Bate (surname)

Bate is a surname, derived from a diminutive of Bartholomew. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ahmade Bate (1417–1491), Kurdish poet and cleric
• Anthony Bate (1927–2012), English actor
• C. T. Bate (1823–1889), Canadian politician
• Charles Spence Bate (1819–1889), British zoologist and dentist
• Dorothea Bate (1878–1951), British paleontologist
• Ed Bate (1901–1999), New Zealand politician
• Henry Bate of Malines (1246–14th-century), Flemish philosopher, theologian, astronomer, astrologer, poet and musician
• Jeff Bate (1906–1984), Australian politician
• Jennifer Bate (1944–2020), English organist
• Jonathan Bate (born 1958), British scholar
• Matthew Bate (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
• Michael Bate, Canadian media entrepreneur
• Mike Bate (born 1943), English professor of biology
• Roger Bate, economist
• Roger R. Bate (1923–2009), U.S. Army and Air Force officer, Computer and Astrodynamic Scientist
• Stanley Bate (1911–1959), English composer and pianist
• Tyler Bate (born 1997), English professional wrestler
• Walter Jackson Bate (1918–1999), American literary critic
• William B. Bate (1826–1905), governor of Tennessee
• William Thornton Bate (1820–1857), Royal Navy officer and surveyor
• Zara Bate (1909–1989), Australian fashion designer