Gates (surname)

Gates (surname)

Gates is a surname, and may refer to:

People

The Gates family of Seattle, Washington, is prominent due to the financial success of Bill Gates and his company, Microsoft. Members of this family include:

* Bill Gates (born 1955), Chairman of Microsoft [ [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/default.mspx Bill Gates: Microsoft Chairman] ]
* Melinda Gates, American philanthropist, wife of Bill Gates
* William H. Gates, Sr., retired attorney and American philanthropist, Bill's father
* Mary Maxwell Gates, American philanthropist, Bill's mother
* Mimi Gardner Gates, American art historian, William Sr.'s second wife

Several athletes have the surname Gates:

* Antonio Gates, American professional football player
* Brent Gates, American professional baseball player
* Lionel Gates, American professional football player
* Mathew Gates, American figure skater
* William 'Pop' Gates, member of the Harlem Globetrotters

Civil servants with the surname Gates have included:

* Artemus Gates, American financier and Undersecretary of the Navy during World War II
* Charles W. Gates (1856-1927), 20th century Governor of Vermont
* Daryl Gates, American police chief (Los Angeles, CA)
* Ralph F. Gates, onetime Governor of Indiana
* Robert Gates, Former President of Texas A&M, former CIA director, US Secretary of Defense
* Seth Merrill Gates, 19th century American politician
* Several men named Thomas Gates:
** Sir Thomas Gates (1585-1621), Governor of colonial Virginia
** Thomas Sovereign Gates, Sr. (1873-1948), American banker and university president
** Thomas S. Gates, Jr. (1906-1983), American politician

Other people with the surname Gates include:

* Bill Gates (frontiersman), a participant in the Klondike Gold Rush
* Charles Gates, Jr., of the Gates Rubber Company
* Christopher T. Gates, American philanthropist
* Crawford Gates, American composer and musician
* David Gates (born 1940), singer-songwriter
* David Gates (author) (born 1947), author-journalist
* Debbie Gates, British television writer-producer
* Deborah Gates, American actress
* Frederick T. Gates, American minister (Baptist) and advisor to the Rockefeller family
* Gareth Gates, British pop musician
* Giacomo Gates, American jazz musician
* Henry Louis Gates, Jr (born 1950), American scholar
* Hilliard Gates, American sports journalist
* Horatio Gates (1726-1806), Revolutionary War American General
* John Gates, American political activist
* John Warne Gates, American industrialist
* Julius W. Gates, onetime Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army
* Katharine Gates, American writer
* Ken Gates, pseudonym for American voice actor Rodger Parsons
* Merrill Edwards Gates, American scholar
* Robert Gates, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
* Rick Gates, American software developer
* Sylvester James Gates, American theoretical physicist
* Tucker Gates, American television director
* Vickie Gates, an American female bodybuilder
* William Gates, American minister
* William Thomas George Gates (1908-1990), British banker

Fictional characters

* Conrad Gates, fictional British television character
* Elsa Gates, fictional British television character
* Jack Gates, fictional British television character
* Tony Gates, fictional American television character
* Benjamin Franklin Gates fictional character in the movie National Treasure

References


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