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Ezekiel Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is ac ...

, which may refer to:

People

* Caleb Bailey (nickname "Zeke", 1898-1957), US Marine Corps brigadier general and athlete *

Zeke Bella John "Zeke" Bella (August 22, 1930 – November 17, 2013) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who appeared in 52 total games for the New York Yankees in and the Kansas City Athletics in . Early life Zeke Bella was born August 22, 1930, in G ...

(1930–2013), American baseball player *

Zeke Bonura Henry John "Zeke" Bonura (September 20, 1908 – March 9, 1987) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1934 through 1940, he played for the Chicago White Sox (1934–1937), Washington Senators (1938, 1940), New York Giants (1939) and ...

(1908–1987), American baseball player *

Zeke Bratkowski Edmund Raymond "Zeke" Bratkowski (October 20, 1931 − November 11, 2019) was an American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams, and Green Bay Packer ...

(1931–2019), American football player *

Zeke Clements Zeke Clements (September 6, 1911 – June 4, 1994) was an American country musician often dressed in a Western outfit. He was known as "The Dixie Yodeler." Biography Clements was born near Empire, Alabama. In 1928, his career began when he join ...

(1911–1994), American country musician *

Zeke Dombrowski Zeke Dombrowski (born July 27, 1986 in Hales Corners, Wisconsin) is an American former soccer player. he is employed by the City of West Allis, Wisconsin Fire Department as a Firefighter/Paramedic. Career College and Amateur Dombrowski played ...

(born 1986), American soccer player *

Ezekiel Elliott Ezekiel Elijah Elliott (born July 22, 1995) is an American football running back for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State, where he earned second-team All-America honors in 2015. Elli ...

(born 1995), American football running back *

Ezekiel Emanuel Ezekiel Jonathan "Zeke" Emanuel (born September 6, 1957) is an American oncologist, bioethicist and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He is the current Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and chai ...

(born 1957), American oncologist, bioethicist and professor *

Zeke Jabbour Xique "Zeke" Jabbour is a professional American bridge player and writer from Boca Raton, Florida. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1989 * Barry Crane Top 500 (1) 1989 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (8) ** Tru ...

, American professional bridge player * Zeke Jones (born 1966), American wrestler * Zeke Manners (1911–2000), American country musician * Zeke Manyika (born 1955), Zimbabwean-born British musician *

Zeke Meyer Herbert Ernest "Zeke" Meyer (March 19, 1891 – April 27, 1962) was an American racecar driver. He was not related to fellow driver Louis Meyer Louis Meyer (July 21, 1904 – October 7, 1995) was an American Hall of Fame race car drive ...

(1892–1962), American racecar driver *

Zeke Moore Zeke Moore (born December 2, 1943) is a former professional American Football player who played defensive back for the American Football League's Houston Oilers from 1967–1969, and for the NFL Oilers from 1970 through 1977. Moore returned 14 k ...

(born 1943), American football player *

Zeke Moreno Ezekiel Aaron Moreno (born October 8, 1978) is a former professional American football linebacker. Early years Moreno, who is of Mexican descent, attended Castle Park High School in Chula Vista and was a letterman in football and baseball. In ...

(born 1978), American football player * Zeke Mowatt (born 1961), American football player *

Zeke Nnaji Ezekiel Tobechukwu "Zeke" Nnaji (born January 9, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted 22nd overall in the 2020 NBA draft. He played college basketb ...

(born 2001), American basketball player *

Alden Sanborn Alden Ream "Zeke" Sanborn (May 22, 1899 – December 1, 1991) was an American rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He won a gold medal in men's eight. He also served as a United States Naval Aviator. Biography Sanborn w ...

(nickname "Zeke", 1899–1991), American rower *

Zeke Smith Roger Duane "Zeke" Smith (September 29, 1936 – July 22, 2016) was an American football player in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants. He played college football at Auburn University where he was awarde ...

(1936–2016), American football player *

Zeke Steggall Zeke Steggall (born 9 July 1971) is a former Australian Olympic snowboarder. He competed at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( ...

(born 1971), Australian snowboarder *

Zeke Turner Ezekiel Turner (born June 9, 1996) is an American football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washington as a defensive back and was signed by the Cardinals as an undrafted ...

(born 1996), American football player *

Zeke Upshaw Zena Ray "Zeke" Upshaw (May 27, 1991 – March 26, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. He began his college basketball career with the Illinois State Redbirds. After playing sparingly for three seasons, he transferred to join the ...

(1991–2018), American basketball player *

Zeke Wilson Frank Ealton "Zeke" Wilson (December 24, 1869 – April 26, 1928) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played five seasons in Major League Baseball from 1895 to 1899, for the Boston Beaneaters, Cleveland Spiders The Cleveland Spiders were ...

(1869–1928), American baseball player *

Zeke Wissinger Zoner Albert "Zeke" Wissinger (October 30, 1902 – November 28, 1963) was an American football player from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, who played professionally during the early years of the National Football League (NFL). Wissinger attended and pl ...

(1902–1963), American football player *

Zeke Wrigley George Watson Wrigley (January 18, 1874 in Philadelphia – September 28, 1952), was a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1896 to 1899, primarily as a shortstop Shortstop, a ...

(1874–1952), American baseball player *

Zeke Zarchy Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (June 12, 1915 – April 11, 2009) was an American lead trumpet player of the big band and swing eras. Early life Zarchy was born in New York City on June 12, 1915. He first learned the violin, "but after a stint as bugler wit ...

