Stokes (surname)
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- Adrian Scott StokesAdrian Scott StokesCharles Adrian Scott Stokes RA was an English landscape painter. Born in Southport, Lancashire, he became a cotton broker in Liverpool, where his artistic talent was noticed by John Herbert RA, who advised him to submit his drawings to the Royal Academy. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in...
(1854-1935), English landscape painter - Alan StokesAlan StokesAlan Stokes is a British professional surfer and surf model from Newquay, Cornwall.Stokesy recently won the 2009 UK Pro Surf Tour Championships....
, British professional surfer and model - Alex Stokes (1919–2003), English scientist and contributor to discovery of DNA
- Andy StokesAndy StokesAndy Stokes is a former American football tight end. He was drafted with the final pick in the 2005 NFL Draft, earning him the title of Mr. Irrelevant. The New England Patriots draftee went to William Penn University where he was a tight end...
, American football player - Anson Phelps StokesAnson Phelps StokesFor other men with the same name, see Anson Phelps Stokes Anson Phelps Stokes was a merchant, banker, publicist, philanthropist, and became a multimillionaire. Born in New York City, he was the son of James Boulter and Caroline Stokes; brother of William Earl Dodge Stokes and Olivia Eggleston...
(1838-1913), a merchant, banker, publicist, and multimillionaire - Anson Phelps StokesAnson Phelps Stokes (philanthropist)Anson Phelps Stokes , was an American educator, clergyman, author, philanthropist and civil rights activist.Stokes was one of three men of the same name; his father was multimillionaire banker Anson Phelps Stokes, and his son was the Bishop Anson Phelps Stokes, III, an Episcopal bishop.He was born...
, (1874-1958), an educator and clergyman - Anson Phelps StokesAnson Phelps Stokes (clergyman)Anson Phelps Stokes III was the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in Boston, Massachusetts from 1956 to 1970. He was the son of Anson Phelps Stokes and grandson of Anson Phelps Stokes of Phelps Dodge.An alumnus of St...
, (1905-1986), a clergyman - Anthony StokesAnthony Stokes (footballer)Anthony Stokes is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Republic of Ireland national football team....
, an Irish footballer
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- Barry Stokes (born 1973), American football offensive lineman
- Barry StokesBarry Stokes (actor)Barry Stokes is a British actor.His film credits include: Juan Antonio Bardem's Behind the Shutters, The Ups and Downs of a Handyman, Prey, Hawk the Slayer, Rendezvous in Paris and Enemy Mine....
, British actor - Bobby StokesBobby StokesBobby Stokes was an English footballer, well known for scoring the winning goal in the 83rd minute of the FA Cup Final for Southampton F.C. against Manchester United in 1976.-Early career:...
(1951 - 1995), English footballer - Brian StokesBrian StokesBrian Alexander Stokes is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball...
(born 1979), American baseball pitcher
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- Cameron StokesCameron StokesCameron Stokes was a Australian rules football player listed for the Hawthorn Football Club. Stokes was recruited to the Hawks via the 2007 AFL rookie draft, selected at pick 54. He made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2008 AFL season, alongside fellow Northern Territorian Cyril Rioli...
, Australian footballer - Carl B. StokesCarl B. StokesCarl Burton Stokes was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, but took office on Jan 1, 1968, he was the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city. Fellow Ohioan Robert C. Henry was the first African...
(1927-1996), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and first African American mayor of a major U.S. city - Chris Stokes (record producer), American record producer
- Corey StokesCorey StokesCorey Stokes is an American basketball player, formerly for Villanova University, best known for his three-point shooting. , he's under contract with Bundesliga club BBC Bayreuth.-High school:...
, American basketball player
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- David StokesDavid StokesDavid Stokes is an American soccer player, who last played three seasons in Major League Soccer and two in the USL First Division.-High school and college:...
, American soccer player - David StokesDavid StokesDavid Stokes is an American soccer player, who last played three seasons in Major League Soccer and two in the USL First Division.-High school and college:...
