Oates (surname)

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


 * Adam Oates (born 1962), Canadian professional ice hockey player
 * Alice Oates (1849–1887), actress and musical theatre pioneer
 * Colin Oates (born 1983), English judoka
 * Corey Oates (born 1994), Australian rugby league player
 * Cynthia de la Vega Oates, Mexican model
 * Dan Oates, American police chief
 * Delores Riley Oates, American politician
 * Denese Oates (born 1955), Australian artist
 * Eugene William Oates (1845–1911), English naturalist
 * Frank Oates, British African explorer
 * Graham Oates (footballer, born 1943), English footballer
 * Graham Oates (footballer, born 1949), English footballer
 * Jackie Oates (born 1983), English folk musician
 * John Oates (disambiguation)
 * Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938), American writer
 * Lawrence Oates, British Antarctic explorer
 * Lynette Frances Oates (1921–2013), Australian linguist
 * Reginald Oates (born 1950), American spree killer
 * Sheila Oates (born 1939), British and Australian mathematician
 * Simon Oates, British actor
 * Stephen B. Oates, American author and biographer
 * Thomas Oates (disambiguation)
 * Titus Oates, 17th-century perjurer
 * Wallace Eugene Oates, American economist
 * Warren Oates, American character actor
 * William Oates (disambiguation)