Robert Bates
Robert Bates may refer to:
- Bob Bates, American computer game designer
- Bob Bates (musician), musician in the 1950s Dave Brubeck Quartet
- Robert Bates (political scientist), professor of government at Harvard University
- Robert Bates (mountaineer), American mountaineer and author
- Robert Bates (loyalist), Ulster loyalist, member Shankill Butchers gang
- Robert B. Bates, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
- Robert C. Bates, Tulsa deputy convicted for the shooting of [Eric Harris]
- Robert Charles Bates, African-American architect, teacher, and textbook author
- Robert John Bates, Australian botanist