, Sword Expert and Martial Artist - Dennis StokesDennis Stokes (cricketer)Dennis Wilfrid Stokes was an English cricketer. Stokes' batting style is unknown, but he fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Reading, Berkshire and educated at Wellingborough School in Northamptonshire....
(1911-1998), English cricketer - Derek StokesDerek StokesDerek Stokes is a former professional footballer who played for Bradford City and Huddersfield Town during the 1950s and 1960s.- External links :*...
, British footballer - Doris StokesDoris StokesDoris May Fisher Stokes , born Doris Sutton, was a British spiritualist and psychic medium.She was a controversial figure, with some believing her to possess psychic abilities, while sceptics stated that her performances amounted to nothing more than cold reading, a technique used to create the...
(1920-1987), British spiritualist - Doug StokesDoug StokesDoug Stokes is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, Canterbury.His first book, examines US intervention in Colombia and argues that it has primarily been driven by a desire to secure a stable supply of oil and to pacify threats to...
, British academic
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- Ed StokesEd StokesEdward Kobie Stokes is an American former professional basketball player, who played at the center position....
, American basketball player - Edward C. StokesEdward C. StokesEdward Casper Stokes was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 32nd Governor of New Jersey, from 1905 to 1908.-Biography:...
(1860-1942), the 32nd governor of New Jersey - Edward L. StokesEdward L. StokesEdward Lowber Stokes was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward L. Stokes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He was employed as a clerk for a trust company and later engaged as an...
(1880-1964), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
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- Francis Marion StokesFrancis Marion StokesFrancis Marion Stokes , was an American architect famous for his works in the Portland, Oregon, area. Francis and his father William R. Stokes, formed two generations of a Portland design and architectural tradition lasting for over 80 years, from 1882 though the 1960s...
(1883-1975), American architect - Frank Stokes (1888-1955), American blues musician
- Frank Wilbert StokesFrank Wilbert StokesFrank Wilbert Stokes, also known as Frank Stokes, Frank W. Stokes and F. W. Stokes was an American sketch artist and painter who specialized in illustrations of arctic and antarctic themes...
(1858-1955), American artist - Fred StokesFred StokesLouis Fred Stokes is a former American football defensive end who played ten seasons in the National Football League. He started in Super Bowl XXVI. Stokes played college football at Georgia Southern University and was drafted in the 12th round of the 1987 NFL Draft...
, American football player - Frederick Wilfrid Scott Stokes (1860-1927), inventor of the Stokes Mortar
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- George Gabriel StokesGeorge Gabriel StokesSir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet FRS , was an Irish mathematician and physicist, who at Cambridge made important contributions to fluid dynamics , optics, and mathematical physics...
(1819–1903), Irish mathematician and physicist - George Thomas StokesGeorge Thomas StokesGeorge Thomas Stokes was an Irish ecclesiastical historian.Stokes was born on December 28, 1843 in Athlone, Ireland. He studied at Galway grammar school and at Queens College Galway. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin with a B.A. in 1864, an M.A. in 1871, a B.D. in 1881, and a D.D...
(1843-1898), Irish ecclesiastical historian - Greg StokesGreg StokesGregory Lewis "Greg" Stokes is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round of the 1985 NBA Draft. A 6'10" forward-center from the University of Iowa, Stokes played in 2 NBA seasons for the 76ers and Sacramento Kings...
, American basketball player
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- Henry Scott StokesHenry Scott StokesHenry Scott Stokes is a British journalist who has been the Tokyo bureau chief for The Financial Times , The Times and The New York Times ....
(1938-), British journalist - Henry Sewell StokesHenry Sewell StokesHenry Sewell Stokes was a British poet.The Cornish poet Stokes was a schoolfellow of Charles Dickens; later literary friends included Tennyson and Robert Stephen Hawker. His great nephew, Sewell Stokes, was a novelist, biographer and playwright....
