Thomas Bates (1567–1606) was a member of the Gunpowder Plot.
Thomas Bates may also refer to:
Thomas Bates (MP) (by 1526–87), MP for Morpeth Thomas Bates (surgeon) ( 1704–1719), English surgeon Thomas Bates (stockbreeder) (1775–1849), English stockbreeder. Tom Bates (born 1938), American politician Tom Bates (footballer) (born 1985), English footballer The 1962 murder of Thomas Bates, a newsagent in Birmingham, England Thomas Herbert Bates (1873–1954), New Zealand architect