Chris is a short form of various names including
Christopher,
Christian,
Christina,
Christine
Christine may refer to:
People
* Christine (name), a female given name
Film
* ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei''
* ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel of the same name
* ''Christine'' (1987 fil ...
, and
Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common.
People with the given name
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Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigerian author
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Chris Abrahams (born 1961), Sydney-based jazz pianist
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Chris Adams (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Adcock (born 1989), English internationally elite badminton player
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Chris Albright (born 1979), American former soccer player
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Chris Alcaide
John Thomas Berger (October 22, 1923 – June 30, 2004) was an American film and television actor. He mostly appeared on western television shows including, ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', '' Rawhide'', '' Wanted: Dead or Alive'', ''Trackdown'', ...
(1923–2004), American actor
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Chris Amon
Christopher Arthur Amon (20 July 1943 – 3 August 2016) was a New Zealand motor racing driver. He was active in Formula One racing in the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the best F1 drivers never to win a championship Grand ...
(1943–2016), former New Zealand motor racing driver
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Chris Andersen
Christopher Claus Andersen (born July 7, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Birdman", Andersen was born in Long Beach, California, grew up in Iola, Texas, and played one year at Blinn College. Andersen bega ...
(born 1978), American basketball player
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Chris Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Angel (wrestler)
Chris Angel (born December 2, 1982) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. In 2010, he joined the International Wrestling Association, becoming the only local wrestler to win the IWA Intercontinental Championship in his debut and first to win ...
(born 1982), Puerto Rican professional wrestler
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Chris Anker Sørensen (born 1984), Danish cycler
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Chris Anstey
Christopher John Anstey (born 1 January 1975) is an Australian former professional basketball player. His career included stints in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers ...
(born 1975), Australian basketball player
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Chris Anthony, American voice actress
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Chris Antley
Christopher Wiley Antley (January 6, 1966 – December 2, 2000) was an American National Champion and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey.
Biography
He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at ...
(1966–2000), champion American jockey
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Chris Archer
Christopher Alan Archer (born September 26, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates and Minnesota Twins.
Archer attended Cla ...
(born 1988), American baseball player
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Chris Arreola
Cristobal Arreola (born March 5, 1981) is an American professional boxer who has challenged three times for the WBC heavyweight title. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's No.8 heavyweight at the conclusion of 2007 and as No.7 heavyweight fro ...
(born 1981), American professional boxer
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Chris Axworthy
Christopher S. Axworthy, (born March 10, 1947, Plymouth, United Kingdom)Roberts, David. Why Chris Axworthy feels at home. The Globe and Mail. October 30, 1999. p. A22 is a Canadian politician and academic.
Law Professor
After teaching law at t ...
(born 1947), Canadian politician and academic
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Chris Baillie (politician)
Christopher John Baillie (born ) is a New Zealand politician who became a Member of Parliament for New Zealand at the 2020 general election, as a representative of the ACT New Zealand party.
Early life and career
In a speech to Parliament, Ba ...
(born 1961 or 1962), New Zealand politician
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Chris Ballard (politician), former politician in Ontario, Canada
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Chris Ballew (born 1965), American musician
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Chris Bassitt (born 1989), American baseball player
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Chris Beard (disambiguation), several people
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Chris Beardsley (born 1984), English footballer
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Chris Beckett (born 1955), British social worker, university lecturer, and science fiction author
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Chris Bell (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Benoit
Christopher Michael Benoit (; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career including most notably the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestlin ...
(1967–2007), Canadian professional wrestler
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Chris Bey
Chris Bey (born February 13, 1996) is an American professional wrestler currently signed with Impact Wrestling, where he is a former one-time X Division Champion. He is also known for his work on the independent scene. He has also made appearan ...
(born 1996), American professional wrestler
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Chris Bianco, American celebrity chef
*Chris Bickford, Canadian actor who was a cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series ''
You Can't Do That on Television
''You Can't Do That on Television'' is a Canadian sketch comedy television series that first aired locally in 1979 before airing in the United States in 1981. It featured pre-teen and teenage actors in a sketch comedy format similar to that of ...
''
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Chris Bittle
Christopher Joseph Bittle (born February 17, 1979) is a Canadian Liberal politician who was elected to represent the riding of St. Catharines in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. He currently serves as the Parliam ...
(born 1979), Canadian Liberal politician
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Chris Board
Chris Board (born July 23, 1995) is an American football linebacker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Dakota State. He won three FCS Division 1 Championships with NDSU.
Pr ...
(born 1995), American football player
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Chris Bolt, British economist
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Chris Botti
Christopher Stephen Botti ( ; born October 12, 1962) is an award-winning American trumpeter and composer.
In 2013, Botti won the Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category, for the album ''Impressions''.
He was also nominated in ...
(born 1962), American trumpeter and composer
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Chris Braithwaite
Chris Braithwaite, also known as Chris Jones (1885 – 9 September 1944), was a black Barbadian who was leader of the Colonial Seamen's Association in the 1930s.
Life
Born in Barbados, Braithwaite went to sea with the British merchant navy as ...
(1885–1944), black Barbadian
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Chris Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Brubeck, American musician and composer
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Chris Bryan (born 1982), former sportsman
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Chris Burke (actor) (born August 26, 1965), American actor
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Chris Butler (filmmaker)
Chris Butler (born January 1, 1974) is an English animator, writer and director, known for his works at Laika, such as ''ParaNorman'' and '' Missing Link'', which were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
He studied a ...
