Coats is a surname of English origin.
People surnamed Coats
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A.W. (Bob) Coats
Alfred William "Bob" Coats (3 September 1924, Southall, West London, England – 9 April 2007, Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex, England) was a British economist, economic historian and historian of economic thought. He made important contributions to t ...
(1924–2007), English economist, historian of economic thought
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Amelia R. Coats, American printmaker
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Buck Coats
Buck Coats (born June 9, 1982) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder.
Career
Coats was drafted in the 18th round (523rd overall) of the 2000 MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs.
Coats made his Major League debut for the Cubs on August 22, ...
(born 1982), American professional baseball player
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Dan Coats (born 1943), American diplomat and politician; served as the Director of National Intelligence
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Herbert P. Coats (1872–1932), New York state senator and Puerto Rico attorney general
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James Coats
Lieutenant colonel Sir James Stuart Coats, 3rd Baronet MC (13 April 1894 – 26 October 1966) was a British skeleton racer who competed in the late 1940s. He finished seventh in the men's skeleton event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Mo ...
(1894–1966), British skeleton racer
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John Coats
John B. S. Coats or JBS Coats (8 July 1906 in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland – 26 December 1979) was a theosophist, president of the Theosophical Society Adyar and bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church.
In 1932 he became a member of the T. ...
(1906–1979), Scottish theosophist; bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church
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Michael Coats
Michael Lloyd Coats (born January 16, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut (three spaceflights), raised in Riverside, California. From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Early life a ...
(born 1946), American NASA astronaut
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Robert H. Coats (1874–1960), Canadian statistician
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Robert R. Coats
Robert Roy Coats (1910–1995) was an American geologist known for his studies of the Aleutian Islands and his exhaustive report of Elko County, Nevada. He was born in Toronto, Canada, and grew up in Marshalltown, Iowa and Seattle, Washington. He ...
(1910–1995), Canadian-American geologist
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Stuart Coats
Sir Stuart Auchincloss Coats, 2nd Baronet (20 March 1868 – 15 July 1959) was a British politician and Member of Parliament for Wimbledon from 1916 to 1918 and then East Surrey from 1918 to 1922.
Early life
Stuart was born on 20 March 1868. He ...
(1868–1959), British politician; MP for Wimbledon and East Surrey
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Thomas Coats
Thomas Coats (1809–1883) was a Scottish thread manufacturer.
Life
Coats was born at Paisley 18 October 1809. He was the fourth of a family of ten sons. His father, James Coats, was one of the founders of the Coats Group of Paisley. In ...
(1809-1893), made Paisley, Scotland, the world center for thread making.
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Coats baronets
The Coats Baronetcy, of Auchendrane in the parish of Maybole in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 December 1905 for James Coats, Director of J. and P. Coats Ltd, sewing cotton manufacturers ...
, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Glen-Coats baronets The Glen-Coats Baronetcy, of Ferguslie Park in the Parish of Abbey in the County of Renfrew, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 June 1894 for Thomas Glen-Coats, Director of the thread-making firm of J. & P. ...
, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Coates (surname) Coates is an English and Scottish surname.
Origins
One origin is a locational name from any of several places in England, such as Coates, Cambridgeshire, Coates in Cambridgeshire or Cotes, Leicestershire, Cotes in Leicestershire. There is also a ...
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Cotes (disambiguation) Cotes may refer to:
Placename
* Cotes, Cumbria, a village in England
* Cotes, Leicestershire, a village in England
* Cotes, Staffordshire, a village in England; see List of United Kingdom locations: Cos-Cou
* Cotes, Valencia, a municipality in ...
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English-language surnames