# 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