Coates

Coates may refer to:

People

Coates (or alternative spelling, "Coats") is also a prominent family of Scottish origin and could refer to the following people:

• Coates Baronets, of Haypark, Belfast
• Milnes Coates Baronets (formerly the Coates Baronets) of Helperby Hall in Yorkshire
• Albert Coates (musician) (1882-1953), English conductor and composer
• Sir Albert Coates (surgeon) (1895-1977), Australian surgeon and soldier
• Ann Coates, credited name for the singer Morissey
• Ben Coates (born 1969), American football player and coach
• Colin Coates (born 1946), Australian ice speed skater
• Sir Edward Coates, British politician and sportsman
• Eric Coates (1886-1957), English composer
• Florence Earle Coates (1850-1927), American poet from Philadelphia
• Gloria Coates (born 1938), American composer
• Rt. Hon. Gordon Coates (1878-1943), former Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Jefferson Coates (1843-1880), Medal of Honor
• Jim Coates (born 1932), Major League Baseball pitcher
• John Coates (tenor) (1865-1941)
• John Dowling Coates (born 1949), Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman
• John H. Coates (born 1945), mathematician
• Kim Coates (born 1959), Canadian actor
• Lorene T. Coates, member of the North Carolina General Assembly
• Melissa Coates (born 1975), female bodybuilder and professional wrestler
• 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
• Steve Coates (born 1950), professional hockey player and hockey broadcaster
• 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
• 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

Places

United Kingdom

• Coates, Cambridgeshire
• Coates, Gloucestershire
• Coates, Nottinghamshire
• Coates, West Sussex
• Coates by Stow, in Lincolnshire
• Coates Castle, a Grade II listed manor in West Sussex

United States

• Coates, Minnesota

Canada

• Coats Island, an island in Hudson Bay

Other

• Coates (supercomputer), a supercomputer at Purdue University
• Coates' disease, alternate spelling for Coats' disease, a rare human eye disorder

See also

• Cotes (disambiguation)
• Coats (surname)