Chip (name)

Chip is an English given name and nickname in the United States, which is often a diminutive form of Charles or Christopher. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:

Nickname

 * Christopher “Chip” Tomlinson (born 1972)
 * Raymond Chip Ambres (born 1979), American baseball player
 * Willis Chip Arndt (born 1966), American gay activist and reality show winner
 * Charles Chip Babcock (born 1949), American attorney
 * William Chip Banks (born 1959), American football player
 * Charles Chip Beall (born 1948), American television host
 * Charles Chip Beck (born 1956), American golfer
 * John Chip Berlet (born 1949), American investigative journalist and photojournalist
 * Charles E. Bohlen (1904–1974), American diplomat
 * Arthur Chip Bok (born 1952), American editorial cartoonist
 * Earl Chip Brian (born 1970), American financial services, information technology, and construction entrepreneur
 * Harry Chip Caray (born 1965), American sports announcer
 * James "Chip" Carter, son of former US President Jimmy Carter
 * Frank Chip Cipolla (1926–1994), American sports announcer
 * Thomas Chip Coulter (born 1945), American baseball player
 * Raymond Chip Cravaack (born 1959), American politician and former US Navy pilot
 * Rudolph Chip Damiani (1945–2014), American drummer
 * Louis Chip Davis (born 1947), American musician and composer
 * John Chip Dicks (born 1951), American politician and lobbyist
 * Robert Chip Dunham, American cartoonist
 * Arthur Chip Engelland (born 1961), American basketball player and coach
 * Charles Esten (born 1965), American comedian, actor and singer
 * Laverne Chip Fields (born 1951), American singer, actress and television director
 * Francis Chip Flaherty, American film producer, publisher, and executive at SkyPath Media
 * Floyd Chip Ganassi (born 1958), American former racecar driver and current racecar owner
 * David Chip Glass (born 1971), American baseball player
 * Charles Chip Goodyear (born 1958), American businessman and member of the Goodyear family
 * C. W. Grafton (1909–1982), American crime novelist
 * Walter Chip Hale (born 1964), American baseball player and coach
 * Lee Chip Hanauer (born 1954), American motorboat racer
 * Len "Chip" Hawkes, bassist in The Tremeloes and father of Chesney Hawkes
 * William Chip Healy (1947–2019), American football player
 * Ralph Chip Ingram (born 1954), Christian pastor, author, and orator
 * Charles Chip Jett (born 1974), American professional poker player
 * George Chip Johannessen, American TV producer, writer and editor
 * Charles Chip Kelly (born 1963), American football coach
 * Charles Chip Kidd (born 1964), American graphic designer, author and editor
 * John Chip Lohmiller (born 1966), American football player
 * Alfred C. Marble Jr. (1936–2017), American Episcopal bishop
 * Edward Chip Monck (born 1939), American lighting designer and master of ceremonies at the 1969 Woodstock Festival
 * Charles Chip Mosher (1947–2021), American columnist, novelist, actor
 * Phillip Chip Myers (1945–1999), American football player
 * Charles Chip Pashayan (born 1941), American politician
 * Charles Chip Peterson (born 1987), American long-distance swimmer
 * Charles Chip Pickering (born 1963), American politician
 * David Chip Reese (1951–2007), American poker player
 * L. W. Robert Jr. (1889–1976), college athlete, engineer and government official
 * William Chip Rogers (born 1968), American former politician
 * Dale Chip Rosenbloom (born 1964), American filmmaker, director and producer, co-owner and Vice Chairman of the St. Louis Rams football franchise
 * Charles Chip Roy (born 1972), American politician
 * Joseph Chip Skowron, American financier and convicted fraudster
 * Dennis J. Chip Wilson (born 1955), Canadian-American billionaire, businessman and philanthropist
 * Jerome Chip Zien (born 1947), American stage and television actor

Given name

 * Chip Bailey (1921–1963), New Zealand communist, taxi driver and trade unionist
 * Chip Baltimore (born 1966), member of the Iowa House of Representatives
 * Chip Bell, author, keynote speaker, and consultant
 * Chip Bolcik (born 1958), American voice-over announcer and narrator
 * Chip Chalmers, theater and television director
 * Chip Chinery (born 1964), American comedian and actor
 * Chip Coffey (born 1954), American self-proclaimed psychic
 * Chip Conley (born 1960), American hotelier, hospitality entrepreneur, author, and speaker
 * Chip Cox (born 1983), Canadian football linebacker
 * Chip Deffaa, American author, jazz historian, playwright, songwriter, and director
 * Chip Duncan (born 1955), American filmmaker, author, and photographer
 * Chip Ferguson, former American football quarterback
 * Chip Foose (born 1963), American automobile designer
 * Chip Forrester, former chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party
 * Chip Foster, one half of Chip and Pepper
 * Chip Franklin (born 1957), talk show host, writer, producer, comedian, and musician
 * Chip Giller, American journalist and environmentalist
 * Chip Gubera (born 1975), American film director and producer
 * Chip Hall (born 1973), American television producer and writer
 * Chip Hanna (born 1965), drummer of U.S. Bombs and One Man Army
 * Chip Hayes (born 1956), American soap opera writer, producer and director
 * Chip Heath, American bestselling author and speaker
 * Chip Hines, Roman Catholic priest who co-hosts the CatholicTV program Spotlight
 * Chip Hooper (born 1958), former tennis player
 * Chip Huggins (born 1961), Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
 * Chip Jackson, American jazz double bass player
 * Chip Gaines (born 1974), American television star known for Fixer Upper on HGTV.

Fictional characters

 * Chip 'n' Dale, the Disney cartoon chipmunks
 * Chip, from the children's TV series Barney & Friends
 * Chip, one of the two dung beetles in Camp Lazlo
 * Chip, a main character from the children's show Chip and Potato
 * Chip (Flaked), the main character of the comedy series Flaked
 * Chip Carson/C-17, the protagonist of the Not Quite Human film trilogy and novels
 * Chip, from the Sega video game Sonic Unleashed
 * Chip Chase, in the cartoon The Transformers
 * Chip Crosswire, in the animated TV show Arthur
 * Richard "Chip" Douglas, one of My Three Sons in the American TV show
 * Chip Flagston, son of the titular characters in the comic strip Hi and Lois
 * Chip, a male wasp in the 1998 DreamWorks Animation animated film Antz
 * Chip Hazard, the toy antagonist in Small Soldiers
 * Chip Hilton, the central character in a series of 24 sports novels
 * Charles "Chip" Lowell, on the sitcom Kate & Allie
 * Chip Martin, the Schizoid Man in comic books published by Marvel Comics
 * Chip Medford, in the 1994 TV movie Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
 * Chip Potato, from the British animated short series Small Potatoes
 * Chip Potts, in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast and other media
 * Chip Skylark, from the animated TV show The Fairly OddParents
 * Chip Robinson, in The Magic Key (Oxford Reading Tree) book series and TV adaptation
 * Chip Whistler, the main antagonist of the Disney animated series Big City Greens