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Blake can be many things, masculine or feminine names, even the ecclesiastical wardenship of County Galway. Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Galway Code: G (GY proposed) Area: 6,148 km² Population (2006) 231,035 (including Galway City); 159,052 (without Galway City) Website: www. ...

Meaning: Blake is also a given name in some countries. It means either black or pale. It originated from Old English. Originally it was a nickname for someone who had dark or pale skin. Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon[1], Old English: ) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...

A

• Andrew Blake (scientist)

Andrew Blake, FREng, FRS, is a Senior Research Scientist at Microsoft Research Cambridge, and a leading researcher in computer vision. ...

B

• Blind Blake, American blues and ragtime musician
• Bud Blake, American cartoonist
• Blake Lewis, American singer and American Idol contestant
• Blake Edwards, American film director, screenwriter, and producer

Blind Blake Blind Blake (born Arthur Blake, circa 1893, Jacksonville, Florida; died: circa 1933) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. ... Bud Blake (February 13, 1918 - December 26, 2005) was an American cartoonist. ... Blake Colin Lewis (born July 21, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and beatboxer who was the runner-up to Jordin Sparks on the sixth season of American Idol. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

C

• Casey Blake, American baseball player
• Charles E. Blake, Pentacostal Bishop
• Clive Blake, bass guitarist

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bishop Charles Edward Blake Sr. ... Clive Harvey Blake was the Bass guitarist for the punk group The Anti-Nowhere League between 1981 and 1997. ...

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• Daphne Blake, fictional character from Scooby-Doo
• Darcy Blake, Welsh footballer
• Dave Blake, Canadian politician
• David Valentine Jardine Blake, Australian general
• Derek Blake, British biomedical researcher
• Donovan Blake, Jamaican-American cricketer

Daphne Blake is a fictional slut character in the long-running American animated series Scooby-Doo. ... Darcy Blake born 13 December 1988 in Wales is a professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Cardiff City. ... David Robert Blake (born March 20, 1925 in Rapid City, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ... David Valentine Jardine Blake, born in Parramatta on November 10, 1887, (date of death unknown) was a notable Australian military figure. ... Dr Derek Blake is the Isobel Laing Post-Doctoral Fellow in Biomedical Sciences, Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Basic Biomedical Science, Oriel College, Oxford. ... Donovan Livingston Blake (born 4 December 1961 in Jamaica) is an American cricketer. ...

E

• Edward Blake, Canadian politician
• Eubie Blake, American jazz pianist and composer
• Eugene Carson Blake, American Protestant leader

Dominick Edward Blake, PC, QC (October 13, 1833 – March 1, 1912), (known as Edward Blake) was Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1871 to 1872 and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1880 to 1887. ... James Hubert Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983), was a composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. ... Eugene Carson Blake (born: 7 November 1906, St. ...

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• George Blake (born 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
• Greene W. Blake, Writer

George Blake (born Georg Behar, November 11, 1922) is a former British spy who was actually a double agent for the Soviets. ... Gerald Blake was a television director during the 1960s to the 1980s. ... Gillian Blake is a British actor who became well-known in the early 1970s as Dora in Follyfoot. ... Gordon Aylesworth Blake (1910-September 1, 1997) was a former director of the NSA. Gordon, son of George and Cecelia Blake, Charles City, Iowa, was born in Charles City in 1910, and graduated from high school there in 1927. ...

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• Hamish Blake, Australian comedian
• Harris Blake, American politician
• Henry Blake, fictional character
• Henry Arthur Blake, British colonial administrator
• Howard Blake, British composer

Hamish Blake (born 11 December 1981) is an Australian comedian from Melbourne, Australia. ... Categories: Stub ... See also Henry Arthur Blake. ... Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1840 - 1918)was born in Limerick, Ireland on January 8, 1840. ... Howard Blake is an English composer (born October 28th, 1938 in London), particularly noted for his film scores, although he is prolific in several fields of classical and light music. ...

