Stokes (surname)

Stokes is a surname, and may refer to:

A

 * Adrian Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Adrian Scott Stokes (1854–1935), English landscape painter
 * Alan and Alex Stokes (born 1996), American internet celebrities
 * Alan Stokes (born 1981), British professional surfer and model
 * Alec Stokes (1919–2003), English scientist and contributor to discovery of DNA
 * Andy Stokes, American football player
 * Ann Bradford Stokes (1830-1903), African American nurse
 * Anson Phelps Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Anson Phelps Stokes (1838–1913), a merchant, banker, publicist, and multimillionaire
 * Anson Phelps Stokes, (1874–1958), an educator and clergyman
 * Anson Phelps Stokes, (1905–1986), a clergyman
 * Anthony Stokes, an Irish footballer
 * Antony Stokes (born 1965), British diplomat
 * Arthur Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Arthur Stokes (footballer), (1868–1960) English footballer

B

 * Barry Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Barry Stokes (born 1973), American football offensive lineman
 * Barry Stokes, British actor
 * Ben Stokes (born 1991), English cricketer
 * Bobby Stokes (1951–1995), English footballer
 * Brian Stokes (born 1979), American baseball pitcher

C

 * Cameron Stokes, Australian footballer
 * Carl B. Stokes (1927–1996), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and first African American mayor of a major U.S. city
 * Charles Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Charles Stokes (trader) (1852–1895), Irish missionary turned trader who lived much of his life in Africa
 * Chase Stokes, American actor
 * Chris Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Chris Stokes (record producer), American record producer
 * Colin Stokes (born 1987), American cellist
 * Corey Stokes, American basketball player

D

 * David Stokes (disambiguation)
 * David Stokes (soccer) (born 1982), American soccer player
 * David Stokes (English footballer), English footballer
 * David Stokes (Guatemalan footballer) (born 1946), Guatemalan footballer
 * Demi Stokes (born 1991), association footballer
 * Dennis Stokes (1911–1998), English cricketer
 * Derek Stokes, British footballer
 * Donald Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Doris Stokes (1920–1987), British spiritualist
 * Doug Stokes, British academic

E

 * Ed Stokes, American basketball player
 * Edith Minturn Stokes (1867–1937), American philanthropist, artistic muse and socialite during the Gilded Age.
 * Edward Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Edward C. Stokes (1860–1942), the 32nd governor of New Jersey
 * Edward L. Stokes (1880–1964), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
 * Elizabeth Joan Stokes (1912–2010), English bacteriologist
 * Eric Stokes (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Evelyn Stokes, New Zealand geographer

F

 * Francis Stokes
 * Francis Marion Stokes (1883–1975), American architect
 * Francis William Stokes (1832–1889), pastoralist and politician in South Australia
 * Frank Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Frank Stokes (1888–1955), American blues musician
 * Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858–1955), American artist
 * Fred Stokes, American football player
 * Frederick Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Frederick Wilfrid Scott Stokes (1860–1927), inventor of the Stokes Mortar

G

 * George Stokes (disambiguation)
 * George Gabriel Stokes (1819–1903), Irish mathematician and physicist
 * George Thomas Stokes (1843–1898), Irish ecclesiastical historian
 * Gerard Stokes (1955–2020), New Zealand rugby league footballer
 * Graham Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Greg Stokes (born 1963), American basketball player

H

 * Henry Stokes (1841–1926), Irish civil servant
 * Henry Scott Stokes (1938–2022), British journalist
 * Henry Sewell Stokes (1808–1895), British poet
 * Henry William Stokes (1871–1966), American farmer and politician

I

 * Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867–1944), American architect

J

 * J. J. Stokes, American football player
 * J. William Stokes (James William Stokes, 1853–1901), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
 * Jack Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Jack Stokes (1923–2000), Canadian politician
 * James Stokes
 * James Stokes (1915–1945), Scottish soldier
 * James Boulter Stokes, son-in-law of Anson Greene Phelps
 * James Graham Phelps Stokes, American millionaire socialist
 * Jason Stokes, American baseball player
 * Jervis Stokes (1927–2016), Australian rules footballer
 * John Stokes (disambiguation)
 * John Stokes, mayor of Bristol in 1364, 1366, and 1379
 * John Stokes, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1565–1566
 * John Fisher Stokes (1912–2010), English physician
 * John S. Stokes (1871–1923), Chief Master-at-Arms in the United States Navy and recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Philippine–American War
 * John William Stokes (1910 – c. 1995), Australian administrator
 * John Stokes (1915–1990), Principal of Queen's College, Hong Kong, buried in Wolvercote Cemetery
 * John Heydon Stokes (1917–2003), British Conservative MP 1970–1992
 * Jonathan Stokes (c. 1755 – 1831), English physician and botanist
 * John Edward "Jack" Stokes (1923–2000), Canadian politician, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
 * John Stokes (born 1940), Irish musician
 * John Stokes, a British comics artist best known for Fishboy
 * Juanita Stokes, American rapper
 * Julie Stokes (born 1970), Louisiana politician

K

 * Keith Stokes, American football player
 * Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman

L

 * Leslie Stokes, BBC radio producer and director
 * Loren Stokes, American basketball player
 * Lori Stokes, American television journalist
 * Louis Stokes, American politician

M

 * Mack B. Stokes, American retired bishop
 * Margaret Stokes, Irish antiquarian, artist and author
 * Marianne Stokes, born Marianne Preindlsberger (1855–1927), Austrian painter
 * Marion Stokes (1929–2012), American archivist, news producer and civil rights activist
 * Martin Stokes, British academic
 * Mathew Stokes, Australian footballer
 * Maura Stokes, American statistician and novelist
 * Maurice Stokes (1933–1970), American basketball player
 * Missouri H. Stokes (1838-1910), American social reformer, writer
 * Michael Stokes (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Mitchell Stokes, English cricketer
 * Montfort Stokes (1762–1842), American senator and governor of North Carolina

N

 * Niall Stokes, Irish editor of the Hot Press magazine
 * Nick Stokes, fictional character in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV series

O

 * Olivia Stokes (disambiguation)

P

 * Patrick Stokes (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Pringle Stokes, British Navy officer who commanded HMS Beagle

R

 * Richard Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Ricky Stokes, American men's college basketball coach
 * Robert Stokes (disambiguation)
 * Rose Pastor Stokes (1879–1933), Russian-born American Socialist Party leader and feminist
 * Rufus Stokes (1922–1986), American inventor
 * Ruth Stokes (1890–1968), American mathematician

S

 * Satyananda Stokes (1882–1946), American-born Indian activist
 * Sewell Stokes (1902–1979), English writer
 * Stan Stokes, American painter
 * Steph Stokes, fictional character on the TV show Emmerdale
 * Suzanne Stokes, American glamour model and actress

T

 * Thomas Lunsford Stokes (1898–1958), American journalist
 * Tim Stokes, American football player
 * Tobin Stokes, Canadian composer
 * Tony Stokes, English footballer
 * Trey Stokes, American filmmaker and puppeteer
 * Tyran Stokes (born 2007), American basketball player

W

 * Walter Stokes (1898–1996), American sport shooter
 * Walter W. Stokes (1880–1960), New York state senator
 * Whitley Stokes (1830–1909), Irish lawyer and Celtic scholar
 * William Stokes (disambiguation), several people
 * William Brickly Stokes (1814–1897), American Civil War soldier and politician
 * Willie Stokes (disambiguation), several people
 * Winford Stokes (1951–1990), American serial killer

V

 * Vidya Stokes, Indian politician

Y

 * Yvonne Stokes, Australian mathematician