<P> Bates is a common surname of English origin and is derived from the name Bartholomew . At the time of the British Census of 1881, the relative frequency of the surname Bates was highest in Buckinghamshire (5.2 times the British average), followed by Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire . </P> <Ul> <Li> Alan Bates (1934--2003), British actor </Li> <Li> Albert Bates (born 1947), U.S. environmentalist </Li> <Li> Allie Bates (born 1957), U.S. magazine writer </Li> <Li> Alta Bates (1879--1955), American nurse anesthetist and founder of Alta Bates Hospital </Li> <Li> Angelique Bates (born 1980), American actress </Li> <Li> Anna Haining Bates (1846--1888), Canadian woman who stood 7'51⁄2" </Li> <Li> Arlo Bates (1850--1918), Author and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology </Li> <Li> Arthur Laban Bates (1859--1934), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1901--1913 </Li> <Li> Barbara Bates (1925--1969), U.S. actress and singer </Li> <Li> Barrie Bates (born 1969), Welsh darts player </Li> <Li> Benjamin Bates (disambiguation), one of several people including <Ul> <Li> Benjamin Bates (1808--1878), philanthropist, founder of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Bill Bates (born 1961), U.S. player of American football </Li> <Li> Billy Bates (1855--1900), English cricketer </Li> <Li> Blanche Bates (1873--1941), American stage actress </Li> <Li> Blaster Bates (1923--2006), British demolition expert </Li> <Li> Bob Bates, one of several people including <Ul> <Li> Bob Bates (musician) (1923--1981), first bassist of The Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1951--1958 </Li> <Li> Bob Bates (born 1953), U.S. game designer </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Carl S. Bates (1884--1956), American aviation pioneer </Li> <Li> Cary Bates (born 1948), American comic book writer </Li> <Li> Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838--1916), American author </Li> <Li> Clayton Peg Leg Bates (1907--1998), American entertainer </Li> <Li> Daisy Bates (disambiguation), one of several people including <Ul> <Li> Daisy Bates (civil rights activist) (Daisy Lee Gatson Bates, 1914--1999), U.S. civil rights activist </Li> <Li> Daisy Bates (Australia) (Daisy May Bates, 1859--1951), Australian journalist </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> David Bates (disambiguation), one of several people including <Ul> <Li> David Bates (historian) (born 1945), historian, writer of books about William I of England and Odo of Bayeux </Li> <Li> David Bates (physicist) (1916--1994), physicist winner of the 1970 Hughes Medal </Li> <Li> David Bates (poet) (1809--1870), U.S. poet </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Dick Bates (born 1945), Major League Baseball pitcher </Li> <Li> D'Wayne Bates (born 1975), U.S. player of American football </Li> </Ul>

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