Gates is a surname, and may refer to:

Gates family

The Gates family of Seattle, Washington. Members of this family include: *

Bill Gates William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions ...

(born 1955), Co-founder of

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...

and

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), a merging of the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation, is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was l ...

Melinda French Gates Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist and former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft. French Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world's most powerful women ...

(born 1964), American philanthropist, ex-wife of Bill Gates * William H. Gates, Sr. (1925-2020), American attorney and philanthropist, Bill's father *

Mary Maxwell Gates Mary Ann Maxwell Gates (; July 5, 1929 – June 10, 1994) was an American businesswoman, executive, civic activist, and school teacher. She was the first female president of King County's United Way, the first woman to chair the national Unite ...

(1929-1994), American philanthropist, Bill's mother *

Mimi Gardner Gates Mary "Mimi" Gates (née Gardner; born July 30, 1943) is an American art historian who is the recent director of the Seattle Art Museum. In 1996, she married Bill Gates Sr., the father of Bill Gates. Career Gates holds a B.A. degree in art histor ...

(born 1942), American art historian, William Sr.'s second wife

Athletes

Antonio Gates Antonio Ethan Gates Sr. (born June 18, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers during his entire career in the National Football League (NFL). He was named to the Pro ...

(born 1980), American football player * Barbara Gates (1934–2000), American baseball player *

Bobby Gates Robert Gates Jr. (born December 31, 1985) is an American professional golfer. Early life and education Gates was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida. He attended F. W. Buchholz High School, and in his senior year, he led its golf team in sc ...

(born 1985), American golf player *

Brent Gates Brent Robert Gates (born March 14, 1970) is a former Major League Baseball second and third baseman. He played for the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, and Minnesota Twins between 1993 and 1999. Playing career Amateur Gates attended Grandvill ...

(born 1970), American professional baseball player *

Clyde Gates Edmond Darell "Clyde" Gates (born June 13, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver. Gates was drafted by the Miami Dolphins as the 111th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. He is the cousin of running backs Bernard Scott and Daryl Rich ...

(born 1986), American football player *

DeMarquis Gates DeMarquis Larenz Gates (born March 7, 1996) is an American football linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels. Early years Gates attended Lovejoy High School in ...

(born 1996), American football player * George Gates (footballer) (1883–1960), English footballer *

Kaiser Gates Kaiser Gates (born November 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Xavier Musketeers. High school career Gates attended St. Francis High School. ...

(born 1996), American basketball player for

Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...

of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

Leonard Gates Leonard Gates (born November 26, 1970) is an American professional darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the current PDC North American champion and 2023 WSDT Champion of Champions winner. He is a ...

(born 1970), American darts player * Lionel Gates (born 1982), American football player *

Mathew Gates Mathew Gates (born June 29, 1975) is a British-American former competitive ice dancer. With Eve Chalom, he is the 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist and a two-time (1997, 1999) U.S. Figure Skating Championships, U.S. national silver medalist. ...

(born 1975), American figure skater *

Pop Gates William Penn "Pop" Gates (August 30, 1917 – December 1, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. Early life He was born in Decatur, Alabama and attended high school in New York, New York. During high school studies he earned All-Co ...

(1917–1999), American basketball player *

Yancy Gates Yancy Grayson Gates (born October 15, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Semt77 Yalovaspor of the BSL. He played college basketball for the University of Cincinnati. College career Gates was a highly touted ...

(born 1989), American basketball player

Civil servants

Artemus Gates Artemus Gates Artemus Lamb Gates (November 3, 1895 – June 14, 1976) was an American businessman, naval aviator, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air in charge of naval aviation efforts in World War II (December 7, 1941 – June 30, 1945). ...

(1895–1976), American financier and Undersecretary of the Navy during World War II *

Charles W. Gates Charles Winslow Gates (January 12, 1856 in Franklin, Vermont – July 1, 1927) was an American politician who served as the 55th governor of Vermont from 1915 to 1917. Biography Gates was born January 12, 1856, son of Harrison and Leona Rebecca ...

(1856–1927), 20th century governor of Vermont *

Daryl Gates Daryl Gates (born Darrel Francis Gates; August 30, 1926 – April 16, 2010) was the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1978 to 1992. His length of tenure in this position was second only to that of William H. Parker. As Chief ...

(1926–2010), American police officer best known as Los Angeles police chief * Francis H. Gates (1839–1925), New York state senator * Mickey Gates (born 1959), member of the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the ...

Nathaniel H. Gates Nathaniel Holly Gates, also known as Colonel Gates for most of his life, (1811–1889) was an American pioneer lawyer and Oregon state legislator. He was an active Democrat throughout his life. He served four terms in Oregon's territorial le ...

(1811-1889), American lawyer and politician *

Ralph F. Gates Ralph Fesler Gates (February 24, 1893 - July 28, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 37th governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1945 to 1949. A lawyer and veteran of World War I, he is credited with returning his party to pow ...

