David Coates

David Coates may refer to:
 * David Coates (footballer) (born 1935), English footballer
 * David C. Coates (1868–1933), Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
 * Sir David Charlton Frederick Coates, 3rd Baronet (born 1948), of the Coates baronets
 * David Coates (diplomat) (born 1947), British diplomat and scholar
 * David Coates (political economist) (1946–2018), British academic