# Noakes

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'''Noakes''' is a surname of [English](/source/English_people) origin.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/noakes|title = Surname Database|date = |accessdate = 13 Aug 2014|website = Surname Database: Noakes|publisher = The Internet Surname Database|last = |first = }}</ref> It means "near the oaks". Notable people with the surname include:

*[Andrew Noakes](/source/Andrew_Noakes), British academic and writer
*[Benedict Grant Noakes](/source/Benedict_Grant_Noakes) (born 1965), British television producer
*[Catherine Noakes](/source/Catherine_Noakes), British engineer
*[Chris Noakes](/source/Chris_Noakes) (born 1985), New Zealand rugby union player
*[David Noakes](/source/David_Noakes) (born 1953), English businessman and political candidate
*[Edward Noakes](/source/Edward_Noakes) (1863–1944), English clergyman
*[George Noakes](/source/George_Noakes) (1924–2008), [Bishop of St Davids](/source/Bishop_of_St_Davids) and [Archbishop of Wales](/source/Archbishop_of_Wales)
*[John Noakes](/source/John_Noakes) (1934–2017), British actor, presenter and television personality
*[John Noakes (cricketer)](/source/John_Noakes_(cricketer)) (1802–1840), English cricketer
*[Kim Noakes](/source/Kim_Noakes) (born 1982), New Zealand field hockey player
*[Michael Noakes](/source/Michael_Noakes) (1933–2018), English artist and portrait painter
*[Rab Noakes](/source/Rab_Noakes) (1947–2022), Scottish singer-songwriter
*[Ray Noakes](/source/Ray_Noakes) (1906–1928), executed for the murder of Fred N. Selak, the Hermit of Grand Lake, Colorado
*[Roy Noakes](/source/Roy_Noakes) (1936–2002), British sculptor
*[Sam Noakes](/source/Sam_Noakes) (born 1997), English professional boxer
*[Sean Noakes](/source/Sean_Noakes) (born 1995), English professional boxer
*[Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes](/source/Sheila_Noakes%2C_Baroness_Noakes) (born 1949), British [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) politician and former corporate executive
*[Tim Noakes](/source/Tim_Noakes) (born 1949), professor of exercise and sports science at the [University of Cape Town](/source/University_of_Cape_Town)
*[Vivien Noakes](/source/Vivien_Noakes) (1937–2011), English writer and literary critic

==Fictional characters==
*[Camilla "Chummy" Noakes](/source/List_of_Call_the_Midwife_characters), from the British television series ''Call the Midwife''
*[John Noakes (pseudonym)](/source/John_Noakes_(pseudonym)), or John O'Noakes, or John Nokes, a fictitious name for a person involved in litigation (see [John Doe](/source/John_Doe))

==See also==
*{{in title|Noakes}}
*[Noake (disambiguation)](/source/Noake_(disambiguation))
*[Nokes (disambiguation)](/source/Nokes_(disambiguation))

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:English-language surnames

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