Bowler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bertie Bowler, English footballer
Bill Bowler, former Canadian ice hockey player
George Bowler, English professional footballer
Gerry Bowler (1919–2006), former Northern Irish footballer
Grant Bowler, Australian actor
Grant Bowler (baseball), Major League Baseball player
Holden Bowler (1912–2001), American athlete, singer and businessman who served as the namesake for Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye
J. Andrew Bowler (1862–1935), African American educator and Baptist minister
James Bowler (1875–1957), US politician
Jeff Bowler, American film and television producer
John Bowler (disambiguation), one of several people
John Bowler (actor), an English actor in The Bill
John Bowler (politician), Western Australian politician
John Bowler (chairman), Chairman of English football club Crewe Alexandra
Joseph Bowler, American artist and illustrator
Larry Bowler, Republican politician from the State of California
Michael Bowler, English football player
Norman Bowler, British actor
Peter Bowler, Australian lexicographer and author
Peter J. Bowler, historian of biology
Peter Bowler, English born Australian cricketer
Phil Bowler, American jazz double-bassist
Shirley D. Bowler, female Louisiana Republican legislator
Thomas William Bowler (d. 1869), British landscape painter
Tim Bowler, English writer for young adults
