Lake is an English surname.

For the numerous British and Irish baronets of that name, see:

• Lake baronets.

Other notable people with the surname include:

• Agnes Lake (1887–1972), British suffragette
• Alan Lake (1940–1984), British actor
• Alice Lake (1895–1967), American actress
• Anthony Lake (born 1939), former U.S. National Security Advisor
• Arthur Lake (disambiguation), several people
• Bill Lake (fl. 1974–present), Canadian actor
• Brandon Lake (born 1990), American worship musician
• Brian Lake (born 1982), Australian rules footballer
• Carnell Lake (born 1967), American football player
• Charles H. Lake (1879–1958), American educator and author
• Chris Lake (born 1982), English house music DJ and producer
• Dayan Lake (born 1997), American football player
• Denton D. Lake (1887–1941), New York politician
• Florence Lake (1904–1980), American actress and sister of the actor Arthur Lake
• Forrest Lake (1868–1939), American politician, banker, investor, and convict
• George Hingston Lake (1847–1900) politician of South Australia
• George Lake (footballer) (1889–1918), English footballer
• Greg Lake (1947–2016), British bass guitarist and singer
• H. Rafael Lake (1894–1958), American architect
• Harry Lake (disambiguation), several people
• Iona Lake (born 1993), British steeplechaser
• I. Beverly Lake Jr. (1934–2019), American judge, lawyer, and politician
• I. Beverly Lake Sr. (1906–1996), American judge and lawyer
• John Lake (disambiguation), several people
• James A. Lake (born 1941), American evolutionary biologist
• James Andrew Trehane Lake (c. 1840 – 1876) politician of South Australia
• Josée Lake (born 1963 or 1964), Canadian paralympic swimmer and thalidomide survivor
• Junior Lake (born 1990), Dominican baseball player
• Kerin Lake (born 1990), Welsh rugby union player
• Kirsopp Lake (1872–1946), British New Testament scholar
• Lauren Lake (born 1969), family lawyer, author, television presenter, interior designer, and background vocalist
• Leonard Lake (1945–1985), American serial killer
• Molly Lake (1900–1986), British dancer, choreographer
• Nathan Lake (born 1992), English squash player
• Patricia Lake (1923–1993), American actress and socialite
• Paul Lake (born 1968), English footballer
• Philip Lake (1865–1949), English geologist and palaeontologist
• Phipps W. Lake (1789–1860), Wisconsin politician
• Quentin Lake (born 1999), American football player
• Ricki Lake (born 1968), American actress and television personality
• Simon Lake (1866–1945), American naval engineer and inventor
• Steve Lake (born 1957), American baseball player
• Stuart Lake (baseball) (born 1971), American college baseball coach
• Suzy Lake (born 1947), Canadian artist
• Veronica Lake (1922–1973), American film actress
• Wells Lake (politician) (1772–1839), York politician
• Dame Louise Lake-Tack (born 1944), Antiguan politician

See also

• Laker (surname)
• Gary Lakes (1950–2025), American opera heldentenor

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Lake.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.