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Chuck

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Chuck is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

  • Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet
  • Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV producer
  • Chuck Berry (1926–2017), American rock and roll musician
  • Chuck Brown (1936–2012), American guitarist and singer
  • Chuck Close (born 1940), American painter and photographer
  • Chuck Comeau (born 1979), Canadian drummer
  • Chuck D (born 1960), stage name of Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, American rapper
  • Chuck Garric, rock bassist of Alice Cooper
  • Charlton Heston, "Chuck", (1923–2008), American actor and political activist
  • Chuck Holmes (1945–2000), American entrepreneur and philanthropist, founded Falcon Studios
  • Chuck Jones (1912–2002), American animator, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films
  • Chuck Leavell (born 1952), American pianist and keyboardist
  • Chuck Lorre (born 1952), American television writer, director, producer, composer, and production manager
  • Chuck Mangione (born 1940), American flugelhorn player and composer
  • Chuck Norris (born 1940), American martial artist, actor and media personality
  • Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962), American novelist and freelance journalist
  • Chuck Schuldiner (1967–2001), American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
  • Chuck Traynor (1937–2002), American pornographer
  • Chuck Walker, American historian
  • Chuck Willis (1928–58), American blues singer and songwriter
  • Chuck Woolery (born 1941), American actor, singer and game show host

Sports

  • Chuck Bennett (1907–1973), American football player and coach
  • Chuck Carney (1900–1984), American football and basketball player
  • Chuck Clark (born 1995), American football player
  • Chuck Clements (born 1973), American football player
  • Chuck Cooper, (1926–1984), American basketball player
  • Chuck Detwiler (born 1947), American football player
  • Chuck Dressen (1898–1966), an American third baseman, manager and coach in professional baseball
  • Chuck Drulis (1918–1972), American football player and coach
  • Chuck Ealey (born 1950), American Canadian football player
  • Chuck Fusina (born 1957), American college and professional football player
  • Chuck Gelatka (1914–2001), American football player
  • Chuck Hulse (1927–2020), American racing driver
  • Chuck Hutchison (born 1948), American football player
  • Chuck Lanza (born 1964), American football player
  • Chuck Liddell (born 1969), American mixed martial artist and former UFC champion
  • Chuck Long (born 1963), American football coach
  • Chuck McKinley (1941–1986), American men's amateur tennis player
  • Chuck Noll (1932–2014), American football coach
  • Chuck Osborne (American football) (1973–2012), American football player
  • Chuck Taylor (American football), American football player and coach
  • Chuck Taylor (salesman) (1901–1969), American basketball player and shoe salesman/evangelist
  • Chuck Taylor (baseball) (1942–2018), American baseball pitcher and player
  • Chuck Wepner (born 1939), American heavyweight boxer
  • Chuck Weatherspoon (born 1968), American football player

Politics

  • Chuck Fager (born 1942), American activist, author, editor, publisher, and prominent member of the Religious Society of Friends
  • Chuck Grassley (born 1933), senior United States Senator from Iowa, serving since 1981
  • Chuck Hagel (born 1946), United States Secretary of Defense, February 27, 2013 to February 13, 2015
  • Chuck Schumer (born 1950), politician, and senior United States Senator from New York, serving since 1999

Other

  • Chuck Hull (born 1939), inventor of 3D printing
  • Chuck Testa (born 1956), American taxidermist
  • Chuck Yeager (1923–2020), retired brigadier general in the United States Air Force and record-setting test pilot
  • Charles ("Chuck") W. Mooney Jr., American, the Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. Professor of Law, and former interim Dean, at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Fictional characters

  • Chuck, a character in the 1985 American adventure comedy film Pee-wee's Big Adventure
  • Chuck E. Cheese, Anthropomorphic restaurant mascot
  • Chuck Bartowski, main character of the American television show Chuck
  • Chuck (Pokémon), a character in the Pokémon universe
  • Chuck, a character from Kodomo no Jikan, a Japanese manga series
  • Chuck, a character from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, a Japanese anime television series
  • Chuck Greene, protagonist of Dead Rising 2
  • Chuck (Stargate), a character from the Stargate television series
  • Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, a character from the television series Pushing Daisies
  • Chuck Bass, a character from the television series Gossip Girl
  • Chuck, a male, triangular-shaped yellow canary in the Angry Birds games
  • Chuck Cunningham, a character from the sitcom Happy Days
  • Chuck Chambers, a character from iCarly
  • Chuck McCoy, a character from Austin & Ally
  • Chuck McGill, a character from the American television series Better Call Saul
  • Chuck Miller, a character in the American teen romantic comedy 1987 movie Can't Buy Me Love
  • Chuck Pearson, a character in 1989 American independent coming of age comedy movie She's Out of Control
  • Chuck Billy (Chuck Billy 'n' Folks), a character from Monica's Gang and Chuck Billy 'n' Folks
  • Polly Chuck, a character in the anime television series Fables of the Green Forest
  • Not Chuck, a character referred to as 'Chuck' by Lightning McQueen in Cars

See also

  • Chucky (name)
  • Chucky (disambiguation)
  • Chuckles (disambiguation)
  • Charlie (disambiguation)
  • Charley (disambiguation)
  • Charles (disambiguation)
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