Bates (surname)
Bates is a popular surname, originating in Scotland and the North of England.
- Alan Bates
- David Bates
- Professor David Bates (historian), writer of books about William_I_of_England and Odo_of_Bayeux
- Professor Sir David Bates (physicist), winner of the 1970 Hughes Medal
- David Bates (photographer), particularly known for his wedding photography
- David Bates (musician), a rock/pop guitarist
- David Bates (pianist), a noted classical pianist
- David Bates (painter), an American painter born in 1952
- David Bates (poet), an American poet (1809-1870)
- David Bates (groundsman), an English cricketer and groundskeeper
- H.E. Bates
- Henry Walter Bates, nineteenth century zoologist
- Katharine Lee Bates
- Ken Bates
- Tom Bates
A famous fictional Bates is Norman.