Duke (disambiguation)
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A Duke or Grand Duke is a title of nobility for aristocrats of very high rank.
Duke, Dukes, or The Duke may also refer to:
People
- Duke (surname)
- Dukes (surname)
- Duke Ihenacho (born 1989), American National Football League player
- Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian athlete
- Duke McKenzie (born 1963), British retired boxer
- Duke Worne (1888-1933), American silent film director and actor
- Duke (nickname)
Fictional characters
- Duke (G.I. Joe), from the G.I. Joe TV series, toy line and comic book series
- Duke the Lost Engine, from The Railway series
- Uncle Duke, from Doonesbury
- Tony "Duke" Evers, in the Rocky films
- Duke Lavery, on the American soap opera General Hospital
- Duke, from KOF: Maximum Impact
- Duke of New York, aka "The Duke, A Number One", gang leader in Escape from New York
- Duke, the dog from the animated film Barnyard and its television spin-off Back at the Barnyard
- Duke Nukem (character), fictional character and action hero who has been the protagonist in over a dozen video games
- Duke, protagonist of the eponymous novel by Hal Ellson
Film and television
- The Duke (TV series), 1954
- The Duke (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, an animated spinoff of The Dukes of Hazzard
- The Dukes (film), a 2007 film
Music
- Dukes (band), a rock group from New Zealand
- The Dukes (Australian band), rock band
- The Dukes (band), a band featuring Miller Anderson and Jimmy McCulloch and their album The Dukes
- Duke (musician), a British vocalist/songwriter/composer/producer
- Rich Ward, guitarist of metal band Fozzy whose stage name is "The Duke"
- Duke Records, a Memphis, Tennessee record label active from 1952 to 1973
- Duke (album) (1980), by Genesis
- The Duke (album) (2006), by Jørn Lande
- The Duke (2012), by Joe Jackson
- "The Duke" (Dave Brubeck song), a jazz standard penned by Dave Brubeck
- "The Duke", a song by Blind Melon from Soup
- MC Duke, a British rapper
Sports
- Duke Blue Devils, the athletic program of Duke University (listed in "Other uses" below)
- The Duke (racehorse), a 19th-century racing champion
- Albuquerque Dukes, a former Triple A Baseball team
- Duquesne Dukes, the athletic program of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh
- James Madison Dukes, the athletic program of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia
- Wellington Dukes, a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Duluth-Superior Dukes (1960-1970 team), a minor league baseball team
- Kansas City T-Bones, a professional basesball team formerly known as the Duluth-Superior Dukes (1993–2002)
- Ingolstadt Dukes, an American football team from Ingolstadt, Germany
Business
- Dukes Aerospace, a valve manufacturer and subsidiary of TransDigm Group
- Duke Energy, a producer of gas and electric services in the United States
- Duke Video, Motorsport DVD distributor based in the Isle of Man
- Duke's, an Indian soft drink brand of Duke and Sons
Transportation
- Beechcraft Duke, a twin-engined airplane developed by Beechcraft in the 1960s and manufactured until 1983
- Duke motorcycles, created by KTM, such as 690 Duke and the 390 Duke
- The Duke, a short-lived 0-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1817 by George Stephenson for the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
Places
- Duke, Missouri, an unincorporated community
- Duke Township, Harnett County, North Carolina
- Duke Township, Jackson County, Oklahoma - see List of Oklahoma townships
Dogs
- Duke, family pet in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies
- Duke, anthropomorphic dog with a southern accent in the comic Kelly & Duke
- Duke, a golden retriever who appears in commercials of Tennessee food producer Bush Brothers and Company (Bush's Baked Beans)
- Duke, the dog from films such as Barnyard and Back at the Barnyard
Other uses
- Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina
- HMS Duke, various ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy
- Dukes classification, a system for classifying colorectal cancers
- Duke (mascot), the mascot of the Java programming language
- Duke language, an Oceanic language
- Duke Field, a US Air Force airport in Florida
- Forward Operating Base Duke, a former US base in Iraq
- Duke, an old English paper size measuring 7×5.5 inches (178×140 mm)
- Duke butterflies, species of the brush-footed butterfly genera
- Dukes, a borough in Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV
- Duke, an electronic countermeasure (jammer) specifically designed for radio-controlled improvised explosive devices (RCIED)
- The Dukes, formerly known as the Duke's Playhouse, a theatre in Lancaster, England