Edward Coates may refer to:
Sir Edward Coates, 1st Baronet (1853–1921), British stockbroker and MP for Lewisham Edward Coates (pirate) (fl. 1690s), colonial American privateer in English service Edward Hornor Coates (1846–1921), Philadelphia businessman who commissioned The Swimming Hole
See also Edouard Cortès (1882–1969), French post-Impressionist painter