Bales may refer to a person:
- Alison Bales (b. 1985), American basketball player
- Barry Bales (b. 1969), American musician
- Billy Bales (b. 1929), former British motorcycle speedway racer
- Burt Bales (1917–1989), American jazz pianist
- Christopher Bales (c. 1564–1590), English Catholic priest and martyr
- Dalton Bales (1920–1979), Canadian politician and lawyer
- Gerald Bales (1919–2002), Canadian organist and composer
- James D. Bales (1915–1995), American bible professor
- Kevin Bales, American author and slavery expert
- Lee Bales (b. 1944), former American basketball player
- Mike Bales (b. 1971), former Canadian ice hockey player
- Peter Bales (1547-c. 1610), English calligraphist
- Robert Bales (b. 1973), American soldier accused of the murder of 16 Afghan civilians
- Steve Bales, NASA engineer and flight controller
Famous quotes containing the word bales:
“No matter what disaster occurred
She stood in desperate music wound
Wound, wound, and she made in her triumph
Where the bales and the baskets lay
No common intelligible sound
But sang, “O sea-starved hungry sea.””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)