Dawes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Albert Dawes (1907–1973), English association footballer
Andrew Dawes (born 1940), Canadian violinist
Beman Gates Dawes (1870–1953), politician and oil executive who served two terms as a Republican Congressman from Ohio
Charles G. Dawes (1865–1951), banker, politician and 30th Vice President of the United States
Christie Dawes (born 1980), Australian wheelchair racer
Christopher Dawes (disambiguation), multiple people
David Dawes (born 1964), one of the founders of the XFree86 project
Dominique Dawes (born 1976), United States gymnast
Edward Dawes (died 1856), British Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight 1851–1852
Eva Dawes (1912-2009), Canadian track and field athlete
Fred Dawes (1911–1989), English association footballer
Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), United States Senator of Massachusetts, who sponsored the Dawes Act
Henry May Dawes (1877-1952), American businessman and banker from a prominent Ohio family
Ian Dawes (born 1963), former professional footballer
James W. Dawes (1844-1918), Republican Nebraska politician best known as the sixth governor of Nebraska
John Dawes (born 1940), Welsh rugby union player
Johnny Dawes (born 1964), British rock climber
Julian Dawes (born 1942), English composer
Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes (1861-1941), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party
Kwame Dawes (born 1962), poet, actor, editor, critic, musician and professor of English at the University of South Carolina in Columbia
Marylou Dawes (1933–2013), Canadian pianist
Melanie Dawes (born 1966), British economist and civil servant
Nigel Dawes (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey left winger
Richard Dawes (1708–1766), English classical scholar
Rufus Dawes (1838-1899), U.S. military officer in the American Civil War
Rufus C. Dawes (1867-1940), American businessman from a prominent Ohio family
Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères (c. 1795-1840), English-born adventuress best known as a mistress of Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé
Thomas Dawes (1731–1809), American soldier, colonel in the American Revolution
William Dawes (1745–1799), American activist in the American Revolution
William Dawes (bishop) (1671-1724), 3rd Baronet Dawes, bishop of Chester from 1708 to 1714
William Dawes (pioneer) (1762–1836), Australian pioneer and scientist
William Rutter Dawes (1799-1868), British astronomer
