Luke

Luke is a common male given name, and less commonly, a surname, and sometimes used as a shortened version of the Latin name Lucas. The name Luke is derived from the name of a region in Italy, Lucania, through the Greek "Loukas", meaning "a native of Lucania". It is the 43rd most common name in the USA, and the 2105th most common surname, with 15000 people with the surname Luke (0.006%).

Famous people known as Luke include:

• Luke the Evangelist, companion of Paul of Tarsus
• Vietnamese Martyrs, Luke Loan Ba Vu and Luke Thin Viet Pham
• Luther Campbell (born 1960), also known as Luke
• Steve Lukather (born 1957), also known as Luke
• Luke Skywalker, fictional Star wars character
• Luke Wilson (born 1971), actor
• Luke Goss (born 1968), singer and actor
• Luke Ravenstahl (born 1980), mayor of Pittsburgh, PA

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