Bates
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This article is about "Bates" as a surname. For other uses, see Bates (disambiguation).
Bates is a common surname of English origin. It is often used to refer to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in the United States. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[1] the relative frequency of the surname Bates was highest in Buckinghamshire (5.2 times the British average), followed by Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire.
[edit] People named Bates
- Alan Bates (1934–2003), British actor
- Albert Bates, U.S. environmentalist
- Allie Bates, U.S. magazine writer
- Angelique Bates, American actress
- Anna Hannon Bates (1846–1886), Canadian of 7'5½"
- Arlo Bates (1850–1918) Author and professor at M.I.T.
- Arthur Laban Bates (1859–1934), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1901–1913
- Barbara Bates, U.S. actress
- Barrie Bates, Welsh darts player
- Benjamin E. Bates (1808–1878), philanthropist, founder of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
- Bill Bates, U.S. player of American football
- Billy Bates, English cricketer
- Blanche Bates (1873–1941) American stage actress
- Blaster Bates, British demolition expert
- Bob Bates, one of several people including
- Bob Bates (bassist), first bassist of The Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1951–1958
- Bob Bates (born 1953), U.S. game designer
- Cary Bates, American comic book writer
- Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838- ? ) American author
- Clayton Peg Leg Bates (1907–1998) American entertainer
- Daisy Bates, one of several people including
- Daisy Bates, British actress
- Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (1914–1999), U.S. civil rights activist
- Daisy May Bates (1863–1951), Australian journalist
- David Bates (disambiguation), one of several people including
- David Bates, historian, writer of books about William I of England and Odo of Bayeux
- Sir David Bates (born 1916), physicist winner of the 1970 Hughes Medal
- David Bates (1809–1870), U.S. poet
- Dick Bates (born 1945), Major League Baseball pitcher
- D'Wayne Bates, U.S. player of American football
- Edward Bates (1793–1869), U.S. jurist and policitian, candidate for US President, 1860, and US Attorney General, 1861–1864
- Elizabeth Bates (1947–2003)
- Evan Bates, American ice dancer
- Frederick Bates (1777–1825), U.S. jurist and politician
- George Joseph Bates (1891–1949), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1937–1949
- Gilbert Bates (1836–1917), Wisconsin Civil War veteran
- Guy Bates, English footballer
- H. E. Bates (Herbert Ernest Bates), English writer and author
- Harry Bates, one of several people including
- Harry Bates (sculptor), British sculptor
- Harry Bates (author), U.S. science fiction writer
- Henry Bates, one of several people including
- Henry Bates (politician), U.S. politician
- Henry Moore Bates (1860- ? ) American lawer and president of the Order of the Coif
- Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892), British zoologist
- Isaac Chapman Bates (1779–1845), U.S. Representative, 1827–1835, and U.S. Senator 1841-1845, from Massachusetts
- James Bates (disambiguation), one of several people including
- Jamie Bates (footballer), English football player
- Jamie Bates (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jamie Bates (disambiguation), one of several people including
- James Woodson Bates (1788–1846), U.S. jurist and politician
- James T. Bates (1844–1914), American business man
- Jason Bates, U.S. player of American football
- Jeanne Bates, U.S. actress
- Jeff Bates, U.S. country singer
- Jeremy Bates, one of several people including
- Jeremy Bates (American football coach), American football coach
- Jeremy Bates (boxer), American boxer
- Jeremy Bates (tennis player), British tennis player
- Jim Bates (disambiguation), one of several people including
- Jim Bates (politician), (born 1941), U.S. Representative from California, 1983–91
- Jim Bates, U.S. coach of American football
- John Bates (disambiguation), one of several people including
- John Bates (fashion designer), who designed Diana Rigg's clothes in The Avengers.
- Big John Bates, Vancouver-based Americana guitarist
- John Bates (SDP), former president of the UK Social Democratic Party.
- John Coalter Bates (1842–1919), U.S. general and army chief of staff 1906.
- John Lewis Bates (1859–1946), U.S. political figure and governor of Massachusetts 1903–1905.
- Johnny Bates (baseball player) (1882–1949), baseball player.
- Joseph Bates, one of several people including
- Joseph Bates, 19th-century mayor of Denver, Colorado
- Joseph Bates (1792–1872), U.S. Adventist and health reformist
- Joshua Bates, one of several people including
- Joshua Bates (1776–1854) American minister and teacher
- Joshua Bates (1788–1864) Benefactor of Boston Public Library
- Joshua Hall Bates (1817–1908), American Civil War general
- Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929), U.S. poet
- Kathy Bates (born 1948), U.S. actor
- Ken Bates, (Kenneth William Bates, born 1931) British businessman and football club owner/chairman
- Lindon Wallace Bates (1858–1924) Civil engineer who designed the "three-lakes" of the Panama Canal
- L.C. Bates
- Leon Bates (pianist)
- Leon Bates (American labor leader) (1899–1972), UAW Union Organizer
- Leonard Bates (1895–1971), English cricketer
- Mario Bates, U.S. player of American football
- Marston Bates, U.S. zoologist
- Martin Bates, one of several people including
- Martin Van Buren Bates (1837–1919), U.S. politician
- Martin W. Bates (1786–1869), U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Matthew Bates, English footballer
- Maxwell Bates, Canadian architect and artist
- Michael Bates (disambiguation), one of several people (link to disambiguation page)
- Mick Bates, English footballer
- Mick Bates, Welsh politician
- Morris Bates, English footballer
- Nicholas James Bates, British musician known as Nick Rhodes
- Paddy Roy Bates (born c. 1922), pirate radio broadcaster and Sealand founder
- Paul L. Bates (1908–1994), Colonel, United States Army
- Phil Bates, guitarist and vocalist with the Orchestra (former members of ELO and ELO Part II)
- Ralph Bates, one of several people including
- Ralph Bates (1899–2000), English writer
- Ralph Bates (1940–1991), English actor
- Robert Bates, U.S. political economist
- Ronald Bates (1932–1986) New York City Ballet production stage manager
- Samuel Penniman Bates (1827–1902) American educator
- Shawn Bates, U.S. hockey player
- Sidney Bates (1921–1944), British soldier
- Simon Bates (born 1947), British radio presenter
- Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates, Hammond organ player
- Ted Bates (1918–2003), English footballer
- Thomas Bates (died 30 January 1606), a key conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
- Tom Bates, U.S. politician
- Tyler Bates, U.S. musician
- Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller, U.S. singer
- William Bates, one of several people including
- William Henry Bates (1917–1969), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1949–1970
- William Horatio Bates, creator of the "Bates Method for Better Eyesight"
[edit] Fictional people
- Amy Bates (from Tom, Amy, and Pattie Bates), a character in Dennis Potter's play Brimstone and Treacle
- Bates, a character in Stargate
- Johnny Bates (comics), a character in Marvel Comics
- Joshua T. Bates, a character of Susan Shreve
- Nigel Bates, a character from EastEnders
- Norman Bates, a character from Psycho
- Pattie Bates (from Tom, Amy, and Pattie Bates), a character in Dennis Potter's play Brimstone and Treacle
- Tom Bates (from Tom, Amy, and Pattie Bates), a character in Dennis Potter's play Brimstone and Treacle
- Eric Bates (from Eric, U.S. Bates, and Fancy Bates), a character in the movie "The Toy"
- Mr John Bates, a character from Downton Abbey.
[edit] References
- ^ "BATES: Stats from the 1881 British Census". britishsurnames.co.uk. http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/surnames/BATES/1881census. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
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