Coates (surname)

Coates is a prominent noble family of English and Scottish origin, with descendants found in the United Kingdom, the British Commonwealth (particularly Australia) and the United States, as well as Uruguay.

People with this name include:

Families

• Coates baronets, of Haypark, Belfast
• Milnes Coates baronets, (formerly the Coates baronets), of Helperby Hall in Yorkshire

A–G

• Albert Coates (musician) (1882–1953), English conductor and composer
• Sir Albert Coates (surgeon) (1895–1977), Australian surgeon and soldier
• Ann Coates (derived from Ancoats), credited name for British singer Morrissey
• Anne V. Coates (born in 1926), British born American film editor
• Benjamin M. Coates (1819-1880), American politician and businessman
• Ben Coates (born 1969), American football player and coach
• Clarence L. "Ben" Coates, American computer scientist
• Colin Coates (born 1946), Australian ice speed skater
• Delman Coates (born 1973), American pastor
• Sir Edward Coates, 1st Baronet (1853–1921), British politician and sportsman
• Eric Coates (1886–1957), English composer
• Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927), American poet from Philadelphia
• Geoffrey Coates (1917–2013), English chemist and academic
• Gloria Coates (born 1938), American composer
• Rt. Hon. Gordon Coates (1878–1943), former Prime Minister of New Zealand

J–R

• James Coates (parliamentary official) (1815-1854), prominent pioneer settler of Auckland and parliamentary official
• Sir James Hugh Buchanan Coates (1851-1935), New Zealand banker
• Jefferson Coates (1843–1880), Medal of Honor
• Jim Coates (born 1932), Major League Baseball pitcher
• John Coates (general) (born 1932), Lieutenant General Henry John Coates AC, MBE (Australia)
• John Coates (tenor) (1865–1941)
• John Dowling Coates (born 1949), Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman
• John H. Coates (born 1945), an Australian mathematician and Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
• Kim Coates (born 1959), Canadian actor
• Lorene T. Coates, member of the North Carolina General Assembly
• Matt Coates (born 1991), Canadian football player
• Melissa Coates (born 1975), female bodybuilder and professional wrestler
• Admiral Nigel Coates (admiral) a naval officer in the Royal Australian Navy
• Odia Coates (1942–1991), musician
• Phyllis Coates (born 1927), American film and television actress known for her role as Superman's Lois Lane
• Ralph Coates (1946–2010), English footballer
• Reginald Coates (1920–2005), British civil engineer
• Richard Coates, professor of linguistics
• Robert Coates (actor) (1772–1848), considered by some to have been the worst actor of all history
• Robert Coates (critic) (1897–1973), art critic
• Robert Coates (politician) (born 1928), Canadian politician

S–Z

• Simon Coates (disambiguation), various people
• Steve Coates (born 1950), professional hockey player and hockey broadcaster
• Sebastián Coates (born 1990), Uruguayan football player.
• Ta-Nehisi Coates (born 1975), editor and blogger for The Atlantic magazine
• Tom Coates (born 1972), technologist and early weblogger
• Wayne Coates, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Warren Coates, (born 1964), Canadian Chartered Accountant and community volunteer
• Wells Coates (1895–1958), Canadian architect best known for his work in England
• Sir William Coates, 1st Baronet (1866–1932), Irish stockbroker and politician
• William Coates (longevity claimant), disputed claimant to being the world's oldest person

See also

• Coats (surname)