- Annie Duke
Annie Duke was born in Concord, New Hampshire. Her brother Howard Lederer is also a professional poker player; her sister Katy Lederer is an author and poet. Annie went to Columbia University where she double majored in English and psychology. Annie Duke was awarded a NSF Fellowship to attend graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania to study cognitive psychology, specifically psycholinguistics.
- Jas H. Duke
Jas Heriot Duke (1939-1992) was a cult figure in the Australian performance poetry scene. He worked much of his life in Melbourne Board of Works and began writing poetry in 1966. He was influenced by Dada, Expressionism and experimental movements.
- Charles Moss Duke Jr.
Charles Moss Duke, Jr. (born 3 October 1935), a retired USAF Brigadier General, was a United States astronaut for NASA. He is one of only twelve men who have walked on the moon. Duke is married to the former Dorothy Meade Claiborne, and has two sons, Charles III born in 1965 and Thomas born in 1967, and five grandchildren. He and his wife reside in New Braunfels, Texas. His brother, William Duke, is a retired physician, whom still resides in Lancaster, SC. His niece, …
- Henry Duke 1st Baron Merrivale
Henry Edward Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale PC (5 November 1855-20 May 1939), was a British judge and Conservative politician. He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1916 and 1918. Duke was the second son of William Edward Duke, a granite merchant of Merrivale, Devon, and his wife Elizabeth Ann (née Lord). From a modest background, he was educated locally and did not attend a public school or university.
- James Buchanan Duke
James Buchanan Duke (December 23, 1856 - October 10, 1925) was a U.S. tobacco and electric power industrialist best known for his involvement with Duke University. Born near Durham, North Carolina, his father, Washington Duke (1820-1905), had owned a tobacco company which James B. Duke and his brother Benjamin Newton Duke (1855-1929) took over in the 1880s.
- Benjamin Newton Duke
Benjamin Newton Duke (April 25, 1855 - January 8, 1929) was a U.S. tobacco, textile, energy industrialist and philanthropist. He was the son of Washington Duke and half-brother to Brodie Leonidas Duke (1846-1919) and full brother to James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925). On February 21, 1875, Benjamin Duke married Sarah Pearson Angier with whom he had a daughter, Mary Lillian Duke, and a son, Angier Buchanan Duke. He entered his father's tobacco business and in 1890, …
- Duke Cunningham
Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8 1941), usually known as Randy or Duke, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005. Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28 2005 after pleading guilty to accepting at least $2.4 million in bribes and underreporting his income for 2004.
- Sarah Pearson Angier Duke
Sarah Pearson Angier Duke (1856-1936) was a daughter of Malbourne Angier and the wife of Benjamin N. Duke, one of the benefactors of Duke University. She is the namesake of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
- Robin Duke
Robin Duke (born March 13, 1954 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress and comedian. Duke is most famous for her work on the NBC comedy series "Saturday Night Live". She was an actor and writer on SNL from 1981 to 1984. Her most popular character was probably Wendy Whiner, a nasally-pitched woman who, with her equally whiny husband (Joe Piscopo), annoyed everyone she met. She is also remembered for appearing with Mr. T, as the equally bizarre "Mrs.
- Neville Duke
Squadron Leader Neville Frederick Duke DSO, OBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC (11 January 1922 – 7 April 2007) was a British Second World War fighter pilot. He was the top Allied flying ace in the Mediterranean Theatre, having shot down at least 27 enemy aircraft, and was acknowledged as one of the world's foremost test pilots after the war. In 1953, he became holder of the world air speed record when he flew a Hawker Hunter F Mk3 at 727.63 mph over Littlehampton in the UK.
- Patty Duke
Patty Duke (born December 14, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress of the stage and screen. She currently resides in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
- Doris Duke
Doris Duke was an American heiress and philanthropist.
- Washington Duke
Washington Duke (December 18, 1820 - May 08, 1905) was an American tobacco industrialist and philanthropist. Duke was born George Washington Duke in Durham County, North Carolina, to Taylor Duke (c1770-1830) and Dicey Jones (born c1780). On August 9, 1842, he married Mary Caroline Clinton (1825-1847) with whom he had two children: Sidney Taylor Duke (1844-1858) and Brodie Leonidas Duke (1846-1919).
- Bill Duke
Bill Duke (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director.
- Zach Duke
Zachary Thomas (Zach) Duke (born April 19, 1983 in Clifton, Texas) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Duke bats and throws left handed. He is considered one of the best pitching prospects in major league baseball.
