Stokes (surname)
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Stokes is a surname, and may refer to:
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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
- Lydia B. Stokes, American philanthropist
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
- Rachel Montgomery Stokes (1776–1862), American landowner
- 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