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• James Blake (disambiguation):
  • James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (1887–1983), American musician
  • James F. Blake (1912–2002), bus driver
  • James Blake (born 1979), American professional tennis player
  • James "Spanish" Blake, Nine Years War figure
  • Ronald James Blake, civil engineer
• Jason Blake (ice hockey) (born 1973)
• Jeff Blake (born 1970), retired American football quarterback
• Jenna Blake, model
• Jeremy Blake (1971–2007), American video artist and painter
• Jerome Blake (born 1956), English actor
• Joaquín Blake y Joyes (1759–1827), Spanish general
• John Blake, Jr. (born 1947), American jazz violinist
• Jon Blake (born 1958), actor of the 1980s
• Joseph Blake, governor of South Carolina
• Joseph Henry Blake (1797–1849), Irish nobleman and socialist
• Julia Blake (born 1936), Australia-based British-born actress

James Hubert Eubie Blake, a musican James F. Blake, a bus driver James Blake, a tennis player James Spanish Blake, Nine Years War figure James Blake, a civil engineer This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... James Hubert Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983), was a composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. ... First page of Parks arrest report. ... James Riley Blake[1] (born December 28, 1979 in Yonkers, New York, United States) is an American professional tennis player and is currently the #6 ranked player in the world. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ronald James Blake (Chinese:詹伯樂), OBE, JP, is a civil engineer, and a former Secretary for Works in the government of colonial Hong Kong. ... Jason Blake (born September 2, 1973 in Moorhead, Minnesota, USA) is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for the National Hockey Leagues New York Islanders. ... Jeff Bertrand Coleman Blake (born December 4, 1970 in Daytona Beach, Florida) is a retired American football quarterback who played in the NFL. Although he finished his career with the Chicago Bears, he was formerly a quarterback for the New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, Arizona... Jenna Blake is a model who worked with Playboy in the early 1990s. ... Jeremy Blake--American artist, born 1971, known for his innovations in expanding the meaning and conceptions of painting by incorporating digital technology into the field via his inventive and vividly beautiful digital C-prints, films and videos. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Captain-General Joaquín Blake y Joyes Joaquín Blake y Joyes (August 19, 1759 – April 27, 1827) was a Spanish military officer who served with distinction in the French Revolutionary and Peninsular wars. ... John Blake, Jr. ... Jon Blake (born 1958) was a promising actor of the 1980s. ... Joseph Blake, the nephew of British Admiral Robert Blake, was Governor of South Carolina in 1694 (chosen by the council), and from 1696 to 1700. ... Joseph Henry Blake (1797 – 1849), the 3rd Baron Wallscourt, was an Irish nobleman and socialist. ... Julia Blake as Nancy McCormack in Prisoner. ...

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• Katharine Blake

Katharine Blake onstage with the Mediaeval Baebes at the Berkeley Castle Joust Festival, 2005 Katharine Blake is a singer, songwriter and musician, born in London in 1970. ...

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• Lillie Devereaux Blake
• Lively, Blake

Lillie Devereaux Blake (1835-1913) was an American woman suffragist and reformer, born in Raleigh, N. C., and educated in New Haven, Conn. ... Blake Christina Lively (born August 25, 1987) is an American actress. ...

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• Madge Blake
• Mervyn Blake

Madge Blake (born 31 May 1899 in Kinsley, Kansas; died 19 February 1969 in Pasadena, California) was an American character actress most famous for her role as Aunt Harriet Cooper on the Batman TV series of the 1960s. ... Mervyn Alexander Clifford Blake (30 November 1907 – 9 October 2003) was a Canadian stage actor. ...

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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

This article belongs in one or more categories. ... Noel Blake Noel Blake (Born Jan. ... Norman Blake (March 10, 1938- ) is an American folk instrumentalist, singer, and composer. ... Norman Blake is a singer-songwriter in the Glasgow band Teenage Fanclub. ... Nzinga Christine Blake is an American/Sierra Leonean actress and writer. ...

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• Peter Blake
  • Peter Blake (actor)
  • Peter Blake (yachtsman) (1948–2001)
  • Peter Blake (editor)
  • Sir Peter Blake (artist) (born 1932), British artist

There have been several notable individuals named Peter Blake. ... Peter Blake, British actor, was born on December 8, 1951, in Selkirk, Scotland. ... For the British pop artist, see Sir Peter Thomas Blake Sir Peter Blake, KBE (October 1, 1948–December 6, 2001) was a New Zealand yachtsman who led his country to two successive America’s Cup victories. ... Peter Blake is a founder and editor of Throttle, a Richmond Virginia based alternative music and culture magazine. ... Blakes album cover Sir Peter Thomas Blake (born June 25, 1932, in Dartford, Kent) is an English pop artist, best known for his design of the sleeve for The Beatles album Sgt. ...

