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 for Research in Economics, an influential research institute which advanced the field of econometrics in t ...

(III) (1891–1984) businessman and economist * Anna Roosevelt Cowles (Bamie) (1855–1931), sister of Theodore Roosevelt, aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt *

Betsy Mix Cowles Betsy Mix Cowles (February 9, 1810 – July 25, 1876) was an early leader in the United States abolitionist movement. She was an active and influential Ohio-based reformer, and was a noted feminist and an educator. She counted among her friends ...

(1810–1876), feminist and educator, Ohio * Edwin Cowles (1825–1890), publisher Cleveland, spouse Elizabeth Hutchinson *

Eunice Caldwell Cowles Eunice Caldwell Cowles (February 4, 1811 – September 10, 1903) was an American educator who influenced hundreds of women in the U.S. and abroad. She was the first associate of Mary Lyon in the opening of Mount Holyoke Seminary (now Mount Holyoke ...

(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 Henry Chandler Cowles (February 27, 1869 – September 12, 1939) was an American botanist and ecological pioneer. A professor at the University of Chicago, he studied ecological succession in the Indiana Dunes of Northwest Indiana.Smith, S. & ...

(1869–1939), botanist and ecological pioneer *

Ione Virginia Hill Cowles Ione Virginia Hill Cowles (, Hill; after marriage, Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles; March 13, 1858 - July 4, 1940) was an American clubwoman and social leader. Cowles served as eighth international president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFW ...

(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) 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. ...

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

Robert Cowles Robert Lewis Cowles III (born July 31, 1950) is a retired American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He served 38 years as a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 2nd Senat ...

, politician and member of the Wisconsin State Senate *

Shirley Cowles Shirley Dawn Cowles (; 26 April 1939 – 5 March 2020) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She appeared in 7 Test matches and 5 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1969 and ...

(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 Cowles Mountain (/koʊlz/, /kaʊlz/ ; properly ''KOHLZ'', commonly ''KOWLZ'') is a prominent mountain in San Carlos, San Diego, California. The summit is the highest point of the city of San Diego. It is protected within Mission Trails Regional ...

, 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 ...

*''Cowles Conservatory'' in the

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is an park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States. It is located near the Walker Art Center, which operates it in coordination with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. It reopened June 10, 2017, ...

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

(Cowles Commission for Research in Economics) *

Cowles House (disambiguation) Cowles House may refer to: ;in the United States (by state) * Gen. George Cowles House, Farmington, CT, List of RHPs in CT, listed on the NRHP in Connecticut * Josiah Cowles House, Capt. Josiah Cowles House, Southington, CT, List of RHPs in CT, lis ...

, various places *Cowles

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

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

King Features Syndicate King Features Syndicate, Inc. is an American content distribution and animation studio, consumer product License, licensing and print syndication company owned by Hearst Communications that distributes about 150 comic strips, columnist, newspape ...

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 an American diversified media company based in Spokane, Washington. 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 19 ...

, Spokane, Washington, USA *

Cowles Stadium Cowles Stadium is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Aranui, Christchurch. It is the home arena of the Canterbury Rams of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) and the Mainland Pouākai of the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa women's bask ...

, Christchurch, New Zealand {{disambiguation, surname