Bateson

Bateson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Batte", a medieval diminutive of Bartholomew. It is rare as a given name. People with the surname Bateson include:


 * Bob Bateson (born 1961), American football player
 * Edith Bateson (1867–1938), English artist
 * Frank Bateson (1909–2007), New Zealand astronomer
 * Frederick Wilse Bateson (1901–1978), English literary scholar
 * Gregory Bateson (1904–1980), British anthropologist (son of William Bateson)
 * Jack Bateson (born 1994), British boxer
 * Mary Catherine Bateson (1939–2021), U.S. writer and anthropologist (daughter of Gregory Bateson)
 * Patrick Bateson (1938–2017), British biologist and science writer
 * Paul Bateson (born 1940), American radiological technician who appeared in The Exorcist and was later convicted of a murder
 * Thomas Bateson (c.1570–1630), English madrigal composer
 * Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore (1819–1890), British Conservative politician
 * Timothy Bateson (1926–2009), British actor
 * William Bateson (1861–1926), British geneticist who coined the term "genetics"
 * William Henry Bateson (1812–1881), British academic