Baker is a common surname of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) origin and Scotland where Gaelic was anglicized. From England the surname has spread to neighbouring countries such as Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and also to the English speaking areas of the Americas and Oceania where it is also common. The gaelic form of Baker in Scotland and Ireland is ''Mac a' Bhacstair''. Some people with the surname have used DNA to trace their origins to Celtic countries and specifically to the Baxter
sept
A sept is a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish family. The term is used in both Scotland and Ireland, where it may be translated as ''sliocht'', meaning "progeny" or "seed", which may indicate the descendants of a person ...
of the Clan MacMillan in Scotland. It is an occupational name, which originated before the 8th century CE, from the name of the trade, baker. From the Middle English ''bakere'' and Old English ''bæcere'', a derivation of ''bacan'', meaning "to dry by heat". The bearer of this name may not only have been a baker of bread. The name was also used for others involved with baking in some way, including the owner of a communal oven in humbler communities. The female form of the name is '' Baxter'', which is seen more in Scotland. The German form of the name is '' Bäcker''.
The name, Baker, appeared in many references, and from time to time, the surname was spelt ''Baker'', ''Bakere'' and these changes in spelling frequently occurred within the family name. Scribes and church officials spelt the name as it sounded, and frequently the spelling changed even during the person's own lifetime. The family name Baker entered Britain with the Anglo-Saxons, who traditionally are said to have settled Britain from the 5th century CE, although Germanic communities were already well established in Britain long before this time.
Notable people with the surname include:
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* A. J. Baker (1923–2017), Australian philosopher
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Aaron Baker
Aaron Eli Baker (1610–1683) of Bowhay in the parish of Exminster, near Exeter, Devon, was an English colonial agent of the Honourable East India Company, who served as the first President of the Madras Presidency (1652-1655). He was for the d ...
(1620–1683), English colonial agent
* Ada Baker (1866 – 1949), Australian soprano, vaudeville star and singing teacher
* Adam J. Baker (1821–?), Canadian politician
* Adam Baker (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer
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Al Baker (magician)
Al Baker (September 4, 1874 – October 24, 1951) was a professional magician. Al Baker was an inventor of many tricks that he marketed including his Dictionary Test, Al Baker Slates and his version of the Rice bowls. Many of his silk magic effe ...
Alan Baker (diplomat)
Alan Baker ( he, אלן בייקר; born 1947) is an Israeli expert in international law and former ambassador of the state of Israel to Canada. He is the director of the ''Institute for Contemporary Affairs'' at the ''Jerusalem Center for Public ...
(born 1947), former Israeli ambassador to Canada
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Alan Baker (politician)
Alan Baker (born July 15, 1956) is a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives
The Alabama State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House ...
(born 1956), American politician
** Alan T. Baker (born 1956), United States Navy chaplain
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Alan Baker (poet)
Alan Baker (born 1958) is British poet. He has been the editor of the poetry publisher Leafe Press since 2000, and the online magazine ''Litter'' since 2005.
Life
Baker was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in 1958, and in 1985 he moved to N ...
(born 1958), British poet
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Alan Baker (philosopher)
Alan R. Baker is a professor of Philosophy in Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania, United States), specializing in the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of science. He is also a former U.S. shogi champion.
Academic career
Baker did his u ...
, Professor of Philosophy and shogi player
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Albert Baker (disambiguation) Albert Baker may refer to:
* Albert C. Baker (1845–1921), American jurist and politician in Arizona
* Albert J. Baker (1874–1964), American politician in Wisconsin
* Albert Baker d'Isy (1906–1968), French cycling journalist
* Al Baker (baseba ...
, multiple people
** Albert C. Baker (1845–1921), an American jurist and politician in Arizona
** Albert J. Baker (born 1874), an American politician in Wisconsin
** Albert Baker d'Isy (1906–1968), a French cycling journalist
** Albert William Baker (1918–2008), a Canadian aviator
** Albert "Ginger" Baker (born 1951), a Northern Irish loyalist and soldier convicted of four murders
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Alexander Baker (Jesuit)
Alexander Baker (1582–1638), was an English Jesuit.
Biography
Baker was born in Norfolk in 1582. He entered the Society of Jesus about 1610 and was professed of the four solemn vows in 1627 and visited India twice as a missionary.
Baker died o ...
(1582–1638), English Jesuit
* Alexander Baker (MP) (1611–1685), English lawyer and politician
* Alf Baker (1898–1955), English footballer (Arsenal)
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Alfred Joseph Baker
Alfred Joseph Baker (10 February 1846 – 3 January 1900) was an English amateur sportsman who scored England's goal in the first representative match against a Scottish XI in March 1870. By profession, he was an auctioneer.
Family
He was born i ...
Alison Baker (racewalker)
Alison Baker (born August 6, 1964) is a retired female racewalker from Canada. She set her personal best in the women's 10 km race walk event (47:20) at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, 1993 World Championships.
Achievements
Refe ...
(born 1964), Canadian racewalker
* Allan Baker, Australian rapist and murderer
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Amanda Baker
Amanda Baker (born December 22, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Jolene Crowell on '' General Hospital: Night Shift'' in 2007 and Babe Carey Chandler on ''All My Children'' from 2007 to 2008. Baker reappeared on J ...
(born 1979), American actress
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Andrea Baker
Andrea Baker (née Taylor) is an American actress. In film, she is known for her role as Peggy Jane in the 1998 film '' Pleasantville'', as well as her voice roles portraying Clover in the French-Canadian animated television series ''Totally Spie ...
, American actress
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Anita Baker
Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. She is one of the most popular singers of soulful ballads, especially renowned for her work during the height of the quiet storm period in the 1980s. Starting her career ...
