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Croke (surname)

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Croke is a surname from Olde Norse meaning 'bent' or 'crooked'.

People with this surname include

  • Richard Croke (c.1489–1558), an English classical scholar, and a royal tutor and agent
  • Sir John Croke (1553–1620) was Speaker of the English House of Commons from October to December 1601
  • Sir George Croke (c.1560–1642), a Justice of the King's Bench and Common-Pleas, but best known for his law Reports
  • Charles Croke (died 1657), an English clergyman and Gresham Professor of Rhetoric
  • Thomas Croke (1824–1902), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly in Ireland
  • William Joseph Croke (1840 –1869), a Nova Scotia lawyer and political figure

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