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
• 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 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 Reid (1915–1975), Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner
• Duke Robillard (born 1948), American blues musician
• Duke Roufus (born 1970), American former kickboxer and coach
• 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

See also

• Orlando Hernández, Major League Baseball pitcher nicknamed "El Duque"
• Mark Viduka (born 1975), Australian retired soccer player nicknamed "Big Dukes"