Cowles

Cowles may refer to:

Surname

• Alfred Cowles Sr. (1832–1889), publisher Chicago, spouse Sarah Hutchinson
• Alfred Cowles Jr. (1865–1929) publisher, businessman and lawyer
• Alfred Cowles (III) (1891–1984) businessman and economist
• Anna Roosevelt Cowles (Bamie) (1855–1931), sister of Theodore Roosevelt, aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt
• Betsy Mix Cowles (1810–1876), feminist and educator, Ohio
• Edwin Cowles (1825–1890), publisher Cleveland, spouse Elizabeth Hutchinson
• Eunice Caldwell Cowles (1811–1903), American educator
• Fleur Cowles (1908–2009), artist
• Gardner Cowles Sr. (1861–1946), banker, publisher and politician
• Gardner Cowles Jr. (Mike) (1903–1985), publisher
• George A. Cowles, an American ranching pioneer
• Henry Chandler Cowles (1869–1939), botanist and ecological pioneer
• Ione Virginia Hill Cowles (1858–1940), American clubwoman, social leader
• John Cowles Sr. (1898–1983), publisher
• John Cowles Jr. (1929–2012), publisher and philanthropist
• Louisa F. Cowles (1842–1924), educator
• Osborne Cowles, college basketball coach at the University of Minnesota and University of Michigan
• Paul Cowles, a member of the Committee of Fifty (1906)
• Raymond B. Cowles (1896–1975), American herpetologist
• Robert Cowles, politician and member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• Shirley Cowles (1940–2020), New Zealand cricketer
• Virginia Cowles (1910–1983), American journalist
• William H. H. Cowles (1840–1901), U.S. politician
• William S. Cowles (1846–1923), admiral

Place names

• Cowles, Nebraska, a village located in Webster County, Nebraska
• Cowles Mountain, a hill within the city limits of San Diego, California

Other

• Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
• Cowles Conservatory in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
• Cowles Foundation (Cowles Commission for Research in Economics)
• Cowles House (disambiguation), various places
• Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company, Lockport, New York USA and Cowles Syndicate Company, Staffordshire, England
• Cowles Syndicate, see King Features Syndicate
• Cowles Media Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Des Moines, Iowa, USA
• Cowles Company, Spokane, Washington, USA
• Cowles Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand