Yeats is a family name. Notable people with the name include:
Anne Yeats (1919–2001), Irish painter and stage designerElizabeth Yeats (1868–1940), Irish printer and manager of the Dun Emer Press and the Cuala PressFrancis Yeats-Brown (1886–1944), British author of The Lives of a Bengal LancerGraeme Yeats (born 1964), Australian rules footballerJack Butler Yeats (1871–1957), Irish painter, stage designer, and writerJohn Butler Yeats (1839–1922), Irish artist and portrait painterLily Yeats (1866–1949), Irish embroiderer active in the Arts and Crafts movementMatthew Yeats (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey goaltenderMichael Yeats (1921–2007), Irish politicianMontague Yeats-Brown (1834-1921), British consul in Genoa and BostonRon Yeats (born 1937), Scottish footballer, captain of Liverpool F.C.William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), an Irish poet and playwright