Noakes is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Andrew Noakes, British academic and writer
Benedict Grant Noakes (born 1965), British television producer
Chris Noakes (born 1985), New Zealand rugby union player
Edward Noakes (1863–1944), English clergyman
George Noakes (1924–2008), Bishop of St Davids and Archbishop of Wales
James Nokes (died 1692), English actor
John Noakes (born 1934), British actor, presenter and television personality
John Noakes (cricketer) (1802–1840), English cricketer
Kim Noakes (born 1982), New Zealand field hockey player
Michael Noakes (born 1933), English artist and portrait painter
Rab Noakes (born 1947), Scottish singer-songwriter
Roy Noakes (1936–2002), British sculptor
Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes (born 1949), British Conservative politician and former corporate executive
Tim Noakes (born 1949), professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Cape Town
Vivien Noakes (1937–2011), English writer and literary critic
William Noake (1690–1737), High Sheriff of Berkshire in England