Baker (family name)

Baker is a family name .

Origin and meaning

Baker is the English name for baker and a name that occurs frequently in English-speaking countries.

Name bearer

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Aidan Baker (* 1974), Canadian musician and author
• Alan Baker (mathematician) (1939-2018), British mathematician
• Alan Baker (soccer player) (born 1944), English soccer player
• Alan Baker (diplomat) (* 1947), Israeli lawyer and diplomat
• Alan RH Baker (born 1938), British geographer
• Alice Baker , production designer
• Allan J. Baker (1943-2014), ornithologist
• Alpheus Baker (1828-1891), American brigadier general
• Andrew M. Baker (* 19 ??), Australian zoologist
• Anita Baker (* 1958), American jazz singer
• Annie Baker (born 1981), American playwright
• Arthur Baker (* 1955), American DJ and producer
• Ashley Baker (* 1990), English soccer goalkeeper
• Augustine Baker (1575–1641), English theologian

B.

• Bastian Baker (* 1991), Swiss singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Becky Ann Baker (born 1953), American actress
• Benjamin Baker (1840–1907), English civil engineer
• Benjamin Franklin Baker (1811–1889), American composer
• Benjamin Howard Baker (1892–1987), British athlete and football player
• Betsy Baker (born 1955), American actress and singer
• Beverly Baker (1930-2014), American tennis player
• Bevyn Baker (born 1937), Australian long jumper
• Bill Baker (born 1956), American ice hockey player
• Bob Baker (actor) (1910–1975), American actor and country singer
• Bob Baker (boxer) (1926-2002), American boxer
• Bob Baker (screenwriter) (born 1939), British screenwriter
• Blanche Baker (born 1956), American actress
• Brian Baker (musician) (born 1965), American musician
• Brian Baker (athlete) (born 1970), American long-distance runner
• Brian Baker (tennis player) (born 1985), American tennis player
• Buck Baker (1919–2002), American racing driver
• Budda Baker ( Bishard Baker ; born 1996), American football player
• Buddy Baker (Composer) ( Norman Dale Baker ; 1918–2002), American composer
• Buddy Baker (trombonist) ( Edwin D. Baker ; * 1932), American trombonist
• Buddy Baker (racing driver) ( Elzie Wylie Baker ; 1941-2015), American racing driver

C.

• Caleb Baker (1762–1849), American politician
• Carlos Baker (1909–1987), American literary critic
• Carroll Baker (actress) (born 1931), American actress
• Carroll Baker (singer) (born 1949), Canadian singer
• Charles Baker , code name of David Lewis (Saint) (1617–1679), English Roman Catholic priest and martyr
• Charles Baker (soccer player) (1870-1940), English soccer player
• Charles Baker (Politician) , American Politician (Socialist Party of America)
• Charles Baker (actor) (born 1971), American actor
• Charles Arnold-Baker (born Wolfgang Charles Werner von Blumenthal ; 1918–2009), British historian
• Charles Duane Baker , known as Charlie Baker (born 1956), American politician
• Charles Fuller Baker (1872–1927), British entomologist and botanist
• Charles Henry Baker (born 1955), Haitian industrialist
• Charles S. Baker (1839–1902), American politician
• Charlie Baker (born 1956), American politician
• Chet Baker (1929–1988), American jazz musician
• Chris Baker (Author) (born 1948), British author
• Chris Baker (chess player) (* 1958), English chess player
• Chris Baker (screenwriter) , British screenwriter
• Chris Baker (soccer player) (born 1985), Canadian soccer player
• Chris Baker ( American football player ) (* 1987), American football player
• Chris Baker (athlete) (born 1991), British high jumper
• Claire Brennan-Baker (* 1971), Scottish politician
• Clive Baker (soccer player, 1932) (1932-2010), English soccer player and coach
• Clive Baker (racing driver) (born 1942), British automobile racing driver
• Clive Baker (soccer player, 1959) (born 1959), English soccer player
• Clyde N. Baker (* 1930), American civil engineer
• Colin Baker (born 1943), English actor
• Conrad Baker (1817–1885), American politician

D.

