Luke

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  • Years Active: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

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All Music Guide:

Otherwise known as Luther Campbell, the entrepreneur and head of 2 Live Crew since its inception in the mid-'80s, Luke is a solo project for Campbell apart from his group's releases. The first release as Luke, 1993's In the Nude, was followed by an X-rated Christmas album and a greatest-hits LP before the project signed a contract with Island for 1997's Changin' the Game. Luke's Freak Fest 2000 followed three years later; Somethin' Nasty appeared in spring 2001. In 2006 he announced that he was retiring from hip-hop and launching an adult video company. He said goodbye to his fans with the three-CD collection My Life & Freaky Times.

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Luke ( /ˈ/) is a male given name, and less commonly, a surname.

Some commentaries suggest that the name is drived from the Latin name Lucas, meaning 'man from Luciana, (a region of Italy). However, the earliest known recording of the name is from the Bible which was in existence before the Latin language was prominent. The Gospel of Luke, which was written around AD 70 to 90, and it is from here that the name was first popularised. Luke, who wrote the Gospel of Luke, was a physician who lived around AD 30 to 130 (exact years are not known), and he also wrote the Book of Acts in the Bible. Luke is also mentioned by the Apostle Paul in some of the letters Paul wrote to first-century churches.

Luke is the 21st most popular name for new babies in England and Wales, the 43rd most popular name for new babies in the United States, and the 2,105th most common surname in the US, with 15,000 people (0.006%) sharing the surname.

Variants in other languages

Afrikaans: LukasArabic: لوقا‎ (Lūqā)Albanian: LukaArmenian: Ղուկաս (Ghukas)Belarusian: Лука (Luka)Breton: LukazBulgarian: Лука (Luka)Catalan: Lluc, LluchChinese: 卢克 (Lúkè)Czech: LukášDanish: LukasDutch: LucasEsperanto: LukoFinnish: LuukasFrench: Luc, LucasGerman: LukasGreek: Ancient: Λουκᾶς (Loukas)Modern: ΛουκάςHakka: Lu-kâHebrew: לוקה ‎Croatian: LukaHungarian: LukácsIcelandic: LúkasIrish: LúcásItalian: LucaGeorgian: ლუკა (Luka)Latin: LucasMacedonian: Лука (Luka)Maltese: LuqaNorwegian: LukasPersian: لوکا ‎Piemontese: LuchPolish: Łukasz, ŁukaszekPortuguese: LucasRomanian: LucaRussian: Лука (Luka)Scottish Gaelic: LùcasSlovak: LukášSlovene: LukaSerbian: Лука (Luka)Spanish: LucasSwedish: LukasThai: ลูคาTurkish: LukaUkrainian: Лука (Luka)Venetian: ŁucaWelsh: Lŵc

People known as Luke

Luke the Evangelist, companion of Paul of TarsusVietnamese Martyrs, Luke Loan Ba Vu and Luke Thin Viet PhamLuke Brookshier (born 1971), American television writer and storyboard artistLuke Ford (born 1981), Australian actorLuke Gardiner, Irish landowner and politicianLuke Goss (born 1968), singer and actorLuke Kelly (1940–1984), folk singerLuke Howard (1772–1864), manufacturing chemist and amateur meteorologistLuke Johnson, drummer for LostprophetsLuke Perry, American actorLuke Ravenstahl (born 1980), mayor of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaLuke Short, (1854–1893) cowboy and gunfighterLuke Skywalker, protagonist of the original Star Wars trilogyLuke Tan, singer and songwriterLuke Temple, American pop-folk singer-songwriterLuke Watson, rugby playerLuke Wilson (born 1971), actorLuke Wright (born 1985), English cricketerLuke Young (born 1979), English footballerLuther Campbell (born 1960), also known as LukeSteve Lukather (born 1957), also known as LukeLucky Luke, a comic book character who is a cowboyCool Hand Luke, a character played by Paul Newman
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