Coates is a prominent noble family of English and Scottish origin, with descendants found in the United Kingdom, the British Commonwealth (particularly Australia) and the United States, as well as Uruguay.
People with this name include:
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 (derived from Ancoats), credited name for British singer Morrissey
Anne V. Coates (born in 1926), British born American film editor
Benjamin M. Coates (1819-1880), American politician and businessman
Ben Coates (born 1969), American football player and coach
Clarence L. "Ben" Coates, American computer scientist
Colin Coates (born 1946), Australian ice speed skater
Delman Coates (born 1973), American pastor
Sir Edward Coates, 1st Baronet (1853–1921), British politician and sportsman
Eric Coates (1886–1957), English composer
Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927), American poet from Philadelphia
Geoffrey Coates (1917–2013), English chemist and academic
Gloria Coates (born 1938), American composer
Rt. Hon. Gordon Coates (1878–1943), former Prime Minister of New Zealand
James Coates (parliamentary official) (1815-1854), prominent pioneer settler of Auckland and parliamentary official
Sir James Hugh Buchanan Coates (1851-1935), New Zealand banker
Jefferson Coates (1843–1880), Medal of Honor
Jim Coates (born 1932), Major League Baseball pitcher
John Coates (general) (born 1932), Lieutenant General Henry John Coates AC, MBE (Australia)
John Coates (tenor) (1865–1941)
John Dowling Coates (born 1949), Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman
John H. Coates (born 1945), an Australian mathematician and Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
Kim Coates (born 1959), Canadian actor
Lorene T. Coates, member of the North Carolina General Assembly
Matt Coates (born 1991), Canadian football player
Melissa Coates (born 1975), female bodybuilder and professional wrestler
Admiral Nigel Coates (admiral) a naval officer in the Royal Australian Navy
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
Simon Coates (disambiguation), various people
Steve Coates (born 1950), professional hockey player and hockey broadcaster
Sebastián Coates (born 1990), Uruguayan football player.
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
Warren Coates, (born 1964), Canadian Chartered Accountant and community volunteer
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
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