Bates (surname)
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Bates is a common surname of English origin and is derived from the name Bartholomew.[1] The name could also originate from the Old English "Bat", meaning "Boat",[2] as used to identify a person whose occupation was boatman.[3] Another origin is that which means "lush pasture", describing someone who lived near such a place.[3]
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.
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Etymology of the word sets in with suffix -bate, e.g. rebate, also observed with abatement (i.e. gradient). As well found in forms like probation, describing corresponding change, and thus debate, surrounding centrifuges of context.
Notable people
A–D
- Aaron Bates (born 1984), American baseball player and coach
- Alan Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alan Bates (1934–2003), British actor
- Albert Bates (born 1947), U.S. environmentalist
- Allie Bates (born 1957), U.S. magazine writer
- Alta Bates (1879–1955), American nurse anesthetist and founder of Alta Bates Hospital
- Angelique Bates (born 1980), American actress
- Anna Haining Bates (1846–1888), Canadian woman who stood 7'<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />5+1⁄2"
- Arlo Bates (1850–1918), author and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Arthur Laban Bates (1859–1934), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1901–13
- Audrey Bates (1922–2001), Welsh international in four sports
- Audrey Bates (programmer) (1928–2014), British-American computer programmer
- Barbara Bates (1925–1969), U.S. actress and singer
- Barrie Bates (born 1969), Welsh darts player
- Benjamin Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- Benjamin Bates IV (1808–1878), philanthropist, founder of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
- Bill Bates (born 1961), U.S. player of American football
- Billy Bates (1855–1900), English cricketer
- Blanche Bates (1873–1941), American stage actress
- Blaster Bates (1923–2006), British demolition expert
- Bob Bates, multiple people
- Bob Bates (musician) (1923–1981), first bassist of The Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1951–58
- Bob Bates (born 1953), U.S. game designer
- Brenden Bates (born 1999), American football player
- Carl S. Bates (1884–1956), American aviation pioneer
- Cary Bates (born 1948), American comic book writer
- Cat Bates (born 1986), child model for Jamie Wyeth and younger brother of Orca Bates
- Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838–1916), American author
- Cheri Jo Bates (1948–1966), American murder victim
- Chic Bates (1949–2025), English football player and manager
- Clara Doty Bates (1838–1895), American author
- Clara Nettie Bates (1876–1966), American editor, writer, clubwoman
- Clayton Peg Leg Bates (1907–1998), American entertainer
- Daisy Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- Daisy Bates (civil rights activist) (Daisy Lee Gatson Bates, 1914–1999), U.S. civil rights activist
- Daisy Bates (Australia) (Daisy May Bates, 1859–1951), Australian journalist
- David Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- David Bates (historian) (born 1945), historian, writer of books about William I of England and Odo of Bayeux
- David Bates (physicist) (1916–1994), physicist winner of the 1970 Hughes Medal
- David Bates (poet) (1809–1870), U.S. poet
- Dick Bates (born 1945), Major League Baseball pitcher
- D'Wayne Bates (born 1975), U.S. player of American football
- Dustin Bates ( born 1986) Starset singer
E–J
- Edward Bates (1793–1869), U.S. jurist and politician, candidate for US president, 1860, and US Attorney General, 1861–1864
- Elizabeth Bates (1947–2003), Professor of psychology and cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego
- Emma Bates (born 1997), Doctor of Social Geography
- Emily Bates (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
- Emoni Bates (born 2004), American basketball player
- Erastus Newton Bates (1828–1898), American politician
- Evan Bates (born 1989), American ice dancer
- Frank Amasa Bates (1858–1915), American author, naturalist and ornithologist
- Frederick Bates (1777–1825), U.S. jurist and politician
- George Joseph Bates (1891–1949), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1937–49
- George Latimer Bates (1863–1940), American naturalist
- Gilbert Bates (1836–1917), Wisconsin Civil War veteran
- Granville Bates (1882–1940), American actor
- Guy Bates (born 1985), English footballer
- H. E. Bates (Herbert Ernest Bates, 1905–1974), English writer and author
- Harriet Bates (1856–1886), American writer
- Harry Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Bates (sculptor) (1850–1899), British sculptor
- Harry Bates (author) (1900–1981), U.S. science fiction writer
- Henry Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- Henry Bates (politician), U.S. politician
- Henry Moore Bates (1869–1949), American lawyer and president of the Order of the Coif
- Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892), British zoologist
- Henry Bates (British Army officer) (1813–1893), British general.
