Blake or Blake's may refer to:

People

Blake (given name) Blake is a unisex given name, which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Notable me ...

, a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name) *

Blake (surname) Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presumabl ...

, a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name) **

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of the Roma ...

(1757–1827), English poet, painter, and printmaker

Places

Blake, Kentucky Blake is an unincorporated community located in Owsley County, Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United State ...

, USA * Blake Basin, a deep area of the Atlantic Ocean *

Blake Island Blake Island () is a Puget Sound island in Kitsap County, Washington, United States, that is preserved as Blake Island Marine State Park. The island lies north of Vashon Island, south of Bainbridge Island, and east of Manchester. On the nort ...

, Washington, USA, in Puget Sound *

Blake River Megacaldera Complex The Blake River Megacaldera Complex is a giant subaqueous caldera cluster or a nested caldera system that spans across the Ontario–Quebec border in Canada. The caldera complex is around 2.7 billion years old, consisting of a series of overlappi ...

, a large cluster of volcanoes in Ontario and Quebec, Canada *

Blake Village, Virginia Blake Village is an unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mi ...

, USA * Blake's Pools, a nature reserve in south west England, UK

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Blake Belladonna, a character of the web series ''RWBY'' *

Anita Blake Anita Blake is the title and viewpoint character of the '' Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter'' series by Laurell K. Hamilton. The series takes place in a parallel world in which supernatural characters like vampires and werewolves exist alongside reg ...

, a character, protagonist of the ''Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter'' series of books by Laurell K. Hamilton * Bellamy Blake, fictional character in ''

The 100 The 100 or The Hundred may refer to: Arts and entertainment * 100 (DC Comics), fictional organized crime groups appearing in DC Comics * The 100 (novel series), ''The 100'' (novel series), a 2013–2016 science fiction novel series written by Kass ...

'' TV series * Bob Blake, a character in a series African American westerns from the 1930s played by

Herb Jeffries Herb Jeffries (born Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 – May 25, 2014) was an American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known for his baritone voice. He starred in several low-budget "ra ...

Daphne Blake Daphne Blake is a fictional character in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise. She is a core member of Mystery Incorporated and is depicted as coming from a wealthy family. She is noted for her beauty, fashion sense, and her knack for getting into dan ...

, fictional character from ''Scooby-Doo'' *

Henry Blake Henry Blake may refer to: * Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1840–1918), British colonial administrator and Governor of Hong Kong * Henry Blake (baseball) (1874–1919), American baseball player * Henry Blake (lighthouse keeper) (1837–1871), American li ...

, a character from ''

M*A*S*H ''M*A*S*H'' (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, and based on the semi-autobiographical fiction of Richa ...

'' franchise * Captain J.F. Blake, the main protagonist in the 2002 video game sequel to '' The Thing'' *

Katherine Blake (character) The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 1993, by order of first appearance. Rachel McKenna Rachel McKenna was the spoilt teenage daughter of CEO - Michael ( Paul Gittin ...

, killer on the soap opera ''Shortland Street'' * Nicholas Blake (''Spooks''), a character in the TV series ''Spooks'' * Octavia Blake, a character in ''

'' TV series * Peter Blake (''Days of Our Lives''), a character in the American soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' *

Robert Harrison Blake "The Haunter of the Dark" is a Horror fiction, horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written between 5–9 November 1935 in literature, 1935 and published in the December 1936 in literature, 1936 edition of ''Weird Tales'' (Vol. ...

, a character created by H. P. Lovecraft *

Roj Blake This is a list of characters from ''Blake's 7'', a media franchise created by Terry Nation. Kerr Avon Kerr Avon is a fictional character from the British science fiction television series ''Blake's 7'', played by Paul Darrow (who was recre ...

, a character from the television serial ''Blake's 7'' *

Sexton Blake Sexton Blake is a fictional British detective, whose adventures captivated readers for over eight decades from 1893 to 1978. Blake featured in more than 4,000 stories by approximately 200 different authors, making him one of the most prolifica ...

, a fictional detective for multiple authors * William Blake, a character in the film ''

Dead Man ''Dead Man'' is a 1995 American acid Western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It stars Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Billy Bob Thornton, Iggy Pop, Crispin Glover, John Hurt, Michael Wincott, Lance Henriksen, Gabriel Byrne, Mili A ...

'' *

Blake Bradley Blake or Blake's may refer to: People * Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name) * Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name) ** William Blake (175 ...