(1808-1895), British poet
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- J. J. StokesJ. J. StokesJeral Jamal Stokes is a retired American football wide receiver. Stokes played in the National Football League from 1995 to 2003 with the San Francisco 49ers, Jacksonville Jaguars and the New England Patriots.-High school:...
, American football player - J. William StokesJ. William StokesJames William Stokes was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Stokes attended the common schools and was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1876. He taught school for 12 years.He was graduated in medicine from Vanderbilt...
(James William Stokes, 1853–1901), U.S. Representative from South Carolina - Jack StokesJack StokesJohn Edward Stokes was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1985, and was Speaker of the legislature from 1977 to 1981. Stokes was a member of the New Democratic Party.Stokes was born in Schreiber, Ontario, and was educated in the area...
(1923–2000), Canadian politician - James StokesJames StokesJames Stokes VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
(1915-1945), Scottish soldier - James Graham Phelps StokesJames Graham Phelps StokesJames Graham Phelps Stokes , known to his friends as "Graham," was an American millionaire socialist writer, political activist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered as a founding member and key figure in the Intercollegiate Socialist Society and as the husband of Rose Pastor Stokes, a radical...
, American millionaire socialist - Jason StokesJason StokesJason Stokes was a first baseman in the Oakland Athletics and Florida Marlins organizations.As a senior for Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas, he hit 25 home runs, which still stands as the state single-season home run record. Stokes was named the Gatorade U.S...
, American baseball player - John Stokes, mayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of BristolBristolBristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
in 1364, 1366, and 1379 - John Stokes, Vice-Chancellor of the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
1565–1566 - John S. StokesJohn Stokes (Medal of Honor)John S. Stokes was a Chief Master-at-Arms in the United States Navy and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the Philippine-American War of 1899–1902....
(1871–1923), Chief Master-at-ArmsMaster-at-armsA master-at-arms may be a naval rating responsible for discipline and law enforcement, an army officer responsible for physical training, or a member of the crew of a merchant ship responsible for security and law enforcement.-Royal Navy:The master-at-arms is a ship's senior rating, comparable in...
in the United States Navy and recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Philippine-American War - John William StokesJohn William StokesJohn William Stokes, also known as Jack Stokes was an Australian administrator in the Northern Territory Police, and on the Territories of the Cocos Islands and of Christmas Island....
(1910-c. 1995), Australian administrator - John Stokes (1915–1990), Principal of Queen's College, Hong KongQueen's College, Hong KongQueen's College , initially named The Government Central School in 1862, later renamed as Victoria College in 1889, is a sixth form college for boys with a secondary school attached. It was the first public secondary school founded in Hong Kong by the British colonial government...
, buried in Wolvercote CemeteryWolvercote CemeteryWolvercote Cemetery is a cemetery close to the north Oxford suburb of Wolvercote, England, off the Banbury Road. Unusually, this single cemetery is divided into areas to accommodate graves of the Jewish and Muslim communities, as well as all categories of Christians. Many Russians, Poles and other... - John Heydon StokesJohn Heydon StokesSir John Heydon Romaine Stokes, KBE , was a British politician and a Conservative Party Member of Parliament.-Education and Early Career:...
(1917–2003), British Conservative MP 1970–1992 - Jonathan StokesJonathan StokesJonathan Stokes was an English physician and botanist, a member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, and an early adopter of the heart drug digitalis.-Life and work:...
(c. 1755-1831), English physician and botanist - John Edward "Jack" StokesJack StokesJohn Edward Stokes was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1985, and was Speaker of the legislature from 1977 to 1981. Stokes was a member of the New Democratic Party.Stokes was born in Schreiber, Ontario, and was educated in the area...
(1923–2000), Canadian politician, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... - John StokesThe BachelorsThe Bachelors are a popular music group, originating from Dublin, Ireland.-Career:The founding members of the group were Conleth Cluskey , Declan Cluskey , and John Stokes...
