Bate (surname)

Bate is a surname, derived from a diminutive of Bartholomew. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Ahmade Bate (1417–1491), Kurdish poet and cleric
 * Anthony Bate (1927–2012), English actor
 * C. T. Bate (1823–1889), Canadian politician
 * Charles Spence Bate (1819–1889), British zoologist and dentist
 * Dorothea Bate (1878–1951), British paleontologist
 * Ed Bate (1901–1999), New Zealand politician
 * Henry Bate of Malines (1246–14th-century), Flemish philosopher, theologian, astronomer, astrologer, poet and musician
 * Jeff Bate (1906–1984), Australian politician
 * Jennifer Bate (1944–2020), English organist
 * Jonathan Bate (born 1958), British scholar
 * Matthew Bate (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
 * Michael Bate, Canadian media entrepreneur
 * Mike Bate (born 1943), English professor of biology
 * Roger Bate, economist
 * Roger R. Bate (1923–2009), U.S. Army and Air Force officer, Computer and Astrodynamic Scientist
 * Stanley Bate (1911–1959), English composer and pianist
 * Tyler Bate (born 1997), English professional wrestler
 * Walter Jackson Bate (1918–1999), American literary critic
 * William B. Bate (1826–1905), governor of Tennessee
 * William Thornton Bate (1820–1857), Royal Navy officer and surveyor
 * Zara Bate (1909–1989), Australian fashion designer