Cates

Cates is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Challen Cates (born 1967), American actress
 * Clifton Bledsoe Cates (1893–1970), 19th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
 * David Allan Cates (born 1956), American novelist
 * George Cates (1911-2002), American musical conductor associated with Lawrence Welk
 * George Edward Cates (1892-1917), English recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I
 * Gilbert Cates (1934-2011), American film director
 * Kristy Cates (born 1977), American stage actress and singer
 * Michael Cates (born 1961), Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University
 * Miriam Cates (born 1982), British Member of Parliament elected 2019
 * Noah Cates (born 1999), American ice hockey player
 * Opie Cates (1909-1987), American band leader
 * Phoebe Cates (born 1963), American film actress
 * Richard Cates (1925-2011), American lawyer and politician

Fictional

 * Bertram Cates, character in the 1955 play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee