Gates is a surname, and may refer to:
Gates family
The Gates family of Seattle, Washington. Members of this family include:
- Bill Gates (born 1955), Co-founder of Microsoft and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Melinda French Gates (born 1964), American philanthropist, ex-wife of Bill Gates
- William H. Gates, Sr. (1925-2020), American attorney and philanthropist, Bill's father
- Mary Maxwell Gates (1929-1994), American philanthropist, Bill's mother
- Mimi Gardner Gates (born 1942), American art historian, William Sr.'s second wife