title: Coles (surname)
text: # Coles (surname)
  
  Coles is a patronymic surname of English origins deriving from either a pet form of the name Nicholas or from the Old English word meaning '"coal black".
  
  Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Arthur William Coles (1892–1982), Australian businessman
  * Vernell Eufaye "Bimbo" Coles (b. 1968), American basketball player
  * Bryony Jean Coles (b. 1946), British prehistoric archaeologist
  * Cameron Coles (b. 1974), Australian-born Scottish cricketer
  * Cecil Frederick Coles (1888–1918), British composer
  * Charles "Honi" Coles (1911–1992), American tap dancer
  * Charlie Coles (1942–2013), American basketball player and coach
  * Cowper Phipps Coles (1819–1870), British naval captain and designer
  * Cyril Henry Coles (1899–1959), British writer, 50% of Manning Coles
  * Daniel Richard Coles (b. 1981), English footballer
  * Darnell Coles (b. 1962), American baseball player and coach
  * Dennis Coles (b. 1970), Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan
  * Edward Coles (1786–1868), American politician
  * Elisha Coles (1640–1680), English lexicographer
  * Elizabeth Coles (1912–1975), British novelist Elizabeth Taylor
  * Fenton George Coles (b. 1937), Welsh rugby player
  * George Coles (cricketer, born 1798) (1798–1865), English amateur cricketer
  * George Coles (politician) (1810–1875), Canadian politician; first Premier of Prince Edward Island
  * George Edward Coles (1851–1903), English cricketer
  * George Coles (architect) (1884–1963), English architect
  * George James "G.J." Coles (1885–1977), founder of what was to become the Coles Group shopping empire, Australia
  * H. Brent Coles (b. 1951), mayor of Boyse, Idaho
  * Isaac Coles (1747–1813), American politician
  * Kimberly Coles (b. 1962), American actress
  * Joanne Coles (b. 1992), English motorcycle trials rider
  * John Coles (1833–1919), English businessman
  * John Coles (archaeologist) (1930-2020), archaeologist
  * John David Coles, American TV and film director
  * Leslie Stephen Coles (1941–2014), American biogerontologist and a key member of the Supercentenarian Research Foundation
  * Laveranues Leon Coles (b. 1977), American football player
  * Lisa Coles (b. 1964), American broadcaster Lisa Guerrero
  * Manning Coles, pseudonymous of British spy writer's Adelaide Manning (1891-1955) and Cyril Coles (1899-1965)
  * Mark Coles, New Zealand cricket coach
  * Miriam Coles Harris (1834–1925), author whose anonymous first novel attracted several impostors
  * Nathaniel Adams Coles (1919–1965), American jazz musician Nat King Cole
  * Neil Chapman Coles (b. 1934), British golfer
  * Peter Coles (b. 1963), Professor of Astrophysics at Cardiff University
  * Ray Coles, mayor and committee member Lakewood, New Jersey
  * Richard Coles (b. 1962), British musician and clergyman
  * Robert Coles (b. 1929), American psychiatrist, educator, author
  * Robert Coles (c. 1600–1655), early settler in New England
  * Walter Coles (1790–1857), U.S. Representative from Virginia
  * William Coles Finch (1864–1944),English author and historian
  * Wayne Coles-Janess, Australian writer, film director and producer
  