Persons

• See Duke (surname)
  Duke (surname)
  Duke is a surname , for which there are two possible origins.-Etymology:The first is that the surname Duke and its variant, Dukes, are both derived from the various Middle English words duc, duk, and douc, which all came from the Old French word "duc." This ultimately stemmed from the Latin dux,...
  
   and Dukes (surname)
  Dukes (surname)
  Dukes is a patronymic form of the surname Duke that originated in medieval England, of Anglo-Norman origin. The meaning is derived from son or descendant of Duke, which was originally recorded le Duc, a term used to mean "leader" before it became associated with a specific rank of the nobility...
  
  

• David Bowie
  David Bowie
  David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
  
  , English musician sometimes referred to as "The Thin White Duke"
• Randy "Duke" Cunningham
  Duke Cunningham
  Randall Harold Cunningham , usually known as Randy or Duke, is United States Navy veteran, convicted felon, and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005.Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28,...
  
  , an American fighter pilot and disgraced politician
• George Deukmejian
  George Deukmejian
  Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. born June 6, 1928) is an Armenian American politician from California who as a Republican served as the 35th Governor of California and as California Attorney General .-Early life:...
  
  , former Governor of California
• David "The Duke" Dickinson
  David Dickinson
  David Dickinson is an English antiques expert, television presenter and entrepreneur.-Biography:...
  
  , British antiques expert, television presenter
• Michael Dukakis
  Michael Dukakis
  Michael Stanley Dukakis served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants in Brookline, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, and was the longest serving...
  
  , former Governor of Massachusetts and Democratic nominee for President
• Duke Ellington
  Duke Ellington
  Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
  
  , jazz musician
• Nathan Ellington
  Nathan Ellington
  Nathan Levi Fontaine Ellington is an English footballer who plays a striker for Championship side Ipswich Town.-Non-league and Bristol Rovers:...
  
  , English footballer
• Paul Lo Duca
  Paul Lo Duca
  Paul Anthony Lo Duca is a television personality and a former Major League Baseball catcher. Previously, Lo Duca played for the Los Angeles Dodgers , Florida Marlins , New York Mets , and Washington Nationals...
  
  , Major League Baseball catcher
• Dušan "Duke" Fabian
  Dušan Fabian
  Dušan "Duke" Fabian is a Slovak horror and dark fantasy writer. He has published his first novel Invocatio Elementalium in 2006, followed by a loose sequel Pestis Draconum in 2008, as well as several short stories...
  
  , Slovak author
• Orlando Hernández
  Orlando Hernández
  Orlando Hernández Pedroso , nicknamed "El Duque", is a former Cuban right-handed baseball pitcher....
  
  , "El Duque" - Major League Baseball pitcher
• Duke Kahanamoku
  Duke Kahanamoku
  Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian swimmer, actor, lawman, early beach volleyball player and businessman credited with spreading the sport of surfing. He was a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming.-Early years:The name "Duke" is not a title, but a given name...
  
  , Hawaiian athlete
• Duke Snider
  Duke Snider
  Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider , nicknamed "The Silver Fox" and "The Duke of Flatbush", was a Major League Baseball center fielder and left-handed batter who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers , New York Mets , and San Francisco Giants .Snider was elected to the National Baseball Hall of...
  
  , former center fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers
• Mark Viduka
  Mark Viduka
  Mark Anthony Viduka is a former Australian soccer player who played as a centre forward. He captained the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany to the last 16.-Melbourne Croatia:...
  
  , Australian soccer player
• Rich Ward
  Rich Ward
  Richard Park "Rich" Ward is an American guitarist, also known by his stage name, "The Duke". Ward is best known as a founding member of Stuck Mojo, a popular and influential underground rap-metal band of the 1990s, but he is also known as lead guitarist of heavy metal band Fozzy.-Early life:Ward...
  
  , guitarist of metal band Fozzy
• John Wayne
  John Wayne
  Marion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height...
  
  , American actor

Fictional characters

• Duke (G.I. Joe)
  Duke (G.I. Joe)
  Duke is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 lines of military-themed toys. The character is featured in both the animated series and comic books. Duke is portrayed by actor Channing Tatum in the 2009 live-action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of...
  
  , from the G.I. Joe TV series, toy line and comic book series
• Duke the Lost Engine, from The Railway series
• Uncle Duke
  Uncle Duke
  Uncle Duke is a fictional character in the comic strip Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau.He is nominally Zonker Harris's uncle, albeit an "uncle by courtesy" only. Duke was originally a straightforward caricature of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S...
  
  , 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
  Escape from New York
  Escape from New York is a 1981 American science fiction action film directed and scored by John Carpenter. He co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Castle. The film is set in the near future in a crime-ridden United States that has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into a maximum security...
  
  
• Duke, the dog from films such as Barnyard
  Barnyard (film)
  Barnyard is a 2006 computer-animated family comedy film, produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures, directed by Steve Oedekerk . and produced by Steve Oedekerk, Paul Marshal, and Pam Marsden...
  
  and Back at the Barnyard
• Duke Nukem (character)
  Duke Nukem (character)
  Duke Nukem is a fictional character and action hero who has been the protagonist in over a dozen video games.The character first appeared in the 1991 video game Duke Nukem developed by Apogee Software...
  
