Spike is a

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Arts and entertainment

Spike Feresten Spike Feresten (born ) is an American television writer, screenwriter, comedian and television personality, who is best known for his work on ''Seinfeld'', writing for David Letterman, and hosting the late night '' Talkshow with Spike Feresten'' ...

(born 1964), American television writer and talk show host *

Spike Jones Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician, bandleader and conductor specializing in spoof arrangements and satire of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment wer ...

(1911–1965), American musician and bandleader *

Spike Jonze Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze (), is an American Filmmaking, filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes films, commercials, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Jonze ...

(born 1969), American filmmaker and photographer *

Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary ...

(born 1957), American filmmaker *

Spike Milligan Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British Raj, British India, where he spent his ...

(1918–2002), Irish satirist, creator of ''The Goon Show'' * Spike Robinson (1930–2001), jazz musician *

Spike Spencer Charles Forrest "Spike" Spencer (born December 21, 1968) is an American voice actor and columnist best known for dubbing Japanese anime films. He is known for his roles in ADV Films dubs of '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'' as Shinji Ikari, '' Mart ...

(born 1968), American voice actor * Spike Stent (born 1965), English record producer and mixing engineer * Spike Trotman, American cartoonist and publisher * Spike Wells (born 1946), English jazz drummer and priest

Sports

* Spike Albrecht (born 1992), American college basketball player * Spike Gehlhausen (born 1954), American race car driver * Spike Jones (American football) (born 1947), American former National Football League punter * Spike McRoy (born 1968), American golfer * Spike Pola (1914–2012), Australian rules footballer

Military

* William H. P. Blandy (1890–1954), US Navy admiral * William Eckert (1909–1971), US Air Force lieutenant general and fourth Commissioner of Major League Baseball * William W. Momyer (1916–2012), US Air Force general and World War II flying ace

Politics

* Spike Cohen (born 1982), American libertarian vice presidential candidate, political activist, entrepreneur, and podcaster

Fictional characters

* Spike (''Peanuts''), Snoopy's brother in the ''Peanuts'' comic strip * Spike the Bulldog (disambiguation) * Spike the Dragon, a character from ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' * Spike Spiegel, a character from ''Cowboy Bebop'' * Spike Pratt, a character from ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''

Angel An angel is a spiritual (without a physical body), heavenly, or supernatural being, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a messenger or intermediary between God (the transcendent) and humanity (the profane) in variou ...

'' * Spike, multiple characters from Marvel Comics * Spike, a bulldog from

Tom and Jerry ''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series ...

* Spike, a Koopa enemy and a workman from

Mario Mario (; ) is a Character (arts), character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise, a recurring character in the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise, and the mascot of the Ja ...

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