Gates is a surname, and may refer to:

People

The Gates family of Seattle, Washington, is prominent due to the financial success of Bill Gates and his company, Microsoft. Members of this family include: Gates family refers to the members of Bill Gates family and relatives who include: William Henry Gates, Sr. ... For other persons named Bill Gates, see Bill Gates (disambiguation). ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ...

• Bill Gates (born 1955), Chairman of Microsoft
• Melinda Gates, American philanthropist, wife of Bill Gates
• William H. Gates, Sr., 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: For other persons named Bill Gates, see Bill Gates (disambiguation). ... Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French on August 15, 1964) is a former unit manager for several Microsoft products: Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Encarta, and Expedia. ... For other persons named Bill Gates, see Bill Gates (disambiguation). ... William Henry Gates, Sr. ... Mary Maxwell Gates (born 1929) served 18 years (1975-1993) on the University of Washington board of regents. ... William Henry Gates, Sr. ...

• 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: Antonio Gates (born June 18, 1980 in Detroit, Michigan) is a football tight end for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL. Hes listed as 6 feet, 4 inches tall, and 260 pounds. ... Brent Robert Gates (born March 14, 1970, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) was a Major League Baseball second and third baseman. ... Lionel Theron Gates(Born:March 13,1982) is an NFL runningback for the Buffalo Bills. ... Mathew Gates (born June 29, 1975 in Hitchin, England) was an American figure skater. ... William Pop Gates (August 30, 1917 – December 1, 1999) was a professional basketball player. ...

• Alma Gates, American local politician
• 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)
• Ryan Gates, American police chief (Fowler, CO)
• 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: Artemus Gates was President of New York Trust Company, Union Pacific, TIME, Boeing Company He graduated from Yale University in 1918, and was a member of Skull and Bones, one of the most well known of the secret societies based at Yale University. ... Assistant Secretary of the Navy (abbrev. ... Charles Winslow Gates (January 12, 1856 – July 1, 1927) was a U.S. politician who served as the Governor of Vermont from 1915 to 1917. ... Daryl F. Gates was the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1978 until 1992. ... Ralph F. Gates (1893 - 1978) was governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1945 to 1949. ... Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. ... Seth Merrill Gates (1800-1877) was an American lawyer, born at Winfield, New York. ... Thomas Sovereign Gates, Jr. ... Sir Thomas Gates (fl. ... Thomas Sovereign Gates Jr. ...

• 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
• Cyrus Gates
• 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 Swiftwater Bill Gates was an American frontiersman and fortune hunter, and a fixture in stories of the Klondike Gold Rush. ... Charles Cassius Gates, Jr. ... Christopher T. Gates is the Executive Director of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... David Gates (born January 8, 1947) is an American journalist and novelist. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Deborah Gates as Ophelia in Hamlet Deborah Gates is an American actress and director who founded the acting company Shakespeare at Play in Los Angeles, California that specializes in abridged versions of Shakespeare’s works for young audiences. ... Frederick T. Gates (1853-1929) was a leading American philanthropist, and the main philanthropic advisor to John D. Rockefeller from 1891 to 1912. ... Gareth Paul Gates (born July 12, 1984, Bradford, England) is an English pop singer who shot to fame in 2002 when he came second in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol. ... Giacomo Gates is an American jazz vocalist. ... Henry Louis Skip Gates, Jr. ... Hilliard Gates (1910- November 21, 1996) was a founding father of Indiana broadcasting and the leading sportscaster in Indiana for decades. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... John Gates, born Solomon Regenstriet in New York City in 1913, was a prominent American Communist. ... John Warne Gates (May 18, 1855–August 9, 1911), also known as Bet-a-Million Gates, was a pioneer promoter of barbed wire who became a Gilded Age industrialist. ... SMA Julius W. Gates Julius William (Bill) Gates was the eighth Sergeant Major of the Army. ... Katharine Gates is a U.S. writer on sexuality. ... Rodger Parsons is American actor and voice actor. ... Image:MerrillGates1. ...

• 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

See also: Rick Gates is an Internet Pioneer mostly known because he organised the The Internet Hunt and raised the ideas of Interpedia. ... Sylvester James Gates, Jr. ... Tucker Gates is an American television director and producer. ... Vickie Gates is a professional female bodybuilder from the United States. ... Bill Gates William Henry Gates III, KBE, (born October 28, 1955), commonly known as Bill Gates, is the co-founder and current Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft. ... William Thomas George Gates CBE, 21 January 1908 - 23 November 1990 was a banker and expert on Africa. ...

• Gates McFadden, American actress and choreographer

Cheryl Gates McFadden (born March 2, 1949 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), usually credited as Gates McFadden, is an American actress and choreographer. ...

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
• Gates (comics), fictional character, an insectoid member of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Conrad Gates is a fictional character from the British TV show Footballers Wives, played by Ben Price. ... This is a comprehensive list of characters from the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs in alphabetical order by the characters surnames. ... This is a comprehensive list of characters from the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs in alphabetical order by the characters surnames. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... In the fictional DC Universe, Tijulk Mrasz, codename Gates, is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. ... The Legion of Super-Heroes is a DC Comics superhero team created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino. ...

Geography

• Gates, New York, town in Monroe County, New York
• Gates, Oregon, city in Linn County, Oregon, United States
• Gates, Tennessee, town in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, United States
• Gates County, North Carolina, county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina
• Gates Mills, Ohio, village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Gates is a town in Monroe County, New York. ... Gates is a city located in Linn County, Oregon. ... Gates is a town located in Lauderdale County, Tennessee. ... Gates County is a county located in the state of North Carolina. ... Gates Mills is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. ...

See also

• Gate
• Logic Gate, components in electronics
• The Gates, project by Christo and Jeanne-Claude

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