David Gilmer Towell (June 9, 1937 – June 10, 2003) was an American politician who served a single term as a U.S. Representative from Nevada, representing the state's at-large district. He was a Republican. Born in Bronxville, New York, Towell was the son of a Canadian-born mother and an English-born father. He attended Bronxville and New York City public schools before earning a B.A. at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, in 1960. He served in the Nevada Air National Guard from 1960 to 1966. Towell died of cancer on June 10, 2003, at Washoe County Medical Center in Reno.