  , fictional character and action hero who has been the protagonist in over a dozen video games.

Media

• The Duke (TV series)
  The Duke (TV series)
  The Duke was an NBC series with an unusual plot: an artistic boxer suddenly leaves the ring to open up a nightclub. This summer show was run from July 2 - September 10, 1954, starring television newcomer Paul Gilbert as the creative boxer, Duke Zenlee....
  
  , 1954
• The Duke (TV miniseries)
  The Duke (TV miniseries)
  The Duke was a TV series shown on NBC from April 5 - May 18, 1979,This mini-series was about an aging boxer who became a private investigator. This Chicago, Illinois-set series starred Robert Conrad as Oscar "Duke" Ramsey; Conrad was actually a professional fighter in his own early years.The...
  
  , 1979
• The Duke (TV talk show)
  The Duke (TV talk show)
  The Duke is TV magazine talk show cum lifestyle magazine for men, produced by AXN Asia.It is hosted by Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez, the alpha males last seen on the 2nd season of The Amazing Race Asia, and Eunice Olsen, Miss Singapore-Universe 2000 and a nominated member of parliament.Its...
  
  , 2009, TV talk show for men by AXN Asia
• The Duke (film)
  The Duke (film)
  The Duke is a 1999 film. Its plot cocerns a dog, Hubert, inheriting an English country mansion.-Plot:When the kind hearted duke of the manor dies, he leaves his estate to his Black and Tan Coonhound, Hubert, with Charlotte the Butler's niece as his guardian...
  
  , a 1999 Disney film
• The Duke (short), a 1999 short film
• The Dukes
  The Dukes
  The Dukes is an animated series which ran on CBS in 1983 based directly on the popular live-action television series The Dukes of Hazzard.-Plot:...
  
  , an animated spinoff of The Dukes of Hazzard

Music

• The Duke (album)
  The Duke (album)
  The Duke is the fourth full-length studio album by Jørn Lande. It was released under his stage name Jorn.The album features Jorn's collaboration with two guitarists Jørn Viggo Lofstad and Tore Moren for the first time together. The two had worked with Jorn before, although separately...
  
  , album by Jørn Lande, 2006
• Duke (album)
  Duke (album)
  Duke is the tenth studio album by British band Genesis, released in March 1980.-Overview:The release of Duke followed solo albums by Genesis members Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford ....
  
  , by Genesis, March 1980
• Dukes (band), a rock group from New Zealand
• The Dukes (Australian band)
  The Dukes (Australian band)
  The Dukes were a rock band from Sydney, Australia active in the early 1990s.-Biography:The band were originally called Sean Kelly and The Iron Dukes, but were renamed shortly after to The Dukes...
  
  , rock band
• The Dukes (band)
  The Dukes (band)
  The Dukes were a band formed in the late 70s. The members included singer Miller Anderson, guitarist Jimmy McCulloch, Ronnie Leahy and bassist Charles Tumahai. They toured supporting Wishbone Ash and recorded one album. The band broke up soon after Jimmy died of an overdose.The Dukes also recorded...
  
  , a band featuring Miller Anderson and Jimmy McCulloch and their album The Dukes
• Duke (musician), a British vocalist/songwriter/composer/producer
• MC Duke
  MC Duke
  MC Duke was a British rapper from the East End of London, who recorded with DJ Leader 1. He was one of the pioneers of the early British hardcore sound and later went on to record as IC3.-Biography:...
  
  , a British rapper
• Duke Records
  Duke Records
  Duke Records was an American record label, started in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1952 by David James Mattis and Bill Fitzgerald, owners of Tri-State Recording Company. Their first release was Roscoe Gordon singing "Hey Fat Girl", issued on Duke R-1, later amended to R-101.After forming a partnership...
  
  , a Memphis, Tennessee record label active from 1952 to 1973
• The Duke, a jazz standard penned by Dave Brubeck
  Dave Brubeck
  David Warren "Dave" Brubeck is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills...
  
  
• "The Duke", a song by Blind Melon from Soup

Places

• Duke University
  Duke University
  Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
  
  , a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, US
• Duke Island
  Duke Island
  Duke Island is an island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. The island is just north of the Canadian border. It is 19 km long and wide...
  
  , off the coast of Alaska
• Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway
  Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway
  Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway, DUKE, is the main expressway network in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The expressway connects New Klang Valley Expressway's Jalan Duta Interchange to Taman Hillview Interchange on Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 in Ulu Klang...
  
   or DUKE, an expressway in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Sport

• The Duke (racehorse)
  The Duke (racehorse)
  The Duke was a racehorse that won the first Great Liverpool Steeplechase at Aintree, which would be later renamed the Grand National. His rider was Captain Martin Becher after whom the famous fence Becher's Brook was named...
  
