Thomas Oates or Tom Oates may refer to:
Thomas Oates (priest) (died 1623), Canon of Windsor from 1621 to 1623 Thomas Oates (cricketer) (1875–1949), English cricketer Thomas Oates (colonial administrator) (1917–2015), Governor of Saint Helena from 1971 to 1976 Tom Oates (sportswriter), American sportswriter for the Wisconsin State Journal