Duke (disambiguation)

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

**Duke** or **Dukes** may also be:

### Surname

- See Duke (surname) and Dukes (surname)

### Nickname

- 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
- Duke Ellington, jazz musician
- Nathan Ellington, English footballer
- Paul Lo Duca, Major League Baseball catcher
- Dušan Fabian, Slovak author
- Orlando Hernández, "El Duque" - Major League Baseball pitcher
- Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian athlete
- Duke Snider, former center fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers
- Mark Viduka, Australian soccer player
- Rich Ward, guitarist of metal band Fozzy
- John Wayne, American actor

### 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_
- Duke, character 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 movies such as _Barnyard_ and _Back at the Barnyard_
- Duke Nukem (character), fictional character and action hero who has been the protagonist in over a dozen video games.

## Movies and television

- _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_, an animated spinoff of _The Dukes of Hazzard_

## Music

- _The Duke_ (album), album by Jørn Lande, 2006
- _Duke_ (album), by Genesis, March 1980
- 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
- MC Duke, a British rapper
- Duke Records, a Memphis, Tennessee record label active from 1952 to 1973
- "The Duke" (Dave Brubeck song), a jazz standard penned by Dave Brubeck
- "The Duke", a song by Blind Melon from _Soup_

## Sports

- 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)
- The Dukes, sports team from Garber High School in Essexville, Michigan

## Business

- Dukes Aerospace, a valve maker and part 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
- Duke motorcycles created by KTM such as '620 Duke', '640 Duke II', '690 Duke'
- _The Duke_, a short-lived 0-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1817 by George Stephenson for the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway

## 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
- Duke, the dog from movies such as _Barnyard_ and _Back at the Barnyard_

## Other uses

- Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina
- Dukes classification, a system for classifying colorectal cancers
- Duke (mascot), the mascot of the Java programming language
- Duke language, an Oceanic language
- The Duke Endowment, an American philanthropic organization
- _Duke_, an old English paper size measuring 7x5.5 inches (178x140 mm)
- Duke butterflies, species of the brush-footed butterfly genera

## Related pages

- Duchess (disambiguation)