Blake
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The name Blake is used to refer to:
Among the most extensive landowners in Connacht from the 16th to the 19th century. Members of this Irish clan were very active in city government, and the ecclesiastical wardenship of County Galway. Sir Richard Blake was the chairman or speaker of the Assembly of Confederate Catholics. Principal estates were at Ardfry, Balglunin, Kiltullagh, Menlo, and Renville, all in County Galway.
People
- British poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake (1757-1827)
- British artist Peter Blake (1932 - )
- English Admiral Robert Blake (1599 - 1657)
- Actor Robert Blake (born 1933), of TV's Baretta
- Yachtsman Peter Blake (1948 - 2001)
- Roj Blake, a fictional character from the television serial Blake's 7
- Rob Blake, NHL Hockey player