Gates is a surname, and may refer to:
Gates family
The Gates family of Seattle, Washington. Members of this family include:
Bill Gates (born 1955), Co-founder of Microsoft and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Melinda French Gates (born 1964), American philanthropist, ex-wife of Bill Gates William H. Gates, Sr. (1925-2020), American attorney and philanthropist, Bill's father Mary Maxwell Gates (1929-1994), American philanthropist, Bill's mother Mimi Gardner Gates (born 1942), American art historian, William Sr.'s second wife
Academics
Frank Caleb Gates (1887–1955), American botanist and plant ecologist
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (born 1950), American scholar
Merrill Edward Gates, American scholar
Robert McFarland Gates (1883–1962), American engineer
Sylvester James Gates, American theoretical physicist
Arts and entertainment
Crawford Gates, American composer and musician
David Gates (born 1940), singer-songwriter
Debbie Gates, British television writer-producer
Deborah Gates, American actress
Frank E. Gates (1863–1952), American scenic designer
Frank P. Gates (1895–1975), American architect
Gareth Gates, British pop musician
Giacomo Gates, American jazz musician
Ken Gates, pseudonym for American voice actor Rodger Parsons
Kevin Gates (born 1986), American rapper
Larry Gates, American actor
Lee Gates (1937–2020), American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
Nancy Gates (1926–2019), American actress
Richard H. Gates (1872–1964), American scenic designer
Robert Franklin Gates) (1906–1982), American artist and professor
Synyster Gates, American guitarist
Tucker Gates, American television director
Business
Charles Gates, Jr. (1921–2005), of the Gates Rubber Company
Charles Gilbert Gates (1876–1913), American stock broker
John Warne Gates, American industrialist
William Thomas George Gates (1908–1990), businessman
Military
Artemus Gates (1895–1976), American financier and Undersecretary of the Navy during World War II Horatio Gates (1726–1806), Revolutionary War American general John Gates (courtier), 16th century English soldier and courtier Julius W. Gates, onetime Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army Raydon Gates, Australian navy admiral Robert Gates (born 1943), former president of Texas A&M, former CIA director, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
Political figures and civil servants
Charles W. Gates (1856–1927), 20th century governor of Vermont
Christopher T. Gates, American political activist and philanthropist
Daryl Gates (1926–2010), American police officer best known as Los Angeles police chief Francis H. Gates (1839–1925), New York state senator John Gates, American political activist Mickey Gates (born 1959), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives Nathaniel H. Gates (1811-1889), American lawyer and politician Ralph F. Gates (1893–1978), governor of Indiana 1945-1949 Rick Gates (political consultant), American political consultant and lobbyist Seth Merrill Gates (1800–1877), 19th century American politician Thomas Gates (disambiguation), several people Sir Thomas Gates (governor) (1585–1621), Governor of colonial Virginia Thomas S. Gates, Jr. (1906–1983), American politician
Religion
Frederick Taylor Gates, American Baptist minister and advisor to the Rockefeller family Theophilus Gates (1787–1846), American religious leader
Sports
Antonio Gates (born 1980), American football player
Barbara Gates (1934–2000), American baseball player
Bobby Gates (born 1985), American golf player
Brent Gates (born 1970), American professional baseball player
Clyde Gates (born 1986), American football player
DeMarquis Gates (born 1996), American football player
Frank Gates (basketball player) (1920–1978), American professional basketball player George Gates (footballer) (1883–1960), English footballer Hilliard Gates, American sports journalist Kaiser Gates (born 1996), American basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Leonard Gates (born 1970), American darts player Lionel Gates (born 1982), American football player Mathew Gates (born 1975), American figure skater Pop Gates (1917–1999), American basketball player Vickie Gates, American female bodybuilder Yancy Gates (born 1989), American basketball player