People

• Bill Gates (born 1955), Chairman of Microsoft
• Melinda Gates, American philanthropist, wife of Bill Gates
• William H. Gates, Sr., retired attorney and American philanthropist, Bill's father
• Mary Maxwell Gates, American philanthropist, Bill's mother
• Mimi Gardner Gates, American art historian, William Sr.'s second wife

Several athletes have the surname Gates:

• Antonio Gates, American professional football player
• Brent Gates, American professional baseball player
• Lionel Gates, American professional football player
• Mathew Gates, American figure skater
• William 'Pop' Gates, member of the Harlem Globetrotters

Civil servants with the surname Gates have included:

• Artemus Gates, American financier and Undersecretary of the Navy during World War II
• Charles W. Gates (1856-1927), 20th century Governor of Vermont
• Daryl Gates, American police chief (Los Angeles, CA)
• Ralph F. Gates, onetime Governor of Indiana
• Robert Gates, Former President of Texas A&M, former CIA director, US Secretary of Defense
• Seth Merrill Gates, 19th century American politician
• Several men named Thomas Gates:
• Sir Thomas Gates (1585-1621), Governor of colonial Virginia
• Thomas Sovereign Gates, Sr. (1873-1948), American banker and university president
• Thomas S. Gates, Jr. (1906-1983), American politician

Other people with the surname Gates include:

• Bill Gates (frontiersman), a participant in the Klondike Gold Rush
• Charles Gates, Jr., of the Gates Rubber Company
• Christopher T. Gates, American philanthropist
• Crawford Gates, American composer and musician
• David Gates (born 1940), singer-songwriter
• David Gates (author) (born 1947), author-journalist
• Debbie Gates, British television writer-producer
• Deborah Gates, American actress
• Frederick T. Gates, American minister (Baptist) and advisor to the Rockefeller family
• Gareth Gates, British pop musician
• Giacomo Gates, American jazz musician
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr (born 1950), American scholar
• Hilliard Gates, American sports journalist
• Horatio Gates (1726-1806), Revolutionary War American General
• John Gates, American political activist
• John Warne Gates, American industrialist
• Julius W. Gates, onetime Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army
• Katharine Gates, American writer
• Ken Gates, pseudonym for American voice actor Rodger Parsons
• Merrill Edwards Gates, American scholar
• Robert Gates, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
• Rick Gates, American software developer
• Sylvester James Gates, American theoretical physicist
• Tucker Gates, American television director
• Vickie Gates, an American female bodybuilder
• William Gates, American minister
• William Thomas George Gates (1908-1990), British banker

Fictional characters

• Conrad Gates, fictional British television character
• Elsa Gates, fictional British television character
• Jack Gates, fictional British television character
• Tony Gates, fictional American television character
• Benjamin Franklin Gates fictional character in the movie National Treasure

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