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 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 Thomas Gibson Bowles (1841--1922), British politician and publisher, father of Sydney Mitford Todd Bowles (born 1963), American football coach Tom Parker Bowles (born 1974), British writer Troy Bowles (born 2005), American football player 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)