Drake Explained

Drake may refer to:

Animals and creatures

• A male duck
• Drake (mythology), a term related to and often synonymous with dragon

People and fictional characters

• Drake (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the family name
• Drake (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
• Drake (musician) (born 1986), Canadian rapper, singer, and actor Aubrey Drake Graham

Places

United States

• Drake, Arizona, an unincorporated community
• Drake, Colorado, an unincorporated community
• Drake, Illinois, an unincorporated community
• Drake, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Drake, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Drake, North Dakota, a town
• Drake, North Carolina, a place in Nash County near Dr. Franklin Hart Farm
• Drake, South Carolina, an unincorporated community
• Drake Park, Bend, Oregon
• Drake Peak, Oregon

Antarctica

• Drake Passage, between Cape Horn and Antarctica
• Drake Head, Oates Land, a headland
• Drake Icefall, Ellsworth Land

Australia

• Drake County, New South Wales, Australia
• Drake, New South Wales, a parish and rural community

Elsewhere

• Drake, Saskatchewan, Canada, a village
• Drake (Lewisham ward), a former electoral ward of Lewisham London Borough Council that existed from 1964 to 2002
• Drake (Plymouth ward), a ward in the city of Plymouth, United Kingdom

Ships

• , several British Royal Navy ships
• Drake-class cruiser, a Royal Navy class of armoured cruisers in service up to 1920
• Pasha Bulker, later renamed Drake, a bulk carrier launched in 2006
• Drake (ship), various ships

Schools and educational facilities

• Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, United States
  • Drake Bulldogs, the school's athletic program
  • Drake Stadium (1904), an outdoor multiuse sports field at Drake University from 1904 to 1925
  • Drake Stadium (Drake University), a sports facility on the campus
  • Drake Fieldhouse, an athletic facility
• Drake Stadium (UCLA), University of California, Los Angeles
• Drake Field (stadium), Auburn University
• Drake Performance and Event Center, Ohio State University
• J. F. Drake Middle School, Auburn, Alabama
• O. B. Drake Middle School, Arvada, Colorado
• Drake Planetarium and Science Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Other uses

• Battle of Goodenough Island or Operation Drake, a World War II battle
• Drake Supermarkets, an Australian chain
• Drake Hotel (disambiguation)
• Drake baronets, three titles in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain
• Drake Street, Hong Kong
• Drake Field, a public-use airport south of Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Drake, two variants of the Goodyear Duck 1940s American light amphibious aircraft
• Drake Memorial Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, notable as a locale for crimes by serial killer Donald Harvey
• The Drake, the fictional hotel that is the subject of the American TV series 666 Park Avenue

See also

• R. L. Drake Company, electronics manufacturer
• Drake equation
• Drake Fountain, Chicago, Illinois
• Drake House (disambiguation)
• Drake Well, an oil well in Pennsylvania which sparked the first oil boom in the United States
• Drake's (disambiguation), a list of Drake's and Drakes