Noakes
Noakes is a surname of English origin. It means "near the oaks". Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrew Noakes, British academic and writer
- Benedict Grant Noakes, British television producer
- Catherine Noakes, British engineer
- Chris Noakes, New Zealand rugby union player
- David Noakes, English businessman and political candidate
- Edward Noakes, English clergyman
- George Noakes, Bishop of St Davids and Archbishop of Wales
- James Nokes, English actor
- John Noakes, British actor, presenter and television personality
- John Noakes , English cricketer
- Kim Noakes, New Zealand field hockey player
- Michael Noakes, English artist and portrait painter
- Rab Noakes, Scottish singer-songwriter
- Roy Noakes, British sculptor
- Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, British Conservative politician and former corporate executive
- Tim Noakes, professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Cape Town
- Vivien Noakes, English writer and literary critic
- William Noake, High Sheriff of Berkshire in England
Fictional characters
- John O'Noakes, John Noakes, or John Nokes, a fictitious name for a person involved in litigation
- A hobbit family in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books
