Bateson
Bateson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Batte", a medieval diminutive of Bartholomew. It is rare as a given name. People with the surname Bateson include:
- Edith Bateson, English artist
- Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer
- Frederick Wilse Bateson, English literary scholar
- Gregory Bateson, British anthropologist
- Jack Bateson, British boxer
- Mary Catherine Bateson, U.S. writer and anthropologist
- Patrick Bateson, British biologist and science writer
- Paul Bateson, American radiological technician who appeared in The Exorcist and was later convicted of a murder
- Thomas Bateson, English madrigal composer
- Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore, British Conservative politician
- Timothy Bateson, British actor
- William Bateson, British geneticist who coined the term "genetics"
