William Bates

William Bates may refer to:William Bates, Australian Aboriginal man who is said to have originated the phrase "Always was, always will be [Aboriginal land]" in the 1980s William Bates (minister) (1625–1699), English Presbyterian minister William Bates (Quaker), founder of Newton Colony, the third English settlement in West New Jersey William Bates (academic) (1821–1884), professor of classics in Queen's College, Birmingham; editor of Maclise's Gallery. William Bates (1825–1891), Australian politician in colonial Victoria William Bates (cricketer) (1884–1957), English cricketer William Bates (physician) (1860–1931), American physician William Gelston Bates (1803–1880), Massachusetts state legislator William H. Bates (1917–1969), American politician Houston Bates, American football linebacker Bill Bates, American football player William Penn Bates (1879–1956), American football player and coach William Bates (Emmerdale), fictional character on ITV soap opera Emmerdale