(1940–), Irish musician - John StokesJohn Stokes (artist)John Stokes is a British comics artist who has largely worked for IPC and Marvel UK and is best known for his work on Fishboy.-Biography:Stokes got into the comics industry thanks to his brother George Stokes who already worked for IPC...
, a British comics artist best known for Fishboy - Juanita StokesJuanita StokesJuanita Stokes, currently known as Needa S. , is an American singer, rapper and actress. She is the daughter of actress Irene Stokes and younger sister of music executive Chris Stokes.-Music career:...
, American rapper
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- Leslie StokesLeslie StokesLeslie Stokes was an English playwright and BBC radio producer and director.As a young man Leslie Stokes was an actor and later became a playwright and BBC radio producer and director. Together with his brother, author and playwright Sewell Stokes, he co-wrote a number of plays, including the...
, BBC radio producer and director - Loren StokesLoren StokesLoren Stokes is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA D-League team Erie BayHawks. He was a combo guard at Hofstra University from the 2003–04 season to 2006–07. He is 6'3" and weighs 175 lbs. Stokes is one of six players in Hofstra Pride history to score at...
, American basketball player - Lori StokesLori StokesLori Stokes is co-anchor of Eyewitness News This Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon alongside Ken Rosato on WABC-TV in New York City...
, American television journalist - Louis StokesLouis StokesLouis Stokes is a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives....
, American politician
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- Mack B. StokesMack B. StokesMarion “Mack” B. Stokes is a retired American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1972. He is a graduate of Asbury College , Duke Divinity School , and Boston University . He was a professor of systematic theology and Christian Doctrine at Candler School of Theology at Emory...
, American retired bishop - Margaret StokesMargaret StokesMargaret McNair Stokes was an Irish antiquarian noted for her illustrations.Born in Dublin, she was the daughter of Sir William Stokes and his wife Mary . One brother, Whitley Stokes, was a leading Celticist, a second, William, followed their father into medicine and was a leading surgeon...
, Irish antiquarian, artist and author - Marianne StokesMarianne StokesMarianne Stokes , born Marianne Preindlsberger in the Austrian province of Styria, was an Austrian painter. She settled in England after her marriage to Adrian Scott Stokes , the landscape painter, whom she had met in Pont-Aven. Marianne Stokes was considered one of the leading artists in Victorian...
, born Marianne Preindlsberger (1855-1927), Austrian painter - Martin StokesMartin StokesMartin Stokes is a lecturer in Ethnomusicology at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom where he is also Fellow and Tutor in Music at St John's College. Dr Stokes took up the position of Senior Dean at St John's College, University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2010.Dr Stokes obtained his DPhil...
, British academic - Mathew StokesMathew StokesMathew Stokes is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
, Australian footballer - Maurice StokesMaurice StokesMaurice Stokes was an American professional basketball player in the 1950s, whose career was cut short by a debilitating injury...
(1933-1970), American basketball player - Michael Stokes, creator of the Shareaza peer-to-peer file sharing client
- Mitchell StokesMitchell stokesMitchell Sam Thomas Stokes is an English cricketer. Stokes is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire....
, English cricketer - Montfort StokesMontfort StokesMontfort Stokes was an American Democratic politician who served as U.S. Senator from 1816 to 1823, and the 25th Governor of North Carolina from 1830 to 1832....
(1762-1842), American senator and governor of North Carolina
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- Niall StokesNiall StokesNiall Stokes is the award-winning editor of the long-running fortnightly Ireland music and political magazine Hot Press based in Dublin. He has edited the magazine since 1977. He has been a longstanding champion of Irish music, most famously U2 in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s...
, Irish editor of the Hot Press magazine - Nick StokesNick StokesNicholas "Nick" Stokes is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by George Eads. Nick has appeared in every episode except for "Blood Lust" from season three, "Jackpot" and "Butterflied" from season four, "Committed" from season five, and "Spellbound"...
, fictional character in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV series
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- Richard StokesRichard StokesMajor Sir Richard Rapier Stokes MC was a British Labour politician who served briefly as Lord Privy Seal in 1951....