(born 1958), Grammy Award-winning American rhythm & blues singer-songwriter
* Ann Baker (born 1931), American actress
* Anna P. Baker (1928–1985), Canadian visual artist
* Anne Elizabeth Baker (1786–1861), philologist and illustrator of Northampton, England
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Annie Baker
Annie Baker (born April 1981) is an American playwright and teacher who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for her play ''The Flick.'' Among her works are the Shirley, Vermont plays, which take place in the fictional town of Shirley: ''Circle Mirror Tr ...
(born 1981), American playwright
* Arnie Baker (born 1953), Canadian cyclist, coach and writer
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Art
Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...
Art Baker (actor)
Art Baker (born Arthur Appleton Shank; January 7, 1898DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 19. – August 26, 1966) was an ...
(1898–1966), American film, television and radio actor
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Art Baker (coach)
Art Baker (born November 30, 1929) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Furman University (1973–1977), The Citadel (1978–1982) and East Carolina University (1985–1988). Baker is a 1948 graduate of Edmu ...
Augustine Baker
Fr. Augustine Baker OSB (9 December 1575 – 9 August 1641), also sometimes known as "Fr. Austin Baker", was a well-known Benedictine mystic and an ascetic writer. He was one of the earliest members of the English Benedictine Congregation ...
(1575–1641), Welsh Benedictine monk and ascetical writer
Benjamin Baker (engineer)
Sir Benjamin Baker (31 March 1840 – 19 May 1907) was an eminent English civil engineer who worked in mid to late Victorian era. He helped develop the early underground railways in London with Sir John Fowler, but he is best known for his wo ...
(1840–1907), English engineer
*** Benjamin F. Baker (1862–1927), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
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Blanche Baker (painter)
Blanche Baker (1844–1929) was a Bristol-born English watercolour artist who specialised in landscape paintings. She trained at the Bristol School of Art, and went on to exhibit regularly at the Royal Academy and with the Society of Lady Artist ...
Bob Baker (actor)
Bob Baker (born Stanley Leland Weed, November 8, 1910 – August 29, 1975) was a singer who had several starring roles as a singing cowboy in the late 1930s.
Early years
The son of Guy Weed and Ethel Leland Weed, Baker was born in Forest City, ...
Brian Baker (tennis)
Brian Richard Baker (born April 30, 1985) is an American retired professional tennis player from Nashville, Tennessee.
Junior career
As a junior player, Baker won the 2002 Orange Bowl. In 2003, he reached the boys' singles final of the French ...
(born 1985), American professional tennis player
** Brian Baker (politician), American politician and Missouri State Representative
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Britt Baker
Brittany Baker (born April 23, 1991) is an American professional wrestler and dentist. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she performs under the ring name Britt Baker where she is a former AEW Women's World Champion. Born in Punxsut ...
Bryan Baker (fighter)
Bryan Baker (born October 13, 1985) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Baker fought in various promotions, most notably World Extreme Ca ...
(born 1985), American mixed martial artist
* Bryan Baker (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player
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Buck Baker
Elzie Wylie Baker Sr. (March 4, 1919 – April 14, 2002), better known as Buck Baker, was an American stock car racer. Born in Richburg, South Carolina, Baker began his NASCAR career in 1949 and won his first race three years later at Columbia ...
(1919–2002), American NASCAR driver
* Budda Baker (born 1996), American football player
* Buddy Baker (born 1941), American NASCAR driver, son of Buck Baker
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Buddy Baker (composer)
Norman Dale "Buddy" Baker (January 4, 1918 – July 26, 2002) was an American composer who scored many Disney films, including ''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' in 1975, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'' in 1979, '' The Shaggy D.A.'' in 1976, ...
(1918–2002), American composer who scored many Disney films
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Caleb Baker
Caleb Baker (1762 – June 26, 1849) was an American politician and a U.S. representative from New York.
Biography
Born in Providence in the Rhode Island Colony, Baker moved to New York in 1790; studied law, was admitted to the bar and began pr ...
(1762–1849), American politician
* Carl Baker (boxer) (born 1982), English boxer
* Carl Baker (born 1982), English footballer
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Carroll Baker
Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is an American former actress. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954. From there, she was recruited by director Elia Kazan to play the lead in t ...
(born 1931), American actress
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Carroll Baker (singer)
Carroll Anne Baker CM (born March 4, 1949) is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter.
Early life
Baker was born in Port Medway, Nova Scotia. Baker was surrounded by music as a little girl but she objected when her musical family launche ...
Charles Baker (instructor)
Charles Baker (1803–1874), was an English instructor of the deaf notable for writing some of the earliest school text books suited to deaf children.
Biography
Baker was the second son of Thomas Baker, of Birmingham, and was born 31 July 1803. ...
(1803–1874), English instructor of the deaf
** Charles Minton Baker (1804–1872), American politician from New York and Wisconsin
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Charles Baker (Medal of Honor)
Charles Baker (1809 – August 3, 1891), also known as Henry Baker, was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Biogr ...
(1809–1891), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
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Charles George Baker
Major General and Lewa Pasha Charles George Baker (8 December 1830 – 19 February 1906) was a British Merchant Navy officer, a Bengal Army officer, a Turkish Army officer, and head of the Egyptian Police.
He was responsible for the rescu ...
(1830–1906), British recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Charles Baker (artist)
Charles Baker (New York City – active 1839 – 1888) was a 19th-century American landscape painter.Charles S. Baker (1839–1902), U.S. Representative from New York
** Charles D. Baker (attorney) (1846–1934), American attorney, New York state representative
** Charles H. Baker (born 1847), Massachusetts state legislator
** Charles Baker (footballer) (1870–1940), English professional footballer
** Charles Fuller Baker (1872–1927), American entomologist
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Charles Graham Baker
Charles Graham Baker (July 16, 1883 – May 15, 1950) was an American screenwriter and director. He wrote for more than 170 films between 1915 and 1948. He and his father invented the game of Gin rummy in 1909.
Biography
He was born in Eva ...
Charles Baker (actor)
Charles Baker (born ) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is best known for playing Skinny Pete on the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'', and he has had a recurring role on the NBC series ''The Blacklist (TV series), The Blacklist''.
He ...
Charlie Baker (Australian footballer)
Charles Michael Baker (18 June 1880 – 4 May 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Recruited from St Patrick's College, Ballarat, he played 76 games for St Kilda from 1902–1906, and ...
Charlie Baker
Charles Duane Baker Jr. (born November 13, 1956) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Baker was a cabinet official under two governors of Massach ...
(born 1956), American politician; 72nd governor of Massachusetts
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Charles Arnold-Baker
Charles Arnold-Baker, OBE (born Wolfgang Charles Werner von Blumenthal; 25 June 1918 – 6 June 2009) was an English member of MI6, barrister ( called 1948) and historian. He was the author of the '' Companion to British History''. He was awa ...
, OBE (1918–2009), English member of MI6, barrister, and historian
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Cheryl Baker
Rita Maria Stroud (''née'' Crudgington; born 8 March 1954), known professionally as Cheryl Baker, is an English singer and television presenter. She was a member of 1980s pop group Bucks Fizz, who won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest and now pe ...
Chris Baker (writer)
Christopher John Baker (born 3 January 1948) is a Thailand-based British writer who has made his home in Bangkok for more than 30 years. He is the co-author of ''A History of Thailand'', ''Thaksin: The Business of Politics in Thailand'', ''Thailand ...
Chris Baker (tight end)
Christopher T. Baker (born November 18, 1979) is a former American football tight end. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan State.
College career
He played col ...
(born 1979), American football tight end
** Chris Baker (golfer) (born 1986), American professional golfer
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Chris Baker (defensive lineman)
Christopher Isaiah Baker (born October 8, 1987), nicknamed "Swaggy", is a former American football defensive tackle who played nine seasons in National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Hampton University and signed with the D ...
(born 1987), American football player
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Chris Baker (talk radio host)
Chris Baker is a former talk radio host who has worked in Minneapolis, Houston and Omaha.
Baker grew up in Dallas. He worked in St. Louis, then moved to Houston where he worked until his show was canceled in 2007.
In 2006, the ''Houston Press'' ...
Chuck Baker
Charles Joseph Baker (born December 6, 1952) is a former middle infielder and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the San Diego Padres and Minnesota Twins in parts of three seasons spanning 1978–1981. Listed at 5' 11", 180 lb ...
(born 1952), Major League Baseball infielder
* Cis Baker (fl.1920s), English footballer
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Claire Baker
Claire Josephine Baker (née Brennan; born 4 March 1971) is a Scottish Labour politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2007.
Early life and career
Claire Baker was b ...
Colin Baker
Colin Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor who played Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series '' The Brothers'' from 1974 to 1976 and the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series ''Docto ...
(born 1943), English actor (6th Doctor Who)
** Colin Baker (Irish footballer) (born 1985), plays in Hong Kong
* Colson Baker (born 1990) aka
Machine Gun Kelly
George Kelly Barnes (July 18, 1895 – July 18, 1954), better known by his pseudonym "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thom ...
, American rapper and actor
* Conrad Baker (1817–1885), 15th Governor of Indiana
* Conway Baker (1911–1997), American football player
* Corey Baker (baseball) (born 1989), American baseball player
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Corey Baker (choreographer)
Corey Baker is a New Zealand classical and contemporary choreographer, film director and former dancer.
Early life
Baker was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 6 June 1990. He attended a rural primary school in Canterbury.
At age fourteen, ...
, New Zealand choreographer
* Cyril Baker (1885–1949), English cricketer
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* D'Arcy Baker (1877–1932), British businessman and racing driver
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Dale Baker
Dale Spehr Baker (30 January 1939 – 27 March 2012) was an Australian politician, serving as South Australian Opposition Leader and Leader of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1990 to 1992.
Parliament ...
(1939–2012), Australian politician
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Dallas Baker
Dallas Leon Baker (born November 10, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver. Baker played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he has played professionally for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Footb ...
Dan Baker (PA announcer)
Dan Baker (born September 22, 1946) is an American public address announcer best known for many years as the voice of Veterans Stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
Early life
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvani ...
(born 1946), American public address announcer
** Dan Baker (rugby union), Welsh rugby union player
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Daniel Baker (Presbyterian minister)
Daniel Baker (August 17, 1791 – December 10, 1857) was an American Presbyterian, serving at times as a Pastor, and other times as an Evangelist. He also served as an educator in the Antebellum South. He was the founder of Austin College, and serv ...
(1791–1857), American Presbyterian minister in the Antebellum South.
*** Daniel C. Baker (1816–1863), Massachusetts politician and former mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
*** Daniel A. Baker (born 1979), English artist and producer of alternative comics
*** Daniel Baker (businessman) American CEO of Flightaware
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Danny Baker
Danny Baker (born 22 June 1957) is an English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter. Throughout his career he has largely presented for London's regional radio and television.
Baker was born in Deptford to a working-class fami ...
(born 1957), English comedy writer, journalist and radio DJ
**** Danny Baker (politician), Northern Irish politician
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Darius Baker
Darius Baker (January 18, 1845 – March 19, 1926)"Darius Baker, Retired Justice, Dies At 81", ''Rutland Daily Herald'' (March 20, 1926), p. 1."Justice Darius Baker Dies", ''Brooklyn Times Union'' (March 20, 1926), p. 2. was a justice of the Rhod ...
Dave Baker (American football)
Dave Baker (July 30, 1937 – September 4, 2002) was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL), playing for the San Francisco 49ers for three years.
David Baker grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, earning All-State honors in footb ...
David J. Baker
David Jewett Baker (September 7, 1792August 6, 1869) was an American politician in the U.S. state of Illinois. He briefly served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator in 1830.
Early life
Baker was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, the son of ...
(1792–1869), US Senator from Illinois
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David J. Baker Jr.
David Jewett Baker Jr. (November 20, 1834 – March 13, 1899), the son of David J. Baker, was a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois.
Born in Kaskaskia, Illinois, Baker received his bachelor's degree from Shurtleff College in 1856. Baker ...
(1834–1899), his son, American judge
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David Martin Baker
David Martin Baker (October 11, 1923 Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV - April 27, 2010) was a Republican member of West Virginia State House of Delegates from Cabell County, 1953, 1957–58, with defeats in 1954 and 1958. In 1967 he was the vice- ...
(1923–2010), Republican member of West Virginia State House of Delegates
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David Baker (composer)
David Nathaniel Baker Jr. (December 21, 1931 – March 26, 2016) was an American jazz composer, conductor, and musician from Indianapolis, as well as a professor of jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Baker is best kn ...
(born 1931), American symphonic jazz composer
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David Baker (cricketer, born 1945)
David Henry John Baker (born 2 February 1945) is a former English cricketer. Baker was a right-handed batsman who bowled off break. He was born in Histon, Cambridgeshire.
Baker made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1970 Minor Counties C ...
(born 1945), former English cricketer
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David Baker (architect)
David Baker, FAIA LEED AP (born December 20, 1949), is an American architect based in San Francisco, California. He and his firm, David Baker Architects (with principals Daniel Simons and Amanda Loper), are known primarily for designing affordabl ...
(born 1949), American architect
*** David Baker (poet) (born 1954), American poet
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David Baker (biochemist)
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David Baker (born October 6, 1962, in Seattle, Washington) is an American biochemist and computational biologist who has pioneered methods to predict and design the three-dimensional structures of proteins. He is the Henrietta and Aub ...
(born 1962), American biochemist
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David Aaron Baker
David Aaron Baker (born August 14, 1963) is an American actor whose credits stretch across theater, film, television and audiobooks.
Biography
On Broadway, he is most prominently known for his starring role as "Prince Dauntless" opposite Sarah ...
(born 1963), American actor
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David Baker (cyclist)
David Baker (born 30 December 1965) is an English former professional cyclist, who competed in cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing.
Biography
Baker, from Dronfield, Derbyshire, began riding cyclo-cross with Norton Wheelers. He moved to A ...
(born 1965), British Olympic mountainbike racer
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David ODB Baker
David ODB Baker (born July 14, 1972) is an American professional poker player living in Sahuarita, Arizona, who has appeared at five World Series of Poker (WSOP) final tables. Baker currently has over $5.4 million in tournament winnings. Baker ...
, American professional poker player nicknamed "ODB"
*** David Bakes Baker, American professional poker player nicknamed "Bakes"
*** David James Baker, American filmmaker
*** David Baker (singer), American former lead singer for Mercury Rev
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Dean Baker
Dean Baker (born July 13, 1958) is an American macroeconomist who co-founded the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) with Mark Weisbrot. Baker has been credited as one of the first economists to have identified the 2007–08 United Sta ...
(born 1958), American macroeconomist
* Deandre Baker (born 1997), American football player
* Deborah Baker, American biographer and essayist
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Del Baker
Delmer David Baker (May 3, 1892 – September 11, 1973) was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager. During his time as a player, he spent three years (1914–1916) in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a backup catcher for the ...
(1892–1973), American baseball player and manager
* Dennis Baker (disambiguation), multiple people
* Dessie Baker (born 1977), Irish soccer player
* Diane Baker (born 1938), American actress
* Dick Baker (1938–2001), Canadian racing driver
* Doc Baker (died c.early 1920s), American footballer
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Don Baker (musician)
Don Baker (born 26 August 1950) is an Irish blues musician, television personality, and actor.
Baker was born in Whitehall, Dublin. He is a singer-songwriter who plays the harmonica and the guitar. He appeared in several films, his most notable ...
(born 1950), Irish musician and actor
* Donald Baker (bishop) (1882–1968), Anglican bishop of Bendigo, Australia
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Donna Baker
Donna Marie Baker (born 27 February 1966) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.
Baker made her Football Ferns debut in a 0–0 draw with Australia on 28 November 1983 and ended her internati ...
Ox Baker
Douglas Albert Baker Sr. (April 19, 1934 – October 20, 2014) was an American professional wrestler and actor, better known professionally as Ox Baker. He was famous for his distinctive eyebrows and finishing move, the Heart Punch, sometimes c ...
Dusty Baker
Johnnie B. "Dusty" Baker Jr. (born June 15, 1949) is an American baseball manager and former player who is the manager of the Houston Astros in Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in the MLB for 19 seasons, most notably with the Lo ...
(born 1949), American Major League Baseball player and manager
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Dylan Baker
Dylan Baker (born October 7, 1959) is an American actor. He gained recognition for his roles in the films such as '' Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' (1987), ''Happiness'' (1998), '' Thirteen Days'' (2000), '' Road to Perdition'' (2002), '' Spide ...
Eddie Baker
Eddie Baker (born Edward King; November 17, 1897 – February 4, 1968) was an American film actor. He supported Laurel and Hardy in several of their films, but is best remembered for his (uncredited) role as a boxing referee in Charlie Chaplin's ...
Edward Dickinson Baker
Edward Dickinson Baker (February 24, 1811October 21, 1861) was an American politician, lawyer, and US army officer. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator from Oreg ...
(1811–1861), British-born American senator and soldier
** Edward M. Baker (1875–1957), American investment broker
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Edward Norman Baker
Sir Edward Norman Baker, KCSI (23 March 1857 – 28 March 1913) s:Dictionary of Indian Biography/Baker, Edward Norman was a British colonial officer who became Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
The son of Arthur Baker, he was educated at Christ's C ...
(1857–1913), British colonial officer; Lieutenant Governor of Bengal
** Edward Baker Lincoln (1846–1850), son of Abraham Lincoln, named after Edward Dickinson Baker
** Edward L. Baker Jr. (1865–1913), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
** Edward J. Baker (1868–1959), American philanthropist from St. Charles, Illinois
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Edward Baker (American football)
Edward Baker (c. 1909 – December 22, 1959) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—from 1940 to 1942 and from 1949 to 1959. A ...
, American football player and coach
** Edward Baker (British politician) (c. 1775 – 1862), British Conservative Member of Parliament
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Edward Baker (cricketer, born 1892)
Edward Conrad Baker (7 January 1892 in Carmarthen, Wales – 8 April 1969 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England) was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket between 1912 and 192 ...
Ella Baker
Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 – December 13, 1986) was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned more than five decades. In New York City and t ...
(1903-1986), African-American civil rights and human rights activist
* Ellis Baker (died 1984), American theatre actress
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Elsie Baker
Elsie Baker (July 13, 1883 – August 16, 1971) was an American actress. Her career spanned the gamut from vaudeville through silent movies to radio to Hollywood and television. She has sometimes been confused with the American contralto El ...
(1883–1971), American actress and singer
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Eric Baker (activist)
Eric Baker (22 September 1920 – 11 July 1976) was a British activist and one of the founders of the human rights group Amnesty International, and the second Secretary-General of the organization. He was also a founder of the Campaign for Nucle ...
(1920–1976), founder of Amnesty International
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Eric Baker (businessman)
Eric H. Baker (born May 1973) is an American businessman, the founder and CEO of Viagogo, and co-founder of StubHub.
Early life
Baker was born in May 1973. He was born and grew up in Los Angeles. Baker graduated from Harvard College in 1995, an ...
(born 1973), American businessman, founder and CEO of Viagogo, co-founder of StubHub
* Erica Baker (born 1980), American engineer
* Ethelwyn Baker (1899–1988), British artist
* Etta Baker (1931–2006), American blues musician and guitarist
Home Run Baker
John Franklin "Home Run" Baker (March 13, 1886 – June 28, 1963) was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman, Baker played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922 for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees. Althoug ...
(1886–1963), American Major League Baseball player
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Frank Baker (author)
Francis Baker (22 May 1908 – 1982) was a British writer of novels and short stories, mainly on fantastic or supernatural themes. He was also an actor, musician and television scriptwriter. His best-known works are his novels, ''The Birds'' (1936 ...
Frank Baker (shortstop)
Frank Watts Baker (born October 29, 1946) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. Baker attended school at the University of Southern Mississippi and was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1967 MLB draft.
Baker played ...
Fred Baker (soldier)
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Baker DSO (19 June 1908 – 1 June 1958) was a New Zealand soldier who served in the Second World War, leading the 28th (Māori) Battalion from 13 July to 2 November 1942. He was injured at the commencement of the Se ...
(1908–1958), New Zealand World War II army colonel
** Fred Baker (IETF chair) (born 1952), American computer network engineer
** Fred Thelonious Baker (born 1960), English bass guitarist
** Frederick Baker (1850–1888), English opera singer whose stage name was Frederick Federici
** Frederick Baker (born 1965), Austrian-British filmmaker and film producer
Gary Baker (songwriter)
Gary Baker (born August 8, 1952, in Niagara Falls, New York) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Career
In the late 1970s, Baker was a musician with the LeBlanc and Carr Band. Baker was also a singer musician with the country- ...
(born 1952), American country music singer and songwriter
** Gary Baker, born 1985, British singer, songwriter and producer known as
Gary Go
Gary Baker, known professionally as Gary Go, is a British songwriter, producer, composer and media artist. He has written and produced songs performed by artists including Rihanna, Robbie Williams, Steve Angello, Benny Benassi, Gryffin, Take That ...
George Baker (surgeon)
George Baker (1540–1600), was an English surgeon notable for writing and translating a number of early medical texts.
Career as surgeon
Baker was a member of the Barber Surgeons' Company and was elected master in 1597. In 1574, when he publi ...
Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet
Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet, FRS, FSA (1 January 1722 – 15 June 1809) was physician to King George III.
He was born in Modbury, Devon, the son of George Baker, vicar of Modbury, Devon and his wife Bridget Harris. He was educated at Eton a ...
George Fisher Baker
George Fisher Baker (March 27, 1840 – May 2, 1931) was an American financier and philanthropist. Known as the "Dean of American Banking", he was also known for his taciturnity. Baker made a fortune after the Civil War in railroads and banking, ...
(1840–1931), U.S. banker and philanthropist
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George Baker (inventor)
George Collin Baker (December 21, 1844 - March 23, 1894) was an American inventor and submarine pioneer.
In 1888, the US government announced a competition for submarine designs. Plans were submitted by Baker, John Philip Holland, Thorsten Norde ...
George Percival Baker
George Percival Baker (1856–1951) was a textile merchant and manufacturer, collector of fabrics from India and Persia, amateur botanist, mountaineer, oarsman, and amateur photographer.
Biography
George Percival Baker's father George Baker in ...
George Pierce Baker
George Pierce Baker (April 4, 1866 – January 6, 1935) was a professor of English at Harvard and Yale and author of ''Dramatic Technique'', a codification of the principles of drama.
Biography
Baker graduated in the Harvard College class of 188 ...
