Yates (surname)

Yates is an

• Dornford Yates, the pseudonym of the English novelist, Cecil William Mercer (1885–1960)
• Edmund Yates (1831–1894), Edinburgh-born novelist and dramatist
• Elizabeth Yates (author)
  (1905–2001), American author
• Fred Yates (1922–2008), English painter
• Frederic Yates (1854–1919), English painter
• J. Michael Yates (1938–2019), Canadian poet and dramatist
• Jason Yates (born 1972), American visual artist
• Myriam Yates (born 1971), Canadian artist
• Richard Yates (novelist) (1926–1992), American novelist and short story writer

Music, theatre, film and television

• Aaron Dontez Yates
  (born 1971), American rapper, known as Tech N9ne
• Billy Yates (fl. 1992–), American country singer
• Cassie Yates (born 1951), American television actress
• David Yates (born 1963), English film and television director
• Elizabeth Yates (actress) (1799–1860), English actress
• Francesco Yates (born 1995), Canadian singer
• Frederick Henry Yates (1797–1842), English actor and theatre manager
• Herbert Yates
  (1880–1966), founder and president of Republic Pictures
• Lucky Yates (born 1967), American actor, voice actor, puppeteer, and comedian
• Mary Anne Yates
  (1728–1787), English tragic actress
• Peter Yates (1929–2011), English film director
• Pauline Yates (1929–2015), English actress
• Reggie Yates (born 1983), English actor, television presenter, and radio DJ
• Richard Yates (actor) (c. 1706–1796), English comic actor
• Theodosia Yates (1815–1904), Australian actor and singer

News media

• Alastair Yates (1952–2018), English BBC News presenter
• Brock Yates (1933–2016), automotive magazine reporter/editor
• Jess Yates (1918–1993), English television presenter
• Paula Yates (1959–2000), British television presenter

Sports

• Adam Yates (born 1992), English cyclist
• Adam Yates (footballer) (born 1983), English association football player
• Billy Yates (American football) (born 1980), American Football player
• Dorian Yates (born 1962), professional English bodybuilder
• Frederick Yates (chess player)
  (1884–1932), English chess master who won the British Championship six times
• Gary Yates (cricketer) (born 1967), Lancashire cricket player
• Janet Yates, Irish archer
• Kevin Yates (born 1972), rugby union prop forward
• Kirby Yates (born 1987), American baseball player for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball
• Max Yates (American football) (born 1979) American football player
• Robert Yates (NASCAR) (born ca 1943, fl. 1961–2007), former owner of Yates Racing
  , NASCAR racing team
• Ryan Yates, (born 1997), English association football player
• Sammy Yates, English association football player
• Sean Yates (born 1960), English cyclist
• Simon Yates (cyclist) (born 1992), English cyclist
• Simon Yates (golfer) (born 1970), British golfer
• Simon Yates (mountaineer) (born 1963), English mountaineer
• Steve Yates (born 1970), English
  association football player
• Steven Yates (born 1983), rugby union player from New Zealand
• T. J. Yates (born 1987), American football player
• Tony Yates (1937–2020), American basketball player and coach
• Tyler Yates (born 1977), major league baseball pitcher
• Wayne Yates (1937–2022), NBA player and college basketball coach

Politics

United States

• Abraham Yates
  (1724-1796), American Continental Congressman
• Frederick Yates (politician) (1914-1971), Michigan politician
• Glenn Yates Jr. (1927-2022), Virginia politician and architect
• Harry D. Yates (1903-1996), Acting New York Comptroller 1941
• John P. Yates (1921-2017), Georgia politician
• John Van Ness Yates (1779-1839), New York Secretary of State 1818–1826
• Joseph C. Yates (1768-1837), former governor of New York
• Mary Carlin Yates (b. 1946), U.S. ambassador
• Peter W. Yates, American attorney and Continental Congress delegate
• Richard Yates (governor)
  , Illinois politician
• Richard Yates (son)
  , Illinois politician, his son
• Robert Yates (politician), anti-Federalist American politician
• Sally Yates, former U.S. Department of Justice official
• Sidney R. Yates, politician from the state of Illinois

Other countries

• Dianne Yates, New Zealand politician
• Elizabeth Yates (mayor), first female mayor in the British Empire
• John Ashton Yates, UK member of parliament
• Ivan Yates, senior Irish politician

Science

• David Gilbert Yates, American eye, ear and throat surgeon
• Frances Yates, noted English historian
• Frank Yates (1902–1994), English statistician
• JoAnne Yates (born 1951), American Professor of Managerial Communication
• Ricardo Baeza-Yates (born 1961), Chilean computer scientist
• Samuel Yates, mathematician
• Tyler Yates, physician

Military

• Charles Yates (1808–1870), brigadier-general during the American Civil War
• Donald Norton Yates (1909–1993), USAAF officer and meteorologist to Eisenhower in WWII
• Earl P. Yates (1923–2021), US Admiral
• Elmer P. Yates (1917–2011), US Army engineer general
• George Yates (1843–1876), US Army officer and friend of George Armstrong Custer
• Harry Yates (RAF officer) (1896–1968), Canadian RAF officer
• James Yates (cricketer) (1883–1929), cricketer and British Indian Army officer
• Julian E. Yates (1871–1953), US Army officer and chaplain
• Peter Yates (architect) (1920–1982), British architect and RAF officer

Miscellaneous

• Andrea Yates, woman acquitted, by reason of insanity, of drowning her five children
• James Yates, English Unitarian minister
• Metropolitan Police Service
• Joseph Brooks Yates, English merchant and antiquary
• Richard Vaughan Yates, founder of Prince's Park, Liverpool
• Robert Lee Yates, American serial killer
• William Yates, fifth president of the College of William & Mary
• Thomas, John, Albert and William Yates (1860-1917), the largest organizers of production on the Ural in Russia of the 19-20 century.^[2]

Fiction

• Detective Yates, recurring character in the skit comedy series The Kids in the Hall
• The Hon. John Yates from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
• Kasidy Yates
  , a recurring character in the science fiction TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Lise Yates
  , from the British TV Sitcom Red Dwarf
• Captain Mike Yates, British science fiction television series Doctor Who
• Rowdy Yates, Rawhide TV series (CBS 1959–1966)
• Yates Noll, villain from Terrier, Book 1 of Tamora Pierce's Beka Cooper Series
• Richard Yates, a 2010 novel by Tao Lin

See also

• Yeats (disambiguation)
• Yeates

References

Surname list

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