(1893–1978), governor of Indiana 1945-1949 *

Robert Gates Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American intelligence analyst and university president who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. He was originally appointed by president George W. Bush an ...

(born 1943), former president of Texas A&M, former CIA director, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense *

Seth Merrill Gates Seth Merrill Gates (October 16, 1800 – August 24, 1877) was an American merchant, attorney and politician. He served as a member of the New York State Assembly and as a United States representative from the U.S. state of New York. Early l ...

(1800–1877), 19th century American politician * Thomas Gates (disambiguation), several people ** Sir

Thomas Gates (governor) Sir Thomas Gates ( fl.?–1622), was the governor of Jamestown, in the English colony of Virginia (now the Commonwealth of Virginia, part of the United States of America). His predecessor, George Percy, through inept leadership, was responsib ...

(1585–1621), Governor of colonial Virginia **

Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Thomas Sovereign Gates Jr. (April 10, 1906March 25, 1983) was an American politician and diplomat who served as Secretary of Defense from 1959 to 1961 and Secretary of the Navy from 1957 to 1959, both under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. During ...

(1906–1983), American politician

Other people

Bill Gates (frontiersman) "Swiftwater" Bill Gates (1860–1935) was an American frontiersman and fortune hunter, and a fixture in stories of the Klondike Gold Rush. He made and lost several fortunes, and died while mining in Peru in 1935. In one famous Klondike story h ...

, participant in the Klondike Gold Rush *

Charles Gates, Jr. Charles Cassius Gates Jr. (May 27, 1921 – August 28, 2005) was a businessman and philanthropist. His father, Charles Gates Sr., bought Colorado Tire & Leather for $3,500 in 1911. The company was renamed The Gates Rubber Company in 1919. It became ...

(1921–2005), of the Gates Rubber Company *

Charles Gilbert Gates Charles Gilbert Gates (May 26, 1876 – October 29, 1913) of Minneapolis, Minnesota was the owner of the first home in the United States where air conditioning was installed in 1914. He was the son of John Warne Gates, also known as "Bet-a-Million" ...

(1876–1913), American stock broker * Christopher T. Gates, American philanthropist *

Crawford Gates Crawford Marion Gates (December 29, 1921 – June 9, 2018) was an American musician, composer, and conductor known for his contributions to the body of music for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Early life and educatio ...

, American composer and musician *

David Gates David Ashworth Gates (December 11, 1940 – January 5, 2023) was a American singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician and producer, frontman and co-lead singer (with Jimmy Griffin) of the group Bread, which reached the top of the musical charts i ...

(born 1940), singer-songwriter *

David Gates (author) David Gates (born January 8, 1947) is an American journalist and novelist. His works have been shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Education Gates obtained his B.A. from the University of Connecticut ...

(born 1947), author-journalist * Debbie Gates, British television writer-producer * Deborah Gates, American actress *

Frank Gates Ben Frank Gates (April 12, 1920 – July 26, 1978) was an American professional basketball player who spent two seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) and one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the 1946–47 NBL ...

(1920–1978), American professional basketball player * Frank Caleb Gates (1887–1955), American botanist and plant ecologist * Frank P. Gates (1895–1975), American architect *

Frederick Taylor Gates Frederick Taylor Gates (July 22, 1853, Maine, NY, Maine, Broome County, New York – February 6, 1929, Phoenix, Arizona) was an American Baptist clergyman, educator, and the principal business and philanthropic advisor to the major oil industriali ...

, American Baptist minister and advisor to the Rockefeller family *

Gareth Gates Gareth Paul Gates (born 12 July 1984) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show ''Pop Idol'' in 2002. As of 2008, Gates had sold over 3.5 million records in the UK. He is ...

, British pop musician *

Giacomo Gates Giacomo Gates (born September 14, 1950) is an American jazz vocalist. Career Gates was born and raised in Connecticut. His father was a classical violinist. He made his public debut as a vocalist at the age of six. Soon after, he picked up guita ...

, American jazz musician *

Henry Louis Gates Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker, who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African Am ...

, Jr. (born 1950), American scholar *

Hilliard Gates Hilliard Gates (December 14, 1915 – November 21, 1996) was an American sportscaster who was widely regarded as the founding father of Indiana sports broadcasting and the leading sportscaster in Indiana for decades. Early days Born Hilliard ...

, American sports journalist *

Horatio Gates Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727April 10, 1806) was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the early years of the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles ...

(1726–1806), Revolutionary War American general * Ivan R. Gates (1890–1932), American aviator and entrepreneur * J. Gabriel Gates, American author *

John Gates John "Johnny" Gates, born Solomon Regenstreif (28 September 1913 – 23 May 1992) was an American Communist business man, best remembered as one of the individuals spearheading a failed attempt at liberalization of the Communist Party USA in 19 ...

, American political activist *

John Gates (courtier) Sir John Gates KB (1504–1553)Sil p. 69 was an English courtier, soldier and politician, holding influential household positions in the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. One of the Chief Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber under Edward VI, he becam ...

