Oates is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adam Oates Adam Robert Oates (born August 27, 1962) is a Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) o ...

(born 1962), professional ice hockey player *

Alice Oates Alice Oates (22 September 1849 – 10 January 1887) was an actress, Actor-manager, theatre manager and pioneer of American musical theatre who took opéra bouffe in English to all corners of America. She produced the first performance of a wo ...

(1849–1887), actress and musical theatre pioneer *

Colin Oates Colin Oates (born 7 June 1983 in Harold Wood, London) is an English former Judoka. Judo career In 2011, Oates won a bronze medal in the 2011 European Championship defeating Pierre Duprat from France and finished fifth in the 2011 World Champio ...

(born 1983), English judoka *

Corey Oates Corey Oates (born 20 October 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as er for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL). Oates has represented Queensland in the State of Origin series. He is the on ...

(born 1994), Australian rugby league player * Cynthia de la Vega Oates, Mexican model * Dan Oates, American police chief * Denese Oates (born 1955), Australian artist *

Eugene William Oates Eugene William Oates (31 December 184516 November 1911) was an English naturalist and a civil engineer who worked on road projects in Burma. Oates was born in Sicily and educated in Bath, England. For a time he attended Sydney College, Bath and ...

(1845–1911), English naturalist *

Frank Oates Francis (Frank) Oates (1840–1875) was a British naturalist, explorer, and uncle of Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates. He was one of the first Europeans to see the Victoria Falls. Early life The second son of Edward Oates (1792–1865), of Me ...

, British African explorer *

Graham Oates (footballer, born 1943) Graham Oates (born 4 December 1943 in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire) is an English former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder. Oates began his career with Ron Suart's Blackpool in 1961. He made his debut for the Division One ...

, English footballer *

Graham Oates (footballer, born 1949) Graham Oates (born 14 March 1949) is an English retired footballer who played for Bradford City, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. He also played for the Detroit Express and the California Surf in the NASL. While at Newcastle United, Oat ...

, English footballer *

Jackie Oates Jackie Oates is an English folk singer and fiddle player. Life Oates was born in Congleton in Cheshire in 1983 but grew up in Staffordshire. At the age of 18, she moved to Devon to study English literature at Exeter University and was based in ...

(born 1983), English folk musician * John Oates (disambiguation) *

Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. Her novels '' Bla ...

(born 1938), American writer *

Lawrence Oates Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates (17 March 188017 March 1912) was a British army officer, and later an Antarctic explorer, who died from hypothermia

, British Antarctic explorer *

Lynette Frances Oates The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...

(1921–2013), Australian linguist * Reginald Oates (born 1950), American spree killer * Sheila Oates (born 1939), British and Australian mathematician *

Simon Oates Simon Oates (6 January 1932 – 20 May 2009) was an English actor best known for his roles on television. Born in Canning Town, east London and moving to Finchley in his teens, Oates trained as a heating engineer for his father's firm befo ...

, British actor * Stephen B. Oates, American author and biographer *

Titus Oates Titus Oates (15 September 1649 – 12/13 July 1705) was an English priest who fabricated the " Popish Plot", a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II. Early life Titus Oates was born at Oakham in Rutland. His father Samuel (1610� ...

, 17th-century perjurer * Tom Oates, American sportswriter * Wallace Eugene Oates, American economist *

Warren Oates Warren Mercer Oates (July 5, 1928 – April 3, 1982) was an American actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah, including ''The Wild Bunch'' (1969) and ''Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia'' (1974). A ...

, American character actor * William Oates (disambiguation)

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