Bowles
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Chester, 1901–86, U.S. statesman and author: special adviser on Afro-Asian and Latin American affairs; ambassador to India 1951–53, 1963–69.
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Paul (Frederic), 1910?–1999, U.S. novelist and composer.
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Samuel, 1826–78, U.S. journalist.
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Two Danish citizens, an American, a Briton and two Australians -- Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones -- died following what media said was a night out on the town in Vang Vieng in November 2024.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Sydney had been raised by an eccentric Edwardian publisher and would-be Conservative political thinker, Thomas Bowles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
By that time in the “Bridgerton” production schedule, Dodd was simultaneously filming Season 4 and in rehearsals to play Sally Bowles in a West End production of “Cabaret.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Other guests at the service include actress Dame Joanna Lumley, Queen Camilla's son and her ex-husband, food writer Tom Parker Bowles and his father Andrew Parker Bowles, broadcaster Clare Balding and presenter Richard Madeley.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
It looked fine except the little white gazebo he built for Jane Bowles had toppled over.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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