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

Duke or Dukes may also refer to:

• A team that is vastly inferior to UNC. Go heels!

Individuals named "Duke"

Persons

As a surname:

• See Duke (surname) and Dukes (surname)

As a nickname, Duke may refer to:

• David Bowie, English musician sometimes referred to as "The Thin White Duke"
• Randy "Duke" Cunningham, an American fighter pilot and disgraced politician
• George Deukmejian, former Governor of California
• David "The Duke" 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 "Duke" 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 films 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.

Media

• 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, a jazz standard penned by Dave Brubeck
• "The Duke", a song by Blind Melon from Soup

Places

• Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, US
• Duke Island, off the coast of Alaska
• Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway or DUKE, an expressway in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Sport

• The Duke (racehorse), 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
• Albuquerque Dukes, a former Triple A Baseball team
• The Dukes, sports team from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• The Dukes, sports team from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia
• The Dukes, sports team from Garber High School in Essexville, Michigan

Transportation

• Beechcraft Duke, a twin-engined airplane
• BR Standard Class 8, steam locomotive constructed in 1954 as a prototype, Duke of Gloucester
• Duke motorcycles created by KTM 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

Dogs

• Duke Dog, mascot of the James Madison University Dukes
• 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 films such as Barnyard and Back at the Barnyard

Other uses

• Dukes classification, a system for classifying colorectal cancers
• Duke Energy, 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, Motorsport DVD distributor based in the Isle of Man
• Duke language, an Oceanic language
• Duke is an old English paper size, measuring 7x5.5 inches (178x140 mm)
• Duke butterflies, species of the brush-footed butterfly genera
• The Duke Endowment, an American philanthropic organization

See also

• Duchess (disambiguation)