Famous People with Name Wake

Wakeley Gage            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Wakeley Gage: is a footballer English professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in The Football League for four clubs, with the majority of his appearances coming for hometown club Northampton Town.

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake: is an Australian war heroine who became the the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of World War II. She fought alongside the maquis groups of the French Resistance.Born in Roseneath, Wellington, New Zealand on 30 August 1912, her family moved to Sydney, Australia in 1914. She was two years old at the time, and the youngest and most independent of six children. Later, her father left the family to return to New Zealand, leaving her mother to raise the children. In Sydney, she attended the North Sydney Girls High School. At the age of 16, she ran away from home and worked as a nurse. With £200 she received from the will of her aunt Hinamoa, the 'disgrace' of her mother's family, she journeyed to London, then New York where she trained herself as a journalist. In the 1930s she worked in Paris. Later she worked for Hearst newspapers’ European correspondent. In 1935 she witnessed the rise of Adolf Hitler, Nazis, and saw the violence towards Jews, gays, gypsies, and protesters on the Paris streets and in Vienna.

Henry Williamson "Harry" Wake            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Henry Williamson "Harry" Wake: is a former English professional footballer. He is most famous for playing for Cardiff City in the 1925 FA Cup Final and being part of the team that won the 1927 FA Cup, although he missed the final through injury.

Brian Wake            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Brian Wake: is an English footballer, currently playing for Greenock Morton in the Scottish Football League First Division, after starting his career at non-league Tow Law. He is a striker. Wake became somewhat of a cult hero with the fans when he got over a shaky start to steer the club clear of relegation with important goals and his all-action performances.

Ramon Te Wake            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Ramon Te Wake: a transgender New Zealand television presenter and singer-songwriter.Te Wake was born in Dargaville to Maori parents Ray and Tilly Te Wake.[1] She grew up in Ascot Park, a suburb in Porirua. She moved to Wellington in the early 1990s, and then to Auckland shortly after.She released her debut EP, "The Arrival" in 2002 and toured New Zealand in R&B / Funk band Pure Funk during 1995 and 1996.Her first presenting job was for Maori Television, where she was one of three people fronting Takatapui, which is Maori Television's first ever LGBT show.[2] The show began in 2004 and still continues today. Te Wake also joined King Kapisi in presenting the Pasifika 2005 festival, televised on TV2.

John Wake            Origin/Culture/Country: English

John Wake: was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Bedfordshire. He was born in Hexham, Northumberland. Wake, who played a single match for Glamorgan Second XI in 1977, played for Bedfordshire in the Mino