Famous People with Name Wakefield

Edward Jerningham Wakefield            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Edward Jerningham Wakefield: was the only son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. He was born in London, and educated in England and France.Edward Jerningham had intended to stay in New Zealand for only a few months but he found the growth of the new colony so fascinating that it was four ye

Edward Gibbon Wakefield            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Edward Gibbon Wakefield: was a British politician, the driving force behind much of the early colonization of South Australia, and later New Zealand. Wakefield, who in 1816 married Eliza Pattle (1799 – 1820), was the eldest son of Edward Wakefield (1774 – 1854) and Susanna Crash

Peter Wakefield            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Peter Wakefield: is a retired male light flyweight boxer from Australia. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's light flyweight division (– 48 kg) by Namibia's Joseph Jermia.

Myles Wakefield            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Myles Wakefield: is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles, achieving a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 46 in 2001.

Mark Wakefield            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Mark Wakefield: was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-handed slow bowler who played for Derbyshire in 1987. Wakefield played the first game in his career for Lancashire in 1985, making one second XI appearance against the Peakites. He played