Joshua Bates may refer to: Joshua Bates (educator) (1776–1854), American educator and clergyman Joshua Bates (financier) (1788–1864), American international financier Joshua Hall Bates (1817–1908), lawyer, politician, and general in the Union Army Joshua T. Bates, a fictional character from the series of books Joshua Bates School, a school in Boston, Massachusetts Josh Bates (speedway rider) (born 1996), British motorcycle speedway rider Joshua Barton Bates (1824–1892), justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri