Yates

Yates can refer to one of several places:

• Town of Yates, Orleans County, New York
• Yates County, New York
• Yates Township, Illinois
• Yates Township, Lake County, Michigan
• Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas

Yates can also refer to the following people:

• Andrea Pia Yates, a woman convicted of drowning her five children.
• Frank Yates, a statistician.
• Joseph C. Yates, former governor of New York.
• Josephine Silone Yates, an African American civil rights advocate.
• Alastair Yates, BBC News presenter — /content/template_clickpage.asp?pageid=174
• Frederick Dewhurst Yates (January 16 1884 – November 10 1932) was a Chess master who won the British Championship six times.

Yates is also the name of a popular chain of public houses in the United Kingdom.