Richard Bates

• Richard Bates (Medal of Honor), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• Richard Bates (Wiltshire cricketer), English cricketer
• Richard Bates (Nottinghamshire cricketer), English cricketer
• Richard B. Bates, American politician
• Richard Dawson Bates, Northern Irish politician
• Sir Richard Geoffrey Bates, 6th Baronet, of the Bates baronets
• Dick Bates, American baseball player
• Richard Bates Jr., American filmmaker