Yates is an
Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...
surname common among the Irish, and best associated with the
Poet Laureate of
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
,
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats (, 13 June 186528 January 1939), popularly known as W. B. Yeats, was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th century in literature, 20th-century literature. He was ...
, and his family of painters, including founders of
Dun Emer Press
The Dun Emer Press (''fl.'' 1902–1908) was an Irish private press founded in 1902 by Evelyn Gleeson, Elizabeth Yeats and her brother William Butler Yeats, part of the Celtic Revival. It was named after the legendary Emer and evolved into the ...
and the
Abbey Theatre
The Abbey Theatre (), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland () is a theatre in Dublin, Ireland. First opening to the public on 27 December 1904, and moved from its original building after a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the p ...
. Notable people with the surname
Entertainment
Art and literature
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Dornford Yates
Cecil William Mercer (7 August 1885 – 5 March 1960), known by his pen name Dornford Yates, was an English writer and novelist whose novels and short stories, some humorous (the ''Berry'' books), some Thriller (genre), thrillers (the ''Chandos ...
, the pseudonym of the English novelist, Cecil William Mercer (1885–1960)
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Edmund Yates
Edmund Hodgson Yates (3 July 183120 May 1894) was a British journalist, novelist and dramatist.
Early life
He was born in Edinburgh to the actor and theatre manager Frederick Henry Yates and was educated at Highgate School in London from 1840 ...
(1831–1894), Edinburgh-born novelist and dramatist
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Elizabeth Yates (author)
Elizabeth Yates McGreal (December 6, 1905 – July 29, 2001) was an American writer. She may have been known best for the biographical novel '' Amos Fortune, Free Man'', winner of the 1951 Newbery Medal. She had been a Newbery runner-up in 1944 fo ...
(1905–2001), American author
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Fred Yates
Frederick Joseph Yates (25 July 1922 – 7 July 2008) was an English artist. Inspired by the Manchester painter L. S. Lowry, Yates set out to paint pictures about the lives of ordinary people: " ... It is the man in the street that I'm after, ...
(1922–2008), English painter
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Frederic Yates
Frederic Yates (1854–1919) was an English painter. He painted landscapes and portraits including President Woodrow Wilson and Sanford Ballard Dole, the only president of Hawaii. He settled in the Lake District.
Life
Frederic Keeping was ...
(1854–1919), English painter
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Gayle Graham Yates (1940–2023), American women's studies and American studies academic
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J. Michael Yates (1938–2019), Canadian poet and dramatist
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Jason Yates
Jason Yates (born 1972 in Detroit, Michigan) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Education
Yates got his BFA from the University of Michigan in 1995 and his MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA ...
(born 1972), American visual artist
*
Myriam Yates
Myriam Yates (born 1971 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian artist. Yates is known for her photography and her video art installation works. Her work is included in the collections of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and the Musée nation ...
(born 1971), Canadian artist
*
Richard Yates (novelist)
Richard Walden Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety." His first novel, '' Revolutionary Road'', was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award, while his fi ...
(1926–1992), American novelist and short story writer
Music, theatre, film and television
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Aaron Dontez Yates
Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971), better known by his stage name Tech N9ne (pronounced "tech nine"), is an American rapper and singer. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold ...
(born 1971), American rapper, known as Tech N9ne
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Billy Yates (born 1963), American country singer
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Cassie Yates
Cassandra Yates (born March 2, 1951) is an American actress known for her performances on television.
Early years
Yates was born and raised in Macon, Georgia. Her mother named her after the character Cassandra portrayed by Betty Field in '' ...
(born 1951), American television actress
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David Yates
David Yates (born 8 October 1963) is an English filmmaker, who has directed feature films, short films, and television productions. He is best known for directing the final four films in the Harry Potter (film series), ''Harry Potter'' series ...
(born 1963), English film and television director
*
Elizabeth Yates (actress)
Elizabeth Yates ( Brunton; 21 January 1799 – 30 August 1860) was an English actress. She appeared on the stage under the names Miss Brunton, Elizabeth Brunton, Elizabeth Yates, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Yates late Miss Brunton.
