Zeke is a masculine
given name
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and
nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...
, sometimes a shortened form (
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...
) of
Ezekiel
Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible.
In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is acknow ...
, which may refer to:
People
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Caleb Bailey
Caleb Thayer "Zeke" Bailey (August 28, 1898 – January 13, 1957) was a decorated officer and naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps with the rank of brigadier general. An excellent athlete while at the University of Maryland, he di ...
(nickname "Zeke", 1898-1957), US Marine Corps brigadier general and athlete
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Zeke Bella
John "Zeke" Bella (August 22, 1930 – November 17, 2013) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who appeared in 52 total games for the New York Yankees in and the Kansas City Athletics in .
Early life
Zeke Bella was born August 22, 1930, in G ...
(1930–2013), American baseball player
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Zeke Bonura
Henry John "Zeke" Bonura (September 20, 1908 – March 9, 1987) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1934 through 1940, he played for the Chicago White Sox (1934–1937), Washington Senators (1938, 1940), New York Giants (1939) and ...
(1908–1987), American baseball player
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Zeke Bratkowski
Edmund Raymond "Zeke" Bratkowski (October 20, 1931 − November 11, 2019) was an American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams, and Green Bay Packer ...
(1931–2019), American football player
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Zeke Clements
Zeke Clements (September 6, 1911 – June 4, 1994) was an American country musician often dressed in a Western outfit. He was known as "The Dixie Yodeler."
Biography
Clements was born near Empire, Alabama. In 1928, his career began when he joine ...
(1911–1994), American country musician
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Zeke Dombrowski
Zeke Dombrowski (born July 27, 1986 in Hales Corners, Wisconsin) is an American former soccer player. he is employed by the City of West Allis, Wisconsin Fire Department as a Firefighter/Paramedic.
Career College and Amateur
Dombrowski played ...
(born 1986), American soccer player
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Ezekiel Elliott
Ezekiel Elijah Elliott (born July 22, 1995) is an American football running back for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State, where he earned second-team All-America honors in 2015. Elli ...
(born 1995), American football running back
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Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Jonathan "Zeke" Emanuel (born September 6, 1957) is an American oncologist, bioethicist and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He is the current Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and chai ...
(born 1957), American oncologist, bioethicist and professor
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Zeke Jabbour
Xique "Zeke" Jabbour is a professional American bridge player and writer from Boca Raton, Florida.
Bridge accomplishments
Awards
* Fishbein Trophy (1) 1989
* Barry Crane Top 500 (1) 1989
Wins
* North American Bridge Championships (8)
** T ...
, American professional bridge player
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Zeke Jones
Larry Lee "Zeke" Jones (born December 2, 1966) is an American wrestler who won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, a world championship in Varna, Bulgaria, in 1991, and was the former freestyle head coach at USA Wrestling. He ...
(born 1966), American wrestler
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Zeke Manners (1911–2000), American country musician
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Zeke Manyika
Zeke Manyika (born 23 February 1955 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) is a drummer, vocalist and songwriter.
Career
Manyika was born in Zimbabwe, but has lived in Britain for most of his life. From 1982 to 1984 he was a member of the pop gro ...
(born 1955), Zimbabwean-born British musician
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Zeke Meyer
Herbert Ernest "Zeke" Meyer (March 19, 1891 – April 27, 1962) was an American racecar driver. He was not related to fellow driver Louis Meyer
Louis Meyer (July 21, 1904 – October 7, 1995) was an American Hall of Fame race car drive ...
(1892–1962), American racecar driver
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Zeke Moore
Zeke Moore (born December 2, 1943) is a former professional American Football player who played defensive back for the American Football League's Houston Oilers from 1967–1969, and for the NFL Oilers from 1970 through 1977. Moore returned 14 k ...
(born 1943), American football player
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Zeke Moreno
Ezekiel Aaron Moreno (born October 8, 1978) is a former professional American football linebacker.
Early years
Moreno, who is of Mexican descent, attended Castle Park High School in Chula Vista and was a letterman in football and baseball. In ...
(born 1978), American football player
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Zeke Mowatt
Ezekiel Mowatt (born March 5, 1961) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League who played for the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. He played college football at Florida State University, catching a total ...
