Baker (surname)
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Baker is a common surname
meaning "baker
" and may refer to:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
meaning "baker
Baker
A baker is someone who bakes and sells bread, Cakes and similar foods may also be produced, as the traditional boundaries between what is produced by a baker as opposed to a pastry chef have blurred in recent decades...
" and may refer to:
- A J (Jim) Baker, Australian philosopher
- Al Baker, several people
- Alison BakerAlison Baker (athlete)Alison Baker is a retired female racewalker from Canada. She set her personal best in the women's 10 km race walk event at the 1993 World Championships.-Achievements:-References:*...
(born 1964), Canadian racewalker - Anita BakerAnita BakerAnita Baker is an American R&B/soul jazz singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit....
(born 1958), Grammy Award-winning American rhythm & blues singer-songwriter - Anne Elizabeth BakerAnne Elizabeth BakerAnne Elizabeth Baker was a philologist, historian and illustrator of Northampton, England.Baker was born 16 June 1786. She was the sister of George Baker, the historian of Northamptonshire, and to her his great work owes its geology and botany...
(1786-1861), philologist and illustrator of Northampton, England - Augustine BakerAugustine BakerFr Augustine Baker OSB , was a well-known Benedictine mystic and an ascetic writer. He was one of the earliest members of the newly restored English Benedictine Congregation.- Early life :...
(1575–1641), Welsh Benedictine monk and ascetical writer - Benjamin Baker (disambiguation)Benjamin Baker (disambiguation)Benjamin Baker may refer to:*Benjamin Baker , English engineer*Benjamin F. Baker , U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient*Benjamin Howard Baker , English athlete*Ben Baker, photographer*Ben Baker...
multiple people - Bobby BakerBobby BakerRobert Gene Baker was a political adviser to Lyndon B. Johnson, and an organizer for the Democratic Party.-Life:Baker was the son of the Pickens postmaster and lived in a house on Hampton Avenue...
(born 1928), American political advisor to Lyndon Johnson - Brian Baker (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bryan Baker (disambiguation), multiple people
- Buddy BakerBuddy BakerElzie Wylie Baker, Jr. , nicknamed "Leadfoot" or more famously Buddy, is a former American NASCAR racecar driver.-Early life:...
, a race car driver - Buddy Baker (composer)Buddy Baker (composer)Norman "Buddy" Baker was an American composer who scored many of Walt Disney's films, such as The Apple Dumpling Gang, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, The Shaggy D.A., The Million Dollar Duck and The Fox and the Hound.Baker was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri, and got his degree in...
, who scored many Disney films and theme park attractions. - Carroll BakerCarroll BakerCarroll Baker is a former American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, as a movie sex symbol...
(born 1931), American actress - Cheryl BakerCheryl BakerCheryl Baker is an English television presenter and singer. She is most famous for being a member of 1980s pop group Bucks Fizz, and has performed for the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, winning it the second time.-Early career:After leaving school and a series of secretarial jobs, Cheryl...
(born 1954), British television presenter - Chet BakerChet BakerChesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
(1929–1988), American jazz musician - Cis BakerCis BakerCecil "Cis" Baker was an English footballer. He began his professional career with Blackpool in 1920, making two League appearances for the Seasiders.-References:...
, English footballer - Colin BakerColin BakerColin Baker is a British actor who is known for playing Paul Merroney in The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and as the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986.- Background:Colin Baker was born in London, but moved north to...
(born 1943), British actor - Conway BakerConway BakerConway Oscar Baker was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Cardinals from 1936 until 1945. He was also a member of the combined Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers squad known in as Card-Pitt in 1944.-References:**...
(1911-??), American football player - Dale BakerDale BakerDale Spehr Baker is a former Australian politician, and was leader of the South Australian division of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1990 to 1992...
, Australian politician - Dean BakerDean BakerDean Baker is an American macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, with Mark Weisbrot. He previously was a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor of economics at Bucknell University. He has a Ph.D...
(born 1958), American macroeconomist - Diane BakerDiane BakerDiane Carol Baker is an American actress who has appeared in motion pictures and on television since 1959.-Early life:...