Early life and f ...
(1799–1860), English actress
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Francesco Yates
Francesco David Yates (born September 11, 1995) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his featurette in the 2015 hit single "Sugar (Robin Schulz song), Sugar" by German DJ Robin Schulz.
Life and career
Yates was born in Toronto, Onta ...
(born 1995), Canadian singer
*
Frederick Henry Yates
Frederick Henry Yates (4 February 1797 – 21 June 1842) was an English actor and theatre manager.
Life
Yates was born in London, the youngest son of Thomas Yates, a tobacco manufacturer, of Thames Street and Russell Square. Frederick was educ ...
(1797–1842), English actor and theatre manager
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Herbert Yates
Herbert John Yates (August 24, 1880 – February 3, 1966), a Hollywood mini-mogul, was the founder and President of Republic Pictures. With his contract, he had launched the film careers of such Western stars as Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and John ...
(1880–1966), founder and president of Republic Pictures
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Lucky Yates
Matt "Lucky" Yates (born October 18, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his voice roles as Dr. Krieger on ''Archer'' and the Xtacles on ''Frisky Dingo''. He was also a recurring actor on the Food Network series '' Good Eats'' ...
(born 1967), American actor, voice actor, puppeteer, and comedian
*
Mary Anne Yates
Mary Ann Yates (1728–1787) was an English tragic actress. The daughter of William Graham, a ship's steward and his wife, Mary, she married Richard Yates (c. 1706-1796), a well-known comedian of the time.
In 1754, aged 25, she appeared at Dr ...
(1728–1787), English tragic actress
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Peter Yates
Peter James Yates (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2011) was an English film director and producer. He was known for making films in a wide variety of genres, including the Steve McQueen police thriller film '' Bullitt'' in 1968. He received nomin ...
(1929–2011), English film director
*
Pauline Yates
Pauline Lettice Yates (16 June 1929 – 21 January 2015) was an English actress, best known for playing Elizabeth Perrin in the BBC television sitcom ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin''. She also starred in ''Bachelor Father (British ...
(1929–2015), English actress
*
Reggie Yates
Reginald Yates (born 31 May 1983) is a British television presenter, actor, writer and director with a career spanning three decades on screen as an actor, television presenter and radio DJ. Yates played Leo Jones in ''Doctor Who'' and has wo ...
(born 1983), English actor, television presenter, and radio DJ
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Richard Yates (actor)
Richard Yates (c. 1706–1796) was an English comic actor, who worked at the Haymarket Theatre and Drury Lane among others, appearing in David Garrick's ''King Lear''. He also worked in theatre management, and set up the New Theatre in Birmin ...
(c. 1706–1796), English comic actor
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Theodosia Yates (1815–1904), Australian actor and singer
News media
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Alastair Yates
Alastair Kenneth Yates (3 September 1952 – 26 July 2018) was an English news anchor, for over 20 years with the BBC, on BBC World News and BBC News.
Born 3 September 1952 and brought up in Burton upon Trent, Yates was educated at Manor Hou ...
(1952–2018), English BBC News presenter
*
Brock Yates
Brock Yates (October 21, 1933 – October 5, 2016) was a prominent American journalist, TV commentator, TV reporter, screenwriter, and author. He was the longtime executive editor at ''Car and Driver'' magazine—and contributed to ''The Washingt ...
(1933–2016), automotive magazine reporter/editor
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Jess Yates (1918–1993), English television presenter
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Paula Yates
Paula Elizabeth Yates (24 April 1959 – 17 September 2000) was a Welsh television presenter and writer. Yates is best known for her work on two television programmes, '' The Tube'' and ''The Big Breakfast''. She was subjected to intense media ...
(1959–2000), British television presenter
Sports
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Adam Yates
Adam Richard Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Yates placed fourth overall at the 2016 Tour de France and became the first British rider to win the Young rider clas ...
