Michael Bates may refer to:
- Michael Bates (actor) (1920–1978), British actor born in Jhansi, India
- Michael Bates (American football) (born 1969), sprinter and American football kick returner
- Michael Bates, Baron Bates (born 1961), British Conservative Party politician and Paymaster General from 1996 to 1997
- Michael Bates (cricketer, born 1983), New Zealand cricketer
- Michael Bates (cricketer, born 1990), English cricketer who currently plays for Hampshire
- Michael Bates, Prince of the Principality of Sealand
Famous quotes containing the words michael and/or bates:
“We’ve become a race of Peeping Toms. What people oughta do is get outside their own house and look in for a change.”
—John Michael Hayes (b. 1919)
“A boy’s best friend is his mother.”
—Joseph Stefano, U.S. screenwriter, and Alfred Hitchcock. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins)