Bowles is an English and Irish 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 Prince Charles Charles J. Bowles (1922–2005), US athletics coach Chester Bowles (1901–1986), US diplomat and politician 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 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 (born 1948), 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