Carl G. Cromwell (January 26, 1889 – September 27, 1931) was a Texas oil driller and aviation pioneer.
He worked in oil fields in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Oklahoma, developing into a knowledgeable driller.
After service with the 358th Infantry at Camp Travis in San Antonio, Texas, during World War I, he married Luella Lundsford in 1919.
Cromwell became drilling superintendent of the Texon Company's expanding field around the camp of Santa Rita.
While on a business trip in 1931, he was killed in an automobile accident near Sheffield, Pennsylvania.