  , a 19th century racing champion
• "The Duke," the nickname of the National Football League's game ball, named after New York Giants founder Wellington Mara
  Wellington Mara
  Wellington Timothy Mara was the co-owner of the NFL's New York Giants from 1959 until his death, and one of the most influential and iconic figures in the history of the National Football League. He was the younger son of Tim Mara, who founded the Giants in 1925...
  
  
• Albuquerque Dukes
  Albuquerque Dukes
  The Albuquerque Dukes were a minor league baseball team based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.-History:The first Dukes team was formed in 1915 as part of the Class-D Rio Grande Association. The team finished in third place with a 32-25 record. Frank Huelman was the league leader in home runs,...
  
  , a former Triple A Baseball team
• The Dukes, sports team from Duquesne University
  Duquesne University
  Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...
  
   in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• The Dukes, sports team from James Madison University
  James Madison University
  James Madison University is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University...
  
   in Harrisonburg, Virginia
• The Dukes, sports team from Garber High School
  Garber High School
  Garber High School is a public high school located in Essexville, Michigan. It lies within the Essexville-Hampton school district in Bay County. Garber High School currently enrolls around 655 students in grades 9-12. It is located next to Cramer Junior High School.-History:Garber High School...
  
   in Essexville, Michigan

Transportation

• Beechcraft Duke
  Beechcraft Duke
  -Military operators:-See also:-References:*Donald, David . The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Leicesrer, UK:Blitz Editions, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X....
  
  , a twin-engined airplane
• BR Standard Class 8, steam locomotive constructed in 1954 as a prototype, Duke of Gloucester
• Duke motorcycles created by KTM
  KTM
  KTM Sportmotorcycle AG is an Austrian motorcycle, bicycle and moped manufacturer.The company was founded in 1934 by engineer Hans Trunkenpolz in Mattighofen. It started out as a metal working shop and was named Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen...
  
   such as '620 Duke', '640 Duke II', '690 Duke'
• The Duke, a shortlived 0-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1817 by George Stephenson for the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
  Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
  The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway was the first railway line in Scotland authorised by Act of Parliament, in 1808; the engineer was William Jessop. It was the first railway in Scotland to use a steam locomotive; and it was the only one in Scotland for fourteen years...
  
  

Dogs

• Duke Dog
  Duke Dog
  The Duke Dog is the official mascot for the James Madison University Dukes. 'Dukes' was made the official nickname in 1947, and was named after the University's president from 1919-1949, Samuel Page Duke. However, the bulldog was not chosen to represent the Dukes until the 1972-1973 school...
  
  , mascot of the James Madison University Dukes
• Duke, family pet in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies
  The Beverly Hillbillies
  The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr....
  
  
• Duke, anthropomorphic dog with a southern accent in the comic Kelly & Duke
  Kelly & Duke
  Kelly & Duke was a daily and Sunday comic strip drawn and written by Jack Moore and syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate. It began in 1972, then known as Kelly, but changed to Kelly & Duke title in 1974....
  
  
• Duke, a golden retriever who appears in commercials of Tennessee food producer Bush Brothers and Company
  Bush Brothers and Company
  Bush Brothers and Company is a family-owned corporation based in Knoxville, Tennessee, best known for its baked beans and more than forty other related products. It operates plants in Augusta, Wisconsin, and Chestnut Hill, Tennessee.-History:...
  
  
• Duke, the dog from films such as Barnyard
  Barnyard (film)
  Barnyard is a 2006 computer-animated family comedy film, produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures, directed by Steve Oedekerk . and produced by Steve Oedekerk, Paul Marshal, and Pam Marsden...
  
  and Back at the Barnyard

Other uses

• Dukes classification
  Dukes classification
  In 1932 the British pathologist Cuthbert Dukes devised a famous classification system for colorectal cancer. Several different forms of the Dukes classification were developed...
  
  , a system for classifying colorectal cancers
• Duke Energy
  Duke Energy
  Duke Energy , headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is an energy company with assets in the United States, Canada and Latin America.-Overview:...
  
  , a producer of gas and electric services in the United States
• Dukes Aerospace, a valve manufacturer and subsidiary of TransDigm Group
• Duke (mascot), the mascot of the Java programming language
• Duke Video
  Duke Video
  Duke Video is a video and DVD publisher specialising in motorsports.Duke Video was founded in the Isle of Man in 1981 by Peter Duke, son of six-time motorcycle World Champion Geoff Duke...
  
  , Motorsport DVD distributor based in the Isle of Man
• Duke language
  Duke language
  Duke is an Oceanic language spoken by about 2,000 people on Kolombangara island, Solomon Islands. Speakers of Duke tend to use several languages....
  
  , an Oceanic language
• Duke is an old English paper size
  Paper size
  Many paper size standards conventions have existed at different times and in different countries. Today there is one widespread international ISO standard and a localised standard used in North America . The paper sizes affect writing paper, stationery, cards, and some printed documents...
  
  , measuring 7x5.5 inches (178x140 mm)
• Duke butterflies, species of the brush-footed butterfly genera