Duke (nickname)

Duke or The Duke is a nickname of:


 * Duke Aiona (born 1955), American politician
 * Duke Brett (1900–1974), American Major League Baseball pitcher (1924–1925) and minor league manager
 * Duke Carmel (1937–2021), American former Major League Baseball player
 * Duke Cunningham (born 1941), American former US Navy fighter pilot and disgraced politician
 * George Deukmejian (1928–2018), 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 (1942–2017), 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 Pearson (1932–1980), American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader
 * 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 Shelley (born 1996), American football player
 * 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
 * Duke Worne (1888–1933), American silent film director and actor