(born 1961), American football player
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Zeke Nnaji
Ezekiel Tobechukwu "Zeke" Nnaji (born January 9, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted 22nd overall in the 2020 NBA draft. He played college basket ...
(born 2001), American basketball player
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Alden Sanborn
Alden Ream "Zeke" Sanborn (May 22, 1899 – December 1, 1991) was an American rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He won a gold medal in men's eight. He also served as a United States Naval Aviator.
Biography
Sanborn wa ...
(nickname "Zeke", 1899–1991), American rower
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Zeke Smith
Roger Duane "Zeke" Smith (September 29, 1936 – July 22, 2016) was an American football player in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants. He played college football at Auburn University where he was awarde ...
(1936–2016), American football player
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Zeke Steggall
Zeke Steggall (born 9 July 1971) is a former Australian Olympic snowboarder. He competed at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics. His sister Zali Steggall
Zali Steggall (born 16 April 1974) is an Australian politician, lawyer and former ...
(born 1971), Australian snowboarder
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Zeke Turner
Ezekiel Turner (born June 9, 1996) is an American football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washington Huskies football, Washington as a defensive back and was signed by t ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Zeke Upshaw
Zena Ray "Zeke" Upshaw (May 27, 1991 – March 26, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. He began his college basketball career with the Illinois State Redbirds. After playing sparingly for three seasons, he transferred to join the ...
(1991–2018), American basketball player
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Zeke Wilson
Frank Ealton "Zeke" Wilson (December 24, 1869 – April 26, 1928) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played five seasons in Major League Baseball from 1895 to 1899, for the Boston Beaneaters, Cleveland Spiders and St. Louis Perfectos
ST, St ...
(1869–1928), American baseball player
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Zeke Wissinger
Zoner Albert "Zeke" Wissinger (October 30, 1902 – November 28, 1963) was an American football player from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, who played professionally during the early years of the National Football League (NFL). Wissinger attended and pl ...
(1902–1963), American football player
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Zeke Wrigley
George Watson Wrigley (January 18, 1874 in Philadelphia – September 28, 1952), was a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1896 to 1899, primarily as a shortstop
Shortstop, a ...
(1874–1952), American baseball player
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Zeke Zarchy
Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (June 12, 1915 – April 11, 2009) was an American lead trumpet player of the big band and swing eras.
Early life
Zarchy was born in New York City on June 12, 1915. He first learned the violin, "but after a stint as bugler wi ...
(1915–2009), American trumpet player
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Zeke Zawoluk
Robert Michael "Zeke" Zawoluk (October 13, 1930 – January 9, 2007) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'7" forward/center from Saint Francis Prep and St. John's University, Zawoluk played three seasons (1952–1955) in ...
(1930–2007), American basketball player
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Zeke Zekley
Emil Samuel Zekley (February 11, 1915 – April 28, 2005), better known as Zeke Zekley, was an American cartoonist who worked on several comic strips, notably George McManus's ''Bringing Up Father''.
Early years
Born in Chicago, Zekley grew ...
(1915–2005), American cartoonist
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Zeke Zettner
Thomas "Zeke" Zettner (September 21, 1948 – November 10, 1973) was a member of the American rock band the Stooges. Zettner had originally been a roadie for the band, but replaced original Stooges bassist Dave Alexander after their second album ' ...
(1948–1973), American musician
Fictional characters
In film
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List of characters from High School Musical (film series)#Zeke Baylor, a fictional character in the ''High School Musical'' film series
*Zeke Tyler, in the 1998 film ''
The Faculty
''The Faculty'' is a 1998 American science fiction horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Kevin Williamson. It stars Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, B ...
''
*Zeke, in
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1939 American Musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', the film was primarily directed by ...
, portrayed by Bert Lahr
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List of characters in the Ice Age films#Zeke, a character in the 2002 film ''Ice Age''
*Zeke Finklestein, in the 2009 film ''
The Rebound
''The Rebound'' is a 2009 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Bart Freundlich, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Bartha. It was released in theaters in several countries in late 2009. It was originally scheduled to be re ...
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*Zeke, military slang for zombies in
World War Z (film)
''World War Z'' is a 2013 American action horror film directed by Marc Forster, with a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof, from a story by Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, based on the title of the 20 ...
