Duke (nickname)

Duke or The Duke is a nickname for:

  • Duke Aiona (born 1955), American politician
  • Duke Brett (1900–1974), American Major League Baseball pitcher (1924–1925) and minor league manager
  • Duke Carmel (born 1937), American former Major League Baseball player
  • Duke Cunningham (born 1941), American former US Navy fighter pilot and disgraced politician
  • Duke Dawson (born 1996), American football player
  • George Deukmejian (born 1928), former Governor of California
  • David Dickinson (born 1941), British antiques expert and television presenter
  • Michael Dukakis (born 1933), former Governor of Massachusetts and Democratic Presidential nominee
  • Duke Ejiofor (born 1995), American football player
  • Duke Ellington (1899–1974), American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader
  • Nathan Ellington (born 1981), English footballer nicknamed "The Duke" after the jazz bandleader
  • Duke Erikson (born 1951), American songwriter, producer, musician and co-founder of the alternative rock band Garbage
  • Duke Esper (1868–1910), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Abdul "Duke" Fakir (born 1935), American singer, last surviving original member of the Four Tops
  • Duke Farrell (1866–1925), American Major League Baseball catcher
  • Dušan Fabian (born 1975), Slovak author
  • Duke Harris (born 1942), Canadian former hockey player
  • Robert P. Hedman, American pilot, Flying Tigers "ace in a day" (Christmas Day 1941)
  • Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley (1923–2006), former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC
  • Duke Iversen (1920–2011), American football player
  • Duke Jordan (1922–2006), American jazz pianist
  • Duke Keats (1895–1972), Canadian hockey player in the National Hockey League and other leagues
  • Wellington Mara (1916–2005), American National Football League executive and co-owner of the New York Giants
  • Duke Nalon (1913–2001), American race car driver
  • Duke Pearson (1932–1980), American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader
  • Duke Reid (1915–1975), Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner
  • Duke Riley (American football) (born 1994), American football player
  • Duke Robillard (born 1948), American blues musician
  • Duke Roufus (born 1970), American former kickboxer and coach
  • Duke Shelley (born 1996), American football player
  • Duke Sims (born 1941), American retired Major League Baseball catcher
  • Duke Slater (1898–1966), African-American college and professional football player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
  • Duke Snider (1926–2011), American Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player
  • John Wayne (1907–1979), American actor
  • Duke Worne (1888–1933), American silent film director and actor

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