Bowley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Arthur Lyon Bowley (1869–1957), English statistician and economist Flora Juliet Bowley (1881–1966), American actress Frederick Bowley (Worcestershire cricketer) (1873–1943), English cricketer Hannah Bowley (born 1984), Australian basketball player James E. Bowley, American academic Marian Bowley (1911–2002), economist and historian of economic thought Ted Bowley (1890–1974), cricketer who played for Sussex and England Will Bowley (born 1984), English rugby player