Peake is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

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Archibald Peake Archibald Henry Peake (15 January 1859 – 6 April 1920) was an Australian politician. He was Premier of South Australia on three occasions: from 1909 to 1910 for the Liberal and Democratic Union, and from 1912 to 1915 and 1917 to 1920 for its ...

(1859–1920), Australian conservative politician and Premier of South Australia *

Arthur Peake Arthur Samuel Peake (1865–1929) was an English biblical scholar, born at Leek, Staffordshire, and educated at St John's College, Oxford. He was the first holder of the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, Rylands Chair of Biblic ...

(1865–1929), British biblical scholar * Brett Peake (born 1983), Australian rules footballer *Sir Charles Peake (1897–1958), British ambassador * Edward Peake (1860–1945), English cricketer who played international rugby for Wales *Dame Felicity Peake (1913–2002), founding director of the Women's Royal Air Force *

Frederick Peake Major General Frederick Gerard Peake, (12 June 1886 – 30 March 1970), known as Peake Pasha, was a British Army and police officer and creator of the Arab Legion. Military career The son of Lieutenant Colonel Walter Peake, of Melton Mowbray, ...

(1886–1970), British Army and police officer and creator of the Arab Legion *

James Peake James Benjamin Peake (born June 18, 1944) was the sixth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, serving from 2007 to 2009. In 2004, he retired from a 38-year United States Army career. He also served as the 40th Surgeon General of the Uni ...

(born 1944), 6th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs * Jason Peake (born 1971), English footballer * John Peake, multiple people :*

John Peake (field hockey) John Morris Peake (26 August 1924 – 30 March 2022) was a British and English international field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Early life Peake was born on 26 August 1924 and attended St Faith's School in Cambr ...

(born 1924), English field hockey player :* John Peake (game designer), British board game maker *

Karolína Peake Karolína Peake (born 10 October 1975), née Kvačková, is a Czech politician and lawyer who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2011 to 2013. Career She was a member of the Civic Democratic Party between 1997 and 1 ...

(born 1975), Czech politician *

Mary S. Peake Mary Smith Peake, born Mary Smith Kelsey (1823 – February 22, 1862), was an Americans, American teacher, humanitarian and a member of the black elite in Hampton, best known for starting a school for the children of former slaves starting in the ...

(1823–1862), American teacher and humanitarian * Maxine Peake (born 1974), British actress *

Mervyn Peake Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the '' Gormenghast'' books. The four works were part of what Peake conceived ...

(1911–1968), British fantasy writer and artist *

Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby, PC (30 December 1897 – 11 October 1966) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Minister of National Insurance and then as Minister of Pensions and National Insurance from 1951 to 1955. ...

(1897–1966), British politician * Pat Peake (born 1973), American ice hockey player *

Richard Brinsley Peake Richard Brinsley Peake (19 February 1792 – 4 October 1847) was a dramatist of the early nineteenth century best remembered today for his 1823 play '' Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein'', a work based on the novel ''Frankenstein'' ...

(1792–1847), English dramatist * Robert Peake the elder (c. 1551–1619), English painter *

Sir Robert Peake Sir Robert Peake (c.1607–1667) was an English print-seller and royalist. He published a number of engravings by William Faithorne. Biography Peake was a grandson of Robert Peake the elder. Robert Peake published a number of engravings by Willia ...

(c. 1592–1667), English print-seller and royalist *

Ryan Peake Ryan Anthony Peake (born March 1, 1973) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter who is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the Canadian rock band Nickelback. He has been with the band since their incepti ...

(born 1975), Canadian guitarist with Nickelback * Tessa Peake-Jones (born 1957), British actress *

Timothy Peake Major Timothy Nigel Peake (born 7 April 1972) is a British Army Air Corps officer, European Space Agency astronaut and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member. He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second astronaut to bear ...

(born 1972), British astronaut *

William Peake William Peake (c. 1580–1639) was an English painter and printseller. Life He was the son of the painter Robert Peake the Elder, and father of the printseller and royalist army officer, Sir Robert Peake. In the accounts for the funeral of Hen ...

(c. 1580–1639), English painter and printseller

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