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 (born 1937), American former Major League Baseball player * Duke Cunningham (born 1941), American former US Navy fighter pilot and disgraced politician * George Deukmejian (born 1928), 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 19