Sugawara (written: 菅原 lit. "sedge field"), also read as Sugahara, is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Sugawara no Kiyotomo (770–842), Japanese courtier and bureaucrat of the early Heian period
• Sugawara no Michizane (845–903), Japanese scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian period
• Sugawara no Koreyoshi (812–880), Japanese noble and scholar of the early Heian period
• Bunta Sugawara (1933–2014), Japanese actor
• Chieko Sugawara (born 1976), Japanese fencer
• Hiroshi Sugawara (born 1955), Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter
• Hirotaka Sugawara (born 1938), Japanese physicist
• Isshu Sugawara (born 1962), Japanese politician
• Julia Sugawara (born 1982), Canadian rugby union player
• Kazuhiko Sugawara (born 1927), Japanese former speed skater
• Koichi Sugawara (菅原 貢一, born 1950), Japanese bobsledder
• Kota Sugawara (born 1985), Japanese football player
• Ryunosuke Sugawara (菅原 龍之助, born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Sadatoshi Sugawara (born 1939), Japanese former volleyball player
• Shinobu Sugawara (born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler
• Sayuri Sugawara (born 1990), Japanese singer
• Takeo Sugawara (菅原 武男, born 1938), Japanese hammer thrower
• Taro Sugahara (born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Takuya Sugawara (born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler
• Tomo Sugawara (born 1976), Japanese football player
• Tomoko Sugawara, Japanese harpist
• Tsûsai Sugawara (菅原通済 or 菅原通濟, also Tsusai Sugawara, born 1894), Japanese social activist and actor
• Yasaburo Sugawara (born 1952), Japanese former wrestler
• Yoshimasa Sugawara (菅原 義正, born 1941), Japanese rally driver
• Yukinari Sugawara (born 2000), Japanese footballer