Blake
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Members of this Irish clan were very active in city government, and the ecclesiastical wardenship of County Galway. Sir Richard Blake was the speaker of the Assembly of Confederate Catholics. Principal estates were at Ardfry, Balglunin, Kiltullagh, Menlo, and Renville. Meaning- Blake is also a given name in some countries. It means either black, or pale. It originated from Old English blǣc(black) or blāc(pale). Originally it was a nickname for someone with very dark or light skin or hair.
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[edit] B
- Blind Blake, American blues and ragtime musician
- Bud Blake, American cartoonist
[edit] C
- Casey Blake, American baseball player
- Charles E. Blake, Pentacostal Bishop
- Clive Blake, bass guitarist
[edit] D
- Daphne Blake, fictional character from Scooby-Doo
- Dave Blake, Canadian politician
- David Valentine Jardine Blake, Australian general
- Derek Blake, British biomedical researcher
- Donovan Blake, Jamaican-American cricketer
[edit] E
- Edward Blake, Canadian politician
- Eubie Blake, American jazz pianist and composer
- Eugene Carson Blake, American Protestant leader
[edit] G
- George Blake, (1922- ), a British spy, and double agent for the Soviet Union
- Gerald Blake, British television director
- Gillian Blake, British actress
- Gordon A. Blake, USAF general
[edit] H
- Hamish Blake, Australian comedian
- Harris Blake, American politician
- Henry Blake, fictional character
- Henry Arthur Blake, British colonial administrator
- Howard Blake, British composer
[edit] J
- James Blake (disambiguation):
- James Hubert "Eubie" Blake, American musician
- James F. Blake, a bus driver
- James Blake, a tennis player
- James "Spanish" Blake, Nine Years War figure
- James Blake, a civil engineer
- Jason Blake
- Jeff Blake
- Jenna Blake
- Jeremy Blake
- Jerome Blake
- Joaquín Blake y Joyes (1759-1827), Spanish general
- John Blake, Jr.
- Jon Blake
- Joseph Blake, governor of South Carolina
- Joseph Henry Blake
- Julia Blake
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- Nathan Blake
- Noah Blake
- Noel Blake
- Norman Blake, American folk / bluegrass instrumentalist and vocalist
- Norman Blake, Scottish rock musician who is a member of Teenage Fanclub
- Nzinga Blake
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- Peter Blake
- Peter Blake (actor)
- Peter Blake (yachtsman) (1948 - 2001)
- Peter Blake (editor)
- Peter Blake (sprint car driver), Australian racing driver
- Sir Peter Blake (artist) (1932- ), British artist
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- Ran Blake
- Rob Blake, (1969- ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Robbie Blake
- Admiral Robert Blake (1599-1657), English Admiral
- Dr. Robert R. Blake (1918–2004), American management theoretician
- Robert Blake (actor), an actor, from TV's Baretta
- Robert Blake, Baron Blake
- Robert Harrison Blake, fictional character
- Robert O. Blake, American diplomat
- Robert O. Blake, Jr., American diplomat, not the son of the above
- Robert Blake (dentist)
- Rodney Blake
- Roj Blake, fictional character from the television serial Blake's 7
- Ronald James Blake
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- Sexton Blake, fictional detective for multiple authors
- Sophia Jex-Blake, British physician and feminist
- Sophie Blake , British television presenter
- Stephanie Blake, American actress
- Steve Blake, American basketball player
- Susie Blake, British actress
- Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
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- Tchad Blake, record producer
- Thomas Blake, American tennis player
- Thomas Blake Glover, Scottish merchant
- Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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- Walter Blake
- Whitney Blake
- Wilfred Theodore Blake
- William Blake (1757-1827), British poet, painter, and printmaker
- William Burdine Blake, Sr.
- William Phipps Blake
[edit] See also
- The Blake School, a college preparatory school located in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area
- Blake Lewis, an American Idol finalist
