Eike is a masculine, as well as feminine,
given name
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and a
surname
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. Notable people with the name include:
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Eike Batista
Eike Fuhrken Batista da Silva (; born 3 November 1956) is a Brazilian-German serial entrepreneur who made and lost a multi-billion dollar fortune in mining and oil and gas industries. He engaged in a quest to promote Brazil's infrastructure wit ...
(born 1956), entrepreneur
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Eike Bram (born 1965), handball player
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Eike Duarte (born 1997), actor
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Eike Duckwitz (born 1980), field hockey player
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Eike Geisel (1945–1997), journalist and essayist
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Eike Christian Hirsch (1937–2022), journalist and author
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Eike Immel
Eike Heinrich Immel (born 27 November 1960) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper from 1975 until 1997 for Borussia Dortmund, Vfb Stuttgart and Manchester City. He was capped at International level for West Germany ...
(born 1960), footballer and manager
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Eike Moriz
Eike Moriz (born May 14, 1972), better known as Ike Moriz, is a Germany, German-South African singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. He has released 20 albums in the indie rock, Pop music, pop, Latin music, Latin, easy listenin ...
or Ike Moriz (born 1972), singer, songwriter and actor
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Eike Mund
Eike Mund (born 3 March 1988) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for TuS Mayen.
Career
Mund made his professional debut for TuS Koblenz in the 3. Liga on 14 November 2010, coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute for Christi ...
(born 1988), footballer
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Eike Onnen
Eike Onnen (born 3 August 1982 in Hannover) is a German high jumper.
He comes from a sporting family with sister Imke also being a high jumper while mother Astrid Fredebold-Onnen a former heptathlete.
He finished seventh at the 2007 World Ch ...
(born 1982), high jumper
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Eike Pulver
Astrid Frank (born 1945) is a retired German film
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere thro ...
or Astrid Frank (born 1945), German actress
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Eike of Repgow
Eike of Repgow (, also ''von Repkow'', ''von Repko'', ''von Repchow'' or ''von Repchau''; – ) was a medieval German administrator who compiled the ''Sachsenspiegel'' code of law in the 13th century.
Life
Little is known about Eike of Repgow, b ...
(c. 1180 – c. 1233), medieval German administrator
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Eike Wilm Schulte
Eike Wilm Schulte (born 13 October 1939) is a German operatic baritone. A member of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, from 1988 the Bayerische Staatsoper, he made an international career, singing more than 100 parts at major opera houses s ...
(born 1939), operatic baritone
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James Eike
James W. Eike (September 29, 1911 – February 8, 1983) was a birdwatcher and former president of thVirginia Society of Ornithology The James W. Eike Service Award was created by the Society in his honor in 1984. Other than being president ( 195 ...
(1911–1983), American birdwatcher
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Roberta Eike
Roberta Eike was an American oceanographer and marine geologist in the 1950s. Eike became aware of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in 1954. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to gain permission to go to sea with her male counter ...
, American oceanographer and marine geologist
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Sten Ove Eike
Sten Ove Eike (born 8 October 1981) is a former Norwegian football forward, who played for Haugesund most of his career.
Career
Eike was born in Skudenes, and played for the local club Skudenes UIL before he joined Haugesund in 2004.
Eike suf ...
(born 1981), footballer
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