Joshua Bates

• Joshua Bates (educator), American educator and clergyman
• Joshua Bates (financier), American international financier
• Joshua Hall Bates, lawyer, politician, and general in the Union Army
• Joshua T. Bates, a fictional character from the series of books
• Joshua Bates School, a school in Boston, Massachusetts
• Josh Bates (speedway rider), British motorcycle speedway rider
• Joshua Barton Bates, justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri