Stokes (surname)

Stokes is a surname, and may refer to:

A

• Adrian Stokes (disambiguation)
• Adrian Scott Stokes (1854–1935), English landscape painter
• Alan and Alex Stokes (born 1996), American internet celebrities
• Alan Stokes (born 1981), British professional surfer and model
• Alec Stokes (1919–2003), English scientist and contributor to discovery of DNA
• Andy Stokes, American football player
• Ann Bradford Stokes (1830–1903), African American nurse
• Anson Phelps Stokes (disambiguation)
• Anson Phelps Stokes (1838–1913), a merchant, banker, publicist, and multimillionaire
• Anson Phelps Stokes, (1874–1958), an educator and clergyman
• Anson Phelps Stokes, (1905–1986), a clergyman
• Anthony Stokes, an Irish footballer
• Antony Stokes (born 1965), British diplomat
• Arthur Stokes (disambiguation)
• Arthur Stokes (footballer), (1868–1960) English footballer

B

• Barry Stokes (disambiguation)
• Barry Stokes (born 1973), American football offensive lineman
• Barry Stokes, British actor
• Ben Stokes (born 1991), English cricketer
• Bobby Stokes (1951–1995), English footballer
• Brian Stokes (born 1979), American baseball pitcher

C

• Cameron Stokes, Australian footballer
• Carl B. Stokes (1927–1996), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and first African American mayor of a major U.S. city
• Charles Stokes (disambiguation)
• Charles Stokes (trader) (1852–1895), Irish missionary turned trader who lived much of his life in Africa
• Chase Stokes, American actor
• Chris Stokes (disambiguation)
• Chris Stokes (record producer), American record producer
• Claud Stokes (1884–1918), British military aviator
• Colin Stokes (born 1987), American cellist
• Corey Stokes, American basketball player

D

• David Stokes (disambiguation)
• David Stokes (soccer) (born 1982), American soccer player
• David Stokes (English footballer), English footballer
• David Stokes (Guatemalan footballer) (1946–2025), Guatemalan footballer
• Demi Stokes (born 1991), association footballer
• Dennis Stokes (1911–1998), English cricketer
• Derek Stokes, British footballer
• Donald Stokes (disambiguation)
• Doris Stokes (1920–1987), British spiritualist
• Doug Stokes, British academic

E

• Ed Stokes, American basketball player
• Edith Minturn Stokes (1867–1937), American philanthropist, artistic muse and socialite during the Gilded Age.
• Edward Stokes (disambiguation)
• Edward C. Stokes (1860–1942), the 32nd governor of New Jersey
• Edward L. Stokes (1880–1964), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Elizabeth Joan Stokes (1912–2010), English bacteriologist
• Eric Stokes (disambiguation), multiple people
• Evelyn Stokes, New Zealand geographer

F

• Francis Stokes
• Francis Marion Stokes (1883–1975), American architect
• Francis William Stokes (1832–1889), pastoralist and politician in South Australia
• Frank Stokes (disambiguation)
• Frank Stokes (1888–1955), American blues musician
• Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858–1955), American artist
• Fred Stokes, American football player
• Frederick Stokes (disambiguation)
• Frederick Wilfrid Scott Stokes (1860–1927), inventor of the Stokes Mortar

G

• George Stokes (disambiguation)
• George Gabriel Stokes (1819–1903), Irish mathematician and physicist
• George Thomas Stokes (1843–1898), Irish ecclesiastical historian
• Gerard Stokes (1955–2020), New Zealand rugby league footballer
• Graham Stokes (disambiguation)
• Greg Stokes (born 1963), American basketball player

H

• Henry Stokes (1841–1926), Irish civil servant
• Henry Scott Stokes (1938–2022), British journalist
• Henry Sewell Stokes (1808–1895), British poet
• Henry William Stokes (1871–1966), American farmer and politician

I

• Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867–1944), American architect

J

• J. J. Stokes, American football player
• J. William Stokes (James William Stokes, 1853–1901), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• Jack Stokes (disambiguation)
• Jack Stokes (1923–2000), Canadian politician
• James Stokes
• James Stokes (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jason Stokes, American baseball player
• Jervis Stokes (1927–2016), Australian rules footballer
• John Stokes (disambiguation)
• John Stokes, mayor of Bristol in 1364, 1366, and 1379
• John Stokes, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1565–1566
• John Fisher Stokes (1912–2010), English physician
• John S. Stokes (1871–1923), Chief Master-at-Arms in the United States Navy and recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Philippine–American War
• John William Stokes (1910 – c. 1995), Australian administrator
• John Stokes (1915–1990), Principal of Queen's College, Hong Kong, buried in Wolvercote Cemetery
• John Heydon Stokes (1917–2003), British Conservative MP 1970–1992
• Jonathan Stokes (c. 1755 – 1831), English physician and botanist
• John Edward "Jack" Stokes (1923–2000), Canadian politician, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• John Stokes (born 1940), Irish musician
• John Stokes, a British comics artist best known for Fishboy
• Juanita Stokes, American rapper
• Julie Stokes (born 1970), Louisiana politician

K

• Keith Stokes, American football player
• Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman

L

• Leslie Stokes, BBC radio producer and director
• Loren Stokes, American basketball player
• Lori Stokes, American television journalist
• Louis Stokes, American politician
• Lydia B. Stokes, American philanthropist

M

• Mack B. Stokes, American retired bishop
• Margaret Stokes, Irish antiquarian, artist and author
• Marianne Stokes, born Marianne Preindlsberger (1855–1927), Austrian painter
• Marion Stokes (1929–2012), American archivist, news producer and civil rights activist
• Martin Stokes, British academic
• Mathew Stokes, Australian footballer
• Maura Stokes, American statistician and novelist
• Maurice Stokes (1933–1970), American basketball player
• Missouri H. Stokes (1838–1910), American social reformer, writer
• Michael Stokes (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mitchell Stokes, English cricketer
• Montfort Stokes (1762–1842), American senator and governor of North Carolina

N

• Niall Stokes, Irish editor of the Hot Press magazine
• Nick Stokes, fictional character in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV series

O

• Olivia Stokes (disambiguation)

P

• Patrick Stokes (disambiguation), multiple people
• Pringle Stokes, British Navy officer who commanded

R

• Rachel Montgomery Stokes (1776–1862), American landowner
• Richard Stokes (disambiguation)
• Ricky Stokes, American men's college basketball coach
• Robert Stokes (disambiguation)
• Rose Pastor Stokes (1879–1933), Russian-born American Socialist Party leader and feminist
• Rufus Stokes (1922–1986), American inventor
• Ruth Stokes (1890–1968), American mathematician

S

• Satyananda Stokes (1882–1946), American-born Indian activist
• Sewell Stokes (1902–1979), English writer
• Stan Stokes, American painter
• Steph Stokes, fictional character on the TV show Emmerdale
• Suzanne Stokes, American glamour model and actress

T

• Thomas Lunsford Stokes (1898–1958), American journalist
• Tim Stokes, American football player
• Tobin Stokes, Canadian composer
• Tony Stokes, English footballer
• Trey Stokes, American filmmaker and puppeteer
• Tyran Stokes (born 2007), American basketball player

W

• Walter Stokes (1898–1996), American sport shooter
• Walter W. Stokes (1880–1960), New York state senator
• Whitley Stokes (1830–1909), Irish lawyer and Celtic scholar
• William Stokes (disambiguation), several people
• William Brickly Stokes (1814–1897), American Civil War soldier and politician
• Willie Stokes (disambiguation), several people
• Winford Stokes (1951–1990), American serial killer

V

• Vidya Stokes, Indian politician

Y

• Yvonne Stokes, Australian mathematician

See also

• Governor Stokes (disambiguation)
• Senator Stokes (disambiguation)
• Stokes (disambiguation)

References