(1915–2009), American trumpet player *

Zeke Zawoluk Robert Michael "Zeke" Zawoluk (October 13, 1930 – January 9, 2007) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward/center from Saint Francis Prep and St. John's University, Zawoluk played three seasons (1952–1955) in ...

(1930–2007), American basketball player *

Zeke Zekley Emil Samuel Zekley (February 11, 1915 – April 28, 2005), better known as Zeke Zekley, was an American cartoonist who worked on several comic strips, notably George McManus's ''Bringing Up Father''. Early years Born in Chicago, Zekley grew ...

(1915–2005), American cartoonist * Zeke Zettner (1948–1973), American musician

Fictional characters

In film

* List of characters from High School Musical (film series)#Zeke Baylor, a fictional character in the ''High School Musical'' film series *Zeke Tyler, in the 1998 film ''

The Faculty ''The Faculty'' is a 1998 American science fiction horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Kevin Williamson. It stars Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, B ...

'' *Zeke, in

The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) ''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1939 American Musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', the film was primarily directed by ...

, portrayed by Bert Lahr * List of characters in the Ice Age films#Zeke, a character in the 2002 film ''Ice Age'' *Zeke Finklestein, in the 2009 film ''

The Rebound ''The Rebound'' is a 2009 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Bart Freundlich, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Bartha. It was released in theaters in several countries in late 2009. It was originally scheduled to be re ...

'' *Zeke, military slang for zombies in

World War Z (film) ''World War Z'' is a 2013 American action horror film directed by Marc Forster, with a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof, from a story by Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, based on the title of the 20 ...

*Zeke Hawkins, in the 1993 film Sliver

On television

* Zeke Kinski, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' *Ezekiel "Zeke" Stone, protagonist of the short-lived series

Brimstone (TV series) ''Brimstone'' is an American television series that aired only one partial season on Fox, during the 1998–99 American television season. It features a dead police detective whose mission, as assigned by the Devil, is to return to Hell 113 soul ...

*Zeke, a nickname for Philip Banks in

List of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air characters ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' is an American television sitcom created by Andy and Susan Borowitz for NBC. It aired from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The series stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart ...

*Zeke, nickname of the character

Tom (Lost) Tom Friendly, often referred to as Tom, Mr. Friendly, or Zeke by Sawyer is a fictional character portrayed by M. C. Gainey on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television series '' Lost''. The series follows the lives of around forty survi ...

in ''Lost'' *Zeke, in the animated series ''

Bob's Burgers ''Bob's Burgers'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard that premiered on Fox on January 9, 2011. The show centers on the Belcher family—parents Bob and Linda and their three children, Tina, Gene, and Louise—wh ...

'' *Zeke, Sid's baby brother from the animated series ''

Sid the Science Kid ''Sid the Science Kid'' (also known as ''Jim Henson's Sid the Science Kid'') is an American computer-animated children’s television series on PBS Kids. It aired from September 1, 2008 to March 25, 2013, with a total of 66 half-hour episodes pro ...

'' *Zeke Abramowitz, a character in the American web series ''

Zombie College Zombie College is a Flash cartoon series created by television writer Eric Kaplan and directed by John Rice for icebox.com. 12 episodes were produced. Pre-production work was done in Los Angeles at Icebox.com, while the flash animation was ha ...

'' *Zeke Braverman, the patriarch in the show Parenthood

Comics, manga, and novels

Zeke Midas Wolf The Big Bad Wolf is a fictional wolf appearing in several cautionary tales that include some of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales.'' Versions of this character have appeared in numerous works, and it has become a generic archetype of a menacing predatory ...

or Big Bad Wolf in Disney comics *

Zeke Asakura The manga and anime series '' Shaman King'' features several characters created by Hiroyuki Takei. As a result of being focused on shamanism the series' cast is divided between humans and spirits, the latter not being able to go the afterlife due ...

, English name for Hao Asakura, in the anime and manga series ''Shaman King'' *

Zeke Brenner The comic strip ''Doonesbury'', by Garry Trudeau, features an extensive cast of characters with complex interpersonal relationships; as of 2018, the strip's official website lists twenty-four primary characters, with dozens more having been feat ...

, in the comic strip ''Doonesbury'' * Zeke Yeager, in the anime and manga ''

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as ...

'' (''Shingeki no Kyojin'') *

Zeke Stane Ezekiel "Zeke" Stane is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics as the son of Obadiah Stane and an enemy of Iron Man. Created by writer Matt Fraction and artist Barry Kitson, he first appeared in '' The Order'' ...

, a Marvel Comics villain * Zeke or

Gustaf Zuckermandel, Jr. This a list of characters in the ''Left Behind'' novel series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Suhail Akbar Suhail Akbar is a supporting antagonist in the ''Left Behind'' series. A native of Pakistan, he was a prominent member of the Glob ...

, in the ''Left Behind'' novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins * Zeke a novel about a Navy Seal by Dr. HB Paksoy (9798675061082)

In video games

* Ozychlyrus Brounev Tantal, better known as Zeke von Genbu, a character from '' Xenoblade Chronicles 2''

Other

* Zeke, the artificial intelligence in development by Hub Culture * Zeke, reporting name of

Mitsubishi A6M Zero The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-based fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. The A6M w ...

fighter * Zero electron kinetic energy (ZEKE) spectroscopy

References

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