Ike (given name)

Ike is a mostly masculine given name and nickname. It is often short for Isaac. Notable people with the name include:

People

A

  • Ike Altgens (1919–1995), American photojournalist who captured JFK assassination
  • Ike Amadi (born 1979), Nigerian voice actor
  • Ike Anderson (born 1957), American Greco-Roman wrestler
  • Ike Franklin Andrews (1925–2010), American politician from North Carolina
  • Ike Anigbogu (born 1998), American basketball player
  • Ike Armstrong (1895–1983), American football player, coach and college athletics administrator
  • Ike Aronowicz (1923–2009), Israeli sailor and captain of the immigrant ship SS Exodus
  • Ike Atkinson (1925–2014), American drug trafficker
  • Ike Azotam (born 1991), Nigerian-American basketball player

B

C

  • Ike Caveney (1894–1949), American baseball player
  • Ike Charlton (born 1977), American gridiron football player and coach
  • Ike Chioke, Nigerian investment banker, philanthropist
  • Ike Clanton (1847–1887), Rancher and member of the Cochise County Cowboys, Arizona Territory
  • Ike Clarke (1915–2002), English footballer and manager
  • Ike Cole (1927–2001), American jazz pianist and composer

D

  • Ike Danning (1905-1983), American baseball player
  • Ike Davis (born 1987), American baseball player
  • Ike Davis (shortstop) (1895–1984), American baseball player
  • Ike Day (1925–1958), American jazz musician
  • Ike Delock (1929–2022), American baseball player
  • Ike Diogu (born 1983), Nigerian-American basketball player
  • Ike Dixon (1896–1953), American music venue proprietor
  • Ike Dorgan (1879–1960), American boxing manager and publisher
  • Ike Duffey (1906–1967), American businessman & sports executive

E

F

  • Ike Forte (born 1954), American football player
  • Ike Fowler (1894–1981), Wales dual-code international rugby footballer & RL match official
  • Ike Frankian (1905–1963), American football player and coach

H

  • Ike Hampton (born 1951), American baseball player
  • Ike Harris (born 1952), American football player
  • Ike Hatch (1892–1961), American jazz musician
  • Ike Hildebrand (1927–2006), Canadian ice hockey and lacrosse player
  • Ike Hill (born 1947), American football player
  • Ike Hilliard (born 1976), American football player and coach
  • Ike Holter (born 1985), American playwright
  • Ike Hoover (1871–1933), American cabinet administrator

I

J

  • Ike Jones (1929–2014), American film producer and actor
  • Ike Joselove (1904–1925), American football player

K

  • Ike Kahdot (1899–1999), American baseball player
  • Ike Kamp (1900–1955), American baseball player
  • Ike Kaveladze (born 1965), Georgian-American business executive
  • Ike Kelley (born 1944), American football player
  • Ike Klingbeil (1908–1995), American ice hockey player
  • Ike Knox (1887–1969), American football player

L

M

N

  • Ike Nassi (born 1949), American computer scientist
  • Ike Nnaebue (born 1975), Nigerian film director and producer
  • Ike Nwachukwu (born 1940), Nigerian politician and general
  • Ike Nwala (born 1986), American comedian, actor and narrator
  • Ike Nwamu (born 1993), Nigerian-American basketball player
  • Ike Nwankwo (born 1973), Nigerian-American basketball player
  • Ike Nwosu (born 1946), Nigerian politician

O

P

Q

R

S

  • Ike Samuels (1874–1964), American baseball player
  • Ike Schab (1920–2025), American World War II veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor
  • Ike Sellers (1905–1997), Australian rules footballer
  • Ike Sewell (1903–1990), American businessman
  • Ike Shorunmu (born 1967), Nigerian footballer
  • Hugh Ike Shott (1866–1953), Newspaper editor, rapper, broadcaster and politician in West Virginia
  • Ike Skelton (1931–2013), American politician
  • Ike Smith (born 1997), American basketball player
  • Ike Southward (1934–2006), GB international rugby league footballer and coach
  • Ike Stubblefield (1952–2021), American musician
  • Ike Sturm (born 1978), American bassist, composer, and bandleader
  • Richard Ike Sutton (1915–2001), American politician

T

U

  • Ike Udanoh (born 1989), American-Nigerian basketball player
  • Ike Udeh (born 1973), Nigerian footballer
  • Ike Uzoma (born 1978), Nigerian footballer

V

  • Ike Vern (1916–1987), American freelance magazine photographer and documentary filmmaker
  • Ike Villanueva (born 1984), American mixed martial arts fighter

W

Z

Fictional characters

See also