(born 1938), American actress - Dusty BakerDusty BakerJohnnie B. "Dusty" Baker, Jr. is a former player and current manager in Major League Baseball, currently the manager of the Cincinnati Reds. He enjoyed a 19-year career as a hard-hitting outfielder, mostly with the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers...
(born 1949), American Major League Baseball player and manager - Dylan BakerDylan BakerDylan Baker is an American actor, known for playing supporting roles in both major studio and independent films.-Early life:...
(born 1959), American actor - Elsie BakerElsie BakerElsie Baker was an American singer and actress whose career spanned the gamut from vaudeville through silent movies to Victrola to radio to Hollywood and television....
(1883–1971), American actress and singer - Eric Baker (disambiguation), multiple people
- Frank Baker, known as Home Run Baker (1886–1963), American Major League Baseball player
- Etta BakerEtta BakerEtta Baker was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer from North Carolina, United States.-Biography:...
(1931–2006), American blues musician and guitarist - Frank D. Baker (mayor)Frank D. Baker (mayor)Frank D. Baker was a Michigan politician. He was an active member in the Odd Fellows, Masons, and Knights of the Maccabees.-Early life:...
, Mayor of Flint, Michigan - George Baker (disambiguation), several people
- Ginger BakerGinger BakerPeter Edward "Ginger" Baker is an English drummer, best known for his work with Cream and Blind Faith. He is also known for his numerous associations with World music, mainly the use of African influences...
(born 1939), English musician, best known for being a member of 60's psychedelic-rock band Cream - Greg BakerGreg BakerGregory Baker is an American television and film, actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles as Elliott, a producer on the show Sports Night, Mr...
(born 1968), American actor - Henry Baker (computer scientist)Henry Baker (computer scientist)Henry Givens Baker Jr. is a computer scientist who has made contributions in garbage collection, functional programming languages, and linear logic. He was also one of the founders of Symbolics...
, American computer scientist - Herbert BakerHerbert BakerSir Herbert Baker was a British architect.Baker was the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, 1892–1912....
(1862–1946), South African architect - Hobey BakerHobey BakerHobart Amory Hare "Hobey" Baker was an American amateur athlete of the early twentieth century. Regarded as the first American star in ice hockey, he was also an accomplished football player. Born into a prominent family from Philadelphia, he enrolled at Princeton University in 1910...
(1892–1918), American sportsman and pilot - Howard BakerHoward BakerHoward Henry Baker, Jr. is a former Senate Majority Leader, Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee, White House Chief of Staff, and a former United States Ambassador to Japan.Known in Washington, D.C...
(born 1925), U.S. Senator from Tennessee, U.S. ambassador to Japan - J. N. L. BakerJ. N. L. BakerJohn Norman Leonard Baker was a geographer associated with Jesus College, Oxford for nearly sixty years....
(1893–1971), British geographer - James Baker (disambiguation) (or Jim Baker), several people
- Janet BakerJanet BakerDame Janet Abbott Baker, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.She was particularly closely associated with baroque and early Italian opera and the works of Benjamin Britten...
(born 1933), English mezzo-soprano opera singer - Jerry BakerJerry BakerJerry Baker is an American author, entrepreneur, public speaker, and product spokesperson who has written numerous books on gardening, home hints, and health topics...
, author and gardening show host - Joe BakerJoe BakerJoseph Henry "Joe" Baker was an England international footballer. Born in Liverpool, England, he spent virtually his entire childhood growing up in Motherwell, Scotland...
(1940–2003), English footballer - Joe Don BakerJoe Don BakerJoe Don Baker is an American film actor, perhaps best known for his roles as a Mafia hitman in Charley Varrick, deputy sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III in Final Justice, real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall, brute force with a badge detective Mitchell in Mitchell, James...
(born 1936), American actor - John Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....
(1834–1920), British botanist - John Roman BakerJohn Roman BakerJohn Roman Baker is a British poet, playwright and novelist mainly associated with the work of Aputheatre . Winner of the Brighton Festival award for Best Theatre in 1990 for his play 'The Ice Pick'...
