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baker A baker is a tradesperson who bakes and sometimes sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient history Since grains ha ...
is someone who primarily bakes and sells bread. Baker and Bakers may also refer to:


Brands and companies

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Baker Skateboards Baker Skateboards is an American skateboarding company founded in 2000 by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds. The company's main products are skateboard decks, soft goods, accessories, and wheels. History In 1999 Reynolds went to a sec ...
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Baker's Chocolate Baker's Chocolate is a brand name for the line of baking chocolates owned by Kraft Heinz. Products include a variety of bulk chocolates, including white and unsweetened, and sweetened coconut flakes. It is one of the largest national brands of c ...
* Baker's Drive-Thru, chain of fast-food restaurants in Southern California *
Baker Hughes Baker Hughes Company, organized in Delaware and headquartered in Houston, is one of the world's largest oil field services companies. The company provides products and services for oil well drilling, formation evaluation, completion, productio ...
, an oilfield services company * Baker McKenzie, a law firm headquartered in Chicago * Baker's Supermarkets, U.S. supermarket chain * Baker's bourbon, a Jim Beam product * Baker Publishing Group * '' Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians''


Law

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Baker v. Carr ''Baker v. Carr'', 369 U.S. 186 (1962), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that redistricting qualifies as a justiciable question under the Fourteenth Amendment, thus enabling federal courts to hear Fourteen ...
'', a 1962 US Supreme Court case that holds that the federal government can review state election districts * ''
Baker v. Nelson ''Richard John Baker v. Gerald R. Nelson'', 291 Minn. 310, 191 N.W.2d 185 (1971), was a case in which the Minnesota Supreme Court decided that construing a marriage statute to restrict marriage licenses to persons of the opposite sex "does not ...
'', a 1972 Minnesota Supreme Court case holding that gay people do not have a right to marriage * ''
Baker v. Vermont ''Baker v. Vermont'', 744 A.2d 864 (Vt. 1999), was a lawsuit decided by Vermont Supreme Court on December 20, 1999. It was one of the first judicial affirmations of the right of same-sex couples to treatment equivalent to that afforded differe ...
'', a 1999 Vermont Supreme Court case holding that gay people have the right to marry in Vermont * Baker Act, common alternate name for the
Florida Mental Health Act The Florida Mental Health Act of 1971 (Florida Statute 394.451-394.47891 009 rev., commonly known as the "Baker Act", allows the involuntary institutionalization and examination of an individual. The Baker Act allows for involuntary examination ...


Military

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Baker (military code-name) Baker is the code-name for a series of training exercises conducted by the United States Army and several Asian countries which hosted the exercises. The purpose of the exercises is to practice and develop counter-narcotics operations. Some of th ...
, a series of training exercises conducted by the US Army and several Asian countries * Baker rifle, used by the British Army * "Baker", event of Operation Crossroads, a nuclear weapon test series conducted by the US in 1946


People

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Baker (surname) 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 th ...
, various people with the surname (last name) Baker ** Justice Baker (disambiguation), various judges with the surname Baker *
Baker Mayfield Baker Reagan Mayfield (born April 14, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). Following a stint with Texas Tech, Mayfield played college football at Oklahoma, where he won the Hei ...
(born 1995), American football player * Standard author abbreviation of John Gilbert Baker (1834 – 1920), English botanist


Places


Place names found in multiple places

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Baker County (disambiguation) Baker County is the name of three counties in the US: *Baker County, Florida *Baker County, Georgia *Baker County, Oregon Baker County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,668. T ...
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Baker Island (disambiguation) Baker Island is an uninhabited atoll just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean. Baker Island may also refer to: * Baker Island (Alaska), an island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, US * Baker Island (British Columbi ...
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Baker Lake (disambiguation) Baker Lake may refer to: Canada *Baker Lake, Nunavut, a community in Canada *Baker Lake (Nunavut) *Baker Lake Airport, the airport serving the community *Baker Lake Water Aerodrome, a water aerodrome serving the community during part of the year * ...
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Baker Mountain (disambiguation) Baker Mountain may refer to: * Baker Mountain (Piscataquis County, Maine), US * Baker Mountain (West Virginia), US * Baker Mountain (ski area), in Moscow, Maine, US See also * List of mountains named Baker Mountain * Baker (disambiguation) *Bake ...
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Baker Peak (disambiguation) Baker Peak may be: * Baker Peak (Idaho) * Baker Peak (Vermont), a mountain in Vermont *Baker Peak, in the Snake Range of Nevada See also * Baker (disambiguation) * Baker Mountain (disambiguation) * Mount Baker (disambiguation) Mount Baker is a v ...
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Baker River (disambiguation) Baker River may refer to one of the following rivers: In Canada: *Baker River (New Brunswick) In Chile: *Baker River (Chile) In the United States: *Baker River (New Hampshire) *Baker River (Washington) The Baker River is an approximately , sout ...
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Baker Township (disambiguation) Baker Township may refer to: * Baker Township, Izard County, Arkansas * Baker Township, Lafayette County, Arkansas * Baker Township, Randolph County, Arkansas * Baker Township, Morgan County, Indiana * Baker Township, Guthrie County, Iowa * Baker T ...
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Mount Baker (disambiguation) Mount Baker is a volcano located in Washington, United States. Mount Baker may also refer to: Places * Mount Baker (Ruwenzoris), in the Ruwenzori Range on the border of Uganda and the Congo * Mount Baker (Waputik Mountains), in the Canadian Rock ...
, several mountains


Canada

* Baker Lake (Nunavut), a body of water in Nunavut *
Baker River North (Quebec-New Brunswick) The Baker River North is a tributary of the Baker River, flowing in Canada: * Quebec: in administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Temiscouata Regional County Municipality, in the municipality of Packington, Quebec and Saint-Jean-de-la-La ...


