Oates (surname)
Oates is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Oates, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Alice Oates, actress and musical theatre pioneer
- Colin Oates, English judoka
- Corey Oates, Australian rugby league player
- Cynthia de la Vega Oates, Mexican model
- Dan Oates, American police chief
- Delores Riley Oates, American politician
- Denese Oates, Australian artist
- Eugene William Oates, English naturalist
- Frank Oates, British African explorer
- Graham Oates (footballer, born 1943), English footballer
- Graham Oates (footballer, born 1949), English footballer
- Jackie Oates, English folk musician
- John Oates (disambiguation)
- Joyce Carol Oates, American writer
- Lawrence Oates, British Antarctic explorer
- Lynette Frances Oates, Australian linguist
- Mary Oates Spratt Van Landingham, American historian
- Nadia Georgina Oates, English singer
- Sheila Oates, British and Australian mathematician
- Simon Oates, British actor
- Stephen B. Oates, American author and biographer
- Thomas Oates (disambiguation)
- Titus Oates, 17th-century perjurer
- Travis Oates, American voice actor
- Wallace Eugene Oates, American economist
- Warren Oates, American character actor
- William Oates (disambiguation)