William Bowles may refer to: William Bowles (1686–1748), British Member of Parliament for Bewdley and Bridport William Bowles (naturalist) (1705–1780), Irish naturalist William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850), English poet and critic William Augustus Bowles (1763–1805), American adventurer and leader of a short-lived Native American state in southeastern North America William Bowles (Royal Navy officer) (1780–1869), British admiral William A. Bowles (1799–1873), American doctor, soldier and Knights of the Golden Circle leader William Leslie Bowles (1885–1954), Australian sculptor