Yeats is a family name. Notable people with the name include: Anne Yeats (1919–2001), Irish painter and stage designer Elizabeth Yeats (1868–1940), Irish printer and manager of the Dun Emer Press and the Cuala Press Francis Yeats-Brown (1886–1944), British author of The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Graeme Yeats (born 1964), Australian rules footballer Jack Butler Yeats (1871–1957), Irish painter, stage designer, and writer John Butler Yeats (1839–1922), Irish artist and portrait painter Lily Yeats (1866–1949), Irish embroiderer active in the Arts and Crafts movement Matthew Yeats (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey goaltender Michael Yeats (1921–2007), Irish politician Montague Yeats-Brown (1834-1921), British consul in Genoa and Boston Ron Yeats (born 1937), Scottish footballer, captain of Liverpool F.C. William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet and playwright Fictional Frazer Yeats, a character in the soap opera Neighbours See also Yates (surname) Yeates Yeats (disambiguation) he:ייטס (פירושונים)