William Bate

William Bate may refer to:


 * William Bates (Quaker) (died 1700), or Bate, founder of Newton Colony, the third English settlement in West New Jersey
 * William Thornton Bate (1818–1857), British naval officer
 * William B. Bate (1826–1905), American soldier and politician
 * William Bate Hardy (1864–1934), British biologist and Fellow of the Royal Society
 * William J. Bate (1934–2011), New Jersey politician and judge