- Mike Duke
Michael T. Duke is a management executive in the U.S.A.. He is currently serving as the "Executive Vice President", "President", and "Chief Executive Officer" of Wal-Mart Stores Division USA. (Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer, and the largest company in the world based on revenue.) He has been with Wal-Mart since 1995, serving formerly as Executive Vice President of Administration, Executive Vice President of Logistics, …
- O. L. Duke
Orville Lewis Duke (August 12 1953 - September 10 2004) was an American stage, television and film actor. He was a member of the renowned Actors Studio and was the interim Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) from 2002-2004. In keeping with the tradition of the NEC, Duke helped young Black actors hone their skills by sharing his work experiences and teaching classes using the method acting technique. Duke lost his life in a car crash in New York City, …
- Timothy Duke
Timothy Hugh Stewart Duke is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Duke began his career as an officer of arms in 1989 when he was appointed Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary. He held this position until 7 August 1995, when he was appointed Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary. He is the present holder of this office. He became an Esquire of the Order of St John in 1988
- George Duke
George Duke (born 12 January, 1946 in San Rafael, California) is a piano and synthesizer pioneer, making a name for himself with the album Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He is known for his own work as well as for his collaborations with composers such as Frank Zappa on various early/mid 70s albums, including Chungas Revenge,200 Motels,Waka-Jawaka,The Grand Wazoo,Apostrophe, One Size Fits All, Overnite Sensation and Roxy&Elsewhere.
- Paul Duke
Paul Duke (1926-July 18, 2005) was an American newspaper, radio and television journalist, best known for his 20-year stint as moderator of "Washington Week in Review" on PBS. A native of Richmond, Virginia, Duke attended the University of Richmond where he majored in English. After he graduated in 1947, he became a sportswriter for Associated Press (AP) in Richmond. Within a few years, he was reporting on major national stories, …
- Donald Duke
Donald Duke (born 30 September 1961 in Calabar) was the Governor of Cross River State from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He has been at the helm of affairs of the State since the commencement of the present democratic dispensation in Nigeria. He received LLB degree in 1982 from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria, the B.L in 1983 from the Nigerian Law School and the L.L.M. in Business Law and Admiralty in 1984 from University of Pennsylvania.
- Tiger Duke
Tiger Duke' a character featured within the famed Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods (more commonly known as Fengshen Yanyi). Tiger Duke is a high ranking official of the Shang Dynasty -- he is one of four Grand Dukes. After the four Grand Dukes had been invited to a banquet by King Zhou himself, Tiger Duke would be the primary defense of the king's edict to capture the "rebel" Su Hu, …
- Doris Duke
Doris Duke (b Doris Curry, 1945, Sandersville, Georgia) is a gospel and soul singer. She started singing with gospel groups including the Queen of Gospel Albertina Walker and Caravans, and by 1963 was working in New York on sessions and as a backing singer at the Apollo Theatre. Under her then married name of Doris Willingham, she recorded her first single, "Running Away from Loneliness" in 1966.
- Basil W. Duke
Basil Wilson Duke (May 28, 1838 or 1837 - September 16, 1916) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, perhaps most noted for his service as a brigade commander in the 1863 Morgan's Raid (Duke later wrote a popular account of the raid). In postbellum Louisville, he served as chief counsel for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Duke also fought at the Battle of Shiloh. He was the brother-in-law of John Hunt Morgan, …
- Geoff Duke
Geoffrey Ernest (Geoff) Duke OBE (born 29 March 1923 in St. Helens, Lancashire) was a British multi-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. The name of Geoff Duke is synonymous with motor sports, for he dominated motorcycle racing in the 1950s, winning six world championships and five Isle of Man TT races.
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke
Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr. (June 6, 1822 - July 2, 1898) was a nineteenth century congressman and lawyer from Virginia. Born near Charlottesville, Virginia, Duke attended private schools as a child and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1844 and from the law department of the University of Virginia in 1850. He was elected the commonwealth attorney for Albemarle County, Virginia in 1858 which he served as until 1869.
- Matt Duke
Matt Duke in Sheffield is a professional footballer currently playing for Hull City. Duke is a goalkeeper who joined Hull City on 23 July 2004 from Burton Albion for a fee of £20,000 (this could rise to £60,000 depending on appearances). He was a regular starter at Burton, having made 78 league appearances for them in his three seasons at the club, …
- Brian Duke
Brian Oliver Lyndhurst Duke OBE CBE (born 24 June 1926 in Kampala, Uganda - died 3 June 2006) was an expert in tropical diseases who extensively studied River Blindness and other parasitic diseases. His work helped to develop an anti parasitic drug to combat them.
