Wake (surname)

Wake is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Brian Wake (born 1982), English footballer
• Blanche of Lancaster, Baroness Wake of Liddell (c. 1305 – c. 1380), English noblewoman
• Brian Wake (born 1982), English footballer
• Bronwyn Wake, Australian scientist
• Cameron Wake (born 1982), American football player
• Cameron Wake (cricketer) (born 1985), English cricketer
• Sir Charles Wake, 10th Baronet (1791–1864), British landowner
• Clive Wake, South African-born editor and translator
• David B. Wake (1936–2021), American herpetologist
• Egerton Wake (1871–1929), British political organiser
• Harry Wake (1901–1981), English footballer
• Hereward Wake, multiple people, including:
  • Hereward the Wake (c. 1035 – c. 1072), Anglo-Saxon nobleman
  • Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Baronet (1876–1963), British Army officer
  • Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet (1916–2017), British Army officer
• Isaac Wake (1580–1632), English diplomat and political commentator
• Jehanne Wake, British historian
• Jenny Wake, New Zealand actor and theatre director
• Joan Wake (1884–1974), British historian
• John Wake (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • John Wake (born 1953), English cricketer
  • John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (c. 1268 – 1300), English nobleman and soldier
  • John Wake (MP) (fl. 1388), English political figure
  • John Cheltenham Wake (1834–1882), English painter
• Margaret Wake, multiple people, including:
  • Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell (c. 1297 – 1349), English noblewoman
  • Margaret Wake Tryon (c. 1732 – 1819), English heiress
• Marvalee Wake (born 1939), American zoologist
• Melissa Wake, New Zealand paediatric researcher
• Nancy Wake (1912–2011), New Zealand-born Australian-British spy
• Neil V. Wake (1948–2026), American judge
• Ric Wake, English-American record producer
• Robert A. Wake, American spelling bee champion
• Roger le Wake (fl. 1298), English political figure
• Shingo Wake (born 1987), Japanese boxer
• Thomas Wake, multiple people, including:
  • Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (1297–1349), English nobleman
  • Thomas Wake (pirate) (died 1697), American pirate
• William Wake (disambiguation), several people, including:
  • William Wake (1657–1737), English minister and Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Sir William Wake, 8th Baronet (1742–1785), British politician
  • William Wake (cricketer) (1852–1896), English cricketer
  • William Wake (governor) (died 1750), English colonial administrator

Te Wake

Notable people with the New Zealand Māori surname Te Wake include:

• Heremia Te Wake (c. 1838 – 1918), New Zealand tribal leader and catechist
• Dame Hohewhina Te Wake (1895–1994), New Zealand political activist
• Ramon Te Wake (born 1976), New Zealand musician and television presenter
• Jay Tewake (born 1990), New Zealand actor

Compound surname

These people have Wake as part of a compound surname:

• Cathrine Burnett-Wake, Australian politician
• Sir Baldwin Wake Walker (1802–1876), British naval officer
• Sir Frederic Wake-Walker (1888–1945), British naval officer

Fictional characters

• Alan Wake, from the eponymous video game series
• Chief Inspector Wake, from the Charles Kingston O'Mahony series
• Dr. Wake, from Dr. Wake's Patient
• Kingi Te Wake, from Shortland Street

See also

• Baron Wake of Liddell
• Wake baronets