William Coates
# William Coates

William Coates may refer to:

* Sir William Coates, 1st Baronet (1866–1932), Irish stockbroker, Lord Mayor of Belfast, 1920–1923, 1929–1931
* William Coates (businessman) (1882–1963), British civil servant and businessman
* William Coates (longevity claimant) (1911–2004), American alleged centenarian
* William Peyton Coates (1883–1963), Irish labour activist and communist
* William Coates (technician) (1919–1993), science communicator, lecturer and technician
* William Paul Coates (born 1946), African-American publisher and father of Ta-Nehisi Coates
