Bowles (surname)

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
 * Sally Bowles, fictional character in the 1966 stage musical Cabaret, based on the novel
 * Sally Bowles, fictional character in the 1972 film Cabaret, based on the musical
 * Snowy Bowles, fictional character in the television series Sweat, played by Heath Ledger