Oke

Oke is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
Alan Oke, British tenor
Assogba Oké (1903–1973), Beninese politician and diplomat
Charles Cunningham Oke (1894-1967), 2nd. Lieut. British Army, Newfoundland Infantry, 1st. Battalion, one of the "Blue Putees" of the First Five Hundred, deployed to Gallipoli in World War I, awarded riband with 1914-1915 star, War Pensions Officer, Superintendent of the Main School of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Baker Oke (1826-1908), trained at The Home and Colonial School Society (Gray’s Inn Road, London), served as an Anglican missionary (1851-1880) in Moose Factory, Hudson's Bay (Ont.) and supervised the girls school, married John Horden (May 28, 1851), who became the first Anglican Bishop of Moosonee (December 15, 1872)
Femi Oke (born 1966), British television presenter and journalist
Isaiah Oke (born c. 1940), Nigerian shaman
Janette Oke (born 1935), Canadian author
John Beverly Oke (1928–2004), American astronomer and academic
Leslie Warner Oke (born 1877), Canadian farmer and political figure
Philip Jesse Oke, sponsored by the British Society for Nautical Research to draw plans of the last coastal craft that were still propelled by sail and oar in the 1930s. A seaman in the Merchant Navy, he was killed in World War II.
Robert Oke (1794-1870), first Chief Inspector for the Newfoundland Lighthouse Service (1855 to 1870), published a 64-page book of early lighthouse designs in 1861, installed the first light mechanism (from Bell Rock) at the Cape Bonavista lighthouse in 1842, installed the famous Isle of May light mechanism at the Cape Pine lighthouse in 1850, which was later moved to Harbor Grace Island and finally to Cape Bonavista
Robert "Bob" Oke, served in the U.S. Navy for 26 years, elected to the Senate in 1990 and re-elected three times (Washington State), recognized for battling the tobacco industry
Scott Oke (born 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
Tosin Oke (born 1980), Nigerian track and field athlete
William Austin Oke, Esq. (1857-1923), Owner, Munn & Oke, publisher of The Harbor Grace Standard newspaper, Liberal member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly (elected 1897, 1900, 1904), then Judge of the District Court, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
Given name:
Oke Akpoveta (born 1991), Nigerian professional footballer
Oke Smith (born 1894), professional American football player
Elizabeth Oke Buckland Gordon (1836-1919), author, daughter of William Buckland, D.D.,F.R.S, Dean of Westminster, twice president of the Geological Society of London, and first president of the British Association; married to Rev. Henry Doddridge Gordon (1833-1897), Vicar of Harting and prebendary of Chichester Cathedral

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Slang clipping of OK, attested from 1929.

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A broad, majestic tree; variant spelling of Oak.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Janette Oke	1935	Canadian writer
2	Femi Oke	1966	British journalist and television presenter
3	Oke Göttlich	1975
4	Oke Tuuri	1909	Finnish actor (1909-1976)
5	Oke Akpoveta	1991	Football player
6	Olusola Alexander Oke
7	Tosin Oke	1980	Nigerian triple jumper
8	Bishop Wale Oke	1956
9	Vidyadhar Oke	1952	Indian Music Composer
10	Alan Oke	1954	British opera singer
11	Aditya Oke		Indian Harmonium Player
12	Ayo Oke
13	Vedashree Oke	1980	Indian singer
14	William Oke	1857	Canadian judge (1857-1923)
15	Oke	1981	Spanish singer and composer
16	John Beverly Oke	1928	American astronomer
17	Oke Smith	1894	American football player
18	Teddy Oke	1885	Canadian ice hockey player, referee and team owner
19	Oke Nnachi		Soldier
20	Leslie Warner Oke	1877	Canadian politician
21	Scott Oke	1993	Canadian ice hockey player
22	Jack Oke	1880