(1897-1957), British politician - Richard StokesRichard Stokes (producer)Richard Stokes is a British television producer and executive producer. He produced the first two series of the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood for the BBC...
, British television producer - Ricky StokesRicky StokesRicky Stokes is an American former men's college basketball coach.-Player:As a point guard for the Virginia Cavaliers, Stokes set the record for career games played with 134, a record that he still holds...
, American men's college basketball coach - Rose Pastor StokesRose Pastor StokesRose Harriet Pastor Stokes was a Jewish-American socialist activist, writer, birth control advocate, and feminist. She was active in labor politics and women's issues, and was a founding member of the Communist Party of America in 1919. She was a figure of some public notoriety for having married...
(1879-1933), Russian-born American Socialist Party leader and feminist - Rufus StokesRufus StokesRufus Stokes , an American inventor, was born in Phenix City, Alabama.-Early life:Rufus Stokes grew up in the rural South and attended public school in Alabama until he was 18 years old. On November 5, 1940, just before receiving his high school diploma, Rufus Stokes enlisted in the US Army at Fort...
(1922-1986), American inventor
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- Satyananda StokesSatyananda StokesSatyananda Stokes was an American who moved to India and adopted it as his own country. Stokes' given name was Samuel Evans Stokes, Jr., and belonging to a prominent family and was the son of a successful businessman who pioneered elevators in America he came to India in 1904 to work at a leper...
(1882-1946), American-born Indian activist - Saul StokesSaul StokesSaul Stokes is an American electronic musician and composer. He creates music that most would consider ambient, using an array of modular synthesizer equipment that he builds from scratch. His "hand forged electronics" include handheld synthesizers, rhythms pads, and tabletop modular synthesizers...
, American electronic musician - Sewell StokesSewell StokesFrancis Martin Sewell Stokes was an English novelist, biographer, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and prison visitor. He collaborated on a number of occasions with his brother, Leslie Stokes, an actor and later in life a BBC radio producer, with whom he shared a flat for many years...
(1902-1979), English writer - Simon Edward StokesSimon Edward StokesSimon Edward Stokes is a British actor. He has appeared in television dramas such as Families and The Bill.-External links:...
, British television actor - Stan StokesStan StokesStan Stokes is an American painter known for his aviation art. His work hangs in three presidential libraries.Since the mid-1980s NASA has commissioned Stokes to paint 15 works ranging from the Space Shuttles to the SR-71 Blackbird. Stokes has also painted numerous works for Burt Rutan...
, American painter - Steph Stokes, fictional character on the TV show Emmerdale
- Suzanne Stokes, American glamour model and actress
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- Thomas Lunsford StokesThomas Lunsford StokesThomas Lunsford Stokes, Jr. was a Pulitzer-prize winning American journalist.Thomas Stokes was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 1, 1898, to Thomas Stokes and Emma Layton, both descendants of colonial families...
(1898–1958), American journalist - Tim StokesTim StokesTimothy Paul Stokes is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, and the New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Oregon and was drafted in the third round of the 1973 NFL...
, American football player - Timothy L. Stokes, TV Producer: America's Funniest Home Videos
- Tony StokesTony StokesAnthony Ronald "Tony" Stokes is an English footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Concord Rangers in the Isthmian League Premier Division.-Club career:...
, English footballer - Trey StokesTrey StokesTrey Stokes is an American filmmaker and puppeteer, best known for his Star Wars parody series Pink Five, and his puppeteering work on various movie, TV, and motion-ride projects.-Early career:...
, American filmmaker and puppeteer
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- Whitley Stokes (1830-1909), British lawyer and Celtic scholar
- William Stokes (1804-1878), Irish physician
- William Earl Dodge StokesWilliam Earl Dodge StokesWilliam Earle Dodge Stokes was an American multimillionaire responsible for developing much of New York's Upper West Side.-Early life:...
(1852–1926), American multimillionaire and property developer