Around the globe, Gates (Gates 
, 盖茨, غيتس, along with others...) is a rare predominantly male, but scarcely feminine first name. The given name Gates is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare male name, the United States, where it is a very rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently female name, and Indonesia, where it is a very rare masculine name. Much more prevalently, Gates is the last name as well as the forename.
Gates is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gates Capa , the fictional character from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Gates , the character from the DC Universe.
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merrill edwards gates American academic administrator, US (b. 1848) |
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susa young gates American writer, US (b. 1856) |
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| willey francis gates American musician, US (b. 1865) |
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| b. cecil gates American hymnwriter, US (b. 1887) |
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| hoagland gates American cattle breeder, US (b. 1891) |
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| harvey gates American Screenwriter, US (b. 1894) |
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| hobart h. gates American politician, US (b. 1905) |
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| hilliard gates American sportscaster, US (b. 1915) |
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| marshall d. gates, jr. American chemist, US (b. 1915) |
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| crawford gates American composer, US (b. 1921) |
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| tudor gates British trade unionist, GB (b. 1930) |
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sterling gates American comic book writer, US (b. 1981) |
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| brannon gates college basketball player (2000–2000) Texas Southern |
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| deacon daniel gates, sr. (1680-1761) |
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| farley gates college basketball player (1982–1984) San Francisco; Tulane |
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