Gates (surname)
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), Chairman of Microsoft
- Melinda Gates (born 1964), American philanthropist, wife of Bill Gates
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates
- William H. Gates, Sr. (born 1925), retired 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
Athletes
- Antonio Gates (born 1980), San Diego Chargers Tight End
- Brent Gates (born 1970), American professional baseball player
- Clyde Gates (born 1986), New York Jets Wide Receiver
- George Gates (footballer) (1883-1960), English footballer
- Lionel Gates (born 1982), American professional football player
- Mathew Gates (born 1975), American figure skater
- William "Pop" Gates (1917-1999), member of the Harlem Globetrotters
- Yancy Gates (born 1989), basketball player for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League
Civil servants
- Artemus Gates (1895-1976), American financier and Undersecretary of the Navy during World War II
- Charles W. Gates (1856-1927), 20th century governor of Vermont
- Daryl Gates (1926–2010), American police officer best known as Los Angeles police chief
- Francis H. Gates (1839–1925), New York state senator
- Mickey Gates (born 1959), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Ralph F. Gates (1893-1978), governor of Indiana 1945-1949
- Robert Gates (born 1943), former president of Texas A&M, former CIA director, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
- 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
Other people
- Bill Gates (frontiersman), a participant in the Klondike Gold Rush
- Charles Gates, Jr. (1921-2005), of the Gates Rubber Company
- Charles Gilbert Gates,
- Christopher T. Gates, American philanthropist
- Crawford Gates, American composer and musician
- David Gates (born 1940), singer-songwriter
- David Gates (author) (born 1947), author-journalist
- Debbie Gates, British television writer-producer
- Deborah Gates, American actress
- Frederick Taylor Gates, American Baptist minister and advisor to the Rockefeller family
- Gareth Gates, British pop musician
- Giacomo Gates, American jazz musician
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (born 1950), American scholar
- Hilliard Gates, American sports journalist
- Horatio Gates (1726-1806), Revolutionary War American General
- J. Gabriel Gates, American author
- John Gates, American political activist
- John Gates (courtier), 16th century English soldier and courtier
- John Warne Gates, American industrialist
- Julius W. Gates, onetime Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army
- Ken Gates, pseudonym for American voice actor Rodger Parsons
- Larry Gates, American actor
- Merrill Edward Gates, American scholar
- Phyllis Gates, wife of Rock Hudson
- Raydon Gates, Australian navy admiral
- Rick Gates, American software developer
- Sylvester James Gates, American theoretical physicist
- Synyster Gates, American guitarist
- Tucker Gates, American television director
- Vickie Gates, an American female bodybuilder
- William Gates (basketball), protagonist from the 1994 movie Hoop Dreams
- William Thomas George Gates (1908-1990), businessman
Fictional characters
- Conrad Gates, fictional British television character
- Elsa Gates, fictional British television character
- Jack Gates, fictional British television character
- Tony Gates, fictional American television character
- Benjamin Franklin Gates, fictional British television character played by Nicolas Cage in "National Treasure".
References
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