(born 1974), English storyboard artist
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Chris Butler (private investigator) Chris Butler may refer to:
* Chris Butler (politician) (born 1950), British Conservative Party politician
* Chris Butler (ice hockey) (born 1986), American ice hockey player
* Chris Butler (musician) (born 1949), American musician with The Waitre ...
, American private investigator
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Chris Campbell (cornerback) (born 1995), American football player
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Chris Candido
Christopher Barrett Candito (March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005) was an American professional wrestler. Candito is best remembered for his tenures with promotions such as World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro-W ...
(1972–2005), American professional wrestler
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Chris Carmack
James Christopher Carmack (born December 22, 1980) is an American actor, singer, and former fashion model. He is known for his roles in three popular television shows—the teen drama series '' The O.C.'' (2003–2004) as Luke Ward, the country ...
(born 1980), American actor and singer
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Chris Carter (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Carson
Christopher Dewayne Carson (born September 16, 1994) is a former American football running back. He played professionally for five seasons for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL), after playing college football at Butler ...
(born 1994), American football player
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Chris Champion
Christopher Dennis Ashford-Smith (February 17, 1961 – August 22, 2018), better known by his ring name Chris Champion, was an American professional wrestler. He primarily worked for various National Wrestling Alliance member territories, inclu ...
(1961–2018), American professional wrestler
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Chris Chandler (born 1960), American former football player
*Chris Chavis, real name for American retired professional wrestler
Tatanka (wrestler)
Chris Chavis (born June 8, 1961) is an American retired professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is part of the Lumbee tribe. He is best known for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (later known as Wor ...
(born 1961)
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Chris Chaney (born 1970), American musician
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Chris Chatterton
Chris Chatterton is an English illustrator and animator from County Durham. He is the illustrator of children's picturebooks including Supermarket Gremlins, and Pete's Magic Pants. He was the animation director of two animated episodes of the Do ...
(born 1982), English illustrator and animator
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Chris Chelios
Christos Kostas Chelios (born January 25, 1962) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was one of the longest tenured players in the National Hockey League, and is a three-time Stanley Cup champion—one with the Montreal ...
(born 1962), American former professional ice hockey defenseman
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Chris Cheney
Christopher John Cheney (born 2 January 1975) is an Australian rock musician, record producer, and studio owner. He is the founding mainstay guitarist, songwriter, and lead vocalist of the rockabilly band The Living End, which was formed in 1 ...
(born 1975), Australian rock musician
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Chris Chetti
Christopher Chetti (born July 16, 1974) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) between 1996 and 2001.
Professional wrestling career
Extreme Championship Wrestling ...
(born 1974), American professional wrestler
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Chris Christie
Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, lobbyist, and former federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018.
Christie, who was born in N ...
(born 1962), former Governor of New Jersey
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Chris Clark (writer)
Chris Clark (born 1945/6) is a British amateur crime writer who writes chiefly about serial killers and their supposed links to unsolved crimes. He is a retired police intelligence officer who worked in the King's Lynn area for Norfolk Polic ...
(born 1945/6), British author
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Chris Claybrooks
Chris Claybrooks (born July 17, 1998) is an American football cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Memphis.
College career
Claybrooks played wide receiver at Coahoma Commun ...
(born 1998), American football player
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Chris Colfer
Christopher Paul Colfer (born May 27, 1990) is an American actor, singer, and author. He gained international recognition for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television musical '' Glee'' (2009–2015). Colfer's portrayal of Kurt received cr ...
(born 1990), American actor
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Chris Columbus (filmmaker)
Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several te ...
(born 1958), American movie director and screenwriter
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Chris Columbus (musician)
Joseph Christopher Columbus Morris (June 17, 1902 – August 20, 2002), better known as Crazy Chris ColumboRye, Howard (2002)"Chris Columbus."''Grove Music Online''. Retrieved 3 December 2022. or just Chris Columbo, was an American jazz drummer. H ...
(1902–2002), American jazz drummer
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Chris Cooper (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Corbould
Christopher Charles Corbould, (; born 1958) is a British special effects coordinator best known for his work on major blockbuster films and the action scenes on 15 ''James Bond'' films since The Spy Who Loved Me. He has also worked extensivel ...
(born 1958), British special effects coordinator
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Chris Cornell
Christopher John Cornell (né Boyle; July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American singer and musician best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary lyricist and songwriter for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave ...
(1964–2017), American musician and songwriter
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Chris Covington
Chris Covington (born January 3, 1996) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft. He played college football at Indiana.
Early years
Covington attende ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Chris Croft, American politician
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Chris Cron (born 1964), American baseball player and coach
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Chris Cuomo
Christopher Cuomo ( ; born August 9, 1970) is a television journalist anchor at NewsNation, based in New York City. He has previously been the ABC News chief law and justice correspondent and the co-anchor for ABC's ''20/20'', news anchor for ...
(born 1970), television journalist
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Chris Cuomo (philosopher)
Chris Cuomo is the Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Georgia. She is also an affiliate faculty member of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program, the Institute for African-American Studies, and the Institute fo ...
, Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies
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Chris Cuthbert
Chris Cuthbert (born September 20, 1957) is a Canadian sportscaster. He is the lead play-by-play commentator for ''NHL on Sportsnet'' and ''Hockey Night in Canada'', since 2021. Formerly, he worked for TSN, NBC, and CBC Sports in a multitude of ...
(born 1957), Canadian sportscaster
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Chris Dainty
Chris Dainty is a Canadian artist and animator from Ottawa, Ontario.Lynn Saxberg"Ottawa filmmaker animates ice to pay tribute to a departed friend" ''Ottawa Citizen'', September 20, 2019. He is most noted for his 2019 short film '' Shannon Amen'', ...
, Canadian artist and animator
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Chris Daughtry (born 1979), American singer, musician, and actor
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Chris Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris D'Elia
Christopher William D'Elia (born March 29, 1980) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host. He is known for playing Alex Miller on the NBC sitcom '' Whitney'', Danny Burton on the NBC sitcom ''Undateable'', Kenny on the ...
(born 1980), American stand-up comedian
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Chris Denning (born 1941), British radio presenter and convicted sex offender
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Chris Devenski
Christopher Michael Devenski (born November 13, 1990), also known as "Devo", is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization. He played in MLB for the Houston Astros from 2016 to 2020, and the Diamondbacks fr ...
(born 1990), American baseball player
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Chris Dickinson (wrestler)
Christopher Torre(born August 11, 1987) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Chris Dickinson. He is best known for his work in Game Changer Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Evolve Wrestling, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, New Ja ...
(born 1987), American professional wrestler
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Chris Difford
Christopher Henry Difford (born 4 November 1954) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member and songwriter of the rock group Squeeze.
Musical career
Born in Greenwich, London, Difford has written l ...
(born 1954), English singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer
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Chris Distefano
Christopher Paul Anthony Distefano (born August 26, 1984) is an American comedian. Primarily a stand-up comedian, Distefano began his career in entertainment on MTV and MTV2's shows '' Guy Code'' and ''Girl Code''. Distefano's first hour-long st ...
(born 1984), American comedian
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Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is a general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and previously worked at eBay. He is also the co-founder and former CEO of Hunch. He was #1 on the Midas ...
(born 1972), American internet entrepreneur
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Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. ...
(born 1944), American lobbyist and politician
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Chris Duffy (wrestler) (1965–2000), American professional wrestler
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Chris Dunk (born 1958), American tennis player
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Chris Dwyer
Christopher Paul Dwyer (born April 10, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Kansas City Royals in 2013. Prior to playing professionally, Dwyer attended Clemson Univer ...
(born 1988), American baseball pitcher
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Chris Dyson
Christopher Dyson (born February 24, 1978) is an American professional racing driver who competed in the American Le Mans Series for Dyson Racing from 2002 to 2013. He is currently competing in the Trans-Am Series in the TA class where he just c ...
(born 1978), American racing driver
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Chris Eagles
Christopher Mark Eagles (born 19 November 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.
After coming through the youth system at Watford, he began his professional career with Manchester United, but was unable to ...
(born 1985), English footballer
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Chris Elliott (born 1960), American actor, comedian, and writer
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Chris Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Ensminger (born 1973), American basketball coach and former player
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Chris Eubank
Christopher Livingstone Eubank (born 8 August 1966) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998. He held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles between 1990 and 1995, and is ranked by BoxRec as the th ...
(born 1966), British former professional boxer
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Chris Eubank Jr. (born 1989), British professional boxer
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Chris Evans (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Evert (born 1954), American tennis player
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Chris Fehn
Christopher Fehn (born February 24, 1973) is an American musician. He was a percussionist and backing vocalist for the heavy metal band Slipknot from 1998 to 2019, in which he was designated #3. He was also the bassist for Will Haven from 201 ...
, American musician
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Chris Fetter (born 1985), American baseball coach
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Chris Fischer, American chef and farmer from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
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Chris Flexen (born 1994), American baseball player
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Chris Froome
Christopher Clive Froome ɹɪs fɹuːm (born 20 May 1985) is a Kenyan/British road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017), one ...
(born 1985), winner of the 2013 and 2015
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
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Chris Farley
Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. Farley was known for his loud, energetic comedic style, and was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and later a cast member of the ...
(1964–1997), American actor and comedian
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Chris Frantz
Charton Christopher Frantz (born May 8, 1951) is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer for both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, both of which he co-founded with wife and Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth. In 2002, Frant ...
(born 1951), American musician and record producer
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Chris Freeland
Chris Freeland (born January 7, 1969) is an American politician from Kentucky. He is a Republican and represents District 6 in the State House.
References
1969 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Re ...
(born 1969), American politician
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Chris Fryar (born 1970), American drummer
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Chris Fuller (director)
Christopher Elwin Fuller is an American film director, writer, producer, editor, actor and entrepreneur. His films have been compared to the early, avant-garde works of Gus Van Sant, Harmony Korine and Robert Bresson, though his peers consider h ...
(born 1982), American Filmmaker
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Chris Gall (born 1975), German jazz pianist and composer
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Chris Gardner (disambiguation) Chris Gardner (born 1954) is an American businessman and author.
Chris Gardner may also refer to:
* Chris Gardner (baseball) (born 1969), American baseball pitcher
* Chris Gardner (curler) (born 1985), Canadian curler
* Chris Gardner (rugby league ...
, several people
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Chris Garia (born 1992), Curaçao sprinter and former baseball player
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Chris Garrett (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Geith
Chris Geith is an American composer and arranger of contemporary jazz and New Age music. His band, The Chris Geith Group, signed with Jive Records in Asia in 2001. The band has been no. 1 in the contemporary jazz, Jazz Fusion, and Contemporary U ...
, American composer and arranger of contemporary jazz and New Age music
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Chris Godwin
Rod Christopher Godwin Jr. (born February 27, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Buccaneers in the th ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Chris Gragg
Christopher Le'Edward Gragg (born June 30, 1990) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for three seasons with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Gragg pla ...
(born 1990), American football player
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Chris Hadfield (born 1959), Canadian astronaut
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Chris Hallam
Christopher "Chris" Alexander Hallam, MBE (31 December 1962 – 16 August 2013) was a Welsh Paralympian and wheelchair athlete. He competed at four Paralympic Games; Stoke Mandeville, England (1984), Seoul, South Korea (1988), Barcelona, Spa ...
(1962–2013), Welsh Paralympian and wheelchair athlete
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Chris Hamrick
Christopher Hamrick (born October 21, 1966) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his stint in ECW, though he is also known for his appearances in WWE, TNA and throughout the independent circuit.
Professional wrestling car ...
(born 1966), American professional wrestler
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Chris Harper (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Harris (wrestler) (born 1973), American professional wrestler
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Chris Hemsworth
Christopher Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian television series ''Home and Away'' (2004–2007) before beginning a film career in Hollywood. In the Marvel Cinemat ...
(born 1983), Australian actor
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Chris Henchy
Christopher Thomas Henchy is an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for being a creative collaborator with Will Ferrell, including co-creating the website Funny or Die and writing several Ferrell films, including '' Land of the L ...
, American screenwriter and producer
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Chris Herndon (born 1996), American football player
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Chris Hero (born 1979), American professional wrestler
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Chris Hogan (disambiguation), several people
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Chris Holt (disambiguation), several people
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Chris Hook (born 1968), American baseball player and coach
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Chris Hubbard (born 1991), American football player
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Chris Hyndman (1966–2015), Canadian interior decorator and television personality
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Chris Iannetta
Christopher Domenic Iannetta (, ; born April 8, 1983) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Seattle Mariners, and Arizona Diamondbac ...
(born 1983), American professional baseball player
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Chris Irwin
Chris Irwin (born 27 June 1942 in Wandsworth, London) is a British former racing driver. He participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 16 July 1966. He scored two championship points.
Irwin's career was ended p ...
(born 1942), British former racing driver
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Chris Isaac (1959–2020), American professional football player
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Chris Isaak
Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor. He is widely known for his breakthrough hit and signature song " Wicked Game", as well as other songs such as "Blue Hotel", " Baby ...
(born 1956), American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor
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Chris Ivory
Christopher Lee Ivory (born March 22, 1988) is a former American football running back. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2010 and also played for the New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Buffalo Bills. He ...
(born 1988), American former football running back
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Chris Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris James (disambiguation) Christopher or Chris James may refer to:
* Christopher James, 5th Baron Northbourne (1927–2019), British farmer and businessman
* Chris James (baseball) (born 1962), American baseball player
* Chris James (audio engineer) (born 1974), American m ...
, multiple people
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Chris Jansen (born 1966), Dutch politician
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Chris Janson
Christopher Pierre Janson (born April 2, 1986) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Janson has recorded three full-length albums, '' Buy Me a Boat'', '' Everybody'', and '' Real Friends'', through Warner Bros. Records Nashville, alo ...
(born 1986), American singer and songwriter
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Chris Jericho
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler and singer. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of the Jerich ...
(born 1970), American-Canadian professional wrestler
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Chris Kanyon
Christopher Morgan Klucsarits (January 4, 1970 – April 2, 2010) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1994 to 2 ...
(1970–2010), American professional wrestler
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Chris Kattan (born 1970), American actor, comedian, and author
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Chris Kenner (1929–1976), American New Orleans-based R&B singer and songwriter
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Chris Kläfford (born 1989), Swedish singer
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Chris Klug
Chris Klug (born November 18, 1972) is a professional alpine snowboarder. After receiving a liver transplant in 2000 to treat primary sclerosing cholangitis, he went on to compete in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, winning a bronz ...
(born 1972), American snowboarder
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Chris Kratt (born 1969), American television host
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Chris Kreski
Christopher Raymond Kreski (July 31, 1962 – May 9, 2005) was an American writer, biographer and screenwriter.
Early life and education
Kreski graduated in 1980, from Butler High School and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 2018 ...
(1962–2005), American writer, biographer and screenwriter
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Chris Kyle
Christopher Scott Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat. He has over 150 c ...
(1974–2013), American naval sniper
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Chris Kirkpatrick
Christopher Alan Kirkpatrick (born October 17, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, music producer, and occasional actor, who is best known for his work as the founding member of the pop group NSYNC, in which he sang countertenor. He al ...
(born 1971), American singer and actor
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Chris Lacy
Chris Lacy (born January 28, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma State, and was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted f ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Chris Landreth
Chris Landreth (born August 4, 1961) is an American animator working in Canada, best known for his work on the 2004 film ''Ryan (film), Ryan''. He has made many Computer-generated imagery, CGI animated films since the mid-1990s, including ''The En ...
(born 1961), American animator
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Chris Langham
Christopher Langham (born 14 April 1949) is an English writer, actor, and comedian. He is known for playing the cabinet minister Hugh Abbot in the BBC sitcom '' The Thick of It'', and as presenter Roy Mallard in '' People Like Us'', first on B ...
(born 1949), English writer
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Chris Larkin
Chris Larkin (born Christopher Stephens, 19 June 1967) is an English actor.
Early life
Born Christopher Larkin Stephens on 19 June 1967 in London, Larkin is the elder son of actors Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Robert Stephens. His younger bro ...
(born 1967), English actor
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Chris Lawrence (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Lea
Chris Lea is a designer, politician and political activist in Canada. He was the leader of the Green Party of Canada from 1990 to 1996. Lea is notable for being the first openly gay political party leader in Canadian history.
Biography
Lea is a ...
, designer, politician, and political activist in Canada
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Chris Leary, national television and radio show personality
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Chris Leben
Christian Cyrus Leben (born July 21, 1980) is an American former mixed martial artist, referee, and bare knuckle boxer. A professional MMA competitor from 2002 until 2013, he most notably competed in the UFC in the Middleweight division, compili ...
(born 1980), American mixed martial artist
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Chris Chan Lee, American filmmaker
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Chris Lemmon (born 1954), American actor and author
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Chris Lincoln (born 1947), American sportscaster
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Chris Lindstrom (born 1997), American football player
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Chris Lowe
Christopher Sean Lowe (born 4 October 1959) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, and co-founder of the synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he formed with Neil Tennant in 1981.
Biography
Lowe attended Arnold School, an independen ...
(born 1959), English musician
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Chris MacFarland
Chris MacFarland (born March 28, 1970) is an American ice hockey executive serving as the general manager for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Early life
Born in the Bronx, New York, MacFarland played collegiate hock ...
(born 1970), American ice hockey executive
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Chris Madsen
Chris Madsen (February 25, 1851 – January 9, 1944) was a lawman of the Old West who is best known as being one of The Three Guardsmen, the name given to Madsen and two other Deputy US Marshals who were responsible for the apprehension and/or ki ...
(1851–1944), American lawman of the Old West
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Chris Madsen (musician) (born 1954), Canadian singer, songwriter, teacher, and writer
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Chris Makepeace
Christopher Makepeace (born April 22, 1964) is a Canadian former actor, known for his starring roles in the coming-of-age film ''My Bodyguard'' (1980) and comedy horror ''Vamp'' (1986), and supporting roles in the screwball comedy '' Meatballs'' ...
(born 1964), Canadian former actor
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Chris Mannella (born 1994), Canadian soccer player
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Chris Masters
Christopher Todd Mordetzky (born January 8, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) under the ring name Chris Adonis as a member of Strictly Business. He is a former two-time National Ch ...
(born 1983), American professional wrestler
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Chris Markoff
Chris Markoff is a Yugoslav-American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with professional wrestling promotions in the Midwestern United States in the 1960s.
Early life
Markoff was born in Yugoslavia and raised in ...
, Yugoslav-American retired professional wrestler
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Chris Martin (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Mazza
Christopher James Mazza (born October 17, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, and Tampa Bay Rays. Listed at and , he throws a ...
(born 1989), American baseball player
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Chris McCandless (1968–1992), American hiker
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Chris McDuffie
Chris McDuffie is an American musician. A keyboardist, he performed with the Elephant 6 band The Minders and appeared on their 1996 debut EP ''Come On and Hear''. McDuffie later became a member of The Apples in Stereo, first appearing on the al ...
, American musician
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Chris McKhool
Chris McKhool (born November 18, 1968) is a Canadian violinist, producer, guitarist, composer, and singer-songwriter. He has received numerous awards for his work, including four JUNO Award nominations and four Canadian Folk Music Awards for his ...
(born 1968), Canadian violinist, producer, guitarist, composer, and singer-songwriter
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Chris McNair (1925-2019), American businessman and politician
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Chris McQueen (born 1987), Australian rugby league player
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Chris Meledandri
Christopher Meledandri (; born May 15, 1959) is an American film producer and founder and CEO of Illumination. He previously served as President of 20th Century Fox Animation, and has worked as the producer of the ''Despicable Me'' franchise ...
(born 1959), American film producer and CEO of Illumination
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Chris Melendez
Christopher Melendez (born June 13, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and a second-generation United States Army Veteran, best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Melendez was injured in an IED attack that cost him ...
(born 1987), American professional wrestler
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Chris Michaels
William Pierce (born July 13, 1961) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Chris Michaels. He is best known for his appearances with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based professional wrestling promotion Eastern Champi ...
(born 1961), American professional wrestler
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Chris Minns
Christopher John Minns (born 17 September 1979) is an Australian politician who is the leader of the NSW Labor Party. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Kogarah for the Labor Party at the 2015 New Sout ...
(born 1979), Australian politician
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Chris Montez
Chris Montez (born Ezekiel Christopher Montañez on January 17, 1943) is an American guitarist and vocalist, whose stylistic approach has ranged from rock & roll to pop standards and Latin music. His rock sound is exemplified in songs such as hi ...
(born 1943), American guitarist
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Chris Murphy (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Myarick
Christopher George Myarick (born October 6, 1995) is an American football fullback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Temple.
Professional career Miami Dolphins
Myarick was signed by ...
(born 1995), American football player
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Chris Niosi
Christopher Edwin Niosi (born December 31, 1988), also known by his pseudonym Kirbopher, is an American voice actor, animator, and producer.
His voice-work includes Lord Uroko in '' Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea'', Arataka Reigen in '' Mob Psycho 1 ...
(born 1988), American animator, producer, and voice actor
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Chris Noth
Christopher David Noth ( ; born November 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Mike Logan on '' Law & Order'' (1990–95), Big on ''Sex and the City'' (1998–2004), and Peter Florrick on ''The ...
(born 1954), American actor
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Chris Odom (born 1994), American football player
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Chris O'Dowd
Christopher O'Dowd (born 9 October 1979) is an Irish actor and comedian. He received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy ''The IT Crowd'', which ran for four series between 2006 and 2010. He has ...
(born 1979), Irish actor and comedian
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Chris Okey (born 1994), American baseball player
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Chris Oladokun
Chris Oladokun (born September 3, 1997) is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Florida before transferring to Samford then to South Dakota State.
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(born 1997), American football player
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Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967), American Olympic fencer
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Chris Olson (ice hockey)
Chris Olson (born July 4, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who was an List of Division I AHCA All-American Teams, All-American for Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey, Denver.
Career
Olson arrived at Denver Pioneers me ...
(born 1964), American former professional ice hockey goaltender
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Chris O'Neill (YouTuber) (born 1990), Irish YouTuber, animator, voice actor, musician, and video game designer
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Chris Owings
Christopher Scott Owings (born August 12, 1991) is an American professional baseball utility player who is a free agent. He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies and B ...
(born 1991), American professional baseball player
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Chris Oxspring
Chris Andrew Oxspring (born 13 May 1977) is a former Australian professional baseball pitcher who played for a number of teams around the world.
Career
Oxspring joined the Hanshin Tigers in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 2006 seaso ...
(born 1977), Australian former professional baseball player
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Chris Paddack
Christopher Joseph Paddack (born January 8, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his debut in 2019 with the San Diego Padres. During his 2019 season, he earned the nic ...
(born 1996), American baseball player
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Chris Parker (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Parnell (born 1967), American actor
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Chris Pang
Christopher Pang (born 29 December 1984) is an Australian actor and producer. He is best known for his role as Colin Khoo in ''Crazy Rich Asians'' (2018) and Lee Takkam in '' Tomorrow, When the War Began'' (2010).
Early life
Pang was born in ...
(born 1984), Australian actor and producer
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Chris Paul
Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6, 1985), nicknamed "CP3" and “The Point God”, is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Paul is widely regarded as one o ...
(born 1985), American basketball player
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Chris Paul (American football)
Christopher Paul (born November 19, 1998) is an American football offensive guard for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tulsa and was drafted by the Commanders in the seventh round of t ...
(born 1998), American football player
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Chris Peace (American football)
Christopher Aziz Peace (born February 8, 1996) is an American football former coach and outside linebacker who is currently a graduate assistant for the Virginia Cavaliers. He played college football at Virginia and in the National Football Lea ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Chris Penn
Christopher Shannon Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American actor. He was the brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn. Noted as a skilled character actor from a prominent acting dynasty, he was typically cast a ...
(1965–2006), American actor
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Chris Perez (disambiguation) Chris Perez may refer to:
* Chris Pérez
Christopher Gilbert Pérez (born August 14, 1969) is an American guitarist, best known as lead guitarist for the Tejano band Selena y Los Dinos. He married the frontwoman of the group, Selena, on April 2 ...
, multiple people
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Chris Pine
Chris Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as James T. Kirk in the ''Star Trek'' reboot film series (2009–present), Steve Trevor in the DC Extended Universe films ''Wonder Woman'' (2017) and '' Wo ...
(born 1980), American actor
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Chris Pitman
Chris Pitman (born November 16, 1961) is an American musician best known for his involvement with the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. A multi-instrumentalist, Pitman is known to play keyboards, guitar and drums, in addition to his role as a lead o ...
(born 1961), American musician
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Chris Pontius (born 1974), American actor
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Chris Potter (actor)
Christopher Jay Potter (born August 23, 1960) is a Canadian actor, director, musician, and pitchman. He is primarily known for his roles on soap operas and prime-time television. Potter is known for his roles as Peter Caine, the son of Kwai C ...
(born 1960), Canadian actor, musician and pitchman
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Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist) (born 1971), American jazz saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist
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Chris Potter (record producer), British music producer and mixer
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Chris Potter (priest)
Christopher Nicholas Lynden Potter is a retired Anglican priest.
Potter was born on 4 October 1949, educated at Haileybury and the University of Leeds and ordained in 1993 after an earlier career as a furniture designer and cabinet maker. He beg ...
(born 1969), Dean of St Asaph
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Chris Pratt (born 1979), American actor
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Chris Prieto
Christian Michael Prieto (born August 24, 1972) is a former professional baseball player who played one season in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in . Prieto attended Carmel High School, and the University of Nevada. ...
(born 1972), American baseball player and coach
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Chris Pyne (1939–1995), English jazz trombonist
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Chris Quick
Chris Quick (born 2 August 1988) is a Scottish editor and producer of independent films. His editing credits includes ''Autumn Never Dies'', ''In Search of La Che'', ''Mountain'' and ''The Greyness of Autumn'' which also marked his directorial ...
(born 1988), Scottish film producer
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Chris Quilala
Chris Quilala is an American Christian musician and worship leader with the Jesus Culture band and formerly with the Bethel Music collective. He primarily plays Christian pop and contemporary worship music.
Personal life
Quilala met his future ...
, American Christian musician and worship leader
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Chris Ramsay
Chris Ramsay is a Canadian magician and YouTuber and television producer, known for creating and starring in the TruTV stunt magic show '' Big Trick Energy''. His YouTube channel, featuring puzzle solves, cardistry and magic has over 6 million ...
, American magician and YouTuber
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Chris Ramsey (disambiguation) Chris Ramsey may refer to:
* Chris Ramsey (footballer) (born 1962), former footballer
* Chris Ramsey (comedian) (born 1986), English stand-up comedian and actor
* Chris Ramsey (adventurer) (born 1976), British adventurer and sustainable living advo ...
, multiple people
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Chris Rea
Christopher Anton Rea ( ; born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer and guitarist from Middlesbrough. A "gravel-voiced guitar stalwart" known for his slide guitar playing, Rea has recorded twenty five solo albums, two of which t ...
(born 1951), English rock and blues singer and guitarist
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Chris Rea (rugby union)
Christopher William Wallace Rea (born 22 October 1943) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He was capped 13 times for Scotland, scoring three tries, including the winning try in the 1971 Calcutta Cup.
Rea toured New Zealand i ...
(born 1943), Scotland former international rugby union player
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Chris Reed (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Reeve
Christopher Stanley Reeve (born December 4, 1953) is a South African-American knife maker, recognized as one of the most influential people in knife making history.Shackleford, Steve, Blade Magazine, “30 Most Influential People in Blade His ...
(born 1953), South African-American knife maker
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Chris Rosenberg
Roy Albert DeMeo (; September 7, 1940 – January 10, 1983) was an Italian-American mobster in the Gambino crime family of New York City. He headed a group referred to as the "DeMeo crew", which became notorious for the large number of murders ...
(1950–1979), American member of the DeMeo crew
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Chris Rock (born 1965), American comedian and actor
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Chris Rowland (born 1997), American football player
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Chris Rowley (born 1990), American baseball player
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Chris Rudge (born 1945), Canadian business executive
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Chris Rumph (born 1971), American football coach
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Chris Rumph II
Chris Rumph II (born October 19, 1998) is an American football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Duke and was drafted by the Chargers in the fourth round of the ...
(born 1998), American football player
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Chris Sabburg (born 1990), Australian cricketer
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Chris Sabin (born 1982), American professional wrestler
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Chris Sale
Christopher Allen Sale (born March 30, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, with whom he made his major league debut ...
(born 1989), American baseball player
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Chris Salvi (born 1989), American football player
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Chris Sandow
Chris Sandow (born 9 January 1989) is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a goal-kicking or , he could also play as a .
Background
Sandow was born in Kingaroy, Queensland.
Sandow grew up in Quee ...
(born 1989), Indigenous Australian rugby league player
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Chris Sarandon
Christopher Sarandon (; born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. He is well known for playing a variety of iconic characters, including Jerry Dandrige in ''Fright Night'' (1985), Prince Humperdinck in ''The Princess Bride'' (1987), Detective Mik ...
(born 1942), American actor
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Chris Sauve
Chris Sauvé is a Canadian animator. He has done some directing, but works primarily as an animator. He has worked on several television shows (''The Raccoons, The Ren & Stimpy Show'', ''Futurama'', '' Baby Blues'', and ''My Life as a Teenage Robo ...
, Canadian animator
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Chris Savino
Christopher Mason Savino (born October 2, 1971) is an American writer, comic book artist, and former animator. He is well-known as the creator of the animated series '' The Loud House''. Savino has also worked on ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', ''Dext ...
(born 1971), American cartoon animator
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Chris Schenkel
Christopher Eugene Schenkel (August 21, 1923 – September 11, 2005) was an American sportscaster. Over the course of five decades he called play-by-play for numerous sports on television and radio, becoming known for his smooth delivery and bar ...
(1923–2005), American sportscaster
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Chris Schultz
Christopher Schultz (February 16, 1960 – March 4, 2021) was a Canadian professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He primarily played with the CFL Toronto A ...
(1960–2021), Canadian professional football player
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Chris Seitz
Christopher Seitz (born March 12, 1987) is an American former soccer player. He played as a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer from 2007 until his retirement in 2021.
Youth and college
Chris Seitz was awarded Gatorade's California High School ...
(born 1987), American former soccer player
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Chris Slayton (born 1995), American football player
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Chris Smalls, American labor organizer
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Chris Smith (disambiguation) Chris Smith may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* Chris Smith (composer) (1879–1949), American composer and performer
* Chris "Frenchie" Smith, American record producer and musician
*Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith, member of rap music duo Kr ...
, multiple people
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Chris Snyder
Christopher Ryan Snyder (born February 12, 1981) is an American former professional baseball catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Houston Astros and the Baltimore Oriol ...
(born 1981), American baseball player
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Chris Snyder (American football) (born 1974), American football player
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Chris Soteros
Christine Elaine Soteros is a Canadian applied mathematics, applied mathematician. She is professor and acting head of the department of mathematics and statistics at the University of Saskatchewan, and site director of the Pacific Institute for t ...
, Canadian mathematician
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Chris Spedding
Christopher John Spedding (born Peter Robinson, 17 June 1944) is an English musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Spedding is best known for his st ...
(born 1944), English musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, Womble and record producer
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Chris Stack
Christopher Stack (born June 13 in Chicago, Illinois), is an actor who took over the role of Michael McBain, replacing Nathaniel Marston, on the ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'' from December 3, 2007, to June 17, 2009. Stack temporarily retur ...