, British / French-born poet, playwright, activist and journalist - Josephine BakerJosephine BakerJosephine Baker was an American dancer, singer, and actress who found fame in her adopted homeland of France. She was given such nicknames as the "Bronze Venus", the "Black Pearl", and the "Créole Goddess"....
(1906–1975), American actress, dancer, and singer - Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking (born 1934), British politician
- Kenny BakerKenny BakerKenneth George "Kenny" Baker is a British actor and musician, best known as the man inside R2-D2 in the popular Star Wars film series.- Career :...
(born 1934), British actor - Kenny Baker (entertainer), American singer and actor
- Kenny Baker (trumpeter)Kenny Baker (trumpeter)Kenny Baker was born on 1 March 1921 in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire and died 7 December 1999. He was an accomplished player of jazz trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn, and a composer.-Biography:...
, British jazz trumpeter - Kieron BakerKieron BakerKieron Baker is a former professional footballer, a goalkeeper from the Isle of Wight. In a relatively short career, he played for four clubs. The first was Fulham F.C. in the mid 1960s. He left Fulham in 1967 to go to Bournemouth, where he stayed for 11 years making 217 appearances for them. He...
(born 1949), English footballer - Kyle BakerKyle BakerKyle John Baker is an American cartoonist, comic book writer-artist, and animator known for his graphic novels and for a 2000s revival of the series Plastic Man....
Got Money - LaVern BakerLaVern BakerLaVern Baker was an American rhythm and blues singer, who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedlee Dee" , "Jim Dandy" , and "I Cried a Tear" .-Early life:She was born Delores LaVern Baker in Chicago, Illinois...
(1929–1997), American R&B singer - Lena BakerLena BakerLena Baker was an African American maid who was executed for murder by the State of Georgia in 1945 for killing her employer, Ernest Knight, 67, in 1944. At her trial she claimed that he had imprisoned and threatened to shoot her should she attempt to leave, whereupon she took his gun and shot him...
(1901-1945), African-American convicted of murder - Lynne Rudder BakerLynne Rudder BakerLynne Rudder Baker is an American philosopher and author, currently a "Distinguished Professor" at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a native of Atlanta. She got her Ph.D. in 1972 from Vanderbilt University....
, (b. 1944), American philosopher - Mark Baker (politician)Mark Baker (politician)Mark Horden Baker is an Australian politician. He was elected as a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives in October 2004, for the Division of Braddon, Tasmania...
(b. 1958), Australian politician - Princess CarabooPrincess CarabooMary Baker was a noted impostor who went by the name Princess Caraboo. She pretended to be from a faraway island and fooled a British town for some months.-Biography:...
(Mary Baker) (1791–1865), noted impostor - Mary Baker EddyMary Baker EddyMary Baker Eddy was the founder of Christian Science , a Protestant American system of religious thought and practice religion adopted by the Church of Christ, Scientist, and others...
(1821–1910), American founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist - Mel BakerMel BakerAlbert Melville "Mel" Baker was a Welsh international, rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and South African regional team Griqualand West...
, Wales and British Lions rugby player - Mickey BakerMickey BakerMickey Baker, also known as Mickey "Guitar" Baker is an American guitarist...
, American guitarist - Newton D. BakerNewton D. BakerNewton Diehl Baker, Jr. was an American politician who belonged to the Democratic Party. He served as the 37th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1912 to 1915 and as U.S. Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921.-Early years:...
(1871–1937), American mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and United States Secretary of War - Nicholson BakerNicholson BakerNicholson Baker is a contemporary American writer of fiction and non-fiction. As a novelist, he often focuses on minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness, and has written about such provocative topics as voyeurism and planned assassination...
, American author - Norman BakerNorman Baker (disambiguation)Norman Baker may refer to:*Norman Baker , American architect*Norman Baker , American explorer, navigator on Ra, Ra II and Tigris...
, several people - Paul BakerPaul BakerDavid Paul Baker is an English former professional footballer.-Playing career:A centre-forward, Baker was a member of the famous Wallsend Boys Club as a youngster, and was subsequently spotted playing for Bishop Auckland, turning professional with Southampton in June 1984 at a cost of £4,000 to...
