Daniel Gould Fowle (March 3, 1831 – April 7, 1891) was the 46th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1889 until his death in 1891.

Daniel Fowle attended Bingham Academy, where he finished first in his class, and Princeton University.

In October, he was elected to the state legislature representing Wake County, North Carolina.

Fowle was nominated by the "liberal" faction of the Democratic Party in 1888 and he won the general election.

As he was widowed when elected, his daughter Helen Whitaker Fowle Knight served as his first lady.