(born 1992), English cyclist
*
Adam Yates (footballer)
Adam Paul Yates (born 28 May 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He made 520 league and cup appearances in a 16-year career as a professional and also won three caps as a semi-pro international with Eng ...
(born 1983), English association football player
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Billy Yates (American football)
William LaQuayne Yates (born April 15, 1980) is an American football coach and former offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas A&M and was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent ...
(born 1980), American football player
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Dorian Yates
Dorian Andrew Mientjez Yates (born 19 April 1962) is an English retired professional bodybuilder. He won the Mr. Olympia title six consecutive times from 1992 to 1997. He earned the nickname "The Shadow" for his tendency to unexpectedly appear ...
(born 1962), professional English bodybuilder
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Frederick Yates (chess player)
Fred Dewhirst Yates (16 January 1884, Birstall – 11 November 1932, London) was an English chess master who won the British Chess Championship on six occasions. He started a career in accountancy, but in 1909, abandoned it in favour of bec ...
(1884–1932), English chess master who won the British Championship six times
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Gary Yates (cricketer) (born 1967), Lancashire cricket player
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Janet Yates
Janet Yates is a Northern Irish archer.
She represented Northern Ireland at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at th ...
, Irish archer
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Kevin Yates (born 1972), rugby union prop forward
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Kirby Yates
Kirby Kali Yates (born March 25, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to ...
(born 1987), American baseball player for the
San Diego Padres
The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Division. ...
of
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...
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Max Yates (American football) (born 1979) American football player
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Robert Yates (NASCAR)
James Robert Yates (April 19, 1943 – October 2, 2017) was an American NASCAR engine builder and former owner of the Sprint Cup Series team Yates Racing, owned since 2007 by his son Doug. He purchased the team from Harry Ranier in 1988, with d ...
(born ''ca'' 1943, ''fl.'' 1961–2007), former owner of
Yates Racing
Yates Racing was an American stock car racing team that competed in NASCAR through the 2009 season, after which it merged into Richard Petty Motorsports. Previously known as Robert Yates Racing, the team was owned by Doug Yates, who has offici ...
, NASCAR racing team
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Ryan Yates, (born 1997), English association football player
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Sammy Yates
David "Sammy" Yates (born 18 March 1953) is an English former professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), full-back.
References
1953 births
Living people
Footballers from Barnsley
Engli ...
, English association football player
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Sean Yates
Sean Yates (born 18 May 1960) is an English former professional cyclist and directeur sportif.
Career
Yates competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, finishing sixth in the 4,000m individual pursuit. As an amateur in 1980, he won the British 25-m ...
(born 1960), English cyclist
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Simon Yates (cyclist)
Simon Philip Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British professional Road bicycle racing, road and track cycling, track racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . His twin brother is Adam Yates, who is also a professional cyclist. He won the gol ...
(born 1992), English cyclist
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Simon Yates (golfer)
Simon Yates (born 16 March 1970) is a Scottish professional golfer.
Professional career
In 1989, Yates turned professional. He relocated to Thailand after holidaying in Asia and deciding to base himself in the region. He has played on the Asia ...
(born 1970), British golfer
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Simon Yates (mountaineer)
Simon Yates (born 1963) is an English mountaineer. In 1985, he and Joe Simpson made the first ascent of the west face of Siula Grande in the Huayhuash mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. After Simpson fell and badly broke his leg on the desce ...
(born 1963), English mountaineer
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Steve Yates (born 1970),
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Culture, language and peoples
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
association football player
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Steven Yates (born 1983), rugby union player from
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
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T. J. Yates
Taylor Jonathan Yates (born May 28, 1987) is an American football coach and former player who is the passing game coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played professionally as a quarterback in the NFL. Af ...
(born 1987), American football player
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Tony Yates
Tony Yates (September 15, 1937 – May 16, 2020) was an American college basketball player and head coach for the Cincinnati Bearcats. As a player, he won consecutive national championships with Cincinnati in 1961 and 1962. Yates was named a th ...
