Parkes
Parkes is a family name for the following people:
- Alexander Parkes (1813–1890), English metallurgist and inventor
- Arthur Parkes (1897–?), English football player
- Broc Parkes (* 1981), Australian motorcycle racer
- Frank Kobina Parkes , Ghanaian journalist and author
- Gregory Lawrence Parkes (* 1964), American clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop of Saint Petersburg
- Henry Parkes (1815-1896), British native Australian poet and politician
- Irving Parkes (1886–1964), Canadian athlete
- John Parkes , Australian Anglican Bishop
- Kenneth Carroll Parkes (1922-2007), American ornithologist
- Malcolm Beckwith Parkes (1930–2013), British paleographer and Middle Latin
- Mike Parkes (1931–1977), British racing car driver and engineer
- Nii Ayikwei Parkes (* 1974), Ghanaian writer and artist
- Phil Parkes (born 1950), English football player
- Phil Parkes (soccer goalkeeper, 1947) (born 1947), English soccer player
- Rupert Parkes (* 1972), birth name of Photek , British drum and bass musician
- Shaun Parkes (born 1973), British actor
- Stephen Parkes (* 1965), American clergyman and Roman Catholic Bishop of Savannah
- Trevor Parkes (* 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
- Walter F. Parkes (actually Walter Fishman ), American film producer
See also:
- Parkes, New South Wales , a small town of nearly 12,000 people in Australia
- Parkes Observatory , a radio observatory in Australia
- Parkes method
- Parks
