Oates (surname)

Oates is a surname and may refer to:

• Adam Oates, professional ice hockey player
• Cynthia de la Vega Oates, Mexican model.
• 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
• Graham Oates (footballer born 1943), English footballer
• Graham Oates (footballer born 1949), English footballer
• 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
• Simon Oates, British actor
• Stephen B. Oates, American author and biographer
• T. Oates (rugby league), rugby league player
• Tom Oates, American sportswriter
• 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 Eugene Oates, author of numerous works on fiscal federalism

See also

• Oates (disambiguation)