(1937–2020), American basketball player and coach
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Tyler Yates
Tyler Kali Yates (born August 7, 1977) is an American police officer and former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Career Oakland Athletics
Yates atten ...
(born 1977), major league baseball pitcher
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Wayne Yates (1937–2022), NBA player and college basketball coach
Politics
United States
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Abraham Yates
Abraham Yates Jr. (August 23, 1724 – June 30, 1796) was an American lawyer, civil servant, and pamphleteer from Albany, New York.
Early life
Yates was born on August 23, 1724, in Albany, New York. He was the ninth child born to Christoffel Y ...
(1724–1796), American Continental Congressman
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Frederick Yates (politician)
Frederick Yates (October 3, 1914 – October 9, 1971) was an American politician and lawyer.
Born in Malvern, Arkansas, Yates moved with his family to Detroit, Michigan in 1925. In 1932, Yates graduated from Northwestern High School. He received ...
(1914–1971), Michigan politician
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Glenn Yates Jr. (1927–2022), Virginia politician and architect
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Harry D. Yates
Harry Douglas Yates (July 21, 1903 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York – October 9, 1996 in Menands, Albany County, New York) was an American banker and politician from New York. He was for a short time Acting New York State Comptroller in 194 ...
(1903–1996), Acting New York Comptroller 1941
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John P. Yates (1921–2017), Georgia politician
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John Van Ness Yates
John Van Ness Yates (December 18, 1779 – January 10, 1839) was a New York lawyer, Democratic-Republican politician, and Secretary of State from 1818 to 1826.
Early life
He was born in Albany on December 18, 1779. He was one of six children ...
(1779–1839), New York Secretary of State 1818–1826
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Joseph C. Yates (1768–1837), former governor of New York
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Mary Carlin Yates
Mary Carlin Yates (born 1946, Portland, Oregon) was a Foreign Service Officer at the United States Department of State, U.S. State Department and was one of two deputy commanders of the United States Africa Command until June 2009.
Yates retir ...
(b. 1946), U.S. ambassador
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Peter W. Yates, American attorney and Continental Congress delegate
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Richard Yates (governor), Illinois politician
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Richard Yates (son)
Richard Yates Jr. (December 12, 1860 – April 11, 1936) was the 22nd Governor of Illinois from 1901 to 1905—the first native-born governor of the state. From 1919 to 1933, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois.
Earl ...
, Illinois politician, his son
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Robert Yates (politician)
Robert Yates (January 27, 1738 – September 9, 1801) was an American politician, attorney, jurist, and surveyor. As a delegate representing New York at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Yates is considered a Founding Father of the Unite ...
, anti-Federalist American politician
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Sally Yates
Sally Quillian Yates (born Sally Caroline Quillian; August 20, 1960) is an American lawyer. From 2010 to 2015, she was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. In 2015, she was appointed United States Deputy Attorney General ...
, former U.S. Department of Justice official
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Sidney R. Yates
Sidney Richard Yates (August 27, 1909 – October 5, 2000) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who represented the state of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-four terms from 1949 to 1963 a ...
, politician from the state of Illinois
Other countries
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Dianne Yates, New Zealand politician
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Elizabeth Yates (mayor)
Elizabeth Yates (née Oman, 1840 – 6 September 1918) was a New Zealand politician who served as the mayor of Onehunga borough for most of 1894. She was the first female mayor in the British Empire. Outside the British Empire, she was preceded ...
, first female mayor in the British Empire
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John Ashton Yates
John Ashton Yates (21 June 1781 – 1 November 1863) was a British Whig politician and railroad investor.
Early life
He was a son of Elizabeth (née Ashton) Bostock Yates and John Yates, a prominent Unitarian minister who served at Kaye Stre ...
, UK member of parliament
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Ivan Yates
Ivan Yates (born 23 October 1959) is an Irish broadcaster, businessman and former politician. He was elected as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency at the 1981 general election and at each election until his retirement ...