, a Navy Thunder Ranger from the TV series ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'' *

Blake Carrington Blake Alexander Carrington is a fictional character on the ABC television series ''Dynasty'', created by Richard and Esther Shapiro. The role of Blake was originally portrayed by actor John Forsythe from 1981 to 1989. Forsythe returned for the ...

, an oil tycoon from the TV series ''Dynasty'' * Blake Oakfield, a surf gangster from the TV series ''

Angry Boys ''Angry Boys'' is an Australian television mockumentary sitcom miniseries written by and starring Chris Lilley, continuing the mockumentary style of his previous series. In ''Angry Boys'', Lilley plays multiple characters: S.mouse, an Americ ...

'' *

Lucien Blake (character) ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'' (also ''The Blake Mysteries'') is an Australian television series that premiered on ABC TV on 1 February 2013 at 8:30 pm. The series stars Craig McLachlan in the lead role of Dr. Lucien Blake, who returns home t ...

, lead character in ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'' * Lance Corporal Thomas "Tom" Blake, main character in the 2019 war film ''

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

'' * Earl Talbot Blake, a character played by

John Lithgow John Arthur Lithgow ( ; born , 1945) is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his John Lithgow filmography, diverse work on stage and screen. He has rece ...

in the 1991 movie ''Ricochet'' (film)

Music

Blake (band) Blake are a British vocal group. Blake comprises three men whose friendship and musical careers date back to their schooldays. After reuniting via Facebook as adults,"Walshe, BarbaraBlake hitting the high notes", www.coutts.com. Retrieved on 4 Ma ...

, a classical crossover all-male singing trio *

Blake Babies Blake Babies were an American college rock band formed in 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts. The three primary members were Freda Love, Juliana Hatfield and John Strohm. They recorded three albums before splitting up in 1991. They reformed to reco ...

, alternative rock band

Other art, entertainment, and media

* ''Blake'' (film), a documentary film by Bill Mason * ''Blake'' (monologue), by Elliot Hayes *Andy Blake, series of books by Edward Edson Lee * ''

Blake's 7 ''Blake's 7'' is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Four series of thirteen 50-minute episodes were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also wrote the first series, prod ...

'', a British science fiction television series

Brands and enterprises

Blake, Cassels & Graydon Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) is an international corporate law firm with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, New York City, and London. History Blakes was launched in 1856 after Dominick Edward Blake was calle ...

, Canadian law firm *

Blake rifle The Blake rifle is a bolt-action rifle which uses a unique 7-round rotary magazine. John H. Blake of New York constructed his rifle in response to the fact that very few domestic designs were submitted to US Army rifle trials (1890–93). The ro ...

Blake's Lotaburger Blake's Lotaburger (often shortened to either Blake's or Lotaburger) is a fast food restaurant chain, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with 75 locations in the Southwestern United States, mostly located in New Mexico, as well as Tucson, Arizona. ...

, fast food chain in New Mexico, USA *

The Blake School (disambiguation) Blake School may refer to: * The Blake School (Minneapolis) * Blake School (Plantation, Florida) * Blake School (Lake City, Florida) {{Schooldis ...

, a set of schools

Other uses

BLAKE (hash function) BLAKE is a cryptographic hash function based on Daniel J. Bernstein's ChaCha stream cipher, but a permuted copy of the input block, XORed with round constants, is added before each ChaCha round. Like SHA-2, there are two variants differing i ...

, a cryptographic hash function *

Blake baronets There have been four baronetcies for persons with the surname Blake, one in the Baronetage of Ireland, two in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2010. The Blake ...

, three baronetcies in Ireland, Great Britain and the UK *

Blake's hitch The Blake's hitch is a friction hitch commonly used by arborists and tree climbers as an ascending knot. Unlike other common climbing hitches, which often use a loop of cord, the Blake's hitch is formed using the end of a rope. Although it is ...

, a friction hitch used in tree climbing *

Blake's Pride Over 3000 cultivars of the pear are known. The following is a list of the more common and important cultivars, with the year and place of origin (where documented) and an indication of whether the pears are for cooking, eating, canning, drying or ...

, a pear cultivar developed in the United States in 1965 and introduced in 1998 *

Blake Transit Center The Blake Transit Center (BTC) is a major public transit station in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the main hub for TheRide, serving as the terminus and transfer point for 17 Ann Arbor-based routes in the system's hub-and-spoke bus network. ...

, a public transit hub in Ann Arbor, USA, often referred to as "The Blake"