Bates

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

^ "BATES: Stats from the 1881 British Census". britishsurnames.co.uk. http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/surnames/BATES/1881census. Retrieved 26 April 2010.

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