Sykes may refer to:

People

* Sir

Alan Sykes Sir Alan John Sykes, 1st Baronet (11 April 1868 – 21 May 1950) was an English businessman in the bleaching industry and Conservative politician in Cheshire. Biography Sykes was born at Cringle House Cheadle, the second son of Thomas Hardc ...

, 1st Baronet, businessman and British politician *

Annette Sykes Annette Te Imaima Sykes (born c.1961) is a Rotorua activist and lawyer who advocates for the rights of Māori tribes to be self-governing. She was ranked third on the joint Internet Mana list for the 2014 New Zealand general election. Biograp ...

, New Zealand human rights lawyer and Māori activist *

Bob Sykes (American football) Robert Eugene Sykes (March 15, 1927 – August 4, 2020) was an American football fullback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at San Jose State. Early life and education Born in Oakland, Cali ...

, American football player *

Bob Sykes (baseball) Robert Joseph Sykes (born December 11, 1954) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played during five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals. Sykes was drafted by the Tigers in the ...

, American baseball pitcher * Bob Sykes (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player *

Bobbi Sykes Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes (16 August 194314 November 2010) was an Australian poet and author. She was a lifelong campaigner for Indigenous land rights in Australia, Indigenous land rights, as well as human rights and women's rights. Early life an ...

, Australian author and land rights activist *

Bryan Sykes Bryan Clifford Sykes (9 September 1947 – 10 December 2020) was a British geneticist and science writer who was a Fellow of Wolfson College and Emeritus Professor of human genetics at the University of Oxford.Christopher Sykes (author) Christopher Hugh Sykes (17 November 1907 – 8 December 1986) was an English writer. Born into the northern English landowning Sykes family of Sledmere, he was the second son of the diplomat Sir Mark Sykes (1879–1919), and his wife, Edith ( ...

, British author *

Christopher Sykes (politician) Christopher Sykes (1831 – 15 December 1898) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1892. He enjoyed the "intimate friendship" of Edward VII when Prince of Wales and Alexandra of Denmark when Princ ...

, British politician * Diane S. Sykes, judge on the United States Court of Appeals *

Edmund Sykes Edmund Sykes (born at Leeds; executed at York Tyburn, 23 March 1587) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Life He was a student at the English college at Reims, where he was ordained 21 February ...

, Catholic martyr *

Emilia Sykes Emilia Strong Sykes (born January 4, 1986) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district. She formerly represented the 34th district of the Ohio House of Representatives, which consists of portions ...

, American politician *

Eric Sykes Eric Sykes (4 May 1923 – 4 July 2012) was an English radio, stage, television and film writer, comedian, actor, and director whose performing career spanned more than 50 years. He frequently wrote for and performed with many other leading com ...

, comedic writer and actor *

Eric A. Sykes Major Eric Anthony Sykes (5 February 1883 – 12 May 1945), born Eric Anthony Schwabe, was a soldier and firearms expert. He is most famous for his work with William E. Fairbairn in the development of the eponymous Fairbairn–Sykes fighting k ...

, developer of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife *

Ernest Sykes (VC) Ernest Sykes VC (4 April 1885 – 3 August 1949) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. VC action Syk ...

, recipient of the Victoria Cross * Ernest Ruthven Sykes (1867–1954), malacologist from Great Britain * Eugene O. Sykes (1876–1945), justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court * Frederick Henry Sykes (1863–1917), Canadian-American educator and college president * Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, British military officer and politician *

George Sykes George Sykes (October 9, 1822 – February 8, 1880) was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842, and served in numerous conflicts, i ...

, U.S. Army general *

Gresham Sykes Gresham M'Cready Sykes (May 26, 1922 – October 29, 2010) was an American sociologist and criminologist. He earned a Bachelor of Arts at Princeton University and a Ph.D. at Northwestern University. He taught at Princeton, Dartmouth, and Northwes ...

(born 1922), American sociologist and criminologist *

Homer Sykes Homer Warwick Sykes (born 1949) is a Canadian-born British documentary photographer whose career has included personal projects and landscape photography. Early life and education Sykes's father, Homer Warwick Sykes, was a Canadian-born American ...

, 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 wa ...

