David Bates
David Bates is the name of the following people:
- David Bates (poet) (1809-1870), American poet
- David Bates (artist) (1840–1921) English painter
- David Bates (physicist) (1916–1994) Irish physicist and mathematician
- David Bates (historian) (born 1945), British historian
- David Bates (music manager) , British music manager
- David Bates (swimmer) (born 1976), Australian swimmer
- David Bates (soccer player) (born 1996), Scottish soccer player
