Coats is a surname of English origin.

People surnamed Coats edit

  • A.W. (Bob) Coats (1924–2007), English economist, historian of economic thought
  • Alfred M. Coats (1869–1942), Scottish-American business, general manager of the J. & P. Coats plant in Pawtucket, R.I.
  • Amelia R. Coats, American printmaker
  • Brittany Coats, American biomechanical engineer
  • Buck Coats (born 1982), American professional baseball player
  • Dan Coats (born 1943), American diplomat and politician; served as the Director of National Intelligence
  • Herbert P. Coats (1872–1932), New York state senator and Puerto Rico attorney general
  • James Coats (1894–1966), British skeleton racer
  • John Coats (1906–1979), Scottish theosophist; bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church
  • Michael Coats (born 1946), American NASA astronaut
  • Robert H. Coats (1874–1960), Canadian statistician
  • Robert R. Coats (1910–1995), Canadian-American geologist
  • Stuart Coats (1868–1959), British politician; MP for Wimbledon and East Surrey
  • Thomas Coats (1809–1893), made Paisley, Scotland, the world center for thread making.

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