Luke
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Luke is a common male given name, sometimes a shortened version of the name Lucas. Luke is Hebrew for 'Light'.
Luke can refer to:
Among people:
- Luke the Evangelist, a travel companion and disciple of Paul of Tarsus and an "apostolic man", though not one of the Twelve apostles of Jesus of Nazareth
- Gospel of Luke, a book in the New Testament traditionally held to be authored by Luke the travel companion and disciple of Paul of Tarsus
- Saint Luke, archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea
- Luke Wilson, an American actor
- Luke Perry, an American actor
- Luke Walton, a professional basketball player
- Brian Wickens (known as Luke Williams), a professional wrestler
- Luke Cummo, a mixed martial arts fighter in The Ultimate Fighter
- Luke Edward Wright (1846-1922), an American politician
- Luke Pals, a screenwriter
- Luther Campbell, also known as Luke Skyywalker, a rap performer and former member of 2 Live Crew
Among characters in fiction:
- Luke Skywalker, the protagonist of the Star Wars film trilogy
- Luke Duke, a character on The Dukes of Hazzard television show
- Lucky Luke, a Belgian comic book series set in the American Old West
- Luke the Warrior, the father of Martin the Warrior in the Redwall book series
- Luke Danes, a character on Gilmore Girls
- Luke Perry, the narrator of the Sword of the Spirits trilogy of novels
- Red Hand Luke, a born-again Christian and violent loyalist psychopath in Give My Head Peace
- Luke/Halloweentown
In geography:
- Luke, Maryland, a village in western Maryland
- Luke, Kriva Palanka, a village in the Kriva Palanka municipality of Macedonia
- Luke, Estonia, a village in Estonia
Luke can also refer to:
- Cool Hand Luke, a film starring Paul Newman
- Luke Air Force Base, a large U.S. Airforce base in Arizona
- Luke (French band), a French rock band
- Luke (Danish band), a Danish electronica ensemble
- Luke, a poorly documented toolbox for accessing index files generated by Jakarta Lucene
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