Sykes may refer to:

People

* Sir Alan Sykes, 1st Baronet, businessman and British politician * Annette Sykes, New Zealand human rights lawyer and Māori activist * Bob Sykes (American football), American football player * Bob Sykes (baseball), American baseball pitcher *

Bob Sykes (ice hockey) Robert John William Sykes (born September 26, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1974–75 season. The rest of his career, which ...

, Canadian ice hockey player * Bobbi Sykes, Australian author and land rights activist * Bryan Sykes, British academic and geneticist * Christopher Sykes (author), British author * Christopher Sykes (politician), British politician *

Diane S. Sykes Diane Schwerm Sykes (née Diane Elizabeth Schwerm; born December 23, 1957) is an American jurist and lawyer who serves as the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She served as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Cou ...

, judge on the United States Court of Appeals * Edmund Sykes, Catholic martyr * Emilia Sykes, American politician * Eric Sykes, comedic writer and actor * Eric A. Sykes, developer of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife * Ernest Sykes (VC), recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Ernest Ruthven Sykes Ernest Ruthven Sykes (1867-1954) was a malacologist from Great Britain.Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009)''2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed.'' 830 pp. & 32 pp. nnex of Collations American Malacological Society He married Gl ...

(1867–1954), malacologist from Great Britain *

Eugene O. Sykes Eugene Octave Sykes, Jr. (July 16, 1876 – June 21, 1945) was a justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court. He served as the first Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1934 to 1935. Biography Sykes was born in Aberdeen, Missis ...

(1876–1945), justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court *

Frederick Henry Sykes Frederick Henry Sykes (October 21, 1863 – October 14, 1917) was an American college president, born in Queensville, Canada West. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1885, studied at Johns Hopkins University (1891–95), and a ...

(1863–1917), Canadian-American educator and college president * Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, British military officer and politician * George Sykes, U.S. Army general * Gresham Sykes (born 1922), American sociologist and criminologist * Homer Sykes, Canadian-born British photographer * Congressman

James Sykes (Continental Congress) James Sykes (1725 – April 4, 1792) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He served in the Delaware General Assembly and was a Continental Congressman from Delaware. Early life and family Sykes was ...

, lawyer and American politician * Governor James Sykes (governor), physician and American politician *

Rod Sykes James Rodney Winter Sykes (born May 19, 1929) is a Canadian politician from Alberta. He served as the 30th Mayor of Calgary from 1969 to 1977 and as leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party from 1980 to 1982. He ran as a Liberal candidate in the ...

, Canadian politician * John Sykes, rock musician *

John Sykes (American football) John Sykes (born May 13, 1949) was an American football running back. Sykes played college football at Morgan State University, where he broke several rushing records previously held by Pro Football Hall of Famer Leroy Kelly. In his senior ...

(1949–2019), American football player * John Sykes (composer) (1909–1962), English composer and music teacher, born in India *

John Sykes (politician) John David Sykes (born 24 August 1956) was a British Conservative politician. Parliamentary career Sykes contested Sheffield Hillsborough at the 1987 general election, being beaten into third place. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for ...

, British politician * John H. Sykes Tampa Bay area businessman and founder of Sykes inc. *

Keifer Sykes Keifer Jerail Sykes (born December 30, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay and his professional career has inc ...

(born 1993), American basketball player * Sir

Mark Sykes Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet (16 March 1879 – 16 February 1919) was an English traveller, Conservative Party politician, and diplomatic advisor, particularly with regard to the Middle East at the time of the First Wo ...

, British politician and diplomatic advisor * Melanie Sykes (born 1970), English television and radio presenter, and model * Nathan Sykes (born 1993), member of boy band The Wanted *

Norman Sykes Norman A.J. Sykes (16 October 1936 – 9 December 2009) was a professional association football, footballer who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers F.C., Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle, Stockport County F.C., ...

(1936–2009), English footballer * Oliver Sykes, frontman of Bring Me the Horizon * Paul Sykes (boxer) (1946–2007), English heavyweight boxer of the 1970s and 1980s * Paul Sykes (businessman) (born 1943), English Eurosceptic businessman, and political donor * Paul Sykes (rugby league) (born 1981), rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s *

Paul Sykes (singer) Paul Sykes (1937–1994), was an American folksinger, best known for live performances in the early 1960s at The Ice House, a folk music club in Pasadena, California, and as a member of folk trio The Randy Sparks Three. He also performed at The ...

