Ike (given name)

Ike is a mostly masculine given name and nickname, often short for English names Isaac or Isaiah. It may refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

Ike Amadi (born 1979), Nigerian-American voice actor
Ike Barinholtz (born 1977), American actor, comedian, voice actor and screenwriter
Ike Cole (1927–2001), American jazz pianist and composer, brother of Nat King Cole
Ike Isaacs (guitarist) (1919–1996), Burmese-British jazz guitarist
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (1923–1981), American jazz bassist
Ike Quebec (1918–1963), American jazz tenor saxophonist
Ike Turner (1931–2007), American musician, bandleader, talent scout and record producer
Ike Willis (born 1955), American vocalist and guitarist
Ike Nwala (born 1986), American actor and comedian based in Tokyo, Japan

Politics and the military

Ike Franklin Andrews (1925-2010), American politician
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II and President of the United States
Ike Ekweremadu (born 1962), Nigerian politician and lawyer
O.H. "Ike" Harris (born 1932), American politician, attorney and lobbyist
Isiah Leggett (born 1944), American politician
John Isaac Moore (1856-1937), American politician
Ike Nwachukwu (born 1940), Nigerian politician and retired army officer
Ike Skelton (1931-2013), American politician
Ike Thompson (1915–1995), American politician

Sports

Ike Anigbogu (born 1998), American basketball player
Ike Armstrong (1895-1983), American football player, coach of football, basketball and track, and college athletics administrator
Isaac Austin (born 1969), American retired National Basketball Association player
Ike Bartle, English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s
Ike Boettger (born 1994), American football player
Ike Charlton (born 1977), former National Football League and Canadian Football League player
Ike Clarke (1915–2002), English football player and manager
Ike Davis (born 1987), Major League Baseball player
Ike Diogu (born 1983), Nigerian-American professional basketball player
Ike Eichrodt (1903-1965), American Major League Baseball player
Ike Forte (born 1954), American former National Football League player
Ike Frankian (1905–1963), American National Football League player
Ike Harris (born 1952), American former National Football League player
Ike Hilliard (born 1976), American former National Football League player
Ike Ibenegbu (born 1986), Nigerian footballer
Ike Kelley (born 1944), American former National Football League player
Ike Mahoney (1901–1961), American National Football League player
Ike Nwankwo (born 1973), Nigerian-American basketball player
Ike Ofoegbu (born 1984), American-Nigerian professional basketball player
Ike Opara (born 1989), American Major League Soccer player
Ike Petersen (1909–1995), American National Football League player
Ike Poole (1915–2002), American college basketball player
Ike Rogers, American college football player (1916-1917, 1919)
Ike Quartey (born 1969), Ghanaian former boxer and WBA welterweight world champion
Ike Samuels (1874–1964), American Major League Baseball player
Ike Sewell (1903–1990), American college football player and entrepreneur
Ike Shorunmu (born 1967), Nigerian former football goalkeeper
Ike Taylor (born 1980), retired National Football League player
Ike Tomlinson (1910-2000), American college baseball, basketball and football coach and athletics administrator
Ike Williams (1923-1994), American boxer and NBA lightweight world champion
Ike Woods (1879–1962), Australian rules footballer

Other

Ike Clanton (1847–1887), Old West outlaw present (unarmed) at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Isaac Haxton (born 1985), American professional poker player
Ike Pappas (1933-2008), longtime CBS News correspondent

Fictional characters

Ike, the main character in the video games Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, and a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Sir Ike Broflovski, a recurring character in the animated television series South Park
Ike Skidmore, in the musical Oklahoma!
Ike, a nickname for the main probe (Isaac Newton) from the mockumentary Alien Planet
Ike, the horse in the 2006 film Charlotte's Web
Ike Boone, recurring character in John Grisham's junior novels.
Ike, a fuzzy character from the game Quantum Conundrum
Ike Godsey, a recurring character played by Joe Conley in the television series The Waltons

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