Coles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alex Coles, Founder of Yo Po
Arthur Coles, Australian businessman
Bimbo Coles, American basketball player
Cecil Coles, British composer
Charles Coles, American tap dancer
Charlie Coles (1942–2013), American basketball player and coach
Cowper Phipps Coles, British naval captain and designer
Cyril Henry Coles, British writer, 50% of Manning Coles
Danny Coles, English footballer
Dennis Coles, Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan
Edward Coles, American politician
Elizabeth Coles, British novelist Elizabeth Taylor
Fenton Coles, Welsh rugby player
George Coles (disambiguation)
H. Brent Coles, mayor of Boyse, Idaho
Isaac Coles, American politician
Kim Coles, American actress
Joanne Coles, English motorcycle trials rider
Joe Coles, Singer and writer
John Coles, English businessman
John David Coles, American TV and film director
L. Stephen Coles, American biogerontologist and a key member of the Supercentenarian Research Foundation
Laveranues Coles, American football player
Lisa Coles, American broadcaster Lisa Guerrero
Manning Coles, pseudonymous British spy writer
Miriam Coles Harris, author whose anonymous first novel attracted several impostors
Nathaniel Adams Coles, American jazz musician Nat King Cole
Neil Coles, British golfer
Peter Coles, Professor of Astrophysics at Cardiff University
Richard Coles, British musician
Robert Coles, American psychiatrist, educator, author
Walter Coles, 19th century U.S. Representative from Virginia
William Coles Finch 20th century English author and historian
Wayne Coles-Janess, film director