John Bates
John Bates is the name of the following people:
- John Bates (fashion designer) (born 1938), English fashion designer
- John C. Bates (1842–1919), American lieutenant general
- John D. Bates (* 1946), American lawyer
- John L. Bates (1859-1946), American politician (Massachusetts)
- John Mallory Bates (1846–1930), American ornithologist and botanist
- John Seaman Bates (1888–1991), Canadian chemist and environmentalist
