Coats is a surname of English origin.
People surnamed Coats 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 Michael Coats Jr. (born 2001), American football player Sir Peter Coats founder of J & P Coats in Paisley 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.
See also Coats baronets, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Glen-Coats baronets, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Coates (surname) Cotes (disambiguation)