Iran

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Baker, Iran Baker ( fa, بكر, also Romanized as Bakr) is a village in Kuhestan Rural District, Rostaq District, Darab County, Fars Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country locate ...
, a village in Fars Province, Iran *
Baker, Mamasani Bahlu ( fa, بهلو, also Romanized as Bahlū; also known as Baker and Darreh Bahlū) is a village in Javid-e Mahuri Rural District, in the Central District of Mamasani County, Fars Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Repub ...
, a village in Fars Province, Iran


United Kingdom

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Baker Street Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It is named after builder William Baker, who laid out the street in the 18th century. The street is most famous for its connection to the fictional detec ...
, London, England ** Baker Street tube station


United States

* Baker, California, in San Bernardino County * Baker, Kern County, California *
Baker, Florida Baker is an unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. It is located approximately northwest of the county seat, Crestview, in the Florida Panhandle. A stop on the Florida, Alabama and Gulf Railroad, Baker was platted ...
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Baker, Illinois Baker is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. Baker is located near Illinois Route 23 Illinois Route 23 (IL 23) is a north–south state highway in northern Illinois. It runs from Illinois ...
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Baker, Indiana Baker is an unincorporated community in Cass Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The community is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geog ...
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Baker (Indianapolis, Indiana) The Baker, also known as Massala, is a historic apartment building located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1905, and is a three-story, 10-bay by 12 bay, Classical Revival style brick building with Queen Anne style design elements. It h ...
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Baker-Devotie-Hollingsworth Block The Baker-Devotie-Hollingsworth Block is a historic building located in the East Village of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The eastern two-thirds of the block was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of ...
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Baker, Kansas Baker is an unincorporated community in Brown County, Kansas Brown County (county code BR) is a county located in the northeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,508. Its county seat an ...
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Baker, Louisiana Baker is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area, and had a population of 12,455 at the 2020 census, down from 13,895 at the 2010 U.S. census. History Baker ...
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Baker, Minnesota Baker is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clay County, Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populou ...
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Baker, Missouri Baker is an inactive incorporated village in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3. Although it is Missouri's smallest incorporated place Google Maps has never bothered to videograph it. Geography ...
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Baker, Montana Baker is a city in and the county seat of Fallon County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,802 at the 2020 census. It was named after A. G. Baker, an engineer with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. History Bak ...
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Baker, Nebraska Baker is a ghost town in Boyd County, Nebraska, Boyd County, Nebraska, United States. History A post office was established at Baker in 1891, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906. Baker was likely named for a pioneer settler ...
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Baker, Nevada Baker is a census-designated place in southeastern White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is located east of the main entrance of Great Basin National Park at the junction of State Routes 487 and 488. The town is named after an early s ...
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Baker, North Dakota Baker is an unincorporated community in Benson County, North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordere ...
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Baker, Oklahoma Baker is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in northeastern Texas County, Oklahoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, United States, ¼ mile north of U.S. Route 64 in Oklahoma, U.S. Route 64. Tyrone, Oklahoma, Tyrone lies six miles to the nor ...
* Bakers, Tennessee *
Baker, West Virginia Baker is an unincorporated community on the Lost River in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States. Baker is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 48, West Virginia Route 55, West Virginia Route 29 and West Virginia Route 259. The ZCTA ...
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Diocese of Baker The Diocese of Baker (Latin: ''Dioecesis Bakeriensis'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Eastern Oregon, United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis (reli ...
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Baker City, Oregon Baker City is a city in and the county seat of Baker County, Oregon, United States. It was named after Edward D. Baker, the only U.S. Senator ever killed in military combat. The population was 10,099 at the time of the 2020 census. History Pl ...
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Mount Baker Mount Baker (Lummi: '; nok, Kw’eq Smaenit or '), also known as Koma Kulshan or simply Kulshan, is a active glacier-covered andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington in the United States. Mount ...
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Baker Trail The Baker Trail is a hiking trail in western Pennsylvania in the United States. The trail's southern terminus is across the Allegheny River from the borough of Freeport in Armstrong County. Its northern terminus is in State Game Lands No. 24, ...
, a hiking trail in Pennsylvania * Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, US * Baker House, an undergraduate dormitory at MIT


Other countries

* Bakers, Saint Peter, Barbados, a populated place in the parish of Saint Peter, Barbados *
Baker Channel Baker Channel, also known as Calen Inlet, is a channel of Chile located in the Tortel, Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region. The Baker River discharges into Martinez Inlet, the northern part of this large estuary. It penetrates t ...
, in Chile


Transportation

* Baker Motor Vehicle, an early 20th-century electric vehicle * USS ''Baker'' (DE-190), a US Navy destroyer escort in commission from 1943 to 1946 * USS ''Paul G. Baker'', the name of more than one US Navy ship


Other uses

* Baker, a player executing the shake and bake strategy in pickleball


See also

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Backer Backer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907), Norwegian pianist and composer * Augustin de Backer (1809–1873), Roman Catholic bibliographer * Brad Backer (born 1956), Australian rugby lea ...
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Bakker Bakker is a common Dutch surname equivalent to English Baker. In 2007 it was the seventh most common name in the Netherlands (55,273 people).Becker (disambiguation) Becker is a German surname. Becker may also refer to: Places United States *Becker, Florida *Becker, Minnesota *Becker, Mississippi *Becker, Texas *Becker County, Minnesota *Becker Township, Minnesota (disambiguation) Antarctica *Mount B ...
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The Baker (disambiguation) A baker is someone who primarily bakes and sells bread. Baker and Bakers may also refer to: Brands and companies * Baker Skateboards * Baker's Chocolate * Baker's Drive-Thru, chain of fast-food restaurants in Southern California * Baker Hughes, ...
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