Richard Yates

Richard Yates may refer to:

People

Richard Yates (actor) (1706–1796), English comic actor
Richard Yates (antiquary) (1769–1834), English cleric
Richard Yates Sr. (1815–1873), 13th governor of Illinois (1861–1865), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1865–1871), U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1851–1855), member of Illinois House of Representatives (1842–1845, 1848–1849)
- Richard Yates Jr. (1860–1936), son of above, 22nd governor of Illinois (1901–1905), U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1919–1933)
Dick Yates (1921–1976), Welsh footballer
Richard Yates (novelist) (1926–1992), American novelist and short-story writer
Richard Yates (athlete) (born 1986), English athlete