Oates
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Oates is the name of a person and could refer to one of many people. There may also be places and buildings named after people with the same name.
[edit] People
- Adam Oates, professional ice hockey player
- Dan Oates, Chief of Police and Safety Services Administrator for the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Eugene William Oates (1845–1911), English naturalist
- Frank Oates, British African explorer
- John Oates, musician and producer of Hall & Oates
- Johnny Oates, former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball
- Joyce Carol Oates, American author, novelist, poet, and playwright
- Lawrence Oates, British Antarctic explorer
- Stephen Oates, defender with Scottish 3rd Division football side East Stirlingshire
- T. Oates (rugby league), rugby league player
- Warren Oates, American character actor
- Titus Oates, 17th-century perjurer who fabricated a fraudulent Catholic plot to kill King Charles II of England
- William Wilfred Oates of Burns & Oates, a British publishing house
- Wallace E. Oates, author of numerous works on fiscal federalism
[edit] Places and buildings
- Oates Coast, coastal area of Antarctica
- Oates Building, historic building in Florida