, lawyer and American politician * Governor

James Sykes (governor) James Sykes (March 27, 1761 – October 18, 1822) was an American physician and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware. ...

, 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 John James Sykes (born 29 July 1959) is an English guitarist, best known as a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and Tygers of Pan Tang. He has also fronted the hard rock group Blue Murder and released several solo albums. Following a stint in ...

, rock musician * John Sykes (American football) (1949–2019), American football player *

John Sykes (composer) John Austin Sykes (1909 – June 1962) was an English composer and music teacher, born in India. Career Sykes spent his early life in India, where his father was working for the Indian Civil Service. He attended Clifton College in Bristol, studyi ...

(1909–1962), English composer and music teacher, born in India * John Sykes (politician), British politician *

John H. Sykes John H. Sykes is an American businessman who is the founder of Sykes Enterprises Incorporated (NASDAQ listing SYKE). Sykes was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and attended High Point University and Queens University of Charlotte, as well as Ro ...

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 Melanie Ann Sykes (born 7 August 1970) is an English television and radio presenter. She is best known for co-hosting ''Today with Des and Mel'' with Des O'Connor and '' Let's Do Lunch'' with Gino D'Acampo. She also co-hosted ''Going Out with Al ...

(born 1970), English television and radio presenter, and model *

Nathan Sykes Nathan James Sykes (born 18 April 1993) is an English singer, best known as a member of the boy band The Wanted. In 2013, Sykes appeared with his bandmates in the E! channel reality television series ''The Wanted Life''. After the band's hiatu ...

(born 1993), member of boy band

The Wanted The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band consisting of group members Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness and Nathan Sykes and, until his death in 2022, Tom Parker (singer), Tom Parker. The group was formed in 2009 and signed a worldw ...

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 Oliver Scott Sykes (born 20 November 1986) is a British singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Bring Me the Horizon. He also founded the apparel company Drop Dead Clothing, and created a graphic novel. Early l ...

, frontman of

Bring Me the Horizon Bring Me the Horizon (often abbreviated as BMTH) are a British rock band formed in Sheffield in 2004. The group consists of lead vocalist Oliver Sykes, guitarist Lee Malia, bassist Matt Kean, drummer Matt Nicholls and keyboardist Jordan Fis ...

Paul Sykes (boxer) Paul Sykes (23 May 1946 – 7 March 2007) was a British heavyweight boxer, weightlifter, writer, prisoner, and debt collector. He spent much of his adult life in prison, where he became one of the UK's most notorious inmates. As a boxer he ...

(1946–2007), English heavyweight boxer of the 1970s and 1980s *

Paul Sykes (businessman) Paul Sykes (born 30 May 1943) is an English businessman and political donor. He opposed Britain's membership of the European Union and has donated to the UK Independence Party. He had previously supported the Conservative Party, but disagreed ...

(born 1943), English Eurosceptic businessman, and political donor *

Paul Sykes (rugby league) Paul Sykes (born 11 August 1981) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Dewsbury Rams in the Betfred Championship. He was also the interim head-coach following the departure of Lee Greenwood. Sykes has playe ...

(born 1981), rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s * Paul Sykes (singer), American folksinger of the 1960s * Sir

Percy Sykes Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes, (28 February 1867 – 11 June 1945) was a British soldier, diplomat, and scholar with a considerable literary output. He wrote historical, geographical, and biographical works, as well as describing ...

, British soldier, geographer and travel writer *

Peter Sykes (director) Peter Sykes (June 17, 1939 – March 1, 2006) was an Australian television and film director who worked primarily in the United Kingdom. According to ''Filmink'' "auteurist critics always seem to pass him by." Biography He was born in Melbourne and ...

(1939–2006), Australian/British film director *

Peter Sykes (chemist) Peter Sykes, FRSC (19 February 1923 – 24 October 2003) was a British chemist and a former fellow and vice-master of Christ's College, Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is ...

(1923–2003), British chemist * Sir

Richard Sykes (biochemist) Sir Richard Brook Sykes, (born 7 August 1942) is a British microbiologist, the chair of the Royal Institution, the UK Stem Cell Foundation, and the trustees at King Edward VII's Hospital, and chancellor of Brunel University. As of June 2021, h ...

