Duke (nickname)
Duke or The Duke is a nickname of:
- Duke Aiona, American politician
- Duke Brett, American Major League Baseball pitcher and minor league manager
- Duke Carmel, American former Major League Baseball player
- Duke Cunningham, American former US Navy fighter pilot and disgraced politician
- George Deukmejian, former Governor of California
- David Dickinson, British antiques expert and television presenter
- Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts and Democratic Presidential nominee
- Duke Ellington, American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader
- Nathan Ellington, English footballer nicknamed "The Duke" after the jazz bandleader
- Duke Erikson, American songwriter, producer, musician and co-founder of the alternative rock band Garbage
- Duke Esper, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer
- Duke Farrell, American Major League Baseball catcher
- Dušan Fabian, Slovak author
- Duke Harris, Canadian former hockey player
- Robert P. Hedman, American pilot, Flying Tigers "ace in a day"
- Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley, former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC
- Duke Iversen, American football player
- Duke Jordan, American jazz pianist
- Duke Keats, Canadian hockey player in the National Hockey League and other leagues
- Wellington Mara, American National Football League executive and co-owner of the New York Giants
- Duke Nalon, American race car driver
- Duke Pearson, American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader
- Duke Reid, Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner
- Duke Robillard, American blues musician
- Duke Roufus, American former kickboxer and coach
- Duke Shelley, American football player
- Duke Sims, American retired Major League Baseball catcher
- Duke Slater, African-American college and professional football player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Duke Snider, American Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player
- John Wayne, American actor
- Duke Worne, American silent film director and actor