Vokes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Christopher Vokes
Major General Christopher Vokes (13 April 1904 – 27 March 1985) was a senior Canadian Army officer who fought in World War II. He commanded the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade during the Allied invasion of Sicily. Promoted to major-general, he l ...
(1904-1985), Canadian Army officer
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Ed Vokes
Edwin Hoskin "Eddie" Vokes (April 1, 1908 – June 29, 1967) was a Canaidan ice hockey player who played five games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1930–31 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from ...
(1908-1967), Canadian ice hockey player
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Emily H. Vokes
Emily Hoskins Vokes (born May 21, 1930) is an American malacologist, palaeontologist, and former university professor. She is an authority on the Muricidae, a large and diverse family of predatory sea snails, or marine gastropod mollusks. Vokes ...
(born 1930), American malacologist and paleontologist
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Harold Vokes
Harold Ernest Vokes (June 27, 1908 — September 16, 1998), was an American malacologist and paleontologist. He specialized in bivalves, especially fossils found along the Gulf Coast and Atlantic Coast, and he taught at Johns Hopkins and Tulan ...
(1908-1998), American malacologist and paleontologist
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Leroy H. Vokes
Leroy H. Vokes (November 12, 1849 – June 11, 1924) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 3rd U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars. A veteran of campaigns against the Plains Indians, he was one of four men who received ...
(1849-1924), American soldier
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May Vokes (1882-1957), American actress
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Sam Vokes (born 1989), Welsh footballer
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Vokes family of actors:-
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Fawdon Vokes (born Walter Fawdon; 1844–1904), actor
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Fred Vokes (1846–1888), actor and dancer
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Jessie Vokes (1848–1884), actress and dancer
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Rosina Vokes (1854–1894), actress
See also
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Voke (disambiguation) Voke may refer to:
*Vokė, a river in Lithuania
* Edward J. Voke (1889-1965), Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
*Voke, a nicotine inhaler developed by Kind Consumer
See also
*E'voke
E'voke were a British female vocal duo from the mid-1990 ...
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