George Baker (judge)
Sir George Gillespie Baker, OBE, PC (25 April 1910–13 June 1984) was President of the Family Division (formerly of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division) of the High Court of Justice from 1971 to 1979 and a Judge in the Division from ...
George Baker (British actor)
George Morris Baker, MBE (1 April 19317 October 2011) was an English actor and writer. He was best known for portraying Tiberius in ''I, Claudius'', and Inspector Wexford in ''The Ruth Rendell Mysteries''.
Early life
Baker was born in Varna ...
(1931–2011), British film and television actor
** George Baker (footballer) (born 1936, birth name Thomas George Baker), Welsh international footballer
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George Baker (Dutch singer)
George Baker (born Johannes "Hans" Bouwens, 8 December 1944) is a Dutch singer and songwriter who, with his band George Baker Selection, scored two international hits in the 1970s, "Paloma Blanca" and " Little Green Bag". Baker also recorded as ...
Ginger Baker
Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer", for a style that melded jazz and African rhythms and pi ...
(1939–2019), English musician, best known for being a member of 60's psychedelic-rock band Cream
* Gladys Baker (1889–1974), English artist
* Gladys Pearl Baker (1902–1984), American film editor, mother of actress Marilyn Monroe and writer Berniece Baker Miracle
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Gordon Park Baker
Gordon Park Baker (born at Englewood, New Jersey, 20 April 1938; died at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 25 June 2002) was an American-English philosopher. His topics of interest included Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gottlob Frege, Friedrich Waismann, Bertrand ...
(1938–2002), American-English philosopher
* Grafton Baker (c. 1806–1881), first chief justice of the Supreme Court of the New Mexico Territory
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Graham Baker (footballer)
Graham Baker (born 3 December 1958) is an English former association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for Southampton F.C., Southampton, Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and Fulham F.C., Fulham.
Playing career
Southampton
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(born 1958), English former footballer
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Graham Baker (director)
Graham Baker is an EnglishGrant Baker (born 1973), South African surfer
* Greg Baker (born 1968), American actor
* Gregg Baker, American football coach
* Gus Baker (1922–1994), American painter, illustrator and photographer
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Guy Baker
Guy Baker was the head coach for the United States women's national water polo team competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. He is now the Director Of Olympic Development of USA Water Polo. Baker had guided the team to a silver medal in the 2 ...
Henry Baker (computer scientist)
Henry Givens Baker Jr. is an American computer scientist who has made contributions in garbage collection, functional programming languages, and linear logic. He was one of the founders of Symbolics, a company that designed and manufactured a lin ...
, American computer scientist
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Henry Williams Baker
Sir Henry Williams Baker, 3rd Baronet (27 May 1821 – 12 February 1877), was an English Anglican priest and hymnwriter.
Biography
Baker was the son of Vice-admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, C.B., by his marriage with Louisa Anne, only daughter ...
, English clergyman
* H. F. Baker, British mathematician
* Hettie Gray Baker (1880–1957), American film editor
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Herbert Baker
Sir Herbert Baker (9 June 1862 – 4 February 1946) was an English architect remembered as the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, and a major designer of some of New Delhi's most notable government structures. He wa ...
Horace Burrington Baker
Horace Burrington Baker (1889–1971) was an American malacologist.Coan E. V. & Kabat A. R. (January 27, 2017)2,400 years of malacology, 14th ed. 1443 pp. American Malacological Society.
He was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and after serving as a lie ...
Ian Baker (British Army officer)
Major-General Ian Helstrip Baker CBE (26 November 1927 – 28 July 2005) was a British Army officer who became Assistant Chief of the General Staff.
Military career
Educated at St Peter's School, York, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford,
Irene Baker
Edith Irene Bailey Baker (November 17, 1901 – April 2, 1994) was an American politician and a United States Representative from Tennessee. She was the widow of Howard Baker Sr. and the stepmother of Howard Baker Jr.
Biography
Baker was born ...
(1901–1994), Member of the United States House of Representatives
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Irene Baker (botanist)
Irene Baker (née Williams, 1918 – November 6, 1989) was an American botanist who collaborated with her husband Herbert G. Baker to research pollination biology, the composition of nectar and study its ecological, evolutionary and taxonomic qu ...
Janet Baker
Dame Janet Abbott Baker (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.Blyth, Alan, "Baker, Dame Janet (Abbott)" in Sadie, Stanley, ed.; John Tyrell; exec. ed. (2001). ''New Grove Dictionary ...
Joe Don Baker
Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936) is an American character actor and a life member of the Actors Studio. He established himself as an action star with supporting roles as a mysterious cowboy drifter in '' Guns of the Magnificent Seven'' (19 ...
Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald; naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French dancer, singer and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted Fran ...
(1906–1975), American-French entertainer, French Resistance member and civil rights worker
* Julien Baker (born 1995), American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
* Julius Baker (1915–2003), American musician
* Julius Stafford Baker, English cartoonist
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Kate Baker
Catherine Baker (1861–1953) was an Irish-born Australian teacher, best known for encouraging and championing her friend Joseph Furphy, who wrote the quintessential Australian novel of its period, '' Such Is Life''. Despite an indifferent ...
(1861–1953), Irish-born Australian teacher
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Kathy Baker
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Katherine Whitton Baker (born June 8, 1950) is an American actress. Baker began her career in theater and made her screen debut in the 1983 drama film '' The Right Stuff''. She received the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Suppor ...
Kyle Baker
Kyle John Baker (born 1965) is an American cartoonist, comic book writer-artist, and animator known for his graphic novels and for a 2000s revival of the series ''Plastic Man''.
Baker has won numerous Eisner Awards and Harvey Awards for his wor ...
, American cartoonist
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LaVern Baker
Delores LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American R&B singer who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were " Tweedle Dee" (1955), " Jim Dandy" (1956), and " ...
