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 Alfred Cowles III (September 15, 1891 – December 28, 1984) was an American economist, businessman and founder of the Cowles Commission. He graduated from Yale in 1913, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. He was the grandson of Alfred ...

(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 Edwin Cowles (1825–1890), born in Austinburg, Ohio, was notable as the publisher of ''The Cleveland Leader.'' During the President Abraham Lincoln administration and Civil War, he was appointed as US postmaster of Cleveland, serving April 4, 1 ...

(1825–1890), publisher Cleveland, spouse Elizabeth Hutchinson * Eunice Caldwell Cowles (1811-1903), American educator *

Fleur Cowles Fleur Fenton Cowles (January 20, 1908 – June 5, 2009
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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 Henry Chandler Cowles (February 27, 1869 – September 12, 1939) was an American botanist and ecological pioneer (see History of ecology). A professor at the University of Chicago, he studied ecological succession in the Indiana Dunes of Nort ...

(1869–1939), botanist and ecological pioneer * Ione Virginia Hill Cowles (1858-1940), American clubwoman, social leader *

John Cowles Sr. John Cowles Sr. (December 14, 1898 – February 25, 1983) was an American newspaper and magazine publisher. He was co-owner of the Cowles Media Company, whose assets included the ''Minneapolis Star'', the '' Minneapolis Tribune'', the ''Des Moin ...

(1898–1983), publisher * John Cowles Jr. (1929–2012), publisher and philanthropist * Louisa F. Cowles (1842–1924), educator *

Osborne Cowles Osborne Bryan "Ozzie" Cowles (August 25, 1899 – August 29, 1997) was an American basketball player and coach. He was the head men's basketball coach at Carleton College (1924–1930), River Falls State Teachers College (now University of Wisco ...

, college basketball coach at the University of Minnesota and University of Michigan *Paul Cowles, a member of the

Committee of Fifty (1906) This Committee of Fifty, sometimes referred to as Committee of Safety, Citizens' Committee of Fifty or Relief and Restoration Committee of Law and Order, was called into existence by Mayor Eugene Schmitz during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. T ...

* Raymond B. Cowles (1896-1975), American herpetologist *

Robert Cowles Robert L. Cowles III (born July 31, 1950) is a Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 2nd District since 1987. In August 2011, Cowles faced a recall election, but defeated the Democratic challenger, Nancy Nusbaum, 60 perce ...

, politician and member of the Wisconsin State Senate * Shirley Cowles (1940-), New Zealand cricketer *

Virginia Cowles (Harriet) Virginia Spencer Cowles OBE (August 24, 1910 – September 17, 1983) was an American journalist, biographer, and travel writer. During her long career, Cowles went from covering fashion, to covering the Spanish Civil War, the turbule ...

(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 The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts (formerly the Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts and Education Center) is a performing arts center and flagship for dance in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Cowles Center was de ...

*''Cowles Conservatory'' in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden *

Cowles Foundation The Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics is an economic research institute at Yale University. It was created as the Cowles Commission for Research in Economics at Colorado Springs in 1932 by businessman and economist Alfred Cowles. In 193 ...

(Cowles Commission for Research in Economics) * Cowles House (disambiguation), various places *Cowles

Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company The Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company, founded as Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company, and Cowles Syndicate Company, Limited, formed in the United States and England during the mid-1880s to extract and supply valuable metals. Founded ...

, Lockport, New York USA and Cowles Syndicate Company, Staffordshire, England *Cowles Syndicate, see King Features Syndicate *

Cowles Media Company Cowles Media Company ( ) (1935–1998) was a newspaper, magazine and information publishing company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. The company operated Cowles Business Media, Cowles Creative Publishing, and Cowles Ent ...

, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Des Moines, Iowa, USA *

Cowles Company The Cowles Company is a diversified media company in Spokane, Washington, in the US. The company owns and operates '' The Spokesman-Review'' in Spokane, founded in 1894, and owned the '' Spokane Daily Chronicle'' until it was shut down in 1992 ...

, Spokane, Washington, USA {{disambiguation, surname