, American folksinger of the 1960s * Sir Percy Sykes, British soldier, geographer and travel writer * Peter Sykes (director) (1939–2006), Australian/British film director * Peter Sykes (chemist) (1923–2003), British chemist * Sir Richard Sykes (biochemist), businessman and university rector * Sir Richard Sykes (diplomat), diplomat assassinated in 1979 * Richard Sykes (rugby union), Rugby player and Dakota landowner *

Stephen Sykes Stephen Whitefield Sykes (1 August 1939 – 24 September 2014) was a Church of England bishop and academic specialising in divinity. He was Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at Durham University from 1974 to 1985, and Regius Professor of Divini ...

, ecclesiologist *

Sykes family of Sledmere The Sykes family of Sledmere own Sledmere House in Yorkshire, England. Family history The Sykes family settled in Sykes Dyke near Carlisle in Cumberland during the Middle Ages. The earliest correspondence in the Sykes archives relates to Richa ...

Tatton Sykes (disambiguation) Tatton Sykes or Sir Tatton Sykes may refer to: People * Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Baronet, (1772–1863), English landowner and stock breeder * Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet, (1826–1913), English landowner, racehorse breeder and eccentric Other ...

* Thomas Sykes (Mississippi politician), African-American legislator in Mississippi during Reconstruction *

Thomas A. Sykes Thomas A. Sykes (born ) was an American politician and tax official. An African-American, he was born into slavery. After the Civil War, he served as a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for four one-year terms (186 ...

, African-American legislator in North Carolina and Tennessee during Reconstruction *

Thomas Hardcastle Sykes Thomas Hardcastle Sykes (15 February 1833 – 25 April 1901) was an English bleacher and businessman and was High Sheriff of Cheshire. Sykes was born at Edgeley House Stockport, the third son of Richard Sykes, owner of the Sykes Bleaching Company ...

, businessman *

Timothy Sykes Timothy Sykes is a penny stock trader who claims to have earned $1.65 million from a $12,415 Bar mitzvah gift through day trading while in college. Career Timothy Sykes graduated from Tulane University in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in ph ...

(born 1981), penny stock trader * Tom Sykes, British motorcycle racer * Wanda Sykes, comedian and actress * Colonel William Henry Sykes, military officer, politician, and ornithologist * William Robert Sykes, British railway signal engineer

Companies

Sykes Bleaching Company The Sykes Bleaching Company was a cotton bleaching business established in Edgeley, near Stockport in 1792 which grew to become one of the largest bleaching enterprises in the United Kingdom. Origins The bleaching business was established in 1792 ...

* Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated, a family of global companies delivering business process outsourcing services

Characters

* Bill Sykes, antagonist from the animated Disney film '' Oliver & Company'' *Fredrick Sykes, one of the main antagonists of the 1993 action film '' The Fugitive'' * Mr. Sykes, a character from the film '' Shark Tale'', voiced by Martin Scorsese * Sgt. Michael "Psycho" Sykes, the main character in the game '' Crysis Warhead'', and a secondary character in '' Crysis'' *Reverend Sykes, a character from

Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926February 19, 2016) was an American novelist best known for her 1960 novel ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. It won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Lee has received numero ...

's novel '' To Kill a Mockingbird'' * Robert "Pliers" Sykes, character in the game '' Wing Commander IV''

Places

Sykes, Lancashire Bowland Forest High is a civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England, covering some of the Forest of Bowland. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 163, falling to 144 at the 2011 Census. The par ...

, England *

Sykesville, Maryland Sykesville is a small town in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The town lies west of Baltimore and north of Washington D.C. The population was 4,436 at the 2010 census. BudgetTravel.com named Sykesville 'Coolest Small Town in America' ...

, USA *

Forward Operating Base Sykes The United States Department of Defense has a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB). Depending on their size or utility, the installations were called: Camp, Forward Operating Base (FOB) ...

, a U.S. military base in Iraq *

Sykes Camp Sykes Camp is located from the Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park trailhead along the Pine Ridge Trail. There were seven campsites along both sides of the Big Sur River upstream and downstream from where the trail intersects the river. There was a pi ...

, a campground in California

Other

* 4438 Sykes, an asteroid * Sykes (dog), a dog actor from Clifton, Oxfordshire, England * Sykes (TV series), a British sitcom that aired on BBC 1 from 1972 to 1979 * Sykes baronets, four separate baronetcies of Great Britain or the United Kingdom

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