• David Baker (musician) (1931–2016), American jazz musician
• David Baker (composer) , American pianist and Broadway composer
• David Baker , American rock musician, co-founder of Mercury Rev
• David Baker (biochemist) (* 1962), American biochemist
• David Baker (cyclist) (born 1965), British mountain bike rider
• David Baker (Poker Player, 1972) ( Original David Baker ; * 1972), American poker player
• David Baker (actor) , actor
• David Baker (snooker player) , British snooker player
• David Baker (Poker Player, 1986) ( Bakes ; * 1986), American poker player
• David Baker-Gabb , New Zealand ornithologist
• David Aaron Baker (born 1963), American actor
• David J. Baker (1792–1869), American lawyer and politician
• Dean Baker (* 1958), American economist and publicist
• Denys Val Baker (1917–1984), British writer
• Diane Baker (born 1938), American actress
• Dorothy Baker (1907–1968), American writer
• Duck Baker (born 1949), American musician
• Dylan Baker (born 1959), American actor

E.

• Eddie Baker (actor) (1897–1968), American actor
• Eddie Baker (musician) (1927–2018), American jazz musician
• Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864–1949), British botanist and pharmacist
• Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864–1944), British ornithologist
• Edward Dickinson Baker (1811–1861), American politician
• Edythe Baker (1899–1971), American pianist and dancer
• Ella Baker (1903–1986), American civil rights activist
• Ellen S. Baker (* 1953), American astronaut
• Elsie Baker (1886–1958), American singer (alto) and reciter
• Eric Baker (1920–1976), English human rights activist
• Erin Baker (* 1961), New Zealand triathlete
• Ernest Hamlin Baker (1889–1975), American illustrator
• Erwin George Baker (1882–1960), American motorcycle and automobile racer, promoter and entrepreneur, known to the public as "Cannon Ball Baker"
• Etta Baker (1913-2006), American blues musician
• Ezra Baker (around 1765– ??), American politician
• Ezra R. Baker (1913–1990), American film producer, film director and film actor

F.

• Florence Baker (1841–1916), British African explorer
• Frank Baker (Medical Doctor) (1841-1918), American medical doctor and university professor
• Frank Baker (baseball player) (1886–1963) American baseball player
• Frank Baker (actor) (1892–1980), Australian actor
• Frank Baker (writer) (1908–1982) British writer, screenwriter, actor and musician
• Frank Collins Baker (1867–1942), American malacologist and ecologist
• Fred Baker (Filmmaker) (1932–2011), American filmmaker, actor, and jazz musician
• Fred Baker (DJ) (actually Frédéric de Backer ; * 1972), Belgian DJ and producer
• Fred T. Baker (* 1960), British bassist and guitarist
• Frederick Baker (1965–2020), British-Austrian film director

G

• Gary Baker (* 1952), American producer and songwriter
• Geoffrey Baker (musicologist) ( Geoffrey John Baker ; * 1970), British musicologist
• Geoffrey Harding Baker (1912-1980), British field marshal
• Geoffrey Howard Baker (born 1931), British art historian
• Geoffrey Hunter Baker (1916-1999), British diplomat
• George Baker (ca.1880–1965), American religious leader, see Father Divine
• George Baker (singer) (1885–1976), English singer
• George Baker (actor) (1931-2011), British actor
• George Baker (* 1944), Dutch musician, see George Baker Selection
• George C. Baker (* 1951), American musician and doctor
• George Pierce Baker (theater teacher) (1866–1935), American literary scholar and theater teacher
• George Pierce Baker (economist) (1903–1995), American economist and university professor
• George W. Baker (1917–1996), British diplomat
• Georgia Baker (* 1994), Australian cyclist
• Gerry Baker (1938-2013), American-Scottish soccer player
• Gilbert Baker (Bishop) ( John Gilbert Hindley Baker ; around 1910–1986), British clergyman, Bishop of Hong Kong and Macau
• Gilbert Baker (artist) (1951-2017), American artist and LGBT activist
• Gilbert Baker (Politician) ( Gilbert R. Baker ; * 1956), American politician
• Ginger Baker (1939-2019), British drummer

