Scholes

Scholes (the sch is pronounced sh or sk) may refer to:

United Kingdom

• Scholes, in St Helens, Merseyside.
• Scholes, Greater Manchester, in Wigan
• Scholes, South Yorkshire in the Rotherham borough
• Scholes, Cleckheaton, Kirklees, West Yorkshire
• Scholes, Holme Valley, Kirklees, West Yorkshire
• Scholes, Leeds, West Yorkshire
• Barwick in Elmet and Scholes, a civil parish
• Scholes, Bradford, a hamlet near Oakworth, West Yorkshire
• Scholes Coppice, an area of ancient woodland located, Rotherham, South Yorkshire

United States

• Scholes International Airport at Galveston, Texas
• Scholes Library, Alfred University, New York

People

• Arthur Scholes (1890–1953), Canadian long-distance runner
• Clarke Scholes (1930–2010), American competition swimmer and Olympic champion
• Dennis Scholes (1928–2016), British rugby league footballer
• France Vinton Scholes (1897–1979), American scholar and historian
• George Scholes (1928–2004), Canadian ice hockey player, competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics
• Gordon Scholes AO (1931–2018), former Australian politician and Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
• Jack Scholes (1917–1989), New Zealand sailor
• James Christopher Scholes (1852–1890), English antiquary

• Katherine Scholes (born 1959), Australian writer
• Ken Scholes (born 1968), American science fiction and fantasy writer
• Malcolm Scholes (1924–2008), British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot in World War II
• Mark Scholes (born 1957), Australian cricket player
• Myron Scholes (born 1941), Canadian, Nobel Prize–winning economist and creator of the Black-Scholes model
• Black–Scholes, a mathematical formula used in economics
• Paul Scholes (born 1974), English footballer
• Percy Scholes (1877–1958), English musician and journalist
• Robert Scholes (1929–2016), American literary critic and theorist
• Robert Scholes (politician) (1866–1929), American politician
• Roger Scholes (1950–2022), Australian independent film and television maker since 1983
• Rory Scholes (born 1993), Irish rugby union player
• Theophilus Scholes (1858–1940), Baptist missionary, medical doctor and political commentator
• Wayne Scholes, British businessman, CEO of Red Touch Media
• William L. Scholes (1926–2002), American politician

See also

• Scoles and Schoales, surnames
• Sholes (disambiguation)
• Scales (surname)
• Coles (disambiguation)