Yates (surname)

:"Not to be confused with Yeats or Yeates"

Yates is a surname, and may refer to:

*Abraham Yates, an American Continental Congressmam
*Alastair Yates, BBC News presenter
*Andrea Yates, a woman acquitted, by reason of insanity, of drowning her five children.
*Billy Yates (football player), an American Football player.
*Billy Yates (singer), an American country singer.
*Brock Yates, automotive magazine reporter/editor.
*Cassie Yates, an American television actress
*David Yates, a British film and television director
*David Gilbert Yates, an American eye, ear and throat surgeon
*Dianne Yates, a New Zealand politician
*Dorian Yates, a professional British bodybuilder
*Dornford Yates, the pseudonym of the British novelist, Cecil William Mercer
*Edmund Yates, an Edinburgh-born novelist and dramatist
*Elizabeth Yates, an American author
*Elizabeth Yates (mayor), the first female mayor in the British Empire
*Evan Yates, a film-maker from New Zealand
*Frances Yates, a noted British historian
*Frank Yates, a statistician
*Fred Yates (1922-2008), a British painter
*Frederic Yates (1854-1919), a British painter
*Frederick Yates, a chess master who won the British Championship six times
*Gary Yates, a Lancashire cricket player.
*George Yates, an Army officer and friend of George Armstrong Custer
*Harry D. Yates, Acting NYS Comptroller 1941
*Herbert Yates, the founder and president of Republic Pictures
*Ivan Yates, a senior Irish politician
*J. Michael Yates, a Canadian poet and dramatist
*Jess Yates, a British television presenter
*John Van Ness Yates, NY Secretary of State 1818-1826
*Joseph C. Yates, former governor of New York
*Kevin Yates, a rugby union prop forward
*Mary Anne Yates, an English tragic actress
*Mary Carlin Yates, a U.S. ambassador
*Paula Yates, a Welsh television presenter and friend of singers Bob Geldof and Michael Hutchence
*Peter Yates, an English film director
*Peter W. Yates, an American attorney and Continental Congress delegate
*Reggie Yates, a British actor, television presenter and radio DJ
*Richard Yates (novelist)
*Richard Yates (governor), Illinois politician
*Richard Yates (son), Illinois politician, his son.
*Robert Yates (politician), an Anti-Federalist American politician
*Robert Lee Yates, a serial killer
*Robert Yates (NASCAR Team Owner)
*Samuel Yates, a mathematician
*Sean Yates, English cyclist
*Sidney R. Yates, a politician from the state of Illinois
*Simon Yates (mountaineer), an English mountaineer
*Simon Yates (golfer), a Scottish golfer
*Steve Yates, an English football soccer player
*Steven Yates, a Rugby union player from New Zealand
*Tyler Yates, a major league baseball pitcher
*Jason Yates, or one the following fictional characters:
*Lisa Yates, from the British TV Sitcom Red Dwarf
*Captain Mike Yates, British science fiction television series Doctor Who