Stoker may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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The Stoker
"The Stoker" (original German language, German: "Der Heizer") is a short story by Franz Kafka. Kafka wrote it as the first chapter of a novel he called ''Amerika (novel), Amerika'', but he abandoned the novel in 1913 and published the one complet ...
", a 1927 short story by Franz Kafka
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''The Stoker'' (1932 film), an American drama/romance film directed by Chester M. Franklin
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''The Stoker'' (1935 film) , a British comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce
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A Stoker
''A Stoker'' (russian: Кочегар), also known as ''The Stoker'', is a 2010 Russian crime film directed by Aleksey Balabanov. The film takes place in St. Petersburg in the 1990s. Main character is a retired major who served in the Soviet Army ...
'', a 2010 Russian crime film
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''Stoker'' (film), a 2013 American psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook
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"Stoker" (''Sliders''), a television episode
* The title character of ''
Stoker the Broker
''Stoker the Broker'' is a cartoon gag panel by Henry Boltinoff which was distributed to newspapers from September 7, 1959, to 1985 by Columbia Features and the Washington Star Syndicate.
Characters and stories
Working in a style somewhat similar ...
'' (1960–1985) a US comic strip
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Bram Stoker Award for horror writing
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Stoker (band)
Stoker (or stylised as ⚡toker) is a hard rock band from Cape Town consisting of two sets of brothers from two rural country towns in the Western Cape. The current lineup was established in 2013 when Redge (lead guitar) and Morgan O'Kennedy (dr ...
, a South African hard rock band
People
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Stoker (surname) Stoker is a surname.
Those bearing it include:
*Amanda Stoker (born 1982), Australian politician
*Austin Stoker (1930–2022), Trinidadian-American actor
*Bob Stoker, Northern Ireland politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (1999–2000)
*Bram Stoker (1 ...
, a list of notable people with the surname
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Bram Stoker
Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who is celebrated for his 1897 Gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and busine ...
(1847-1912), Irish author, wrote ''Dracula''
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Stoker Edwards
Walter James Edwards (1900 – 15 October 1964), known as Stoker Edwards or Wally Edwards, was a British Labour Party politician.
Edwards was born in Whitechapel, in the East End of London. He briefly worked as a carman from 1917 and in 1918 en ...
(1900-1964), British politician
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Andy "Stoker" Growcott
Andrew Growcott (a.k.a. Stoker) is a former member of the pop rock band Dexys Midnight Runners. After the Dexys broke up, he and another bandmate, Mickey Billingham, joined new wave band General Public. Growcott also played with Stephen Tin Ti ...
(born 1959), a former member of the band Dexys Midnight Runners
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Stoker (occupation), the person who tends the fire for the running of a steam engine
* The person on the rear seat of a
tandem bicycle, i.e. the one who delivers power to the machine
Other uses
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Fire iron, used for shifting burning coals in a hearth
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Mechanical stoker, a machine which replaces the human occupation
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Cleveland Stokers
The Cleveland Stokers were a soccer team based in Cleveland, Ohio that played in the United Soccer Association during 1967 and the North American Soccer League in 1968. Their home field was Cleveland Stadium.
History United Soccer Association
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(1967–68), an American soccer team
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Stoker Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
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The Stoker Company, a pesticide producer and applier in Imperial County, California
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