Pyke
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Pyke is a surname, and may refer to

Fictional characters
  • George Alexander Pyke, Lord Tilbury
    George Alexander Pyke, Lord Tilbury
    George Alexander Pyke, Lord Tilbury is a recurring fictional character in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. Pyke is a publishing magnate, the founder and owner of the Mammoth Publishing Company. Outside his business, he has a passion for pigs and is the owner of a prize pig...

    , character devised by PG Wodehouse


Real people
  • Don Pyke
    Don Pyke
    Donald Lachlan Pyke is a former Australian rules football player, administrator and coach. He played for in the West Australian Football League and in the Australian Football League , and later served as senior coach at Claremont and assistant coach at...

     (born 1968), Australian rules footballer
  • Geoffrey Pyke
    Geoffrey Pyke
    Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph Pyke was an English journalist, educationalist, and later an inventor whose clever, but unorthodox, ideas could be difficult to implement...

     (1893–1948), English journalist, spy and inventor
  • Hy Pyke
    Hy Pyke
    Hy Pyke was an American character actor.-Biography:Pyke was born Monty Pike in Los Angeles, California, the son of vaudevillian David Pike and his wife Pauline...

     (born 1935), American character actor
  • Frank Pyke
    Frank Pyke
    Frank Sherman Pyke was an Australian sports scientist, educator, author, Australian rules footballer and sports administrator. He played 130 games for in the Western Australian National Football League , and later served as a professor at a number of universities in Australia, Canada and the...

     (1941–2011), Australian footballer, sports scientist and sports administrator
  • James Pyke (cricketer)
    James Pyke (cricketer)
    James Kendrick Pyke is a former Australian sportsman who represented South Australia in Sheffield Shield cricket and also played Australian rules football at a high level...

     (born 1966), Australian sportsman
  • James Pyke (rugby union) (1866–1941), English rugby union footballer
  • Josh Pyke
    Josh Pyke
    Josh Pyke is an Australian singer-songwriting musician.-Beginnings and Feeding the Wolves :Josh Pyke was in his first band by age 12 and played his first performance in front of 650 parents and students at his primary school graduation. Playing guitar and initial song writing efforts came aged 14...

     (born 1983), Australian singer-songwriter-musician
  • Lionel Edward Pyke
    Lionel Edward Pyke
    Lionel Edward Pyke an English-Jewish barrister, born at Chatham England on 21 April 1854 and died in Brighton England on 26 March 1899...

     (1854–899), English barrister
  • Magnus Pyke
    Magnus Pyke
    Dr. Magnus Alfred Pyke was a British scientist and media figure, who, although apparently quite eccentric and playing up to the mad scientist stereotype, succeeded in explaining science to a lay audience...

     (1908–1992), British scientist and media personality
  • Margaret Pyke
    Margaret Pyke
    Margaret Amy Pyke was a British birth control activist and family planning pioneer. A founding member of the British National Birth Control Committee , later known as the Family Planning Association , she succeeded Lady Gertrude Denman as chairman of that organization in 1954. She was also a...

     (1893–1966), campaigner for family planning
  • Mike Pyke
    Mike Pyke
    Michael Anthony Patrick Pyke is a Canadian dual-code football player.He is best known in his homeland as a rugby union player, who played for Canada's national side and French Top 14 squad US Montauban.Pyke is currently a professional Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans.-Early...

     (born 1984), Canadian rugby player
  • Stuart Pyke
    Stuart Pyke
    Stuart Pyke is a British-born sports journalist and broadcaster. Stuart was born in St Helens, Merseyside, and is married to Christine. He has two children; Daniel and Rachael and two stepdaughters Emma and Victoria....

    , British sports journalist and broadcaster


Other
  • Pyke Cranes - a division of Milwaukee WI based Nordco and manufacturer of railway cranes
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