A Duke or Grand Duke is a title of nobility for aristocrats of very high rank.

Duke may also refer to:

Contents 1 Individuals named "Duke" 1.1 Persons 1.2 Fictional characters 2 Media 3 Music 4 Places 5 Sport 6 Transportation 7 Other 8 See also

[edit] Individuals named "Duke"

[edit] Persons

As a surname:

• See Duke (surname)

As a nickname, Duke may refer to:

• Duke Cunningham, an American fighter pilot and disgraced politician
• George Deukmejian, former Governor of California
• David Dickinson, British antiques expert, television presenter
• Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts and Democratic nominee for President
• MC Duke, a British rapper
• Raoul Duke, alter-ego to Hunter S. Thompson, used as both a character and a pen name
• Duke Ellington, jazz musician
• Nathan Ellington, English footballer
• Paul Lo Duca, Major League Baseball catcher
• Dušan Duke Fabian, Slovak author
• Orlando Hernández, "El Duque" - Major League Baseball pitcher
• Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian athlete
• Duke (musician), a British vocalist/songwriter/composer/producer
• Duke Snider, former center fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers
• The Dukes (Australian band), rock band
• The Thin White Duke, a persona of musician David Bowie
• Rich Ward, guitarist of metal band Fozzy
• Mark Viduka, Australian soccer player
• John Wayne, American actor

[edit] Fictional characters

• Duke, from KOF: Maximum Impact
• Duke, the dog from Barnyard and Back at the Barnyard
• Duke B. Rambert, from the Battle Arena Toshinden series
• Duke Evers, from the Rocky movie series
• Duke (G.I. Joe), from the G.I. Joe TV series, toy line and comic book series
• Duke Nukem (Captain Planet), villain from Captain Planet and the Planeteers
• Duke Nukem (character), an action hero from the Duke Nukem series
• Duke of New York, aka "The Duke, A Number One", gang leader in Escape from New York
• Duke Stepanovich, Russian bogatyr
• Duke the Lost Engine, from The Railway series
• Duke Togo, the pseudonym of adult manga character Golgo 13.
• Edmund Duke, from the StarCraft series
• Duke Devlin, from the English-language manga and Japanese versions of Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Uncle Duke, from Doonesbury

[edit] Media

• Duke Nukem (game), a popular line of video games
• Dynamite Duke, an arcade shooter.
• The Duke, the original Xbox controller
• The Duke (TV series), 1954
• The Duke (TV miniseries), 1979
• The Duke (TV talk show), 2009, TV talk show for men by AXN Asia
• The Duke (film), a 1999 Disney film
• The Duke (short), a 1999 short film
• The Dukes of Hazzard, an early 1980s television series

• The Dukes of Hazzard (movie), a film adaptation of the television series
• The Dukes, an animated spinoff of The Dukes of Hazzard

[edit] Music

• The Duke, a jazz standard penned by Dave Brubeck
• "The Duke", a song by Blind Melon from Soup
• The Duke (album), album by Jorn, 2006
• Duke (album), by Genesis, March 1980
• Duke Records, a Memphis, Tennessee record label active from 1952 to 1973
• Duke Street Records, a Canadian independent record label

[edit] Places

• Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, USA
• Duke Island, off the coast of Alaska
• Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway or DUKE, an expressway in Klang Valley, Malaysia

[edit] Sport

• The Duke (racehorse), a 19th century racing champion
• Duke Blue Devils, the athletics program of Duke University
• "The Duke," the nickname of the National Football League's game ball, named after New York Giants founder Wellington Mara

The Dukes may refer to a sports team from:

• Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia
• Garber High School in Essexville, Michigan

[edit] Transportation

• KTM Duke motorcycle, name covers several KTM models: '620 Duke', '640 Duke II', '690 Duke'
• Type 23 frigate
• Iron Duke class battleship
• HMS Iron Duke
• Beechcraft Duke, a twin-engined airplane
• The Duke, an early Scottish locomotive

[edit] Other

• Duke butterflies, species of the brush-footed butterfly genera Bassarona, Dophla and Euthalia
• Duke (dog), the golden retriever of Bush Brothers and Company, known for their secret beans recipe
• Duke Energy, a producer of gas and electric services in the United States
• Duke (mascot), the mascot of the Java programming language
• Duke Video, Motorsport DVD distributor based in the Isle of Mann

[edit] See also

• Duchess (disambiguation)

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