(1929–1997), American R&B singer
* Lawrence James Baker (1827–1921), Queen Victoria's Stock-jobber
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Leigh-Allyn Baker
Leigh-Allyn Baker (born March 13, 1972) is an American actress. She had recurring roles on ''Charmed'' and as Ellen on ''Will & Grace'', and a starring role as the matriarch Amy Duncan on the Disney Channel sitcom ''Good Luck Charlie''. She also ...
, American actress
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Lena Baker
Lena Baker (June 8, 1900 – March 5, 1945) was an African American maid in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States, who was wrongfully convicted of capital murder of a white man, Ernest Knight. She was executed by the state of Georgia in 1945. Ba ...
(1901–1945), African-American convicted of murder
* Lewis Baker (footballer) (born 1995), English footballer
* Linda Baker (born 1948), American schoolteacher and politician
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Lionel Baker
Lionel Sionne Baker (born 6 September 1984) is a West Indian former cricketer who has played first-class cricket for the Leeward Islands. He is the first person from Montserrat to have represented the West Indies at Test cricket.
Personal lif ...
Princess Caraboo
Mary Baker (née Willcocks; 11 November 1792 (alleged), Witheridge, Devonshire, England – 24 December 1864, Bristol, England) was an English impostor. Posing as the fictional Princess Caraboo, Baker pretended to come from a far-off island kin ...
(Mary Baker) (1791–1865), noted impostor
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Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author who founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, in New England in 1879. She also founded ''The Christian Science Monitor'', a Pulitzer Prize-winning se ...
(1821–1910), American founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist
* Maureen Baker (doctor) (born 1958), Scottish medical doctor, Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners 2013–2016
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Maureen Baker (fashion designer)
Evelyn Maureen Baker (born Porter; 26 May 1920 – 5 December 2017) was a British fashion designer. She was the chief designer for the Susan Small label for many years, before working for her own label. She is perhaps best known as the desig ...
(1920/21–2017), British fashion designer
* Mel Baker, Wales and British Lions rugby player
* Melvin Baker (born 1950), American football player
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Mickey Baker
MacHouston "Mickey" Baker (October 15, 1925 – November 27, 2012) was an American guitarist, best known for his work as a studio musician and as part of the recording duo Mickey & Sylvia.
Early life
Baker was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His ...
, American guitarist
* Milo Samuel Baker (1868–1961), American botanist
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Morgan Baker
Morgan Baker (born 11 May 1997) is an Australian actor best known for playing the role of Callum Jones on the soap opera '' Neighbours'' between 2008 and 2014. He briefly reprised the role of Callum in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022.
Career
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, Australian actor
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* Newton D. Baker (1871–1937), American mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and United States Secretary of War
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Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker (born January 7, 1957) is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as ''The Mezzanine'' and ''Room Temperature'' we ...
Ox Baker
Douglas Albert Baker Sr. (April 19, 1934 – October 20, 2014) was an American professional wrestler and actor, better known professionally as Ox Baker. He was famous for his distinctive eyebrows and finishing move, the Heart Punch, sometimes c ...
Perry Baker
Perry Baker (born June 29, 1986) is an American rugby sevens player for the United States national rugby sevens team. With over 230 tries, Baker currently ranks first among Americans and third among all players in career tries scored in the Worl ...
Ray Stannard Baker
Ray Stannard Baker (April 17, 1870 – July 12, 1946) (also known by his pen name David Grayson) was an American journalist, historian, biographer, and author.
Biography
Baker was born in Lansing, Michigan. After graduating from the Michigan ...
Robert Baker (disambiguation) Not to be confused with Bob Barker
Robert Baker may refer to:
Arts
* Robert Baker (actor) (born 1979), American actor known from ''Grey's Anatomy'' and ''Out of Time''
* Robert Hart Baker (born 1954), American conductor and music director
* Ro ...
, several people
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Robin Baker (biologist)
Robin Baker (born 13 March 1944) is a British novelist, popular science writer, lecturer and broadcaster. A best-selling author in the field of sexual biology his books have been translated into 27 different languages. These include the internati ...
, evolutionary biologist and author of ''Sperm Wars''
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Robin Baker (academic)
Robin William Baker (born 4 October 1953) is a British academic and former Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University. His research interests are Hungarian, Romanian and late Byzantine history, ethnic minorities in South-East Europe ...
, academic and Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University
* Ron Baker (American football) (born 1954), American offensive lineman
* Ron Baker (basketball) (born 1993), American shooting guard
* Ronald James Baker (1924–2020), Canadian academic administrator
* Ronnie Baker (1947–1990), American bass guitarist and record producer
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Ronnie Baker (athlete)
Ronnie Baker (born October 15, 1993) is an American professional track and field athlete specializing in the sprints. Over 60 meters his personal best time of 6.40 seconds makes him the third-fastest man in the event in history. He was champion o ...
(born 1993), American track and field sprinter
* Rose Baker, British physicist, mathematician, and statistician
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Russell Baker
Russell Wayne Baker (August 14, 1925 – January 21, 2019) was an American journalist, narrator, writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical commentary and self-critical prose, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography '' Growing Up'' (1 ...
(1925–2019), American writer
* Ruth Baker, British mathematical biologist
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Samuel Baker
Sir Samuel White Baker, KCB, FRS, FRGS (8 June 1821 – 30 December 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottom ...
(1821–1893), British explorer
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Sara Josephine Baker
Sara Josephine Baker (November 15, 1873 – February 22, 1945) was an American physician notable for making contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New York City. Her fight against the damage that widespread ur ...