, senior Irish politician
Science
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David Gilbert Yates
David Gilbert Yates (1870 – May 9, 1918) was an American otorhinolaryngologist, born in New Jersey. He attended private schools and after a brief stint as a journalist entered New York University, receiving his medical degree in 1898. H ...
, American eye, ear and throat surgeon
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Frances Yates
Dame Frances Amelia Yates (28 November 1899 – 29 September 1981) was an English historian of the Renaissance, who wrote books on the history of esotericism.
After attaining an MA in French at University College London, she began to publish ...
, noted English historian
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Frank Yates
Frank Yates FRS (12 May 1902 – 17 June 1994) was one of the pioneers of 20th-century statistics.
Biography
Yates was born in Manchester, England, the eldest of five children (and only son) of seed merchant and botanist Percy Yates and ...
(1902–1994), English statistician
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JoAnne Yates
JoAnne Yates (born 1951) Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management, Emerita at the MIT Sloan School of Management, has worked at the intersection of organization studies and information technology. She has contributed to a number of fields includ ...
(born 1951), American Professor of Managerial Communication
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Ricardo Baeza-Yates
Ricardo A. Baeza-Yates (born March 21, 1961) is a Chilean computer scientist specializing in algorithms, data structures, information retrieval, web search and responsible AI. He is currently the Director of Research at the Institute for Experien ...
(born 1961), Chilean computer scientist
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Samuel Yates
Samuel Yates (May 10, 1919 in Savannah, Georgia – April 22, 1991 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) was a computer engineer and mathematician who first described unique primes in 1980. In 1984 he began the list of "Largest Known Primes" (today The ...
, mathematician
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Tyler Yates
Tyler Kali Yates (born August 7, 1977) is an American police officer and former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Career Oakland Athletics
Yates atten ...
, physician
Military
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Charles Yates
Charles Yates (March 1, 1808 – September 26, 1870) was a Brigadier-General during the American Civil War in command of the volunteer depot of New York City in 1861.
Biography
He was born on March 1, 1808, in Schenectady, New York,Yates, 2 ...
(1808–1870),
brigadier-general during the
American Civil War
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Donald Norton Yates
Donald Norton Yates (November 25, 1909 – August 28, 1993) was the US Army Air Force officer who helped select June 6, 1944 as the date for D-Day, the Allied invasion of Europe, in his capacity as chief meteorologist on General Dwight D. Eisenh ...
(1909–1993), USAAF officer and meteorologist to Eisenhower in WWII
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Earl P. Yates
Earl Preston "Buddy" Yates (December 23, 1923 – September 13, 2021) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Yates graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1944 and was, in 1967, one of the youngest male graduates of the 20th cent ...
(1923–2021), US Admiral
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Elmer P. Yates
Elmer Parker Yates (December 19, 1917 – August 14, 2011) was a Major general (United States), major general in the United States Army Corps of Engineers who saw service in the Vietnam War. He was the younger brother of United States Air Force ...
(1917–2011), US Army engineer general
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George Yates
George Wilhelmus Mancius Yates (February 26, 1843 – June 25, 1876) was an officer in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment. He was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Biography
Yates was born in Albany, New York. He met Custer in Monroe, Mich ...
(1843–1876), US Army officer and friend of George Armstrong Custer
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Harry Yates (RAF officer)
Harry Alexander Yates, AFC (1 August 1896 – April 1968) was a Canadian pilot and chiropractor. He was best known for flying Lawrence of Arabia and Harry St. John Philby to Cairo, breaking a speed record for that flight.
Early life
Yat ...
(1896–1968), Canadian RAF officer
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James Yates (cricketer)
James Ainsworth Yates (24 November 1883 – 1 December 1929) DSO, CSI was an English first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer.
Early life and first-class cricket
Yates was born at Trimulgherry in British India to Major Henry Town ...
(1883–1929), cricketer and British Indian Army officer
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Julian E. Yates
Chaplain (Colonel) Julian Emmett Yates (October 23, 1871 – May 24, 1953) was an American Army officer who served as the 3rd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1929 to 1933. Together with John B. Frazier
John Brown Frazier (Dec ...
