People with the surname Chauvel include: Charles Chauvel (filmmaker) (1897–1959), Australian filmmaker Charles Chauvel (politician) (born 1969), New Zealand lawyer and politician Elsa Chauvel (1898–1983), Australian actress and filmmaker; wife of Charles Chauvel Sir Harry Chauvel (1865–1945), senior officer of the Australian Imperial Force who fought in the First World War Louis Chauvel (born 1967), French sociologist, full professor at Sciences Po Patrick Chauvel (born 1949), independent war photographer See also Australian landing ship medium Harry Chauvel (AV 1353), United States Navy landing ship medium sold to Australia and operated by the Australian Army Chauvel Award, a film award Chauvel Cinema, a cinema in Paddington, Sydney