Coats (surname)

Coats is a surname of English origin.

People surnamed Coats

 * A.W. (Bob) Coats (1924–2007), English economist, historian of economic thought
 * Alfred M. Coats (1869–1942), Scottish-American business, general manager of the J. & P. Coats plant in Pawtucket, R.I.
 * Amelia R. Coats, American printmaker
 * Brittany Coats, American biomechanical engineer
 * Buck Coats (born 1982), American professional baseball player
 * Dan Coats (born 1943), American diplomat and politician; served as the Director of National Intelligence
 * Herbert P. Coats (1872–1932), New York state senator and Puerto Rico attorney general
 * James Coats (1894–1966), British skeleton racer
 * John Coats (1906–1979), Scottish theosophist; bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church
 * Michael Coats (born 1946), American NASA astronaut
 * Robert H. Coats (1874–1960), Canadian statistician
 * Robert R. Coats (1910–1995), Canadian-American geologist
 * Stuart Coats (1868–1959), British politician; MP for Wimbledon and East Surrey
 * Thomas Coats (1809–1893), made Paisley, Scotland, the world center for thread making.