A duke is an aristocrat of very high rank.

Duke or The Duke may also refer to:

  • Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina

Geography

  • Duke, Missouri, an unincorporated community
  • Duke (Kiseljak), a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Duke Township, Harnett County, North Carolina
  • Duke Township, Jackson County, Oklahoma – see List of Oklahoma townships
  • (The) Duke City, a nickname for Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Duke Island (Alaska)
  • La Duke Island, Nunavut, Canada

People

  • Duke (nickname), a list of people
  • Duke (given name), a list of people
  • Duke (surname), including a list of people

Fictional characters

  • Bo, Luke, Daisy and Jesse Duke from the American television series
  • Edmund Duke (StarCraft)
  • Duke (G.I. Joe), from the G.I. Joe TV series, toy line and comic book series
  • Uncle Duke, from Doonesbury
  • Tony "Duke" Evers, in the Rocky films
  • Duke Lavery, on the American soap opera General Hospital
  • Duke, from KOF: Maximum Impact
  • Duke, a narrow-gauge engine created by Rev W Awdry in The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends
  • Duke of New York, aka "The Duke, A Number One", gang leader in Escape from New York
  • Duke Nukem (character), the protagonist in over a dozen video games
  • Duke, protagonist of the eponymous novel by Hal Ellson
  • Duke, the family dog in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies
  • Duke, an anthropomorphic dog with a southern accent in the comic Kelly & Duke
  • Duke, a golden retriever in commercials of Tennessee food producer Bush Brothers and Company (Bush's Baked Beans)
  • Duke, the dog from Barnyard (film)
  • Duke, a dog from The Secret Life of Pets
  • Duke Forrest, from the film version of M*A*S*H
  • Duke, a POW from the play and film Stalag 17
  • Duke Oda, the player in the game Cyber Police ESWAT
  • Duke Caboom, in Toy Story 4

Sports

  • Duke Blue Devils, the athletic teams of Duke University
  • The Duke (horse), a 19th-century racing champion
  • "The Duke", the official nickname of the game ball used in the National Football League of American football

In business

  • TVNZ Duke, a New Zealand television channel
  • Dukes Aerospace, a valve manufacturer and subsidiary of TransDigm Group
  • Duke Energy, a producer of gas and electric services in the United States
  • Dukes Hotel, a luxury hotel in London
  • Duke Realty, a real estate investment trust in the United States
  • Duke Records, an American record label active from 1952 to 1973
  • Duke and Sons, an Indian former drink manufacturing company

In the military

  • , various ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy
  • Duke Field, a US Air Force airport in Florida
  • Forward Operating Base Duke, a former US base in Iraq

Transportation

  • Beechcraft Duke, a twin-engined airplane developed by Beechcraft in the 1960s and manufactured until 1983
  • Duke motorcycles, such as the KTM 690 Duke and the KTM 390 Duke
  • The Duke, a short-lived 0-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1817 by George Stephenson for the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
  • GWR 3252 Class, or Duke Class, steam locomotive
  • Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE, E33), an expressway connecting various destinations located in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Technology

  • Duke (mascot), the mascot of the Java programming language
  • Duke, an electronic countermeasure (jammer) specifically designed for radio-controlled improvised explosive devices (RCIED)
  • Xbox Controller, often nicknamed the Duke

Film and television

  • The Duke (TV series), 1954
  • The Duke (1998 film), a 1998 short film
  • The Duke (1999 film), a 1999 Disney film
  • The Duke (miniseries), 1979
  • The Duke (TV talk show), a 2009 TV talk show for men by AXN Asia
  • "The Duke", a 2010 episode of the animated TV series Adventure Time
  • Duke (film), a 2019 crime drama film
  • The Duke (2020 film), a 2020 comedy-drama film

Music

Musicians

  • Duke Ellington, American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
  • Duke Special, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
  • Duke (musician), British singer/songwriter/composer/producer
  • Rich Ward, guitarist of metal band Fozzy whose stage name is "The Duke"
  • MC Duke, a British rapper

Albums

  • Duke (album) (1980), by Genesis
  • The Duke (Jørn Lande album) (2006), by Jørn Lande
  • The Duke (Joe Jackson album) (2012)

Songs

  • "The Duke", a 1957 jazz standard penned by Dave Brubeck
  • "The Duke", a song by Blind Melon from Soup

In print

  • Duke (magazine), a defunct African-American men's magazine
  • Duke, a 1949 novel by Hal Ellson

Other uses

  • Duke language, an Oceanic language
  • Duke (Lombard), a type of political and military commander of the Lombards in the 5th–8th centuries
  • Duke butterflies, a species of the brush-footed butterfly genera
  • The Duke (board game)
  • Duke, an old English paper size measuring 7×5.5 inches (178×140 mm)

See also

  • Dukes (disambiguation)