William Bowles

• William Bowles (1686–1748), British Member of Parliament for Bewdley and Bridport
• William Bowles (naturalist), Irish naturalist
• William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic
• William Augustus Bowles, American adventurer and leader of a short-lived Native American state in southeastern North America
• William Bowles (Royal Navy officer), British admiral
• William A. Bowles, American doctor, soldier and Knights of the Golden Circle leader
• William [Leslie Bowles], Australian sculptor