Gates (surname)

Gates is a surname, and may refer to:

Gates family

The Gates family of Seattle, Washington. Members of this family include:

• Bill Gates (born 1955), Chairman of Microsoft
• Melinda Gates (born 1964), American philanthropist, wife of Bill Gates
  • The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates
• William H. Gates, Sr., retired attorney and philanthropist, Bill's father
• Mary Maxwell Gates, American philanthropist, Bill's mother
• Mimi Gardner Gates, American art historian, William Sr.'s second wife

Athletes

• Antonio Gates, San Diego Chargers Tight End
• Brent Gates, American professional baseball player
• Clyde Gates, New York Jets Wide Receiver
• Lionel Gates, American professional football player
• Mathew Gates, American figure skater
• William Pop Gates, member of the Harlem Globetrotters

Civil servants

• Artemus Gates, American financier and Undersecretary of the Navy during World War II
• Charles W. Gates (1856-1927), 20th century governor of Vermont
• Daryl Gates, Los Angeles police chief
• Francis H. Gates (1839–1925), New York state senator
• Ralph F. Gates, onetime governor of Indiana
• Robert Gates, former president of Texas A&M, former CIA director, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
• Seth Merrill Gates, 19th century American politician
• Thomas Gates (disambiguation), several people
  • Sir Thomas Gates (governor) (1585-1621), Governor of colonial Virginia
  • Thomas S. Gates, Jr. (1906-1983), American politician

Other people

• Bill Gates (frontiersman), a participant in the Klondike Gold Rush
• Charles Gates, Jr., of the Gates Rubber Company
• Charles Gilbert Gates
• Christopher T. Gates, American philanthropist
• Crawford Gates, American composer and musician
• David Gates (born 1940), singer-songwriter
• David Gates (author) (born 1947), author-journalist
• Debbie Gates, British television writer-producer
• Deborah Gates, American actress
• Frederick Taylor Gates, American Baptist minister and advisor to the Rockefeller family
• Gareth Gates, British pop musician
• Giacomo Gates, American jazz musician
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (born 1950), American scholar
• Hilliard Gates, American sports journalist
• Horatio Gates (1726-1806), Revolutionary War American General
• J. Gabriel Gates, American author
• John Gates, American political activist
• John Gates (courtier), 16th century English soldier and courtier
• John Warne Gates, American industrialist
• Julius W. Gates, onetime Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army
• Ken Gates, pseudonym for American voice actor Rodger Parsons
• Larry Gates, American actor
• Merrill Edward Gates, American scholar
• Phyllis Gates, wife of Rock Hudson
• Rick Gates, American software developer
• Otis J. Gates, American grocery man
• Sylvester James Gates, American theoretical physicist
• Synyster Gates, American guitarist
• Tucker Gates, American television director
• Vickie Gates, an American female bodybuilder
• William Gates (basketball), protagonist from the 1994 movie Hoop Dreams
• William Thomas George Gates (1908-1990), businessman

Fictional characters

• Conrad Gates, fictional British television character
• Elsa Gates, fictional British television character
• Jack Gates, fictional British television character
• Tony Gates, fictional American television character
• Benjamin Franklin Gates, fictional British television character played by Nicolas Cage in "National Treasure".

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