- Isaac Chapman Bates (1779–1845), U.S. Representative, 1827–35, and U.S. Senator 1841–45, from Massachusetts
- James Bates (disambiguation), one of several people
- Jamie Bates (born 1989), English welterweight kickboxer
- Jamie Bates (footballer) (born 1968), English footballer
- Jason Bates (born 1971), U.S. professional baseball player
- Jeanne Bates (1918–2007), U.S. actress
- Jeff Bates (born 1963), U.S. country singer
- Jeff Bates (technologist) (born 1976), U.S. businessman
- Jennifer Bates (labor organizer), American labor organizer
- Jeremy Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jeremy Bates (American football) (born 1976), American football coach
- Jeremy Bates (boxer) (born 1974), American boxer
- Jeremy Bates (tennis) (born 1962), British tennis player
- Jessie Bates (born 1997), American football player
- Jim Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jim Bates (politician) (born 1941), U.S. Representative from California, 1983–91
- Jim Bates (American football) (born 1946), U.S. coach of American football
- John Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- Johnny Bates (baseball) (1882–1949), baseball player
- Joseph Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joseph E. Bates (1837–1900), 19th-century mayor of Denver, Colorado
- Joseph Bates (Adventist) (1792–1872), U.S. Adventist and health reformist
- Josephine White Bates (1862–1934), Canadian-born American author
- Joshua Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joshua Bates (educator) (1776–1854), American minister and teacher
- Joshua Bates (financier) (1788–1864), benefactor of Boston Public Library
- Joshua Hall Bates (1817–1908), American Civil War general
- Juanita Breckenridge Bates (1860–1946), American Congregationalist minister and suffragette
K–R
- 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 (1904–1980), African-American civil rights activist
- Lefty Bates (1920–2007), American Chicago blues guitarist
- Leon Bates (pianist) (born 1949), American pianist
- Leon Bates (American labor leader) (1899–1972), UAW Union Organizer
- Leonard Bates (1895–1971), English cricketer
- Madeleine Bates (born c. 1948Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".), American computational linguistics researcher
- Margret Holmes Bates (1844–1927), American author
- Mario Bates (born 1973), U.S. player of American football
- Marston Bates (1906–1974), U.S. zoologist
- Martha E. Cram Bates (1839–1905), writer, journalist, newspaper editor
- Martin Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- Martin Van Buren Bates (1837–1919), U.S. politician
- Martin W. Bates (1786–1869), U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Mason Bates (born 1977), American composer
- Matthew Bates (born 1986), English footballer
- Maxwell Bates (1906–1980), Canadian architect and artist
- Michael Bates (disambiguation), one of several people
- Mick Bates (disambiguation), one of several people
- Morris Bates (1864–1905), English footballer
- Nancy Bates (statistician), statistician with the US Census
- Nicholas James Bates (born 1962), British musician known as Nick Rhodes
- Orca Bates (born 1976), child model for Jamie Wyeth
- Paddy Roy Bates (1921–2012), pirate radio broadcaster and Sealand founder
- Patricia Martin Bates (born 1927), artist
- Paul L. Bates (1908–1995), Colonel, United States Army
- Phil Bates (born 1953), guitarist and vocalist with the Orchestra (former members of ELO and ELO Part II)
- Ralph Bates, multiple people
- Ralph Bates (writer) (1899–2000), English writer
- Ralph Bates (1940–1991), English actor
- Richard Dawson Bates (1876 – 1949), Northern Irish Politician
- Robert Bates (disambiguation), one of several people
- Roger Bates (born 1947), American bridge player
- Ronald Bates (1932–1986), New York City Ballet production stage manager
- Ryan Bates (born 1997), American football player
S–Z
- Samuel Penniman Bates (1827–1902), American educator
- Sandra Bates, director of the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney, Australia, from 1986 to 2015
- Sara Bates (born 1944), U.S. artist
- Shawn Bates (born 1975), U.S. hockey player
- Sidney Bates (1921–1944), British soldier
- Simon Bates (born 1946), British radio presenter
- Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates, organ/synthesizer player
- Stephen Bates (born 1992), Australian politician
- Stephen Bates (sheriff) (1842–1907), American law enforcement officer
- Stephen Bates Baltes (1953–2003), American musical director for "Barney and the Backyard Gang" (1988–89)
- Ted Bates (footballer) (1918–2003), English footballer
- Thomas Bates (1567–1606), key conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
- Tom Bates (born 1938), U.S. politician
- Tyler Bates (born 1965), U.S. musician
- Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (1876–1952), U.S. singer
- William Bates (disambiguation), multiple people
- William Henry Bates (1917–1969), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1949–70
- William Horatio Bates (1860–1931), creator of the "Bates Method for Better Eyesight"
- Willis Bates (1880–1939), American college sports coach
Fictional characters
- Bates (Stargate), a character in Stargate
- Kid Marvelman, a Marvel Comics character whose original name was Johnny Bates
- Eric, U.S. and Fancy Bates, characters in the 1982 film The Toy
- John Bates, a character from Downton Abbey, married to Anna
- Anna Bates, a character from Downton Abbey, married to John
- Joshua T. Bates, a character of Susan Shreve
- Nigel Bates, a character from the soap opera EastEnders
- Norman Bates, a character from the 1960 film Psycho
- Paul Bates, a character in the 2011 fantasy comedy movie Midnight in Paris
- Tom, Amy, and Pattie Bates, characters in Dennis Potter's play Brimstone and Treacle
See also
References
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