List of Famous people named Ake
Aké Arnaud Loba
Aké Arnaud Loba is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Monterrey.
Åke Senning
Åke Senning was a pioneering Swedish cardiac surgeon, who implanted the first human implantable cardiac pacemaker in 1958, invented the Senning operation, and contributed to many other advances.
Åke Lindman
Åke Leonard Lindman was a Finnish director and actor.
Åke Hammarskjöld
Åke Wilhelm Hjalmar Hammarskjöld was a Swedish lawyer and diplomat. He was the first Registrar of the Permanent Court of International Justice, serving from 1922 to 1936, when he was elected to the position of judge to the same court. He served in the latter position until his death.
Åke Henriksson Tott
Åke Henriksson Tott (1598–1640) was a Finnish soldier and politician. His estates included Ekolsund in Sweden, Sjundeby in Finland, Polchow in Swedish Pomerania and Lihula in Swedish Livonia.
Åke Wallenquist
Åke Anders Edvard Wallenquist was a Swedish astronomer. He worked at the Dutch Bosscha Observatory in Indonesia between 1928 and 1935, and became assistant professor at Uppsala's Kvistabergs Observatorium in 1948. He worked originally on double stars but it was the open star clusters and their properties that became his main area of research. Wallenquist was a very active member of both the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm and the Royal Swedish Society of Sciences in Uppsala. From the 1950s onwards, he was the leading writer of popular astronomy in Sweden among the professional astronomers. His books inspired generations of young people to become interested in astronomy.
Åke Falck
Åke Falck was a Swedish film director. He directed 13 films between 1958 and 1972. His 1966 film The Princess was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.
Åke Rålamb
Åke Nordin
Åke Nordin was a Swedish entrepreneur. He was the founder of Fjällräven, a company that specializes in outdoor equipment, mainly clothing and the parent company Fenix outdoors.
Åke Fridell
Åke Fridell was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Gävle, Sweden and died in Stockholm.