Richard Yates - People

People

  • Richard Yates (actor) (1706–1796), English comic actor
  • Richard Yates (19th century politician) (1815–1873), 13th Governor of Illinois (1861–1865), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1865–1871), U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1851–1855), member of Illinois House of Representatives (1842–1845, 1848–1849)
  • Richard Yates (20th century politician) (1860–1936), his son, 22nd Governor of Illinois (1901–1905), U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1919–1933)
  • Dick Yates (1921–1976), Welsh footballer
  • Richard Yates (novelist) (1926–1992), American novelist and short-story writer
  • Richard Yates (athlete), English athlete

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