Rawnsley is a family name; it may refer to:

People

• Andrew Rawnsley (born 1962), British political journalist
• Brenda Rawnsley (1916-2007), British arts campaigner and arts education activist
• David Rawnsley (1909–1977), British art director
• Hardwicke Rawnsley (1851-1920), English clergyman, poet, writer of hymns and conservationist
• John Rawnsley (born 1950), English actor and opera singer
• Jimmy Rawnsley (1904-1965), English night fighter radar operator
• Kenneth Rawnsley (1926-1992), English psychiatrist
• Matthew Rawnsley (born 1976), English cricketer
• Willingham Franklin Rawnsley (1845?–1927), British author and school proprietor

Places

• Rawnsley, Staffordshire, village in England
• Rawnsley's Bluff, geological feature in Australia

Other

• Rawnsley's bowerbird, rare intergeneric hybrid between the satin bowerbird and regent bowerbird