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• Quentin Blake

Professor Quentin Saxby Blake, CBE (born December 16, 1932) is a British cartoonist and author. ...

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• Ran Blake
• Rob Blake, (born 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, the son of the above
• Robert Blake (dentist)
• Rodney Blake
• Roj Blake, fictional character from the television serial Blake's 7
• Ronald James Blake

Ran Blake (April 20, 1935 - ). Eccentric pianist and faculty member at the New England Conservatory of Music, Ran Blake has spearheaded the Third Stream movement which effectively infuses all musical genres into one. ... Robert Bowlby Rob Blake (born December 10, 1969, in Simcoe, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey defenseman in the NHL, playing for the Los Angeles Kings. ... Robbie Blake (born 4 March 1976 in Middlesbrough) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Leeds United in the Football League One. ... Robert Blake, General at Sea, 1599–1657 by Henry Perronet Briggs, painted 1829. ... Dr. Robert R. Blake (January 21, 1918 – June 20, 2004) was an American management theoretician. ... Robert Blake on the cover of the Baretta Season 1 DVD set. ... Robert Norman William Blake, Baron Blake (December 23, 1916 - September 20, 2003) was an English historian, best known for his 1966 biography of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. ... Robert Harrison Blake is a fictional character in the Cthulhu mythos of H. P. Lovecraft. ... Robert Orris Blake (April 7, 1921 - ) is a retired U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. ... Robert Orris Blake, Jr. ... [edit] Life History Robert Blake (1772 - 25 March 1822) graduated from the Department of Physics at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in September 1798, having trained to be a dentist for his uncle, Edward Hudson. ... Rodney Blake (born 29 April 1983 in Tonga) is an Australian rugby union footballer. ... Roj Blake is a fictional character from the British science fiction television series Blakes 7, played by Gareth Thomas. ... Ronald James Blake (Chinese:詹伯樂), OBE, JP, is a civil engineer, and a former Secretary for Works in the government of colonial Hong Kong. ...

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• Sexton Blake, fictional detective for multiple authors
• Sophia Jex-Blake, British physician and feminist
• Sophie Blake, British television presenter
• Stanley Thatcher Blake, Australian botanist
• Stephanie Blake, American actress
• Steve Blake, American basketball player
• Susie Blake, British actress
• Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer

Sexton Blake Sexton Blake is a fictional detective who has appeared in many British comic strips and novels. ... Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake (1840 – 1912) was an English physician, teacher and feminist. ... Sophie Blake, born 9 November 1972, in England, is a British television presenter who is a former model. ... Stanley Thatcher Blake (1910 - February 24, 1973) was an Australian botanist associated with the Queensland Herbarium. ... Stéphanie Blake (born 1968) is an author of childrens stories living in Paris. ... Steven Hanson Blake (born February 26, 1980 in Hollywood, Florida) is an American professional basketball player at the point guard position. ... Susie as Bev Unwin in Coronation Street. ... Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (born March 29, 1986 in Cambridge) is a striker for the English league club Plymouth Argyle. ...

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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

Tchad Blake (sometimes referred to as Tchad Blak) is a record producer, engineer and mixer who has worked with Crowded House, the Finn Brothers, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Travis, Pearl Jam, Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, Suzanne Vega, Stina Nordenstam, Phish, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, Al Green, Tracy Chapman, Phantom Planet... Thomas Blake photo by Manuela Davies, www. ... Thomas Blake Glover. ... Hector Toe Blake, CM (August 21, 1912 - May 17, 1995) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League (NHL). ...

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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
• William Blake (fiction), a fictional character in the film Dead Man
• William Blake Herron, film screenwriter, director and actor
• William Blake Richmond (1842-1921), English painter and decorator
• William Hume Blake (1809–1870), Canadian jurist and politician

Sir Walter Blake, (bef. ... Whitney Blake (February 20, 1925 - September 28, 2002) was a film and television actor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. ... William Burdine Blake, Sr. ... William Phipps Blake (1826-1910) was an American scientist. ... William Blake Herron is a film screenwriter, director and actor who contributed to the screenplay for The Bourne Identity. ... Sir William Blake Richmond (29 November 1842 -1921), English painter and decorator, was born in London. ... William Hume Blake (10 March 1809 – 5 November 1870) was a Canadian jurist and politician. ...

See also

• The Blake School, a college preparatory school located in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area
• Blake Lewis, the runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol

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