, 16th century English soldier and courtier *

John Warne Gates John Warne Gates (May 18, 1855 – August 9, 1911), also known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates, was an American Gilded Age industrialist and gambler. He was a pioneer promoter of barbed wire. He was born and raised in what is now West Chicago, Illinois ...

, American industrialist * Julius W. Gates, onetime Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army * Ken Gates, pseudonym for American voice actor Rodger Parsons *

Kevin Gates Kevin Jerome Gilyard (born February 5, 1986), better known by his stage name Kevin Gates, is an American rapper, singer, and entrepreneur. He is currently signed to Bread Winners' Association with a partnership with Atlantic Records. His debut ...

(born 1986), American rapper *

Larry Gates Lawrence Wheaton Gates (September 24, 1915December 12, 1996) was an American actor. His notable roles include H.B. Lewis on daytime's ''Guiding Light'' and Doc Baugh in the film version of ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' (1958). He played the role o ...

, American actor *

Lee Gates Brice Lee Gates (December 20, 1937 – April 15, 2020) was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. The cousin of fellow bluesman Albert Collins, Gates released three albums on the Music Maker (label), Music Maker label. Gates perfor ...

(1937–2020), American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter * Merrill Edward Gates, American scholar *

Nancy Gates Nancy Gates (February 1, 1926Katz, Ephraim (1979). ''The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume''. Perigee Books. .P. 471. – March 24, 2019) was an American film and television actress. Early ...

(1926–2019), American actress *

Phyllis Gates Phyllis Lucille Gates (December 7, 1925 – January 4, 2006) was an American secretary and interior decorator, known for her three-year marriage to the actor Rock Hudson. The story of their marriage was depicted in the TV film ''Rock Hudson ...

, wife of Rock Hudson *

Raydon Gates Rear Admiral Raydon William Gates, (born 1 January 1952) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the principal naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of t ...

, Australian navy admiral *

Rick Gates (Internet pioneer) Rick Gates (born October 18, 1956) is an Internet pioneer mostly known because he organized The Internet Hunt and raised the ideas of Interpedia. He studied at the Graduate Library School at the University of Arizona. The Internet Hunt On 31 Au ...

, American software developer *

Rick Gates (political consultant) Richard William Gates III (born April 27, 1972) is an American former political consultant and lobbyist who pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States for making false statements in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2 ...

, American political consultant and lobbyist *

Robert Franklin Gates Robert Franklin Gates (1906–1982) was an American muralist, painter, printmaker, and art professor. He was a professor at American University, between 1946 until 1975. In the 1930s, Gates was one of hundreds of artists who benefitted from the ...

) (1906–1982), American artist and professor * Robert McFarland Gates (1883–1962), American engineer *

Sylvester James Gates Sylvester James Gates Jr. (born December 15, 1950), known as S. James Gates Jr. or Jim Gates, is an American theoretical physicist who works on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. He currently holds the Clark Leadership Chair in ...

, American theoretical physicist *

Synyster Gates Brian Elwin Haner Jr. (born July 7, 1981), better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American guitarist, best known for being the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. He ranks No. ...

, American guitarist *

Theophilus Gates Theophilus Ransom Gates (January 12, 1787October 30, 1846) was an American religious leader who founded a sect known as the "Battle Axes", a free-love perfectionist Christian sect near Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Biography Theophilus Gates ...

(1787–1846), American religious leader *

Tucker Gates Tucker Gates is an American television director and producer. He has directed several episodes of the ABC series ''Alias'' and ''Lost''. He has also directed episodes of '' Bates Motel'', '' Weeds'', ''Carnivàle'', '' Point Pleasant'', '' Huff'' ...

, American television director *

Vickie Gates Ondrea "Vickie" Victoria Gates (previously Ondrea Victoria Gates-Lewis born September 25, 1962) is a professional female bodybuilder from the United States. Early life and education Ondrea Victoria Gates was born on September 9, 1962 in San Ant ...

, American female bodybuilder *

William Gates (basketball) William Gates (born December 28, 1971) is an American former Chicago-area high school and college basketball player. Gates was the subject of the 1994 Kartemquin Films documentary film ''Hoop Dreams'' along with another Chicago-area high school ...

, protagonist from the 1994 movie ''Hoop Dreams'' * William Thomas George Gates (1908–1990), businessman

Fictional characters

Conrad Gates The following is a list of actors/actresses featured in the five series' of the United Kingdom TV series ''Footballers' Wives''. Series 1 *Zöe Lucker as Tanya Turner (Series 1–5)Lucker and Taylforth are the only cast members to have starred ...

, fictional British television character * Elsa Gates, fictional British television character * Jack Gates, fictional British television character *

Tony Gates Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leag ...

, fictional American television character * Benjamin Franklin Gates, in the ''National Treasure'' franchise, played by Nicolas Cage * (Unknown) Gates, fictional anime character

Gates family

Athletes

Civil servants

Other people

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See also