Cowles

Cowles may refer to:

Surname

 * Alfred Cowles Sr. (1832–1889), publisher Chicago, spouse Sarah Hutchinson
 * Alfred Cowles Jr. (1865–1929) publisher, businessman and lawyer
 * Alfred Cowles (III) (1891–1984) businessman and economist
 * Anna Roosevelt Cowles (Bamie) (1855–1931), sister of Theodore Roosevelt, aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt
 * Betsy Mix Cowles (1810–1876), feminist and educator, Ohio
 * Edwin Cowles (1825–1890), publisher Cleveland, spouse Elizabeth Hutchinson
 * Eunice Caldwell Cowles (1811–1903), American educator
 * Fleur Cowles (1908–2009), artist
 * Gardner Cowles Sr. (1861–1946), banker, publisher and politician
 * Gardner Cowles Jr. (Mike) (1903–1985), publisher
 * George A. Cowles, an American ranching pioneer
 * Henry Chandler Cowles (1869–1939), botanist and ecological pioneer
 * Ione Virginia Hill Cowles (1858–1940), American clubwoman, social leader
 * John Cowles Sr. (1898–1983), publisher
 * John Cowles Jr. (1929–2012), publisher and philanthropist
 * Louisa F. Cowles (1842–1924), educator
 * Osborne Cowles, college basketball coach at the University of Minnesota and University of Michigan
 * Paul Cowles, a member of the Committee of Fifty (1906)
 * Raymond B. Cowles (1896–1975), American herpetologist
 * Robert Cowles, politician and member of the Wisconsin State Senate
 * Shirley Cowles (1940–2020), New Zealand cricketer
 * Virginia Cowles (1910–1983), American journalist
 * William H. H. Cowles (1840–1901), U.S. politician
 * William S. Cowles (1846–1923), admiral

Place names

 * Cowles, Nebraska, a village located in Webster County, Nebraska
 * Cowles Mountain, a hill within the city limits of San Diego, California

Other

 * Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
 * Cowles Conservatory in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
 * Cowles Foundation (Cowles Commission for Research in Economics)
 * Cowles House (disambiguation), various places
 * Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company, Lockport, New York USA and Cowles Syndicate Company, Staffordshire, England
 * Cowles Syndicate, see King Features Syndicate
 * Cowles Media Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Des Moines, Iowa, USA
 * Cowles Company, Spokane, Washington, USA
 * Cowles Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand