title: Cottrell
text: # Cottrell
  
  Cottrell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Alan Cottrell (1919–2012), British metallurgist and physicist
  * Ann Cottrell Free, American journalist
  * Anthony Cottrell, one of the investors in the Port Phillip Association
  * Arthur Cottrell (1885–1918), American football coach
  * Blair Cottrell, an Australian far-right extremist
  * Chris Cottrell, American entrepreneur
  * Con Cottrell, Irish sportsperson
  * Dorthia Cottrell (born 1986), American singer and musician
  * Elizabeth Cottrell (born 1975), American geologist
  * Erin Cottrell (born 1975), American actress
  * Frank Cottrell-Boyce, British screenwriter and novelist
  * Frederick Gardner Cottrell (1877–1948), American inventor and physical chemist
  * George Cottrell (born 1993), British former politician, financier, and convicted felon
  * George Cottrell (rugby) (1881-1963), English rugby union and rugby league footballer
  * Graham Cottrell (born 1945), English cricketer and teacher
  * James La Fayette Cottrell, American politician from Alabama
  * Jim Cottrell, American football linebacker
  * Leonard Cottrell, British writer and archaeologist
  * Louis Cottrell Sr. (1878–1927), jazz drummer
  * Louis Cottrell Jr. (1911–1978), jazz reedist
  * Myron Cottrell, founder and owner of TPI Specialties
  * Nathan Cottrell (born 1996), American football player
  * Patrick Cottrell (born 1981), American writer
  * Peter Cottrell, British historian and novelist
  * Porter Cottrell, American professional bodybuilder
  * Raymond Cottrell, Seventh-day Adventist theologian
  * Robert Cottrell (1815–1880), coachbuilder and politician in South Australia
  * Sheldon Cottrell, West Indian cricket player and Jamaican Defense Force soldier
  * Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Reading
  * T. J. Cottrell, American football player
  * Ted Cottrell, defensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers
  * Thomas Cottrell, Canadian politician from New Brunswick
  * Travis Cottrell, American contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist, songwriter, author and worship leader
  * William Cottrell, convicted arsonist
  