Yates (surname)
Yates is a Scandinavian or Anglo-Saxon[1] surname common among the Irish, and best associated with the Poet Laureate of Ireland, William Butler Yeats, and his family of painters, including founders of Dun Emer Press and the Abbey Theatre. Notable people with the surname include:
Entertainment
Art and literature
- 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 (born 1938), Canadian poet and dramatist
- Jason Yates (born 1972), American visual 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
- Francesco Yates (born 1995), Canadian singer
- 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
- Reggie Yates (born 1983), English actor, television presenter, and radio DJ
- 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 (cyclist) (born 1992), English cyclist
- Adam Yates (footballer) (born 1983), English 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
- Robert Yates (NASCAR) (born ca 1943, fl. 1961–2007), former owner of Yates Racing, NASCAR racing team
- Sammy Yates, English footballer
- 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 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 (born 1937), NBA player and college basketball coach
Politics
United States
- Abraham Yates (1724-1796), American Continental Congressman
- Frederick Yates (politician) (1914-1971), Michigan politician
- 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
Miscellaneous
- Andrea Yates, woman acquitted, by reason of insanity, of drowning her five children
- Charles Yates (died September 29, 1870), brigadier-general during the American Civil War
- George Yates, Army officer and friend of George Armstrong Custer
- James Yates, English Unitarian minister
- John Yates, former Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police Service
- Joseph Brooks Yates, English merchant and antiquary
- Louis Yates, Expert Tester (Euxton)
- 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.
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
- Lisa 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
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References
- "Surname Database: Yates Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
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