Bates
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For other uses, see Bates (disambiguation).
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.
[edit] 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
- 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
- Joseph H. Bates, American Civil War brigadier general (see Ohio in the Civil War)
- Joshua Bates, one of several people including
- Joshua Bates (1776-1854) American minister and teacher
- Joshua Bates (1788-1864) Benefactor of Boston Public Library
- 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 "three-lakes" of the Panama Canal
- L.C. 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 (born 1924), Canadian writer and poet [1]
- 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"
[edit] 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