Surname Cates (Cates 
, 凯茨, Кейтс 
) , in all the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Cates is habitual in Bahamas, where it is quite a common surname, the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, and New Zealand. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
| william leist readwin cates English lawyer and compiler of reference works (b. 1821) |
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| hiram cates (b. 1814) |
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| arthur cates English architect, GB (b. 1829) |
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| mary ellen cates (born 1842) (b. 1842) |
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clifton bledsoe cates United States Marine Corps, US (b. 1893) |
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| james wesley cates (b. 1847) |
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| george edward hyde cates (1857-1931) (b. 1857) |
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| eli cates American baseball player, US (b. 1877) |
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| john m. cates American-football player (1878-), US (b. 1878) |
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| george edward hyde cates (born 1880) (b. 1880) |
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| louis s. cates American business person and philanthropist, US (b. 1881) |
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| george edward cates recipient of the Victoria Cross, GB (b. 1892) |
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| john henry cates Canadian politician, CA (b. 1896) |
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| joe cates American baseball player, US (b. 1905) |
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| jerome c. cates professor and interim president for Southwest Texas Teachers College, US (b. 1911) |
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