Cates is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Challen Cates (born 1967), American actress
- Clifton Bledsoe Cates (1893–1970), 19th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
- David Allan Cates (born 1956), American novelist
- George Cates (1911-2002), American musical conductor associated with Lawrence Welk
- George Edward Cates (1892-1917), English recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I
- Gilbert Cates (1934-2011), American film director
- Kristy Cates (born 1977), American stage actress and singer
- Michael Cates (born 1961), Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University
- Miriam Cates (born 1982), British Member of Parliament elected 2019
- Noah Cates (born 1999), American ice hockey player
- Opie Cates (1909-1987), American band leader
- Phoebe Cates (born 1963), American film actress
- Richard Cates (1925-2011), American lawyer and politician
Fictional
- Bertram Cates, character in the 1955 play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
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