John Coates

John Coates may refer to:

Entertainment

• John Coates (producer) (1927–2012), producer of The Snowman and other animated TV features
• John Coates (tenor) (1865–1941), English tenor
• John Coates Jr. (1938–2017), American jazz pianist

Sports

• John Coates (cricketer) (1828–1870), English cricketer
• John Coates (footballer) (born 1944), football goalkeeper
• John Coates (sports administrator) (born 1950), Australian solicitor, president of the Australian Olympic Committee

Others

• John H. Coates (1945–2022), Australian mathematician
• John Coates (naval architect) (1922–2010), British naval architect and historian
• John M. Coates, neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge
• John Coates (politician) (born 1944), Australian senator for Tasmania
• John Coates (general) (1932–2018), officer in the Australian Army
• John Coates (businessman) (born 1970), joint chief executive of online gambling company bet365 and joint chairman of Stoke City

See also

• John Coats (1906–1979), theosophist
• Jonathan Coates (born 1975), Welsh professional footballer
• John Coates Carter (1859–1927), English architect