People
- Given name
- Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997), American singer songwriter
- Townes Van Zandt (album), eponymous album
- Townes (album), 2009 album by Steve Earle, dedicated to Townes Van Zandt
- Surname
- Carol Lynn Townes, American gospel singer
- Charles Hard Townes (born 1915), American Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Harry Townes (1914–2001), American television and movie actor
- Jeffrey Townes (born 1965), an American singer, more commonly known as DJ Jazzy Jeff
- Linton Townes (born 1959), American retired professional basketball player
- Marvin Townes (born 1980), American football running back
- Sandra L. Townes (born 1944), federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
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—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 21:22.