Bates is a common surname of English origin. It is often used to refer to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in the United States. At the time of the British Census of 1881,^[1] the relative frequency of the surname Bates was highest in Buckinghamshire (5.2 times the British average), followed by Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire.

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
• Barrie Bates, Welsh darts player
• 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
• Cary Bates, American comic book writer
• Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838- ? ) American author
• 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 (disambiguation), 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
• 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 (disambiguation), one of several people including
  • Jamie Bates (footballer), English football player
  • Jamie Bates (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jamie Bates (disambiguation), 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, one of several people including
  • Jeremy Bates (American football coach), American football coach
  • Jeremy Bates (boxer), American boxer
  • Jeremy Bates (tennis player), British tennis player
• Jim Bates (disambiguation), one of several people including
  • Jim Bates (politician), (born 1941), U.S. Representative from California, 1983–91
  • Jim Bates, U.S. coach of American football
• John Bates (disambiguation), one of several people including
  • John Bates (fashion designer), who designed Diana Rigg's clothes in The Avengers.
  • Big John Bates, Vancouver-based Americana guitarist
  • 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.
• Joseph Bates, one of several people including
  • Joseph Bates, 19th-century mayor of Denver, Colorado
  • Joseph Bates (1792–1872), U.S. Adventist and health reformist
• 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, (Kenneth William Bates, born 1931) British businessman and football club owner/chairman
• Lindon Wallace Bates (1858–1924) Civil engineer who designed the "three-lakes" of the Panama Canal
• L.C. Bates
• Leon Bates (pianist)
• Leon Bates (American labor leader) (1899–1972), UAW Union Organizer
• Leonard Bates (1895–1971), English cricketer
• 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 (disambiguation), one of several people (link to disambiguation page)
• Mick Bates, English 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
• Paul L. Bates (1908–1994), Colonel, United States Army
• Phil Bates, guitarist and vocalist with the Orchestra (former members of ELO and ELO Part II)
• 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 (1932–1986) New York City Ballet production stage manager
• Samuel Penniman Bates (1827–1902) American educator
• 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
• Thomas Bates (died 30 January 1606), a key conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
• 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
• Johnny Bates (comics), a character in Marvel Comics
• Joshua T. Bates, a character of Susan Shreve
• Nigel Bates, a character from EastEnders
• 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
• Eric Bates (from Eric, U.S. Bates, and Fancy Bates), a character in the movie "The Toy"
• Mr John Bates, a character from Downton Abbey.

References

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