Robert Bowes may refer to: Robert Bowes (lawyer) (1495–1554), English Master of the Rolls and warden on the Scottish border Robert Bowes (diplomat) (1535–1597), English diplomat, MP for Knaresborough, Carlisle, Appleby and Cumberland Robert Bowes (died 1600) (1553–1600), MP for Thirsk and Richmond Robert Bowes (publisher) (1835–1919), Scottish bookseller, publisher, and bibliographer Bob Bowes (1922–1979), English teacher and actor Robert Bowes (surgeon) (died 1803), president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland