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in the United States, which is often a diminutive form of
Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...
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Christopher Christopher is the English language, English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek language, Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or ''Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Jesus ...
. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:


People


Nickname

* Raymond
Chip Ambres Raymond Payne "Chip" Ambres (born December 19, 1979) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball outfielder. Florida Marlins Ambres was born in Beaumont, Texas. As a senior at West Brook Senior High School in Beaumont, Texas, Ambres was nam ...
(born 1979), American baseball player * Willis Chip Arndt (born 1966), American gay activist and reality show winner * Charles
Chip Babcock Charles L. "Chip" Babcock (born 23 June 1949) is an American attorney with the Texas-based law firm Jackson Walker L.L.P. He is best known for serving as lead litigator for Oprah Winfrey in several cases, including a 1998 lawsuit regarding an e ...
(born 1949), American attorney * William
Chip Banks William "Chip" Banks (born September 18, 1959) is a former All-Pro professional American football linebacker. High school and college career Banks graduated from Lucy Craft Laney High School in Augusta, Georgia. He played college football at ...
(born 1959), American football player * Charles Chip Beall (born 1948), American television host * Charles
Chip Beck Charles Henry "Chip" Beck (born September 12, 1956) is an American golfer who was a three-time All-American at the University of Georgia. He has four victories on the PGA Tour and twenty runner-up finishes. He spent 40 weeks in the top 10 of the ...
(born 1956), American golfer * John Chip Berlet (born 1949), American investigative journalist and photojournalist *
Charles E. Bohlen Charles "Chip" Eustis Bohlen (August 30, 1904 – January 1, 1974) was an American diplomat, ambassador, and expert on the Soviet Union. He helped shape US foreign policy during World War II and the Cold War and helped develop the Marshall Plan ...
(1904–1974), American diplomat * Arthur
Chip Bok Arthur Bernard "Chip" Bok III (born July 25, 1952) is an American editorial cartoonist for the '' Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal'' and the ''Tampa Bay Times''. He has illustrated some of Dave Barry's books, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize ...
(born 1952), American editorial cartoonist * Earl Chip Brian (born 1970), American financial services, information technology, and construction entrepreneur * Harry
Chip Caray Harry Christopher "Chip" Caray III (born February 27, 1965) is an American television broadcaster for Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Southeast's coverage of the Atlanta Braves baseball. Chip is also known from his time as a broadcaster for ...
(born 1965), American sports announcer * James "Chip" Carter, son of former US President
Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...
* Frank
Chip Cipolla Frank "Chip" Cipolla (August 24, 1926 – July 10, 1994) was an American radio announcer for the New York Giants, New York Football Giants and other professional sports teams in the New York City area. Cipolla was born in the Bronx, the son of Ita ...
(1926–1994), American sports announcer * Thomas
Chip Coulter Thomas Lee "Chip" Coulter (born June 5, 1945) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the 1969 St. Louis Cardinals. Listed at 5'10" tall, weighing 172 pounds, Coulter was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. ...
(born 1945), American baseball player * Raymond Chip Cravaack (born 1959), American politician and former US Navy pilot * Rudolph
Chip Damiani Rudolph "Chip" Damiani (June 16, 1945 – February 23, 2014) was a founding member and drummer for the mid-1960s garage rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, the Remains. Early years Damiani was born in Waterbury to Rudolph, a surgeon at Wate ...
(1945–2014), American drummer * Louis
Chip Davis Louis F. "Chip" Davis Jr. (born September 5, 1947 in Hamler, Ohio) is the founder and leader of the music group Mannheim Steamroller. Davis composed the music for several C. W. McCall albums, including the hit 1975 song "Convoy (song), Convoy". H ...
(born 1947), American musician and composer * John
Chip Dicks John Gaudry "Chip" Dicks, III (born May 22, 1951) is an American lobbyist and former Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates, serving from 1983 to 1990. He was defeated for reelection in 1989 by Republican Kirk Cox Marvin Kirkland ...
(born 1951), American politician and lobbyist * Robert
Chip Dunham Robert John "Chip" Dunham (b. La Crosse, Wisconsin) is a cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip '' Overboard'', which debuted in 1990. The strip - which tells the comical tale of a group of pirates - is distributed through Univer ...
, American cartoonist * Arthur Chip Engelland (born 1961), American basketball player and coach * Charles Esten (born 1965), American comedian, actor and singer * Laverne Chip Fields (born 1951), American singer, actress and television director * Francis
Chip Flaherty Francis X. "Chip" Flaherty, Jr. is an American film producer, publisher and executive at SkyPath Media, a multimedia company producing The Lesson, a lifestyle brand of video programming, where guests share stories of transformative life events. ...
, American film producer, publisher, and executive at SkyPath Media * Floyd Chip Ganassi (born 1958), American former racecar driver and current racecar owner * David
Chip Glass David Jay "Chip" Glass (born June 24, 1971 in Willits, CA) is a former baseball outfielder who is most notable for winning the 1994 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award while a senior at University of Oklahoma. In 1993 with Oklahom ...
(born 1971), American baseball player * Charles
Chip Goodyear Charles Waterhouse "Chip" Goodyear IV (born January 18, 1958) is an American businessman and the former CEO of BHP Billiton. He is a member of the Goodyear family that had extensive business interests in lumber and railways, as well as signific ...
(born 1958), American businessman and member of the Goodyear family *
C. W. Grafton Cornelius Warren ("Chip") Grafton (June 16, 1909 – January 31, 1982) was an American crime novelist. He was born and raised in China, where his parents were working as missionaries. He was educated at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Caroli ...
(1909–1982), American crime novelist * Walter
Chip Hale Walter William "Chip" Hale (born December 2, 1964) is an American professional baseball infielder, coach, and manager. Hale played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1989 through 1997, and managed in MLB from 2015 through 2016. He was nam ...
(born 1964), American baseball player and coach * Lee
Chip Hanauer Lee Edward "Chip" Hanauer (born July 1, 1954 in Seattle) is the third most successful Unlimited Hydroplane racer in history. He has won the APBA Gold Cup a record 11 times and was the driver of one of the most famous boats in APBA history, the '' ...
(born 1954), American motorboat racer * Len "Chip" Hawkes, bassist in
The Tremeloes The Tremeloes are an English beat group founded in 1958 in Dagenham, England. They initially found success in the British Invasion era with lead singer Brian Poole, scoring a UK chart-topper in 1963 with "Do You Love Me". After Poole's departu ...
and father of Chesney Hawkes * William Chip Healy (1947–2019), American football player * Ralph
Chip Ingram Ralph Browne "Chip" Ingram II (born June 21, 1954) is an American Christian pastor, author, and teacher. He is the founder, teaching pastor, and CEO of Living on the Edge, an international teaching and discipleship ministry. A pastor for over 30 ...
(born 1954), Christian pastor, author, and orator * Charles
Chip Jett Charles McRae "Chip" Jett (born September 22, 1974 in Scottsdale, Arizona) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He is one of the most popular players on the World Poker Tour. Jett has been known as "Chip" ever since ...
(born 1974), American professional poker player * George
Chip Johannessen George Frederick "Chip" Johannessen (born November 16, 1955) is an American writer, editor, and producer of several popular television series. He is credited with work on ''24 (TV series), 24'', ''Homeland (TV series), Homeland'', ''Dexter (TV ser ...
, American TV producer, writer and editor * Charles Chip Kelly (born 1963), American football coach * Charles
Chip Kidd Charles Kidd (born 1964) is an American graphic designer known for book covers. Early childhood Born in Shillington in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Kidd grew up being fascinated and heavily inspired by American popular culture. Comic books w ...
(born 1964), American graphic designer, author and editor * John
Chip Lohmiller John McLeod "Chip" Lohmiller (born July 16, 1966) is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints, and St. Louis Rams. He played college football at the Univer ...
(born 1966), American football player * Alfred C. Marble Jr. (1936–2017), American Episcopal bishop * Edward
Chip Monck Edward Herbert Beresford "Chip" Monck (born March 5, 1939) is an American Tony Award nominated lighting designer, most famously serving as the master of ceremonies at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Personal history Monck was born in Wellesley, Mass ...
(born 1939), American lighting designer and master of ceremonies at the 1969 Woodstock Festival * Charles
Chip Mosher Charles Jon "Chip" Mosher (June 23, 1947 – November 15, 2021) was an educator, poet, author and newspaper columnist who wrote social commentary about education and history, as well as satirical fiction. Early life and education Mosher, who gre ...
(1947-2021), American columnist, novelist, actor * Phillip
Chip Myers Phillip Leon "Chip" Myers (July 9, 1945 in Panama City, Florida – February 23, 1999) was a National Football league wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers. Early life Myers attended Northwestern Oklahoma State Univers ...
(1945–1999), American football player * Charles
Chip Pashayan Charles Sahag "Chip" Pashayan Jr. (born March 27, 1941) is an American lawyer and politician from California. He served as a Republican Congressman from the Fresno area in California's Central Valley from 1979 to 1991. Biography Born in Fresno, ...
(born 1941), American politician * Charles Chip Peterson (born 1987), American long-distance swimmer * Charles Chip Pickering (born 1963), American politician * David Chip Reese (1951–2007), American poker player * L. W. Robert Jr. (1889–1976), college athlete, engineer and government official * William
Chip Rogers William "Chip" Rogers (born May 3, 1968) is the President and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association and past President and CEO of Asian American Hotel Owners Association, the largest hotel owners association in the United States. Roger ...
(born 1968), American former politician * Dale
Chip Rosenbloom Dale "Chip" Rosenbloom (born July 3, 1964) is an American filmmaker, known for '' Shiloh'', '' Across the Tracks'', and '' Fuel''. He has produced twenty-five films and television movies. He was the co-owner and vice chairman of the Los Angel ...
(born 1964), American filmmaker, director and producer, co-owner and Vice Chairman of the St. Louis Rams football franchise * Charles Chip Roy (born 1972), American politician * Joseph
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, American financier and convicted fraudster * Dennis J. Chip Wilson (born 1955), Canadian-American billionaire, businessman and philanthropist * Jerome
Chip Zien Jerome Herbert "Chip" Zien (born March 20, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of ''Into the Woods'' by Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared in all of the "Marvin T ...
(born 1947), American stage and television actor


Given name

* Chip Bailey (1921–1963), New Zealand communist, taxi driver and trade unionist *
Chip Baltimore Chip Baltimore is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. Early life and education Baltimore was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1966. He was raised on a farm with his two ...
(born 1966), member of the Iowa House of Representatives *
Chip Bell Chip R. Bell is an American author and consultant in customer loyalty and service innovation. He is known for his work in mapping the customer journey as part of the customer service experience and customer forensics. Education Chip Bell obtained ...
, author, keynote speaker, and consultant *
Chip Bolcik Chip Bolcik ( ; born March 17, 1958) is an American voice-over announcer and narrator. He got his start in 1980 when one of his friends told an advertising executive about the silly messages Bolcik made on his answering machine An answerin ...
(born 1958), American voice-over announcer and narrator *
Chip Chalmers Chip Chalmers is a theater and television director. Biography In 1979, "Chip Chalmers" became the production coordinator of 20th Century Fox Television in Los Angeles. In 1981, Chalmers entered the Directors Guild of America and worked as an assi ...
, theater and television director *
Chip Chinery Chip Chinery (born August 10, 1964) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Early life Chinery was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. At age 16, he made his stand-up comedy debut at a bar called d.w.eye. He graduated from Miami Univers ...
(born 1964), American comedian and actor *
Chip Coffey Chip Coffey (born August 21, 1954) is an American self-proclaimed psychic from Elmira, New York, currently living in Atlanta, Georgia. He appeared as a medium on various paranormal television programs, primarily ''Paranormal State'' and ''Psy ...
(born 1954), American self-proclaimed psychic * Chip Conley (born 1960), American hotelier, hospitality entrepreneur, author, and speaker * Chip Cox (born 1983), Canadian football linebacker *
Chip Deffaa Chip Deffaa is an American author, playwright, jazz historian, songwriter, director, and producer of plays and recordings. For 18 years, he wrote for the ''New York Post'', covering jazz, cabaret, and theater. He has contributed to ''Jazz Time ...
, American author, jazz historian, playwright, songwriter, and director * Chip Duncan (born 1955), American filmmaker, author, and photographer *
Chip Ferguson Chip Ferguson (born March 16, 1967) is a former American football quarterback who played one season with the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United S ...
, former American football quarterback * Chip Foose (born 1963), American automobile designer * Chip Forrester, former chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party * Chip Foster, one half of Chip and Pepper * Chip Franklin (born 1957), talk show host, writer, producer, comedian, and musician *
Chip Giller Chip Giller is an American journalist and environmentalist. He is best known as the founder of ''Grist (magazine), Grist'', an online environmental news organization. Giller has won numerous awards for his media innovations and environmental work, ...
, American journalist and environmentalist *
Chip Gubera Chip Gubera is an American film director and film producer, producer. He also teaches digital media technology at the University of Missouri in the IT Program. Personal life Chip Gubera currently lives in Columbia, Missouri, where he teaches dig ...
(born 1975), American film director and producer *
Chip Hall Chip Hall (born November 5, 1973) is an American television producer and writer, best known for his work on the Fox animated sitcom ''King of the Hill'', on which he worked as a writer and producer for six years. He is currently a writer and prod ...
(born 1973), American television producer and writer *
Chip Hanna Chip Hanna (born 1965 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) was the drummer of U.S. Bombs and One Man Army. He now plays drums for the U.S. Bombs occasionally. Chip also sang lead vocals and played snare drum for Busted Hearts out of Phoenix, Arizona. H ...
(born 1965), drummer of U.S. Bombs and One Man Army *
Chip Hayes Chip Hayes (born December 15, 1956) is an American soap opera writer, producer, and director. Personal life He is married to actress Deborah Adair, with whom he has two adopted children. He is the son of Nancy Gates and William Hayes. Positions h ...
(born 1956), American soap opera writer, producer and director *
Chip Heath Chip Heath is an American academic. He is the Thrive Foundation for Youth Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the co-author of several books. Early life Heath graduated from Texas A&M University, ...
, American bestselling author and speaker * Chip Hines, Roman Catholic priest who co-hosts the CatholicTV program ''Spotlight'' *
Chip Hooper Chip Hooper (born October 24, 1958) is a former tennis player from the United States, who won five doubles titles during his professional career. The right-handed Hooper reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 17 in April 1982 ...
(born 1958), former tennis player * Chip Hourihan, American film producer and director *
Chip Huggins "Chip" Huggins (born November 30, 1961 in Columbia, South Carolina) is a Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented his Lexington County district (the 85th) since being elected in 1999 to succeed André Ba ...
(born 1961), Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives *
Chip Jackson Chip Jackson is an American jazz double bass player.Chip Jackson biography
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, American jazz double bass player


Fictional characters

* Chip 'n' Dale, the Disney cartoon chipmunks * Chip, from the children's TV series '' Barney & Friends'' * Chip, one of the two dung beetles in
Camp Lazlo ''Camp Lazlo'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Cartoon Network. The series follows Lazlo, an anthropomorphic spider monkey that goes to a camp called "Camp Kidney", a Boy Scout-like summer camp in Pimpleback M ...
* Chip, a main character from the children's show '' Chip and Potato'' * Chip (Flaked), the main character of the comedy series ''Flaked'' * Chip Carson/C-17, the protagonist of the '' Not Quite Human'' film trilogy and novels * Chip, from the Sega video game '' Sonic Unleashed'' * Chip Chase, in the cartoon '' The Transformers'' * Chip Crosswire, in the animated TV show '' Arthur'' * Richard "Chip" Douglas, one of '' My Three Sons'' in the American TV show * Chip Flagston, son of the titular characters in the comic strip '' Hi and Lois'' * Chip, a male
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in the 1998
DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios and simply known as DreamWorks) is an American animation studio that produces animated films and television programs and is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division ...
animated film '' Antz'' * Chip Hazard, the toy antagonist in ''
Small Soldiers ''Small Soldiers'' is a 1998 American action comedy film directed by Joe Dante and written by Gavin Scott, Adam Rifkin, Ted Elliott, and Terry Rossio. It stars Kirsten Dunst and Gregory Smith, along with the voices of Frank Langella and Tommy L ...
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Chip Hilton William "Chip" Hilton is the central character in a series of 24 sports novels for adolescent boys written by the successful college basketball coach and 1968 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Clair Bee (1896–1983). In addition to Bee's authorsh ...
, the central character in a series of 24 sports novels * Charles "Chip" Lowell, on the sitcom ''
Kate & Allie ''Kate & Allie'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from March 19, 1984 to May 22, 1989, starring Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin as two divorced women, both with children, who decide to live together in the same house. ...
'' * Chip Martin, the Schizoid Man in comic books published by
Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...
* Chip Medford, in the 1994 TV movie '' Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love'' * Chip Potato, from the British animated short series '' Small Potatoes'' *
Chip Potts Various characters have been featured in The Walt Disney Company, Disney's Beauty and the Beast (franchise), ''Beauty and the Beast'' franchise. This list includes those from the Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), 1991 animated film, its direct ...
, in the Disney film ''Beauty and the Beast'' and other media *
Chip Skylark This article features an extensive cast of characters from the Nickelodeon animated series ''The Fairly OddParents'', created by Butch Hartman. Main Timmy Turner Timothy Tiberius Turner is a 10-year-old boy who was given fairy godparents to gran ...
, from the animated TV show ''The Fairly OddParents'' * Chip Robinson, in
The Magic Key ''The Magic Key'' is a British educational animated television series based on the "Biff, Chip and Kipper" stories from the Oxford Reading Tree published by Oxford University Press, originally written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex ...
(Oxford Reading Tree) book series and TV adaptation


See also

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Chips (nickname) Chips is a nickname which may refer to: * Henry Channon (1897–1958), British MP and diarist * Chips Hardy (born 1950), English screenwriter, novelist, playwright, and creative director * Chips Keswick (born 1940), British businessman * Chips Kies ...
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Chippy (nickname) Chippy is a nickname of: People * Liam Brady (born 1956), Irish footballer *George Britt (1895–1972), American baseball player in the Negro leagues *Clive Clark (footballer) (1940–2014), English footballer *Peter Frilingos (1944–2004), Aust ...
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Chipper (nickname) Chipper is a nickname for: * Damien Adkins (born 1981), Australian rules footballer * Waverly Brown (1935–1981), New York police officer killed during an infamous 1981 armed robbery of a Brinks Armored Car * Chipper Harris (1962–2018), American ...


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