- Robert Rippon Duke
Robert Rippon Duke was a famous architect who designed the Octagon and remodeled the Devonshire Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire. The Octagon was first opened to the public in 1876. It is a concert hall - a magnificent glass and cast iron masterpiece of Victorian architecture - situated near the Buxton Opera House, which was designed by Frank Matcham and built in 1903. The other great Buxton building for which Rippon Duke was largely responsible is 'The Devonshire'.
- Ray E. Duke
Ray E. Duke was a soldier in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 26, 1951.
- Wesley Duke
Wesley Duke (born June 21, 1981 in Grand Prairie, Texas) is a football player. Duke is a 6'5", 225lbs. tight end for the Denver Broncos. He played both basketball and football for the Meadowcreek High School Mustangs in Norcross, Georgia. Duke played NCAA Basketball for the Mercer University Bears in Macon, GA. Duke graduated from Mercer, and was signed as a free agent to play football for the Denver Broncos. Duke tore his knee ligament and was released on June 9th, 2006.
- Vernon Duke
Vernon Duke (born "Uladzimir Dukelski", October 10, 1903 in Parafjanava, Belarus (then part of Russian Empire) — January 16, 1969) was a Russian-American composer/songwriter. Duke was a child prodigy, entering Kiev Conservatory in his pre-teens. He arrived in the United States in 1921. His first full Broadway score was for a 1932 revue called "Walk a Little Faster." His first full musical comedy was "Cabin in the Sky" in 1940.
- David Duke
David Duke (born 7 December 1978 in Inverness) is a Scottish footballer, who is currently a free agent after leaving Darlington in March 2007. He joined the team in 2005, having spent five seasons with Swindon Town whom he had joined from Sunderland (where he had been a trainee) in 2000. On the 2nd February 2007 it was reported by website http://www.football-rumours.co.uk that " Darlington defender David Duke has embarked on a 14 day trial with David Beckham's new side, …
- James "red" Duke MD.
James Henry "Red" Duke, Jr. is a trauma surgeon and professor at the University of Texas Medical School. He has been working on-site since 1972. Duke has had years of achievement in the field of medicine. Outside of Texas, he is probably most famous for running a nationally syndicated television spot called "Dr. Red Duke's Health Reports", which aired for fifteen years. The spot educated millions about various health-related topics, a different subject for each day.
- Edmund Duke
Blessed Edmund Duke (1563-1590), Catholic priest and martyr. He was born in Kent in 1563. Only the sparest details are known of his life. He arrived to study for the priesthood at the English College at Rheims on March 3 1583 and was ordained to minor orders there on September 23 1583. He was subsequently was sent to Rome and entered the English College there on August 22 1584. He was ordained to the priesthood in the Lateran Basilica on September 3 1589.
- James A Duke
James A. Duke (born 1929) is an American botanist. He is known for his numerous publications on botanical medicine, including the "CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs". He is notable for developing the Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases at the USDA.
- Elizabeth Ann Duke
Elizabeth Ann Duke (born November 25, 1940) is a former American teacher, philanthropist, and militant fugitive best known for her involvement an armed communist group which advocated violent overthrow of the U.S. government, and subsequent flight from prosecution. She is currently wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Duke was born in Beeville, Texas on November 25, 1940 but given her date of birth as April 20, 1941.
- Ken Duke
Ken Duke (born January 29, 1969) is an American professional golfer. He was born in Hope, Arkansas. After turning professional in 1994, Duke first qualified for the PGA Tour in 2004 but failed to keep his card and returned to the Nationwide Tour. In 2006 he finished top of the Nationwide Tour money list and won the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs, which regained his playing rights on the PGA Tour for 2007.
- William Duke
William Duke's (1863 - 1924) full name is sometimes given as Fredrick William Duke, and he appears to have been a Scot, having studied at Arbroath and then at University College London, before joining the Indian Civil Service, in the Bengal Cadre. After various District and Secretariat postings, he became acting Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. At the time the province was again being re-organised and the capital of India being shifted from Calcutta to New Delhi.
- Daniel Duke
Daniel Duke (born 12 January, 1976 in Sydney) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a goalkeeper. Daniel represented Queensland in 2002 and currently plays for Wynnum in the Queensland state league.