, businessman and university rector * Sir

Richard Sykes (diplomat) Sir Richard Adam Sykes, (8 May 1920 – 22 March 1979) was the British Ambassador to the Netherlands, who was assassinated by the IRA in The Hague in 1979. Early life Richard Sykes was born on 8 May 1920 to Brigadier A. C. Sykes. He was edu ...

, diplomat assassinated in 1979 *

Richard Sykes (rugby union) Richard Sykes (11 May 1839 – 31 May 1923) was a pioneering rugby player who helped found two major clubs and became a landowner in North Dakota, founding five towns there. He was the fourth son of Richard Sykes, owner of the Sykes Bleaching ...

, 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) *

Thomas Sykes (Mississippi politician) Thomas Sykes (born in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States) was an American politician. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives from Panola County, Mississippi, Panola County in 1873. He was African Americans, African ...

, 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 (1868 ...

, 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 Compan ...

, businessman * Timothy Sykes (born 1981), penny stock trader *

Tom Sykes Tom Sykes (born 19 August 1985 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England) is a professional motorcycle racer who has competed in World Superbike Championship since . For 2022, Sykes re-joins his former team Paul Bird Motorsport riding a Ducati i ...

, British motorcycle racer *

Wanda Sykes Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on ''The Chris Rock Show'', for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. In 2004, ''Entertainm ...

, comedian and actress * Colonel

William Henry Sykes Colonel William Henry Sykes, FRS (25 January 1790 – 16 June 1872) was an English naturalist who served with the British military in India and was specifically known for his work with the Indian Army as a politician, Indologist and ornitholog ...

, military officer, politician, and ornithologist *

William Robert Sykes William Robert Sykes (1840–1917) was a British engineer from London, known for his work in railway signalling and other safety devices. He is noted for the invention of the Sykes ‘Lock and block’ interlocking system of points and signals. ...

, British railway signal engineer

Companies

* Sykes Bleaching Company *

Sykes Enterprises Sykes Enterprises, Inc., stylized as SYKES, is an American multinational business process outsourcing provider headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The company provides business process outsourcing (BPO) services, IT consulting, and IT-enabled servic ...

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

Characters

* Bill Sykes, antagonist from the animated Disney film ''

Oliver & Company ''Oliver & Company'' is a 1988 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released on November 18, 1988, by Walt Disney Pictures. The 27th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the Charl ...

'' *Fredrick Sykes, one of the main antagonists of the 1993 action film '' The Fugitive'' * Mr. Sykes, a character from the film ''

Shark Tale ''Shark Tale'' is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. The film was directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, and Rob Letterman (in his feature directorial debut) ...

'', voiced by Martin Scorsese * Sgt. Michael "Psycho" Sykes, the main character in the game ''

Crysis Warhead ''Crysis Warhead'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by the Hungarian studio Crytek Budapest and published by Electronic Arts. ''Crysis Warhead'' is a stand-alone expansion game and does not require the installation of the original ...

'', and a secondary character in ''

Crysis ''Crysis'' is a first-person shooter video game series created by Crytek. The series revolves around a group of military protagonists with " nanosuits", technologically advanced suits of armor that give them enhanced physical strength, speed, ...

'' *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 ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' has become ...

'' * Robert "Pliers" Sykes, character in the game ''

Wing Commander IV ''Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom'' is the fourth main game in the ''Wing Commander'' science fiction space combat simulator video game series, produced by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts for the PC in 1996 and the Sony P ...

Places

* Sykes, Lancashire, 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, a U.S. military base in Iraq * Sykes Camp, a campground in California

Other

* 4438 Sykes, an asteroid *

Sykes (dog) Sykes (est. 2001 - June 2019) was a dog actor from Clifton, Oxfordshire, England. He was best known in the UK for his appearance as Harvey in Thinkbox's television commercial and, under his real name, in ''Midsomer Murders'' (Series fourteen to ...

, a dog actor from Clifton, Oxfordshire, England *

Sykes (TV series) ''Sykes'' is a British sitcom that aired on BBC 1 from 1972 to 1979. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, it was written by Sykes, who had previously starred with Jacques in '' Sykes and a...'' (1960–1965) and '' Sykes and a Big, Big Show'' ( ...

, 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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