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
• John Watts Bowles aka Du’wali Bowles (born 1756–1839), Texas Cherokee Indian Chief
• 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
• Rowan Bowles, Australian handbike cyclist
• 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

See also

• Thomas Bowles (disambiguation)
• William Bowles (disambiguation)
• Bols (surname)

Surname list

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