Shadwell (Royal Navy officer) (1814âÂÂ1886), Commander-in-Chief, China Station
- Charles Shadwell (priest) (1840âÂÂ1910), jurisprudence lecturer at Oriel College, Oxford
- Francis Shadwell (1851âÂÂ1915), English cricketer
- Arthur Shadwell (1854âÂÂ1936), British physician and writer
- Lancelot Cayley Shadwell (1882âÂÂ1963), English writer and lyricist
- Charles Shadwell (musician) (1898âÂÂ1979), British conductor and bandleader
- Graham Shadwell (born 1968), English international bowls player