H

• Harold Shorty Baker (1914–1966), American trumpeter
• Henry Baker (polymath) (1698–1774), English polymath
• Henry Frederick Baker (1866–1956), British mathematician
• Henry G. Baker (* 1912), British computer scientist
• Henry Moore Baker (1841–1912), American politician
• Henry Williams Baker (1821–1877), Anglican clergyman
• Herbert Baker (1862–1946), British architect and town planner
• Herbert Brereton Baker (1862-1935), English chemist
• Hinemoana Baker (* 1968), New Zealand poet and singer-songwriter
• Hobey Baker (1892-1918), American ice hockey player
• Horace Burrington Baker (1889–1971), American zoologist
• Houston A. Baker (* 1943), American literary critic
• Howard Baker (1892–1987), British high jumper and football player, see Benjamin Howard Baker
• Howard Baker (1925–2014), American politician
• Howard Henry Baker Sr. (1902–1964), American politician

I.

• Ian Baker (born 1947), Australian cameraman
• Ian Baker-Finch (* 1960), Australian golfer
• Irene Baker (1901–1994), American politician
• Isaac Baker Brown (1811–1873), British gynecologist

J

• J. Thompson Baker (1847-1919), American politician
• Jack Baker (1947–1994), American actor
• James Baker (* 1930), American politician
• James G. Baker (1914–2005), American astronomer and camera developer
• James H. Baker (1829–1913), American politician
• James M. Baker (* 1942), American politician
• James McNair Baker (1821-1892), American lawyer and politician
• James Robert Baker (1946–1997), American screenwriter
• Jamie Baker (ice hockey player) (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player and radio commentator
• Jamie Baker (tennis player) (born 1986), Scottish tennis player
• Janet Baker (born 1933), English singer (mezzo-soprano)
• Jean-Claude Baker (1943–2015), French-American restaurateur
• Jean-Luc Baker (* 1993), American figure skater
• Jeff Baker (* 1981), German baseball player
• Jehu Baker (1822–1903), American politician
• Jim Baker (soccer player) ( James William Baker ; 1891–1966), English soccer player
• Jim Baker (actor, 1941) (born 1941), American actor
• Jim Baker (musician) (born 1950), American musician
• Jim Baker (actor, 1966) (born 1966), British actor
• Jim Baker (politician) , Canadian politician
• Jimmy Baker (football player, 1897) ( James Seymour Baker ; 1897–1975), English football player
• Jimmy Baker (soccer player, 1904) ( James Edward Baker ; 1904–1979), Welsh soccer player
• Joann Baker (* 1960), Canadian swimmer
• Joby Baker (born 1934), Canadian actor
• Joe Baker (1940-2003), English football player and coach
• Joe Don Baker (born 1936), American actor
• John Baker (politician, 1488) (1488–1558), British politician
• John Baker (dentist) († 1796), American dentist
• John Baker (politician, 1769) (1769-1823), American politician (Virginia)
• John Baker (politician, 1813) (1813–1872), Australian politician
• John Baker (Politician, 1828) (1828–1908) British politician
• John Baker (politician, 1867) (1867–1939) British politician
• John Baker (officer) (1897–1978), British Air Force officer
• John Baker (biologist) (1900-1984), British biologist
• John Baker (engineer) (1901–1985), British civil engineer and university professor
• John Baker (Bishop) (1928–2014), British theologian, Bishop of Salisbury
• John Baker (writer) (born 1942), British writer
• John Baker (racing driver) (born 1950), American automobile racing driver
• John Baker (water diver) (* 1951), British water diver
• John Baker (soccer player) , Ghanaian soccer player
• John Gilbert Baker (1834-1920), British botanist
• John Harris Baker (1832–1915), American politician
• Jonathan Baker (racing driver) (born 1959), British racing driver
• Jonathan Baker (producer) (born 1962), American producer
• Jonathan Baker (Bishop) (born 1966), British clergyman, Bishop of Ebbsfleet
• Josephine Baker (1906–1975), American singer, dancer, and actress
• Joshua Baker (1799–1885), American politician
• Julius Baker (1915–2003), American flautist

