Richard Yates
Richard Yates is the name of the following people:
- Richard Yates (historian) (1769–1834), English historian
- Richard Yates senior (1818–1873), American politician
- Richard Yates junior (1860–1936), American politician
- Richard Yates (writer) (1926–1992), American writer and essayist
- Richard Yates (athlete) (born 1986), British hurdler