(1873–1945), American doctor and public health worker
* Sarah Martha Baker (1887–1917), British botanist and ecologist
* Simon Baker (racewalker) (born 1958), Australian race walker
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Simon Baker
Simon Lucas Baker (born 30 July 1969) is an Australian actor in television and film, as well as a director. He is known for his lead roles in the CBS television series ''The Mentalist'' as Patrick Jane and ''The Guardian'' as Nicholas Fallin ...
(born 1969), Australian film and television actor
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Stanley Baker
Sir William Stanley Baker (28 February 192828 June 1976) was a Welsh actor and film producer. Known for his rugged appearance and intense, grounded screen persona, he was one of the top British male film stars of the late 1950s, and later a pro ...
Thomas Durand Baker
Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Durand Baker KCB (23 March 1837 – 9 February 1893) was a British army officer, and Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
Military career
Educated at Cheltenham College, Baker was commissioned into the 18th (R ...
(1837–1893), Quartermaster-General to the Forces
:* Thomas Guillaume St. Barbe Baker (1895–1966), Fascist activist and former British Army and RAF officer
:* Thomas Southey Baker (1848–1902), English amateur rower and footballer
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Thomas Nelson Baker Sr. Reverend Dr. Thomas Nelson Baker, Sr. was a minister, author and philosopher. Born into slavery, Baker was the first African-American to receive a PhD in philosophy in the United States.
Biography
Baker was born in Eastville, Virginia, on August 11 ...
Thomas Baker (dramatist)
Thomas Baker (c. 1680 – 1749) was an English dramatist and lawyer.
Life
Baker is said to have been the son of an eminent attorney of London, and is said to have been educated in Oxford. A disparaging estimate of his character and his power ...
Thomas Baker (musician)
Thomas Baker was a nineteenth-century composer and musical producer.
A violinist, Baker came to the United States from England with the orchestra of Louis Antoine Jullien in 1853. His first Broadway production, ''Novelty'', opened at Laura Keen ...
Tom Baker
Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor and writer. He is well known for his portrayal of the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' from 1974 to 1981.Scott, Danny. (1 ...
(born 1934), played The Doctor on ''Doctor Who'' from 1974 to 1981
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Tom Baker (American actor)
Tom Baker (August 23, 1940 – September 2, 1982) was an American actor who starred in the Andy Warhol film ''I, a Man'' (1967). He was a close friend of Jim Morrison of The Doors.
Early life
Baker was the son of Tom Baker Jr. and Ellie, mi ...
Tom Baker (priest)
Thomas George Adames Baker (called Tom; 22 December 192025 September 2000) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century. He served as Dean of Worcester from 1975 to 1986.
Baker was born in Southampton. He was educated at King Edw ...
(1920–2000), Anglican clergyman
:* Tom Baker (professor) (born 1959), at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
:* Tom Baker (1930s pitcher) (1913–1991), with Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants
:* Tom Baker (1960s pitcher) (1934–1980), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
* Trevor Baker, known as Trevor the Weather, long-serving Welsh TV weatherman
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Troy Baker
Troy Baker (born April 1, 1976) is an American voice actor and musician. Baker is known for his video game roles, including Joel Miller in ''The Last of Us'' (2013) and its sequel (2020), Booker DeWitt in ''BioShock Infinite'' (2013), Samuel ...
Vin Baker
Vincent Lamont Baker (born November 23, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He appeared in four consecutive All-Star Games. As of 2018, Baker serves as an assista ...
* Zachary Baker (born 1981), American musician better known as
Zacky Vengeance
Avenged Sevenfold (abbreviated as A7X) is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Zacky Vengeance ...
Fictional characters
* Andrew "Andy" Baker, a character in the Netflix series ''
13 Reasons Why
''13 Reasons Why'' is an American teen drama television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and based on the 2007 novel ''Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen (Dylan M ...
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Baker family
The Baker family consists of fictional characters featured in Capcom's ''Resident Evil'' video game series. First appearing in '' Resident Evil 7: Biohazard'', its main family members are a nuclear family consisting of married couple Jack and M ...
, a family of fictional characters in the 2017 video game ''Resident Evil 7: Biohazard''
* Becky Baker, fictional character in ''Degrassi''
* Billy Baker, a character in the television series '' All American''
* Brian Baker (''The Wire''), police officer on the HBO drama ''The Wire''
* Douglas Baker (''EastEnders''), character on ''EastEnders'' (2007)
* Hannah Baker, a character in the novel and Netflix series ''13 Reasons Why''
* Jordan Baker, character in the novel ''The Great Gatsby'' by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Luke Baker
'' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV on October 14, 2001, and then ended on MTV Canada and ...
, fictional character in ''Degrassi''
* Olivia Baker, a character in the Netflix series ''
13 Reasons Why
''13 Reasons Why'' is an American teen drama television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and based on the 2007 novel ''Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen (Dylan M ...
''
* Willie Baker, a character in the television series '' All American''
Other uses
* Baker Bowl, popular name for a demolished baseball park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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BakerBus
BakerBus was the trading name used by the bus fleet of Bakers Coaches, a bus and coach operator based in Biddulph, Staffordshire, England. Formed as a coach operator in 1936, they grew to operate a fleet of around 50 vehicles on local bus servic ...
, trading name of a bus fleet in Staffordshire, England
* Baker day, colloquial name for British teacher training days properly known as Inset days
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Baker Island
Baker Island, formerly known as New Nantucket, is an uninhabited atoll just north of the Equator in the central Pacific Ocean about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbor is H ...
Baker Street and Waterloo Railway
The Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR), also known as the Bakerloo tube, was a railway company established in 1893 that built a deep-level underground "tube" railway in London. The company struggled to fund the work, and construction di ...
, British railway company founded in 1893
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Baker University
Baker University is a private university in Baldwin City, Kansas. Founded in 1858, it was the first four-year university in Kansas and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Baker University is made up of four schools. The College of Ar ...