Sykes may refer to:
People
edit- Sir Alan Sykes, 1st Baronet, businessman and British politician
- Annette Sykes, New Zealand human rights lawyer and Māori activist
- Bob Sykes (American football), American football player
- Bob Sykes (baseball), American baseball pitcher
- Bob Sykes (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bobbi Sykes, Australian author and land rights activist
- Bryan Sykes, British academic and geneticist
- Christopher Sykes (author), British author
- Christopher Sykes (politician), British politician
- Diane S. Sykes, judge on the United States Court of Appeals
- Edmund Sykes, Catholic martyr
- Emilia Sykes, American politician
- Eric Sykes, comedic writer and actor
- Eric A. Sykes, developer of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife
- Ernest Sykes (VC), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Ernest Ruthven Sykes (1867–1954), malacologist from Great Britain
- Eugene O. Sykes (1876–1945), justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court
- Frederick Henry Sykes (1863–1917), Canadian-American educator and college president
- Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, British military officer and politician
- Gary Sykes, English Profesional boxer
- George Sykes, U.S. Army general
- Gresham Sykes (1922–2010), American sociologist and criminologist
- Homer Sykes, Canadian-born British photographer
- Congressman James Sykes (Continental Congress), lawyer and American politician
- Governor James Sykes (governor), physician and American politician
- Rod Sykes, Canadian politician
- John Sykes, rock musician
- John Sykes (American football) (1949–2019), American football player
- John Sykes (composer) (1909–1962), English composer and music teacher, born in India
- John Sykes (politician), British politician
- John H. Sykes Tampa Bay area businessman and founder of Sykes inc.
- Keifer Sykes (born 1993), American basketball player
- Sir Mark Sykes, British politician and diplomatic advisor
- Melanie Sykes (born 1970), English television and radio presenter, and model
- Nathan Sykes (born 1993), member of boy band The Wanted
- Norman Sykes (1936–2009), English footballer
- Oliver Sykes, frontman of Bring Me the Horizon
- Paul Sykes (boxer) (1946–2007), English heavyweight boxer of the 1970s and 1980s
- Paul Sykes (businessman) (born 1943), English Eurosceptic businessman, and political donor
- Paul Sykes (rugby league) (born 1981), rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s
- Paul Sykes (singer), American folksinger of the 1960s
- Sir Percy Sykes, British soldier, geographer and travel writer
- Peter Sykes (director) (1939–2006), Australian/British film director
- Peter Sykes (chemist) (1923–2003), British chemist
- Sir Richard Sykes (biochemist), businessman and university rector
- Sir Richard Sykes (diplomat), diplomat assassinated in 1979
- Richard Sykes (rugby union), Rugby player and Dakota landowner
- Stephen Sykes, ecclesiologist
- Sykes family of Sledmere
- Tatton Sykes (disambiguation)
- Thomas Sykes (Mississippi politician), African-American legislator in Mississippi during Reconstruction
- Thomas A. Sykes, African-American legislator in North Carolina and Tennessee during Reconstruction
- Thomas Hardcastle Sykes, businessman
- Timothy Sykes (born 1981), penny stock trader
- Tom Sykes, British motorcycle racer
- Wanda Sykes, comedian and actress
- William Sykes (1852–1910), English businessman
- Colonel William Henry Sykes, military officer, politician, and ornithologist
- William Robert Sykes, British railway signal engineer
Companies
edit- Sykes Bleaching Company
- Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated, a family of global companies delivering business process outsourcing services
Characters
edit- Bill Sykes, antagonist from the animated Disney film Oliver & Company
- Fredrick Sykes, one of the main antagonists of the 1993 action film The Fugitive
- Mr. Sykes, a character from the film Shark Tale, voiced by Martin Scorsese
- Sgt. Michael "Psycho" Sykes, the main character in the game Crysis Warhead, and a secondary character in Crysis
- Reverend Sykes, a character from Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird
- Robert "Pliers" Sykes, character in the game Wing Commander IV
Places
edit- Sykes, Lancashire, England
- Sykesville, Maryland, USA
- Forward Operating Base Sykes, a U.S. military base in Iraq
- Sykes Camp, a campground in California
Other
edit- 4438 Sykes, an asteroid
- Sykes (dog), a dog actor from Clifton, Oxfordshire, England
- Sykes (TV series), a British sitcom that aired on BBC 1 from 1972 to 1979
- Sykes baronets, four separate baronetcies of Great Britain or the United Kingdom
See also
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