John Coates
John Coates may refer to:
Entertainment
- John Coates (producer) (1927–2012), producer of The Snowman and other animated TV features
 - John Coates (tenor) (1865–1941), English tenor
 - John Coates Jr. (1938–2017), American jazz pianist
 
Sports
- John Coates (cricketer) (1828–1870), English cricketer
 - John Coates (footballer) (born 1944), football goalkeeper
 - John Coates (sports administrator) (born 1950), Australian solicitor, president of the Australian Olympic Committee
 
Others
- John H. Coates (1945–2022), Australian mathematician
 - John Coates (naval architect) (1922–2010), British naval architect and historian
 - John M. Coates, neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge
 - John Coates (politician) (born 1944), Australian senator for Tasmania
 - John Coates (general) (1932–2018), officer in the Australian Army
 - John Coates (businessman) (born 1970), joint chief executive of online gambling company bet365 and joint chairman of Stoke City
 
See also
- John Coats (1906–1979), theosophist
 - Jonathan Coates (born 1975), Welsh professional footballer
 - John Coates Carter (1859–1927), English architect