Robert Yates is the name of:
- Robert Yates (NASCAR), NASCAR team owner
- Robert Yates Racing, the team he owns
- Robert Yates (politician) (1738–1801), Anti-Federalist American politician
- Robert Yates (cricketer) (1845–1931), New Zealand cricketer
- Robert Lee Yates (born 1952), serial killer
- Robert Yates (songwriter), songwriter