John Bates

John Bates may refer to:

• John Bates (designer), fashion designer who designed Diana Rigg's clothes in The Avengers
• John Bates (SDP), former president of the UK Social Democratic Party
• John C. Bates (1842–1919), U.S. general and army chief of staff 1906
• John L. Bates (1859–1946), U.S. political figure and governor of Massachusetts 1903–1905
• John Bates (baseball) (1868-1919), 19th-century baseball player
• Johnny Bates (baseball) (1882–1949), baseball player
• John D. Bates, federal judge appointed by George W. Bush
• John Bates (rector), eighteenth-century Senior Wrangler, see List of Wranglers of the University of Cambridge
• See Kid Marvelman for comic character John Bates in the Eclipse Comics series "Miracleman"

See also

• John Bates Clark, economist
• John Bates Thurston (1836–1897), British colonial in Fiji
• Jonathan Bates, musician in Mellowdrone
• John Bate (disambiguation)