Bowles is an English surname of Norman origin. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrew Parker Bowles (born 1939), British military officer
- Benjamin F. Bowles (1869–1928), African American civil rights leader, high school principal, and founder and president of Douglass University
- Brian Bowles (baseball) (born 1976), US baseball player
- Brian Bowles (fighter) (born 1980), US mixed martial artist
- Camilla Parker Bowles (born 1947), former name of the Duchess of Cornwall, wife of King Charles
- Charles Bowles (disambiguation)
- Chester Bowles (1901–1986), US diplomat and politician
- Colin Bowles (pen name Colin_Falconer (writer)) (born 1953), Australian writer
- Cory Bowles (born 1973), Canadian actor
- Cyril Bowles (1916–1999), English bishop
- Denzel Bowles (born 1989), American basketball player
- Edward Augustus Bowles (1865–1954), British horticulturalist and writer
- Erskine Bowles (born 1945), US businessman and politician
- Evelyn M. Bowles (1921–2016) US politician
- Frank Bowles, Baron Bowles (1902–1970), British solicitor and politician
- Gary Ray Bowles (1962–2019), American serial killer
- Hamish Bowles (born 1963), British magazine editor
- Ian Bowles (born circa 1966), environmentalist, businessman, politician, and former Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs
- Jack Bowles (1890–1971), English cricketer
- Jane Bowles (1917–1973), US writer
- Janet Payne Bowles (1872–1948), US artist
- Jesse G. Bowles (1921–2007), Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
- John Bowles (author) (1751–1819), English lawyer and author
- Jovan Bowles (born 1983), South African rugby player
- Leslie Bowles (1885–1954), Australian sculptor
- Lynn Bowles (born 1963), British radio reporter
- Martin Bowles, senior Australian public servant
- Michael Bowles (1909–1998), Irish conductor and composer
- Oliver Bowles (died c. 1646), English Presbyterian minister and divine
- Paul Bowles (1910–1999), US composer, author, and translator
- Paul Bowles (footballer) (1957–2017), English football player
- Peter Bowles (1936–2022), English actor
- Pinckney Downie Bowles (1835–1910), US lawyer and soldier
- Ralston Bowles (born 1952), US musician
- Ray Bowles (born 1975), US singer
- Richard Bowles (born 1978), English-born Australian long-distance runner
- Richard Spink Bowles (1912–1988), Canadian lawyer
- Samuel Bowles (economist) (born 1939), US economist
- Samuel Bowles (journalist) (1826–1878), US journalist
- Sharon Bowles (born 1953), British politician
- Skipper Bowles (1919–1986), US politician
- Stan Bowles (1948–2024), English football player
- Sydney (Bowles) Mitford (1880–1963), matriarch of the Mitford family
- Todd Bowles (born 1963), American football coach
- Tom Parker Bowles (born 1974), British writer
- Wayde Douglas Bowles (AKA Rocky Johnson) (1944–2020), Canadian wrestler, father of Dwayne Johnson
Fictional characters:
- "Sally Bowles", a short story in the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
- Snowy Bowles, fictional character in the television series Sweat, played by Heath Ledger
See also
Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Bowles. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link. Categories: