Bates

Bates is a popular surname, originating in Scotland and the North of England, is often used to refer to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in the United States.

People named Bates

* Alan Bates (1934-2003), British actor
* Albert Bates, U.S. environmentalist
* Allie Bates, U.S. magazine writer
* Angelique Bates, American actress
* Anna Hannon Bates (1846-1886), Canadian of 7'5½"
* Arlo Bates (1850-1918) Author and professor at M.I.T.
* Arthur Laban Bates (1859-1934), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1901-1913
* Barbara Bates, U.S. actress
* Benjamin E. Bates (1808-1878), philanthropist, founder of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
* Bill Bates, U.S. player of American football
* Billy Bates, English cricketer
* Blanche Bates (1873-1941) American stage actress
* Blaster Bates, British demolition expert
* Bob Bates, one of several people including
** Bob Bates (bassist), first bassist of The Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1951-1958
** Bob Bates (born 1953), U.S. game designer
* Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838- ? ) American author
*Colin Bates (a young performer)
* Clayton Peg Leg Bates (1907-1998) American entertainer
* Daisy Bates, one of several people including
** Daisy Bates, British actress
** Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (1914-1999), U.S. civil rights activist
** Daisy May Bates (1863-1951), Australian journalist
* David Bates, one of several people including
** David Bates, historian, writer of books about William I of England and Odo of Bayeux
** Sir David Bates (born 1916), physicist winner of the 1970 Hughes Medal
** David Bates (1809-1870), U.S. poet
** David Bates, English cricketer and groundskeeper
* Dick Bates (born 1945), Major League Baseball pitcher
* D'Wayne Bates, U.S. player of American football
* Edward Bates (1793-1869), U.S. jurist and policitian, candidate for US President, 1860, and US Attorney General, 1861-1864
* Elizabeth Bates (1947-2003)
* Evan Bates, American ice dancer
* Frederick Bates (1777-1825), U.S. jurist and politician
* George Joseph Bates (1891-1949), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1937-1949
* Gilbert Bates (1836-1917), Wisconsin Civil War veteran
* Guy Bates, English footballer
* H. E. Bates (Herbert Ernest Bates), English writer and author
* Harry Bates, one of several people including
** Harry Bates (sculptor), British sculptor
** Harry Bates (author), U.S. science fiction writer
* Henry Bates, one of several people including
** Henry Bates (politician), U.S. politician
** Henry Moore Bates (1860- ? ) American lawer and president of the Order of the Coif
** Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892), British zoologist
* Isaac Chapman Bates (1779-1845), U.S. Representative, 1827-1835, and U.S. Senator 1841-1845, from Massachusetts
* James Bates, one of several people including
** James Woodson Bates (1788-1846), U.S. jurist and politician
** James T. Bates (1844–1914), American business man
* Jason Bates, U.S. player of American football
* Jeanne Bates, U.S. actress
* Jeff Bates, U.S. country singer
* Jeremy Bates, British tennis player
* Jim Bates, one of several people including
** Jim Bates, (born 1941), U.S. Representative from California, 1983-91
** Jim Bates, U.S. coach of American football
* John Bates, one of several people including
** John Bates (fashion designer), who designed Diana Rigg's clothes in "The Avengers".
** John Bates (SDP), former president of the UK Social Democratic Party.
** John Coalter Bates (1842-1919), U.S. general and army chief of staff 1906.
** John Lewis Bates (1859-1946), U.S. political figure and governor of Massachusetts 1903-1905.
** Johnny Bates (baseball player) (1882-1949), baseball player.
** John Bates, U.S. federal judge, appointed by George W. Bush
* Joseph Bates, one of several people including
** Joseph Bates, Research Analyst
** Joseph Bates (1792-1872), U.S. Adventist and health reformist
** Joseph Bengal Bates (1893-1965), U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1937-1952
* Joshua Bates, one of several people including
** Joshua Bates (1776-1854) American minister and teacher
** Joshua Bates (1788-1864) Benefactor of Boston Public Library
** Joshua Hall Bates (1817-1908), American Civil War general
* Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), U.S. poet
* Kathy Bates (born 1948), U.S. actor
* Ken Bates, chairman of Chelsea F.C. from the early 1980s until 2003
* Lindon Wallace Bates (1858-1924) Civil engineer who designed the "threelakes" of the Panama Canal
* L.C. Bates
* Leon Bates (UAW Leader) (1899-1972) UAW Union Organizer
* Leon E. Bates
* Mario Bates, U.S. player of American football
* Marston Bates, U.S. zoologist
* Martin Bates, one of several people including
** Martin Van Buren Bates (1837-1919), U.S. politician
** Martin W. Bates (1786-1869), U.S. Senator from Delaware
* Matthew Bates, English footballer
* Maxwell Bates, Canadian architect and artist
* Michael Bates, one of several people (link to disambiguation page)
* Mick Bates, Welsh footballer
* Mick Bates, Welsh politician
* Morris Bates, English footballer
* Nicholas James Bates, British musician known as Nick Rhodes
* Paddy Roy Bates (born c. 1922), pirate radio broadcaster and Sealand founder
* Ralph Bates, one of several people including
** Ralph Bates (1899–2000), English writer
** Ralph Bates (1940–1991), English actor
* Robert Bates, U.S. political economist
* Ronald Bates, one of several people including
** Ronald Bates (writer) (born 1924), Canadian writer and poet [http://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/special/F01fonds.htm]
** Ronald Bates (lighting designer) with the New York City Ballet
* Samuel Penniman Bates (1827-1902) American educator
* Sanford Bates, head of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons that opened Alcatraz as a federal prison
* Sergeant Bates #REDIRECT Gilbert Bates, Wisconsin Civil War veteran
* Shawn Bates, U.S. hockey player
* Sidney Bates (1921-1944), British soldier
* Simon Bates (born 1947), British radio presenter
* Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates, Hammond organ player
* Ted Bates (1918-2003), English footballer
* Tom Bates, U.S. politician
* Tyler Bates, U.S. musician
* Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller, U.S. singer
* William Bates, one of several people including
** William Henry Bates (1917-1969), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1949-1970
** William Horatio Bates, creator of the "Bates Method for Better Eyesight"

Fictional people

* Amy Bates (from Tom, Amy, and Pattie Bates), a character in Dennis Potter's play "Brimstone and Treacle"
* Bates, a character in "Stargate"
* Professor Desmond Bates is the protagonist of David Lodge's novel, "Deaf Sentence".
* Johnny Bates (comics), a character in "Marvel Comics"
* Joshua T. Bates, a character of Susan Shreve
* Nigel Bates, a character from "EastEnders"
* Mr. Bates, a character from "Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within"
* Norman Bates, a character from "Psycho"
* Pattie Bates (from Tom, Amy, and Pattie Bates), a character in Dennis Potter's play "Brimstone and Treacle"
* Tom Bates (from Tom, Amy, and Pattie Bates), a character in Dennis Potter's play "Brimstone and Treacle"