Rawlings is an English-language surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Angela Rawlings, Canadian author and poet (also known as "a.rawlings")
- David Rawlings, American guitar player
- Donnell Rawlings, American actor and comedian
- Edmund Charles Rawlings, English politician
- Edwin W. Rawlings, U.S. Air Force general
- George C. Rawlings, American politician
- Hunter R. Rawlings III, American classics scholar
- Ian Rawlings, Australian actor - in cast of Neighbours
- Jade Rawlings, Australian rules footballer
- Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian politician and military leader
- John Joseph Rawlings, British engineer and inventor
- Johnny Rawlings, American baseball player
- Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, Former First Lady of Ghana
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author of short-stories and novels
- Menna Rawlings, British diplomat
- Moses Rawlings, colonel in the American Revolution who fought for the American army
- Richard Rawlings, star of American television show Fast N' Loud, owner of Gas Monkey garage, Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill and Gas Monkey Live
- Ross Rawlings, American pianist, composer, conductor, and music director
- Steven Rawlings, British astrophysicist; one of the lead scientists in the Square Kilometre Array project
- William Reginald Rawlings, Aboriginal Australian who received the Military Medal during World War 1