(1871–1953), US Army officer and chaplain
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Peter Yates (architect) (1920–1982), British architect and RAF officer
Miscellaneous
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Andrea Yates
Andrea Pia Yates ( Kennedy; born July 2, 1964) is an American woman from Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. The case of Yateswho had exhibited severe postpartum depression, postpartum p ...
, woman
acquitted
In common law jurisdictions, an acquittal means that the criminal prosecution has failed to prove that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the charge presented. It certifies that the accused is free from the charge of an o ...
, by reason of insanity, of drowning her five children
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James Yates, English Unitarian minister
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John Yates, former
Assistant Commissioner in the
Metropolitan Police Service
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Joseph Brooks Yates
Joseph Brooks Yates (1780–1855) was an English antiquary, merchant and slave trader.
Background and education
Born in Liverpool on 21 January 1780, he was the eldest son of John Yates, minister of the Paradise Street Unitarian Chapel, L ...
, English merchant and antiquary
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Richard Vaughan Yates
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and i ...
, founder of
Prince's Park, Liverpool
Prince's Park in Toxteth, Liverpool, England, is a municipal park, south east of Liverpool city centre. In 2009, its status was upgraded to a Grade II* Historic Park by English Heritage.
History
The park was originally a private developmen ...
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Robert Lee Yates
Robert Lee Yates Jr. (born May 27, 1952), also known as the Spokane Serial Killer and the Grocery Bag Killer, is an American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, and former U.S. Army aircraft pilot who murdered at least sixteen people in eastern W ...
, American serial killer
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William Yates, fifth president of the
College of William & Mary
The College of William & Mary (abbreviated as W&M) is a public university, public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III of England, William III and Queen ...
*Thomas, John, Albert and William Yates (1860–1917), the largest organizers of production on the Ural in Russia of the 19-20 century.
Fiction
* Detective Yates, recurring character in the skit comedy series ''
The Kids in the Hall''
* The Hon. John Yates from ''
Mansfield Park
''Mansfield Park'' is the third published novel by the English author Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton (publisher), Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray (publishing house), John Murray, st ...
'' by
Jane Austen
Jane Austen ( ; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for #List of works, her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century ...
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Kasidy Yates
This is a list of characters from the science fiction television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. Only characters who played a significant major role in the series are listed.
''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' was a science fiction televis ...
, a recurring character in the science fiction TV series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
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Lise Yates, from the British TV Sitcom ''Red Dwarf''
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Captain Mike Yates, British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''
* Rowdy Yates, ''
Rawhide
Rawhide may refer to:
*Rawhide (material), a hide or animal skin that has not been tanned
* Whip made from rawhide
Entertainment
* ''Rawhide'' (1926 film), a Western directed by Richard Thorpe
* ''Rawhide'' (1938 film), a Western starring baseball ...
'' TV series (CBS 1959–1966)
* Yates Noll, villain from ''Terrier'', Book 1 of
Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is an American writer of fantasy fiction for teenagers, known best for stories featuring young heroines. She made a name for herself with her first book series, '' The Song of the Lioness'' (1983–1988), w ...
's Beka Cooper Series
* ''
Richard Yates'', a 2010 novel by
Tao Lin
Tao Lin (; born July 2, 1983) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist. He has published four novels, a novella, two books of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a memoir, as well as an extensive assortment o ...
See also
*
Yeats (surname) Yeats is an English people, English family name. Notable people with the name include:
* Anne Yeats (1919–2001), Irish painter and stage designer
* Elizabeth Yeats (1868–1940), Irish printer and manager of the Dun Emer Press and the Cuala Press ...
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Yeates
Yeates is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Dustin Yeates (born 2006), American Entrepreneur
* Comfort Yeates (born 2005), British trampoline gymnast
* David Yeates, Irish musician
* Fergus Yeates (1912–1992), Australian c ...
, a surname
References
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