Richard Yates may refer to:
People
Richard Yates (actor) (1706–1796), English comic actor Richard Yates (antiquary) (1769–1834), English cleric Richard Yates Sr. (1815–1873), 13th governor of Illinois (1861–1865), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1865–1871), U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1851–1855), member of Illinois House of Representatives (1842–1845, 1848–1849) Richard Yates Jr. (1860–1936), son of above, 22nd governor of Illinois (1901–1905), U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1919–1933) Dick Yates (1921–1976), Welsh footballer Richard Yates (novelist) (1926–1992), American novelist and short-story writer Richard Yates (athlete) (born 1986), English athlete
Novels
Richard Yates (novel), 2010 novel by Tao Lin