*Zeke Hawkins, in the 1993 film Sliver
On television
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Zeke Kinski
Zeke Kinski is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Matthew Werkmeister. He made his first on-screen appearance on 22 August 2005. Zeke is the son of Alex Kinski and the younger brother of Katya and Rache ...
, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''
*Ezekiel "Zeke" Stone, protagonist of the short-lived series
Brimstone (TV series)
''Brimstone'' is an American television series that aired only one partial season on Fox, during the 1998–99 American television season. It features a dead police detective whose mission, as assigned by the Devil, is to return to Hell 113 soul ...
*Zeke, a nickname for Philip Banks in
List of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air characters
''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' is an American television sitcom created by Andy and Susan Borowitz for NBC. It aired from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The series stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart t ...
*Zeke, nickname of the character
Tom (Lost)
Tom Friendly, often referred to as Tom, Mr. Friendly, or Zeke by Sawyer is a fictional character portrayed by M. C. Gainey on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television series ''Lost''. The series follows the lives of around forty survivo ...
in ''Lost''
*Zeke, in the animated series ''
Bob's Burgers
''Bob's Burgers'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard that premiered on Fox on January 9, 2011. The show centers on the Belcher family—parents Bob and Linda and their three children, Tina, Gene, and Louise—who r ...
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*Zeke, Sid's baby brother from the animated series ''
Sid the Science Kid
''Sid the Science Kid'' (also known as ''Jim Henson's Sid the Science Kid'') is an American computer-animated children’s television series on PBS Kids. It aired from September 1, 2008 to March 25, 2013, with a total of 66 half-hour episodes pro ...
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*Zeke Abramowitz, a character in the American web series ''
Zombie College
Zombie College is a Flash cartoon
Adobe Flash animation or Adobe Flash cartoon (formerly Macromedia Flash animation, Macromedia Flash cartoon, FutureSplash animation, and FutureSplash cartoon) is an animation that is created with the Adobe An ...
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*Zeke Braverman, the patriarch in the show Parenthood
Comics, manga, and novels
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Zeke Midas Wolf
The Big Bad Wolf is a fictional wolf appearing in several cautionary tales that include some of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales.'' Versions of this character have appeared in numerous works, and it has become a generic archetype of a menacing predatory an ...
or Big Bad Wolf in Disney comics
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Zeke Asakura
The manga and anime series '' Shaman King'' features several characters created by Hiroyuki Takei. As a result of being focused on shamanism the series' cast is divided between humans and spirits, the latter not being able to go the afterlife due ...
, English name for Hao Asakura, in the anime and manga series ''Shaman King''
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Zeke Brenner
The comic strip ''Doonesbury'', by Garry Trudeau, features an extensive cast of characters with complex interpersonal relationships; as of 2018, the strip's official website lists twenty-four primary characters, with dozens more having been feat ...
, in the comic strip ''Doonesbury''
* Zeke Yeager, in the anime and manga ''
Attack on Titan
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as ...
'' (''Shingeki no Kyojin'')
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Zeke Stane
Ezekiel "Zeke" Stane is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics as the son of Obadiah Stane and an enemy of Iron Man. Created by writer Matt Fraction and artist Barry Kitson, he first appeared in '' The Order' ...
, a Marvel Comics villain
* Zeke or
Gustaf Zuckermandel, Jr.
This a list of characters in the ''Left Behind'' novel series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.
Suhail Akbar
Suhail Akbar is a supporting antagonist in the ''Left Behind'' series. A native of Pakistan, he was a prominent member of the Glob ...
, in the ''Left Behind'' novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins
* Zeke a novel about a Navy Seal by Dr. HB Paksoy (9798675061082)
In video games
* Ozychlyrus Brounev Tantal, better known as Zeke von Genbu, a character from ''
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. Released on December 1, it is the third installment in ''Xenoblade Chronicles'' and the seventh main ent ...
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Other
* Zeke, the artificial intelligence in development by
Hub Culture
Hub Culture is an invitation-led social network service that operates its own digital currency Ven. Hub Culture is located in Bermuda,. Founded in 2002, it claims it had 32,000 members by 2021 - based on registered accounts.
History
In November ...
* Zeke, reporting name of
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-based aircraft, carrier-based fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 19 ...
fighter
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Zero electron kinetic energy (ZEKE) spectroscopy
References
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