Bowness may refer to:
People Alan Bowness (1928–2021), British art historian and former director of the Tate Gallery Felix Bowness (1922–2009), English comedy actor Moses Bowness (1833–1894), Victorian photographer Peter Bowness, Baron Bowness (born 1943), British Conservative politician Rick Bowness (born 1955), head coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets and former Canadian National Hockey League left winger Tim Bowness (born 1963), English singer with No-Man and other projects William Bowness (1809–1867), English artist and poet
Places Bowness-on-Windermere, a town in the Lake District of Cumbria, England Bowness-on-Solway, a village in Cumbria on the Anglo-Scottish border Bo'ness, a town in Scotland Bowness, Calgary, a former town in Canada, now a neighbourhood of Calgary