Coles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alex Coles, Founder of Yo PoArthur Coles, Australian businessmanBimbo Coles, American basketball playerCecil Coles, British composerCharles Coles, American tap dancerCharlie Coles (1942–2013), American basketball player and coachCowper Phipps Coles, British naval captain and designerCyril Henry Coles, British writer, 50% of Manning ColesDanny Coles, English footballerDennis Coles, Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang ClanEdward Coles, American politicianElizabeth Coles, British novelist Elizabeth TaylorFenton Coles, Welsh rugby playerGeorge Coles (disambiguation)H. Brent Coles, mayor of Boyse, IdahoIsaac Coles, American politicianKim Coles, American actressJoanne Coles, English motorcycle trials riderJoe Coles, Singer and writerJohn Coles, English businessmanJohn David Coles, American TV and film directorL. Stephen Coles, American biogerontologist and a key member of the Supercentenarian Research FoundationLaveranues Coles, American football playerLisa Coles, American broadcaster Lisa GuerreroManning Coles, pseudonymous British spy writerMiriam Coles Harris, author whose anonymous first novel attracted several impostorsNathaniel Adams Coles, American jazz musician Nat King ColeNeil Coles, British golferPeter Coles, Professor of Astrophysics at Cardiff UniversityRichard Coles, British musicianRobert Coles, American psychiatrist, educator, authorWalter Coles, 19th century U.S. Representative from VirginiaWilliam Coles Finch 20th century English author and historianWayne Coles-Janess, film director