K

• Kage Baker (1952-2010), American writer
• Kathleen Baker (* 1997), American swimmer
• Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (1901–1957), British algologist
• Kathy Baker (born 1950), American actress
• Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking (born 1934), British politician
• Kenneth Frank Baker (1908-1996), American plant pathologist
• Kenny Baker (entertainer) (1912–1985), American singer and actor
• Kenny Baker (jazz musician) (1921–1999), British jazz musician
• Kenny Baker (country musician) (1926-2011), American country musician
• Kenny Baker (actor) ( Kenneth George Baker ; 1934-2016), British actor
• Keshia Baker (* 1988), American sprinter
• Kristin Baker (* 1975), American painter
• Kyle Baker (born 1965), American cartoonist

L.

• Lafayette C. Baker (1826–1868), American spy
• LaMar Baker (1915-2003), American politician
• Laurence Simmons Baker (1830-1907), American brigadier general
• Laurie Baker (architect) ( Laurence Wilfred Baker ; 1917–2007), British-Indian architect
• Laurie Baker (ice hockey player) (* 1976), American ice hockey player and coach
• Lawrence Baker (1890–1980), American tennis player
• LaVern Baker (1929–1997), American singer
• Leigh-Allyn Baker (born 1972), American actress
• Lena Baker (1900–1945), American justice victim
• Lennie Baker (1918-2008), British ice hockey player
• Lenny Baker (1945–1982), American actor
• Leslie David Baker (born 1958), American actor
• Lewis Baker (born 1995), English football player
• Lorraine Baker (born 1964), British athlete
• Lucien Baker (1846–1907), American politician
• Lucy Baker (* 1955), American painter
• Lynne Rudder Baker (1944–2017), American philosopher

M.

• Malcolm Baker (* 1969), American rower
• Marcus Baker (1849–1903), American cartographer
• Mark Baker (actor, 1910) ( Mark George Bakarian ; 1910–1972), American actor
• Mark Baker (actor, 1946) (born 1946), American actor
• Mark Baker (actor, III) , actor
• Mark Baker (animator) (born 1959), British animator
• Mark C. Baker (* 1959), American linguist and university professor
• Mark Linn-Baker (born 1954), American actor and director
• Mary Baker (1791-1865), English impostor , see Carabu
• Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910), American author and religious founder
• Mary Francis Baker (1876–1941), American botanist
• Mashu Baker (* 1994), Japanese judoka
• Mathew Baker (1530-1613), English mathematician
• Melissa Baker (* 1987), American model
• Michael Baker (musician) , American drummer, composer and producer
• Michael Baker-Harber (* 1945), British sailor
• Michael A. Baker (* 1953), American astronaut
• Michael John Baker (born 1935), British economist
• Mickey Baker (1925–2012), American singer
• Mike Baker (1963-2008), American singer
• Mishell Baker , American fantasy writer
• Mitchell Baker (* 1959), American manager
• Mona Baker (* 1953), translation scholar

N

• Nathan Baker (born 1991), English football player
• Nathaniel B. Baker (1818–1876), American politician
• Neal T. Baker (1924-2008), American entrepreneur
• Newman Taylor Baker (born 1943), American jazz musician
• Newton Diehl Baker junior (1871–1937), American politician
• Nicholas Baker (* 1957), Cayman Islands cyclist
• Nicholson Baker (born 1957), American writer
• Nick Robinson-Baker (* 1987), British water diver
• Norma Jeane Baker , maiden name of Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), American actress
• Norman Baker (politician) (born 1957), British politician
• Norman Baker (architect) (1885–1968), American architect
• Norman Baker (researcher) (1929-2017), American researcher, navigator on Ra , Ra II and Tigris
• Norman G. Baker (1882–1958), American faith healer, radio presenter, inventor, and politician

