# Sykes

Sykes may refer to:

## People

* 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
* John Sykes (1959–2024), English singer and guitarist
* 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
* Rod Sykes (1929–2025), Canadian politician from Alberta
* 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 (businessman) (1852–1910), English businessman
* Colonel William Henry Sykes, military officer, politician, and ornithologist
* William Robert Sykes, British railway signal engineer

## Companies

* Sykes Bleaching Company
* Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated, a family of global companies delivering business process outsourcing services

## Characters

* 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

* Sykes, Lancashire, England
* Sykesville, Maryland, USA
* Forward Operating Base Sykes, a U.S. military base in Iraq
* Sykes Camp, a campground in California

## Other

* 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