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'''Jake''' is a modern, shortened form of the male name [[Jacob (name)|Jacob]].
Individuals named '''Jake''' include:
* [[Jake Arnott]], British novelist
* [[Jake Gyllenhaal]], actor
* [[Jake Humphrey]], children's and football presenter
* [[Jake LaMotta]], former world middleweight champion boxer who was later portrayed by Robert De Niro in the 1980 film ''Raging Bull''
* [[Jake Locker]], 2007 starting quarterback for the Washington Huskies
* [[Jake Long]], an offensive tackle for the college football Michigan Wolverines
* [[Jake Peavy]], a National League pitcher for the [[San Diego Padres]]
* [[Jake Plummer]], a National Football League quarterback
* [[Jake Roberts|Jake "the Snake" Roberts]], a [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]
* [[Jake T. Austin]], child actor
* Jake Wright, Former lead guitarist for british punk rock band "Hit or Miss"
Fictional characters named '''Jake''' include:
* ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'', title character in an animated television series which airs on Disney Channel
* Jake, a video game character in the ''[[Ape Escape series|Ape Escape]]'' series
* Jake, a pet dog of [[Betty Spaghetty]]
* Jake, the main character dog in the game [[Dog's Life]]
* Jake Fischer, a character played by [[Ashton Kutcher]] in the film [[The Guardian]].
* ''[[Jake 2.0]]'', title character in a science fiction television series that aired from 2003 to 2004 on UPN
* [[Jake Berenson]], a character from the ''Animorphs'' book series by K. A. Applegate
* [[Jake Spidermonkey]], a main character in ''My Gym Partner's a Monkey''
* [[J.J. "Jake" Gittes]], the cop turned detective and main character in Roman Polanski's 1974 movie [[Chinatown]]
'''Jake''' may also refer to:
* "The Jake," the former nickname of the Major League Baseball stadium once known as Jacobs Field, now [[Progressive Field]]
* [[Jake brake]], a particular brand of [[engine brake]]
* Jake, a slang term in the United States for [[Jamaican ginger]] extract.
* Jake leg, Jake walk; partial paralysis of the limbs, caused by an adulterant, [[tricresyl phosphate]] added to Jamaican ginger during Prohibition
* Jake, a slang term in Scotland for someone uncouth
* Jake, a slang term of high praise for a fireman or a police officer
* Jake, a slang term used in Discordianism to describe a prank, often celebrated on [[Discordian calendar#Jake Day|Jake Day]]
* Jake, a slang term in the Viz Urban Dictionary for an erection
* Jake / Bot2, one of the [[ROV]]s used during the filming of the documentary [[Ghosts of the Abyss]]
* Jake, jazz era slang meaning "great", as in "everything's jake" or "it's all jake."
* Jake, baseball slang meaning a lazy player or a half-hearted effort, i.e. "He jaked that play."
* [[Jake the Alligator Man]], an oddity on view in Long Beach, Washington
* [[Less Than Jake]], a ska punk band
* Jake, a slang term in England for rough cider
* The Japanese World War 2 reconnaissance floatplane, the [[Aichi E13A]], Allied reporting name "Jake"
* Heard to be one of the United States' strangest names
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