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. (born 1925), retired attorney and philanthropist, Bill's father
• Mary Maxwell Gates (1929-1994), American philanthropist, Bill's mother
• Mimi Gardner Gates (born 1942), American art historian, William Sr.'s second wife

Athletes

• Antonio Gates (born 1980), San Diego Chargers Tight End
• Brent Gates (born 1970), American professional baseball player
• Clyde Gates (born 1986), New York Jets Wide Receiver
• George Gates (footballer) (1883-1960), English footballer
• Lionel Gates (born 1982), American professional football player
• Mathew Gates (born 1975), American figure skater
• William "Pop" Gates (1917-1999), member of the Harlem Globetrotters

Civil servants

• Artemus Gates (1895-1976), American financier and Undersecretary of the Navy during World War II
• Charles W. Gates (1856-1927), 20th century governor of Vermont
• Daryl Gates (1926–2010), American police officer best known as Los Angeles police chief
• Francis H. Gates (1839–1925), New York state senator
• Mickey Gates (born 1959), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
• Ralph F. Gates (1893-1978), governor of Indiana 1945-1949
• Robert Gates (born 1943), former president of Texas A&M, former CIA director, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
• Seth Merrill Gates (1800-1877), 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. (1921-2005), 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
• Raydon Gates, Australian navy admiral
• Rick Gates, American software developer
• 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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