Joseph Coates may refer to:Joseph Coates (cricketer) (1844–1896), English-born Australian schoolmaster and cricketer Joseph Coates (politician) (1878–1943), Australian politician Joseph E. Coates (1883–1973), British physical chemist and academic Joseph R. T. Coates, American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania Joseph Gordon Coates (1878–1943), prime minister of New Zealand Joseph F. Coates (1929–2014), American Futurist