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Lake baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Lake, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. As of 2014 one creation is extant. The Lake Baronetcy, of Carnow in the County of Wicklow, ...

. Other notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Lake Alan Lake (24 November 1940 – 10 October 1984) was an English actor, best known as the third and final husband of screen star Diana Dors. Biography Alan Lake was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire on 24 November 1940.Donnelley, Paul ( ...

(1940–1984), British actor * Alice Lake (1895–1967), American actress *

Anthony Lake William Anthony Kirsopp Lake (born April 2, 1939) is an American diplomat and political advisor who served as the 17th United States National Security Advisor from 1993 to 1997 and as the 6th Executive Director of UNICEF from 2010 to 2017. He ha ...

(born 1939), former U.S. National Security Advisor * Arthur Lake (disambiguation), several people *

Bill Lake Bill Lake ( W.F. Lake) is a Canadian actor whose career began in Vancouver and who has appeared in many movies, television movies and series, stage plays and commercials. He has over 175 credits in a variety of productions since the 1970s. Caree ...

(fl. 1974–present), Canadian actor * Brandon Lake (musician), American contemporary worship musician * Brian Lake (born 1982), Australian rules footballer *

Carnell Lake Carnell Augustino Lake (born July 15, 1967) is an American former professional football player and coach who is the defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League (USFL). He was a safety and cornerback in th ...

(born 1967), American football player *

Chris Lake Chris Lake (born 8 August 1982) is a British electronic music producer and DJ. He rose to fame in 2006 with his hit single, "Changes", featuring Laura V. Musical career Lake first became recognized for his bootleg remixes of the Prodigy's "Cli ...

(born 1982), English house music DJ and producer * Dayan Lake (born 1997), American football player * Denton D. Lake (1887–1941), New York politician *

Florence Lake Florence Lake (born Florence Silverlake, November 27, 1904 – April 11, 1980) was an American actress best known as the leading lady in most of the Edgar Kennedy comedy shorts. Early life Lake was born in Charleston, South Carolina. In t ...

(1904–1980), American actress and sister of the actor Arthur Lake * George Hingston Lake (1847–1900) politician of South Australia * George Lake (footballer) (1889–1918), English footballer * Greg Lake (1947–2016), British bass guitarist and singer *

Harry Lake (disambiguation) Harry Lake (1911–1967) was a New Zealand politician. Harry Lake may also refer to: * Harry Lake (boxer) (1902–1970), English boxer of the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s * Harry Lake Aspen Provincial Park, a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada ...

, several people *

Iona Lake Iona Lake is a British middle-distance runner, specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast for England. She also runs in the 800 metres, 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 5000 metres di ...

(born 1993), British steeplechaser *

I. Beverly Lake Jr. Isaac Beverly Lake Jr. (January 30, 1934 – September 12, 2019) was an American jurist and politician, who served as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Early life I. Beverly Lake Jr. was born on January 30, 1934, in Raleigh, No ...

(1934–2019), American judge, lawyer, and politician * I. Beverly Lake Sr. (1906–1996), American judge and lawyer * John Lake (disambiguation), several people * James A. Lake (born 1941), American evolutionary biologist * James Andrew Trehane Lake (c. 1840 – 1876) politician of South Australia *

Josée Lake Josée Lake (born ) is a Canadian paralympic gold medallist swimmer, thalidomide survivor, and president of the Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada. Personal life Lake was born in Montreal in 1963 or 1964. She has no right hand or foot, a ...

(born 1963 or 1964), Canadian paralympic swimmer and thalidomide survivor * Junior Lake (born 1990), Dominican baseball player * Kerin Lake (born 1990), Welsh rugby union player *

Kirsopp Lake Kirsopp Lake (7 April 187210 November 1946) was an English New Testament scholar, Church historian, Greek Palaeographer, and Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School. He had an uncommon breadth of interests. His ma ...

(1872–1946), British New Testament scholar *

Lauren Lake Lauren Laniece Lake (Born July 12, 1969) is an American family lawyer, television judge, and talk show presenter. Lake has performed in guest hosting and news anchoring positions for various talk shows and reality legal programs. In much of h ...

(born 1969), family lawyer, author, television presenter, interior designer, and background vocalist *

Leonard Lake Leonard Thomas Lake (October 29, 1945June 6, 1985), also known as Leonard Hill and a variety of other aliases, was an American serial killer. During the mid-1980s, he and his accomplice, British Hong Kong-born Charles Ng, raped, tortured and mu ...

(1945–1985), American serial killer * Nathan Lake (born 1992), English squash player *

Patricia Lake Patricia Douras Van Cleve (June 8, 1919 – October 3, 1993), known as Patricia Lake, was an American actress and radio comedian. Presented as the niece of actress Marion Davies, she was long suspected of being her natural daughter, fathered ...

(1923–1993), American actress and socialite * Paul Lake (born 1968), English footballer * Phipps W. Lake (1789–1860), Wisconsin politician *

Quentin Lake Quentin James Lake (born January 29, 1999) is an American football Safety (gridiron football position), safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCLA Bruins football, UCLA. Lake is the s ...

(born 1999), American football player *

Ricki Lake Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American television host and actress. She is known for her lead role as Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film ''Hairspray'', for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for B ...

(born 1968), American actress and television personality *

Simon Lake Simon Lake (September 4, 1866 – June 23, 1945) was a Quaker American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design and competed with John Philip Holland to build the first submarines f ...

(1866–1945), American naval engineer and inventor * Steve Lake (born 1957), American baseball player * Stuart Lake (baseball) (born 1971), American college baseball coach * Suzy Lake (born 1947), Canadian artist *

Veronica Lake Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973), known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in film noirs with Alan Ladd ...

(1922–1973), American film actress * Wells Lake (politician) (born c. 1773), York politician * Dame Louise Lake-Tack (born 1944), Antiguan politician

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