O

• Olivia Baker (* 1979), New Zealand weightlifter
• Orville D. Baker (1847–1908), American lawyer and politician
• Osmyn Baker (1800–1875), American politician
• Oswald Baker (1915-2004), British priest
• Ox Baker (1934-2014), American wrestler

P

• Peter Baker (writer) ( Peter Gorton Baker; * 1926), writer and journalist
• Peter Baker (soccer player, 1931) (1931-2016), English soccer player and coach
• Peter Baker (soccer player, 1934) (born 1934), English soccer player
• Peter Baker (English studies) (* 1955), American English studies
• Peter Baker (Golfer) (* 1967), English golfer
• Peter Edward Baker, real name of Ginger Baker (1939-2019), British drummer
• Philip Baker (chess player) (* 1880 or 1881; † 1932), Irish chess player
• Philip Baker Hall (born 1931), American actor
• Philip Noel-Baker (1889–1982), British athlete and politician
• Philippa Baker (* 1963), New Zealand rower

R.

• Ray Stannard Baker (1870-1946), American journalist and writer
• Reginald Baker (1884–1953), Australian athlete and actor
• Renée Baker (* 1957), American musician and composer
• Richard Baker (politician, I) , English politician
• Richard Baker (Author) (1568-1645), English author and chronicler
• Richard Baker (theologian) (1741-1818), English theologian
• Richard Baker (politician, 1830) (1830-1915), Australian politician
• Richard Baker (Senate President) (1842–1911), Australian politician and Senate President
• Richard Baker (journalist) (1925–2018), British journalist, newscaster and producer
• Richard Baker (musician) , musician
• Richard Baker (game developer) , American game developer and author
• Richard Baker (composer) (born 1972), British composer and conductor
• Richard Baker (politician, 1974) (born 1974), Scottish politician
• Richard Baker (manager) , American manager
• Richard A. Baker , American botanist
• Richard Allan Baker (* 1940), American historian
• Richard Colson Baker , maiden name of Machine Gun Kelly (rapper) (* 1990), American rapper
• Richard Dudley Baker (* 1936), American Zen master
• Richard H. Baker (* 1948), American politician
• Richard Thomas Baker (1854–1941), Australian botanist
• Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker (1801-1880), British politician
• Rick Baker (* 1950), American makeup artist
• Robert Baker (politician) (1862–1943), American politician
• Robert Baker (ice hockey player) (1926-1994), American ice hockey player
• Robert Baker (actor, 1940) (1940–1993), American actor
• Robert Baker (actor, 1979) (born 1979), American actor
• Robert Barney Baker (1930-1995), American mafioso
• Robert C. Baker (1921-2006), American nutritionist
• Robert J. Baker ( Robert James Baker ; 1942-2018), American zoologist
• Robert Joseph Baker (* 1944), American clergyman, Bishop of Birmingham
• Robert S. Baker (1916–2009), English film director
• Roger Baker (born 1946), American handball player
• Rollin H. Baker (1916-2007), American zoologist
• Ronnie Baker (* 1969), English basketball player
• Rosalind Baker (* 1941), Australian author and editor
• Roy Baker (sound engineer) (1927–2011), British sound engineer and sound designer
• Roy Baker (racing driver) (1936–2002), British automobile racing driver and racing team owner
• Roy Thomas Baker (* 1946), British music producer
• Roy Ward Baker (1916-2010), British film director and producer
• Russell Baker (1925–2019), American journalist, humorist

S.