(b. 1963), English footballer - Paul G. BakerPaul G. BakerPaul G. Baker was a United States Navy officer who received the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions in combat during World War II.-Biography:...
(1910–1942), United States Navy sailor, officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient - Peter Baker (disambiguation), several people
- Ray Stannard BakerRay Stannard BakerRay Stannard Baker , also known by his pen name David Grayson, was an American journalist and author born in Lansing, Michigan...
(1870–1946), American journalist and author - Richard Baker (disambiguation), several people
- Robin Baker (biologist), evolutionary biologist and author of Sperm WarsSperm WarsSperm Wars is a primarily nonfiction book by evolutionary biologist Robin Baker. Originally published in English in 1996, it has since appeared in 25 languages and in 2006 a 10th anniversary edition was published in the United States...
- Robin Baker (academic), academic and Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church UniversityCanterbury Christ Church UniversityCanterbury Christ Church University is a university in Canterbury, Kent, England. Founded as a Church of England college for teaching training it has grown to full university status and will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2012. The focus of its work is in the education of people going into...
. - Russell BakerRussell BakerRussell Wayne Baker is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer known for his satirical commentary and self-critical prose, as well as for his autobiography, Growing Up.-His career:...
(born 1925), American writer - Samuel BakerSamuel BakerSir Samuel White Baker, KCB, FRS, FRGS was a British explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. He served as the Governor-General of the Equatorial Nile Basin between Apr....
(1821–1893), British explorer - Sara Josephine BakerSara Josephine BakerSara Josephine Baker was an American physician notable for contributions to public health in New York City...
(1873–1945), American doctor and public health worker - Simon BakerSimon Baker (athlete)Simon Francis Baker is a retired male race walker from Australia, who represented his native country in four consecutive Olympic Games: 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996.-Achievements:-References:*...
(born 1958), Australian race walker - Simon BakerSimon BakerSimon Baker is an Australian actor. Since 2008, he has starred in the CBS television series The Mentalist.-Early life:...
(born 1969), Australian film and television actor - Stanley BakerStanley BakerSir Stanley Baker was a Welsh actor and film producer.-Early career:William Stanley Baker was born in Ferndale, Rhondda Valley, Wales. In the mid-1930s his parents moved to London, where Baker spent most of his formative years...
(1928–1976), Welsh actor and producer - Thomas Baker (or Tom Baker), several people
- Trevor Baker, known as Trevor the WeatherTrevor the WeatherTrevor Baker was a Welsh weather forecaster. He joined the Met Office in 1941 and worked all over the UK before being seconded to the BBC in 1962. After a few months he moved to Southern Television's evening news magazine Day by Day...
, long-serving Welsh TV weatherman - T.S. Baker, played football for England in 1871
- Vin BakerVin BakerVincent Lamont Baker is a former American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. He appeared in four consecutive All-Star Games before his career was halted due to alcoholism....
(born 1971), American basketball player - Walter Baker (disambiguation), several people
- Wheeler R. BakerWheeler R. BakerWheeler R. Baker is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, serving District 36, which covers Carolina, Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's Counties. Mr. Baker is known for his colorful home-spun language...
, former Maryland politician - William O. BakerWilliam O. BakerWilliam Oliver Baker was a former President of Bell Labs who had advised five Presidents on scientific matters. He received his degree from Washington College and went on to get a doctorate from Princeton University, studying under Charles Phelps Smyth...
(1915-2005), American and former President of Bell LabsBell LabsBell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...
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- BackerBackerBacker as a Norwegian surname can refer to:* Agathe Backer-Grøndahl , Norwegian pianist and composer* Augustin de Backer , Roman Catholic bibliographer* Brad Backer, Australian rugby league footballer...
, a Norwegian surname - BakkerBakkerBakker is a Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, or Dutch surname and may refer to:* Cornelis Jan Bakker, nuclear physicist, Director-General of CERN in 1955–1960* Donald Bakker, Canadian convicted of sex tourism* Glenys Bakker , Canadian curler...
, a Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, or Dutch surname