Boswell is a family name and may refer to:
- Alexander Boswell (1706 – 1782), judge of the Scottish supreme court and father of James Boswell
- Sir Alexander Boswell (1775-1822), a Scottish songwriter, son of James Boswell, grandson of Alexander Boswell
- Bobby Boswell (1983 – ), American soccer player
- Boswell Sisters, American singers
- Granny Boswell (1813 – 1906), Cornish witch
- James Boswell (1740 – 1795), Scottish lawyer, diarist and author. Biographer of Samuel Johnson
- John Boswell (1947 – 1994), American historian and Yale professor
- Kris Boswell, Swedish radio personality
- Leonard Boswell (1934 – ), American politician
- Lewis Archer Boswell (1834 – 1909), Aviation pioneer
- Mark Boswell (1977 – ), Canadian athlete
- Ron Boswell (1940 – ), Australian politician
- Thomas Boswell (1958 – ), Washington Post sports columnist
- Tim Boswell (1942 –), British politician
- Albert Sidney Boswell (1905 – 1986) Educator (Superintendent of Schools, Glynn County Georgia) and legislator
- Boswell family Kings of the Gypsies
