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 Moriz (born 1972), German-South African singer, songwriter and actor
  • 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

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 Israeli Premier Basketball League 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 (fl. 1916-1917, 1919), American college football player
  • 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

See also
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