• Sala Baker (born 1976), New Zealand actor
• Sam Baker ( American football player , 1930) ( Loris Hoskins Baker ; 1930–2007), American football player
• Sam Baker (journalist) (born 1966), British journalist
• Sam Baker ( American football player , 1985) ( Samuel David Baker ; * 1985) American football player
• Sam Aaron Baker ( Samuel Aaron Baker ; 1874–1933), American politician
• Sami Al-Baker (* 1971), Saudi Arabian fencer
• Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), English explorer of Africa
• Sarah Baker , Canadian actress
• Scott Baker (* 1947), American writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror literature
• Sean Baker (actor) , actor
• Sean Baker (director) (born 1971), American director, screenwriter, cameraman and producer
• Sean Baker ( American football player ) (born 1988), American football player
• Sharisse Baker-Bernard , American actress
• Shaun Baker , British DJ
• Shirley Baker (1932-2014), British photographer
• Shirley Waldemar Baker (1836–1903), English missionary and politician
• Simon Baker (athlete) (born 1958), Australian walker
• Simon Baker (born 1969), Australian actor
• Simon Baker (squash player) (* 1973), Australian-German squash player
• Stanley Baker (1928–1976), British actor
• Stephen Baker (Politician, 1819) (1819–1875), American politician (New York)
• Stephen Baker (Author) (1921-2004), British author of Austrian origin
• Stephen Baker (politician, 1946) (born 1946), Australian politician
• Stephen Baker (game designer) , British game designer
• Steve Baker (racing driver) (* 1952), American motorcycle racer
• Steve Baker (musician) (born 1953), British blues musician
• Steve Baker (ice hockey player) (born 1957), American ice hockey goalkeeper
• Steve Baker (soccer player, 1962) (born 1962), English soccer player
• Steve Baker (soccer player, 1978) (born 1978), English soccer player
• Steve Baker (politician) (* 1971), British politician
• Susan Baker (* 1946), German dancer and choreographer
• Suzanne Baker (* 1939), Australian film producer and journalist

T

• Terry Baker (born 1941), American football player and basketball player
• Thane Baker ( Walter Thane Baker ; * 1931), American sprinter
• Theodore Baker (1851–1934), American musicologist, translator and lexicographer
• Tom Baker (politician) (around 1932-2015), Canadian politician
• Tom Baker (born 1934), British actor and comedian
• Tom Baker (musician) (1952–2001), Australian-American jazz musician
• Tonisha Baker (* 1990), American basketball player
• Tony Baker (born 1964), American football player
• Troy Baker (* 1976), American voice actor and musician

V

• Valentine Baker ( Baker Pasha ; 1827-1887), British officer and Ottoman-Egyptian general
• Vanessa Baker (* 1974), Australian water diver
• Victor R. Baker (* 1945), American geologist and university professor
• Vin Baker (born 1971), American basketball player
• Vivian Baker (makeup artist) , 2009 American Emmy winner
• Vivian Baker, pseudonym of Jürgen Duensing (* 1941), author of notebooks

W.

• Walter C. Baker (1868–1955), American engineer and company founder, see Baker Motor Vehicle Company
• Walter David Baker (1930–1983), Canadian politician
• Walter Ransom Gail Baker (1892–1960), American electrical engineer
• Walter Thane Baker (* 1931), American athlete, see Thane Baker
• Wendy Baker (born 1964), Canadian hockey player
• William Baker (businessman) (1705-1770) British businessman and politician
• William Baker (architect) (1705–1771), English architect
• William Baker (engineer) (1817–1878), British railway engineer
• William Baker (politician) (1831–1910), American politician
• William Baker (Designer) (* 1973), English designer, stylist, author and theater director
• William Benjamin Baker (1840–1911), American politician
• William Eli Baker (1873–1954), American lawyer and judge
• William F. Baker (* 1953), American engineer
• William H. Baker (1827–1911), American politician
• William J. Baker (* 1972), British botanist
• William O. Baker (1915-2005), American science entrepreneur
• William P. Baker (* 1940), American politician
• William R. Baker (1820–1890), American politician
• Woolford Bales Baker (1892-1993), American biologist

Y

• Yazmeen Acikgoez-Baker (* 1979), German actress
• Yvette Baker (* 1968), British orienteer

Z

• Zene Baker , American film editor
• Zoe Baker (* 1976), British-New Zealand swimmer

See also

• Baker
• Bakker
• Baker (disambiguation)