Richard Bates

Richard Bates may refer to:
 * Richard Bates (Medal of Honor) (1829–1889), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Richard Bates (Wiltshire cricketer) (born 1972), English cricketer
 * Richard Bates (Nottinghamshire cricketer) (born 1972), English cricketer
 * Richard B. Bates (1843–1910), American politician
 * Richard Dawson Bates (1876–1949), Northern Irish politician
 * Sir Richard Geoffrey Bates, 6th Baronet (1946–2002), of the Bates baronets
 * Dick Bates (born 1945), American baseball player
 * Richard Bates Jr., American filmmaker