Pike

Pike may refer to:

• Pike, a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity
• Pike (weapon), a long thrusting pole weapon used by infantry
• Pike (fish)
• Pike (surname)
• Pike (programming language)
• Pike (Cheerleading), a cheerleading jump
• Pike, a breakdance move
• Pike Square, military tactic developed by the Old Swiss Confederacy during the 15th century
• Pikes on Cliffs, a small rural house in Estaca de Bares, Spain
• Short for turnpike
• A main highway (sometimes a toll road)
• Pike, used as a verb, means to shorten a longbow in Archery

• Pike expedition, American exploration (1806–1807) led by Army Captain Zebulon Pike to explore the Louisiana Purchase
• Pikes Peak, mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA
• Pike's Peak Country, common name for what is now Colorado before it was organized
• Pikes peak granite, a type of granite
• Pikes Peak Marathon, annual marathon to the top of Pikes Peak
• Pikes Peak or Bust!, slogan of miners heading to Colorado during the Colorado Gold Rush

Persons named Pike

Actual Persons

• Albert Pike (1809–1891), American attorney, soldier, writer, and Confederate general
• Alfred Pike
• Austin F. Pike
• Brian Pike
• Burton Pike
• Christopher Pike (author), pseudonym of author Kevin McFadden (1954–), American writer
• Danny Pike
• Dave Pike
• Geoff Pike (author/illustrator), author of best-selling books and creator of the first video on tai-chi
• Holly Pike (contemporary), Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador, member of the New Democratic Party
• James Pike (1913–1969), American Episcopal bishop, Diocese of California
• James Shepherd Pike (19th century), journalist criticized for distorting Reconstruction era in South Carolina
• Jennifer Pike
• Jill Pike (contemporary), American radio personality
• Jim Pike
• John Pike (settler) (1572–1654), settler in Newbury, Massachusetts
• John E. Pike American science writer and political consultant
• Jonathan Pike (1949–), British architectural painter
• Kenneth L. Pike (1912–2000), American linguist and anthropologist
• Lip Pike (1845–1893), American star of 19th century baseball
• Martin Pike (1972–), Australian Football League player
• Mervyn Pike (1918–2004), British Dame of the Order of the British Empire
• Natalie Pike (1983–), English model, winner of the Miss British Isles Competition in 2004
• Otis G. Pike
• Patrice Pike
• Peter Pike (1937–), British politician, Member of Parliament (–2005), member of the Labour Party
• Rob Pike (1956–), American software engineer, worked at Bell Labs as a member of the Unix team, now works for Google
• Rosamund Pike (1979–), British actress
• Thomas Pike
• William Pike (–1591), Catholic martyr
• Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), American soldier and Exploration|explorer for whom Pikes Peak is named

Frank Pike (Canadian Soccer)

Fictional characters

• Christopher Pike (Star Trek), character in Star Trek
• Ernie Pike, Argentinian comics novel written by Hector German Oesterheld and drawn by Hugo Pratt
• Private Frank Pike, naive young bank clerk and Home Guard private in Dad's Army and It Sticks Out Half a Mile
• Joe Pike, Elvis Cole's partner in a series of private-eye novels by Robert Crais
• Pike (Buffyverse character), a character in the movie version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Luke Perry
• Pike Male elf character (skilled with a pike) in the comic book Elfquest
• Stan Shunpike from Harry Potter

Places in the United States

• Pepper Pike, Ohio
• Pike (town), New York
• Pike (village), New York
• Pike Bay Township, Minnesota
• Pike Creek, Delaware, a census-designated place
• Pike Creek Township, Minnesota
• Pike Township, Marion County, Indiana
• Pike Township, Minnesota
• Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
• Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
• Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
• Pike Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania
• Pike County, Alabama
• Pike County, Arkansas
• Pike County, Georgia
• Pike County, Illinois
• Pike County, Indiana
• Pike County, Kentucky
• Pike County, Mississippi
• Pike County, Missouri
• Pike County, Ohio
• Pike County, Pennsylvania

British mountains

• Clougha Pike, mountain in Lancashire, England
• Cold Pike, hill in the Lake District, England
• Dollywaggon Pike, fell in the Lake District, England
• Esk Pike, mountain in the Lake District, England
• Nethermost Pike, mountain in the Lake District, England
• Scafell Pike, mountain in the Lake District, England

Fish

• Blue pike, extinct freshwater fish (Stizostedion vitreum)
• Mackerel pike, fish (Cololabis Saira)
• Northern pike, carnivorous freshwater fish (Esox lucius)
• Pike, genus of fish (Esox)

Ships

• USS Pike (SS-6), Plunger-class submarine of the United States Navy 1903–1921
• USS Pike (SS-173), submarine of the United States Navy 1935–1945

Ciphers

• Pike (cipher), stream cipher invented by Ross Anderson
• Red Pike, United Kingdom government cipher

Other

• Minnesota Fighting Pike, former Arena Football League team in 1996
• The Northern Pikes, Canadian rock band
• Pike Place Market, open-air public market in Seattle, Washington, USA
• The Pike School, private day school in Andover, Massachusetts, USA
• The Pike, a tourist attraction and former amusement park in Long Beach, California, USA
• Pontop Pike Television Transmitter, British transmitter tower near the village of Dipton, County Durham, England

See also

• Pi Kappa Alpha, a fraternity
• Piker, disambiguation page
• Pyke