Bate (surname)
Bate is a surname, derived from a diminutive of Bartholomew. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ahmade Bate, Kurdish poet and cleric
- Anthony Bate, English actor
- C. T. Bate, Canadian politician
- Charles Spence Bate, British zoologist and dentist
- Dorothea Bate, British paleontologist
- Ed Bate, New Zealand politician
- Henry Bate of Malines, Flemish philosopher, theologian, astronomer, astrologer, poet and musician
- Jeff Bate, Australian politician
- Jennifer Bate, English organist
- Jonathan Bate, British scholar
- Matthew Bate, Australian rules footballer
- Michael Bate, Canadian media entrepreneur
- Mike Bate, English professor of biology
- Roger Bate, economist
- Roger R. Bate, U.S. Army and Air Force officer, Computer and Astrodynamic Scientist
- Stanley Bate, English composer and pianist
- Tyler Bate, English professional wrestler
- Walter Jackson Bate, American literary critic
- William B. Bate, governor of Tennessee
- William Thornton Bate, Royal Navy officer and surveyor
- Zara Bate, Australian fashion designer