Monks, a character in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

The Monk, a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis

Monk (TV series), a television show about an obsessive-compulsive detective

A monk is a person who practices a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle. Monk may also refer to: In people:

Thelonious Monk, a jazz pianist and composer

Marty "Monk" Malone, a character from the video game The Godfather: The Game.

Monk, a slang term for Monkey

Henry Wentworth Monk, a millenarian prophet and early zionist

Adrian Monk, the title character

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, a British general and politician in the Commonwealth and Restoration period

Sophie Monk, an Australian pop singer, actress and occasional model

Monk (character class), a character class in Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop and computer role-playing games

Meredith Monk, an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer

The Monks, a 1960s rock band

Meddling Monk, a character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who

Monk (comics), a vampire-werewolf hybrid and nemesis of Batman

Gerry "The Monk" Hutch, an Irish ex-gangster.

Monk (Montreal Metro), a metro station in Montreal, Québec

The Monks (punk band), a 1970s punk band

Monk: The Mobile Magazine, a magazine featuring the adventures of Jim Crotty and Michael Lane

Monk (programming language), a programming language proprietary to SeeBeyond eGate Enterprise Application Integration tool

George William Monk, a Canadian politician

SS-Major-General Wilhelm Mohnke, one of the original 120 members of the SS-Staff Guard "Berlin" of the Nazi Germany.

Monk, band led by former Over The Rhine guitarist Ric Hordinski.