title: Michael Bates
text: # Michael Bates
  
  Michael Bates may refer to:
  
  * Michael Bates (actor) (1920–1978), British actor
  * Michael Bates (American football) (born 1969), sprinter and American football kick returner
  * Michael Bates, Baron Bates (born 1961), British Conservative Party politician
  * Michael Bates (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1983), New Zealand cricketer
  * Michael Bates (English cricketer) (born 1990), English cricketer
  * Michael Bates (Sealand) (born 1952), businessman and self-declared Prince of the Principality of Sealand
  