Drake (surname)
Drake is an Old English surname of Anglo-Saxon and Latin origin.[1]
Surname/family name
A
- Abraham Drake (1715–1781), American military officer
- Alexander Wilson Drake (1843–1916), American artist
- Alfred Drake (1914–1992), American actor
- Alfred George Drake (1894–1915), British soldier
- Arnold Drake (1924–2007), American writer of comic books
B and C
- Sir Bernard Drake (c. 1537–1586), English admiral
- Betsy Drake (1923–2015), American actress
- Beverley Drake, Guyanese pilot
- Bill Drake (1937–2008), American radio programmer
- Bill Drake (baseball) (1895–1997), American baseball player
- Bill Drake (rugby league) (born 1931), English former professional rugby league footballer
- Billy Drake (1917–2011), British RAF pilot
- Bob Drake (musician) (born 1957), American musician
- Bob Drake (Formula One) (1919–1980), American racing driver
- Brad E. Drake, Florida politician
- Bruce Drake (1905–1983), American basketball coach
- Carolyn Drake (born 1971), American photographer
- Charles Drake (actor) (1917–1994), American actor
- Charles Daniel Drake (1811–1892), Missouri Republican politician
- Charles George Drake (1920–1998), Canadian neurosurgeon
- Charlie Drake (1925–2006), British actor
D–F
- Dallas Drake (born 1969), Canadian hockey star
- Darryl Drake (195–2019), American football player and coach
- David Drake (born 1945), American sci-fi and fantasy writer
- DC Drake (born 1957), American addictions counselor, and retired professional wrestler
- Edward Drake (skier) (born 1986), British alpine skier and ski cross racer
- Edward John Drake, director based in Los Angeles, California
- Edward Drake (cricketer) (1832–1904), English clergyman and cricketer
- Edwin Drake (1819–1880), American oil driller
- Eli Drake (born 1982), American professional wrestler
- Elias Franklin Drake (1813-1892), American businessman and politician
- Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (1855–1904), French botanist
- Ervin Drake (1919–2015), American songwriter
- Fabia Drake (1904–1990), English actress
- Sir Francis Drake (1540–1595), English explorer and privateer
- Sir Francis Samuel Drake (1729–1789), English admiral in the American War of Independence
- Francis Samuel Drake (1828–1885), American historian
- Francis William Drake (1724 – 1788/9) English admiral, brother of Francis Samuel Drake
- Frank Drake (born 1930), American astronomer and astrophysicist who developed the Drake equation
- Franklin J. Drake (1846–1929), American admiral
- Friedrich Drake (1805–1882), German sculptor
G–J
- Gabrielle Drake (born 1944), British actress
- Grace L. Drake, member of the Ohio Senate (1984-2000)
- Harry Drake (1915–1997), American archer
- Howard Drake, British diplomat
- Jim Drake (engineer) (1929–2012) American aeronautical engineer and inventor
- James Drake (1850–1941), Australian politician
- Jay Drake (born 1969), American auto racing driver
- Jessica Drake (born 1974), American pornographic actress
- Jimmy Drake (1912–1968), American humorist and musician (stage name: Nervous Norvus)
- John Drake (disambiguation)
- Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820), American poet
- Joshua F. Drake, American musicologist
L–P
- Larry Drake (1949-2016), American actor
- Larry Drake (baseball) (1921-1985), baseball player
- Marie Drake (1888–1963), American educational administrator, wrote what became the lyrics to the song "Alaska's Flag"
- Marino Drake (born 1967), Cuban high jumper
- Maurice Drake (1923–2014), British judge
- Michael Julian Drake (1946–2011), British astronomer
- Michael V. Drake (born 1951), American university administrator and physician, President of the Ohio State University
- Molly Drake (1915–1993), English poet and musician
- Nathan Drake (artist) (1728–1778), artist, a fellow of the Society of Artists
- Nathan Drake (essayist and physician) (1766–1836), British essayist and physician
- Nick Drake (1948–1974), British singer and songwriter
- Nick Drake (poet) (born 1961), British poet, author and screenplay-writer
- Penny Drake (born 1984), American actress
- Pete Drake (1932-1988), American record producer and pedal steel guitar player
- Priscilla Holmes Drake (1812-1892), American suffragist
R–T
- Ray Drake (1934–2013), English footballer
- Richard Drake (1535–1603), Equerry to Elizabeth I of England
- Roger Drake (colonial administrator), administrator of the English East India Company, President of Bengal, 1752–1756
- Roger Drake (physician) (1608–1669), English physician and Presbyterian minister
- Samuel Adams Drake (1833–1905), American journalist and writer
- Samuel Gardner Drake (1798–1875) American antiquarian.
- Steve Drake (born 1954), American pornographic actor
- Tasman Drake (1884–1946), New Zealand Anglican clergyman and cricketer
- Ted Drake (1912–1995), British cricket and football player
- Thelma Drake (born 1949), American politician
- Theodore Drake (1891–1959), Canadian pediatrician
- Theodore W. Drake (1907–2000), American cartoonist
- Thomas Drake (disambiguation)
- Tom Drake (1918-1982), American actor born Alfred Sinclair Alderdice
- Tom Drake (wrestler) (1930-2017), American former professional wrestler, attorney, and politician
- Tracy Drake (1864–1939), American hotelier
W
- William Drake (organ builder) (1943–2014), British organ builder
- William D. Drake, British musician
- William Henry Drake (painter), (1856-1926) American painter and illustrator
Fictional characters
- Adam Drake, ex-counterespionage agent and mystery solving attorney on The Edge of Night
- Alex Drake (Ashes to Ashes), in the TV series Ashes to Ashes
- Bobby Drake (Iceman (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero and member of the X-Men, the Champions (1975 team), and the Defenders
- Charlotte Drake, in TV series Pretty Little Liars.
- Dèmon Drake, in the TV series Charmed
- Dinah Drake (Black Canary) of DC Comics
- Doofus Drake, in the animated series DuckTales
- Downy O'Drake, a Disney character
- Evan Drake, a character in the TV sitcom Cheers
- John Drake (Danger Man), in the TV series Danger Man
- Ludwig Von Drake, a Disney character
- Mark Drake, a Colonial Marine smart gunner in the film Aliens
- Mary Drake, in the TV series Pretty Little Liars
- Mons Drake, in Tensou Sentai Goseiger
- Nathan Drake (character), the main character in the video game series Uncharted
- Paul Drake (character), a private detective in various media of the Perry Mason franchise
- Robert Putney Drake, in the Illuminatus! Trilogy of books
- Temple Drake, William Faulkner character
- Tim Drake, the third Robin in the DC Comics media
- Will Drake, in American Horror Story: Hotel
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See also
- Drake (given name)
- Drake (disambiguation)
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