Drake

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Contents 1 Animals 2 People 2.1 Given name 2.2 Middle name 2.3 Surname/Family name 3 Arts and Entertainment 3.1 Films 3.2 Characters in film 3.3 Characters in fiction 3.4 Characters on television 3.5 Characters in comics 3.6 Pokémon characters 3.7 Walt Disney characters 3.8 Computer games 4 Geographic locations 5 Arenas and stadiums 6 Hotels 7 Companies 8 Ships 9 Other 10 See also

Drake may refer to:

[edit] Animals

• A male duck
• An archaic word for dragon (from Old English draca)
• One of a range of artificial bait used in fly fishing

[edit] People

[edit] Given name

• Drake Bell (born 1986), American actor and musician
• Drake Berehowsky (born 1972), Canadian hockey player
• Drake Hogestyn (born 1953), American soap opera actor

[edit] Middle name

• Aubrey Graham (born 1986), stage name "Drake", a Canadian actor and rapper

[edit] Surname/Family name

• Sir Francis Drake (1540-1595), explorer
• 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
• Bruce Drake (1905–1983), American basketball coach
• Charles Drake (1917–1994), American actor
• Charles George Drake (1920–1998), Canadian neurosurgeon
• Charlie Drake (born 1925), British actor
• David Drake (born 1945), American sci-fi and fantasy writer
• Edwin Drake (1819–1880), American oil driller
• Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (1855–1904), French botanist
• Ervin Drake (born 1919), American songwriter
• Fabia Drake (1904—1990), English actress
• Frank Drake (born 1930), American astronomer and astrophysicist who developed the Drake equation
• Gabrielle Drake (born 1944), British actress
• Gavin Drake (born 1970), British journalist
• George Burton Drake (1876–1942), American landscape painter and minister
• Howard Drake, British diplomat
• James Drake (1850–1915), 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)
• Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820), American poet
• Joshua F. Drake, American musicologist
• Marino Drake (born 1967), Cuban high jumper
• Markus Drake, Finnish politician
• Nathan Drake (1766–1836), British essayist and physician
• Nick Drake (1948–1974), British singer and songwriter
• Penny Drake, American actress
• Ted Drake (1912–1995), British cricket and football player
• Thelma Drake (born 1949), American politician
• Tom Drake (1918–1982), American actor
• Tom Drake (baseball player) (1912–1988), American baseball player
• Thomas J. Drake (1797–1875), American politician

[edit] Arts and Entertainment

[edit] Films

• Vera Drake, a British film directed by Mike Leigh

[edit] Characters in film

• Drake, a dragon in the film Dragonheart: A New Beginning, voiced by Robby Benson
• Drake, a villain in the film Blade: Trinity, also known by the names Dracula and Dagon
• Drake, Mr. Warbucks' butler in the musical Annie
• Private M. Drake, a Colonial Marine character from Aliens (1986 film)

[edit] Characters in fiction

• X Drake, a character from One Piece

[edit] Characters on television

• Drake Parker, a character in Drake & Josh (played by Drake Bell)
• John Drake (Danger Man), a character in the television show Danger Man
• Kamen Rider Drake, one of the characters in Kamen Rider Kabuto
• Monkey D. Luffy, known in Greece as Drake
• Paul Drake, a character in Perry Mason

[edit] Characters in comics

• Bobby Drake, also known as Iceman (comics), a character in Marvel Comics
• Frank Drake (comics), a character in Marvel Comics
• Robin (Tim Drake), the third and current Robin in DC Comics

[edit] Pokémon characters

• Drake (Elite Four member)
• Drake (Orange Islands Gym Leader)

[edit] Walt Disney characters

• Doofus Drake
• Downy O'Drake
• Drake Mallard
• Ludwig Von Drake
• Vera O'Drake

[edit] Computer games

• Drake, main character of Interplay's role playing game Stonekeep
• Drake, species of freeware game Battle for Wesnoth
• Drake, playable character of Advance Wars
• Drake, Caldari Battlecruiser in the MMORPG game EVE Online

[edit] Geographic locations

• Drake Passage or Drake Strait, between Cape Horn and Antarctica

Australia

• Drake, New South Wales

Canada

• Drake, Saskatchewan, a town in Canada

United Kingdom

• Drake's Island in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England

United States

• Drake, Arizona, an unincorporated town
• Drake, Colorado, an unincorporated town
• Drake, Illinois, an unincorporated town
• Drake, North Dakota, a city
• Drakes Bay near San Francisco, California

[edit] Arenas and stadiums

• Clare Drake Arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, United States

[edit] Hotels

• Drake Hotel (Chicago), Illinois, United States
• Drake Hotel (Toronto), Ontario, Canada

[edit] Companies

• Drake's, a baking company
• R. L. Drake Company, a manufacturer of radio equipment

[edit] Ships

• Drake, a 17th century English Navy ship, 6th rate, commanded in 1688 by John Tyrrell (Oakley)
• Drake class cruiser

[edit] Other

• Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, United States

[edit] See also

• The Drake (disambiguation page)

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