Yates
The taxon authority Yates may refer to:
- Adam Matthew Yates, Australian palaeontologist
- Harris Oliver Yates (H.O.Yates), botanist
- James Yates (J.Yates), botanist
- Lorenzo Gordin Yates (1837-1909; Yates), American paleobotanist
- Terry Lamon Yates (1950–2007), U.S. zoologist
- Willard F. Yates (W.F.Yates), botanist