, American actor
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Chris Stapleton (born 1978), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Chris Stark
Christopher Francis Stark (born 12 March 1987) is a British radio personality known for his work most recently as a co-host on the ''Scott Mills'' show on BBC Radio 1 until he departed in 2022. He currently works on Capital FM's Breakfast Show ...
(born 1987), British radio personality
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Chris Starkjohann (born 1956), American golfer
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Chris Staros
Chris Staros (born 1962) is the Editor-in-Chief of the graphic novel publishing company Top Shelf Productions, and also does comics mentoring for aspiring comics professionals at www.chrisstaros.com. He is also the author of ''Yearbook Stories, 19 ...
, American comic book publisher
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Chris Stein (born 1950), American musician and photographer
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Chris Stout
Chris Stout (born 1976) is a Scottish fiddle/violin player from Shetland, now based in Glasgow. Stout grew up in Fair Isle and lived there until 8 years of age before moving to Sandwick on the Shetland Mainland, then on to Glasgow in the 1990 ...
(born 1984), Scottish fiddle player
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Chris Stratton
Christopher Lee Stratton (born August 22, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Angels, and Pittsbu ...
(born 1990), American baseball player
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Chris Streveler (born 1995), American football player
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Chris Stuckmann
Christopher Michael Stuckmann (born April 15, 1988) is an American filmmaker, YouTuber, author, and film critic.
As one of the most popular film critics on YouTube, Stuckmann has over 2 million subscribers and over 706 million views on the plat ...
(born 1988), American film critic
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Chris Sununu
Christopher Thomas Sununu ( ; born November 5, 1974) is an American politician and engineer who has served as the 82nd governor of New Hampshire since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Sununu was a member of the New Hampshire Executive Coun ...
(born 1974), American politician
*
Chris Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Tomlin
Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Grand Saline, Texas, United States, who has sold over 7 million records. He is a member of Passion Conferences ...
(born 1972), American musician
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Chris Tamer
Christopher Thomas Tamer (born November 17, 1970 in Dearborn, Michigan) is a retired American ice hockey defenseman who played in the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, and Atlanta Thrashers.
Hockey career
As a youth, Tamer pla ...
(born 1970), American ice hockey player
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Chris Terrio
Chris Terrio (born December 31, 1976) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 2012 film ''Argo'', for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Terrio also won the W ...
(born 1976), American screenwriter and film director
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Chris Thomas (born 1947), English record producer
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Chris Thomas Devlin
Chris Thomas Devlin is an American screenwriter best known for his work on ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2022) and ''Cobweb'' (2023).
Career
In 2018, Devlin wrote an unsolicited screenplay for the horror film ''Cobweb'' (2023). The screenpl ...
, American screenwriter
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Chris Tordoff
Chris Tordoff is an English-born Irish comedian, actor, writer, YouTuber, and streamer. He is best known for co-creating the RTÉ mockumentary series ''Hardy Bucks'', in which he plays drug dealer Francis "The Viper" Higgins. He has reprised t ...
, English-born Irish comedian, actor, writer, YouTuber, and live streamer
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Chris Tucker
Christopher Tucker (born August 31, 1971) is an American actor and comedian. Tucker made his debut in 1992 as a stand-up performer on the HBO comedy series '' Def Comedy Jam'', where he frequently appeared on the show during the 1990s. He ap ...
(born 1971), American actor and comedian
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Chris Valaika (born 1985), American baseball player and coach
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Chris Van Vliet (born 1983), Canadian television/radio personality
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Chris Von Erich
Christopher Barton Adkisson (September 30, 1969 – September 12, 1991) was an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Chris Von Erich of the Von Erich family.
Professional wrestling career
The smallest and youngest of the ...
(1969–1991), American professional wrestler
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Chris Vrenna
Chris Vrenna (born February 23, 1967 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American musician, producer, engineer, remixer, songwriter, programmer, and founder of the electronic band Tweaker. Vrenna played drums for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails ...
(born 1967), American musician
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Chris Waddell
Chris Waddell (born 1968) is an American Paralympic sit-skier and wheelchair track athlete. He was a promising non-disabled skier while attending Middlebury College in Vermont, before a skiing accident left him paralysed from the waist down.
As ...
(born 1968), American Paralympic sit-skier and wheelchair track athlete
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Chris Waddle (born 1960), English former professional football player and manager
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Chris Wade (disambiguation) Christopher or Chris Wade may refer to:
*Chris Wade (fighter) (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
* Chris Wade (real estate broker) (born 1945), American real estate broker involved in the Whitewater controversy
* Chris Wade (Researcher)
* ...
, multiple people
*
Chris Walker (disambiguation), multiple people
*
Chris Ware
Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American cartoonist known for his '' Acme Novelty Library'' series (begun 1994) and the graphic novels ''Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth'' (2000), ''Building Stories'' (201 ...
(born 1967), American cartoonist
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Chris Warren III (born 1996), American football player
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Chris Watson (disambiguation), multiple people
*
Chris Webber (disambiguation) Chris Webber (born 1973) is an American former professional basketball player.
Chris Webber may also refer to:
*Chris Weber (born 1966), American rock musician
* Chris Webber (basketball, born 1972), Canadian basketball player
*Chris Webber, a cha ...
, several people
*
(born 1984), American mixed martial artist
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Chris Weitz
Christopher John Weitz (born November 30, 1969) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his work with his brother Paul on the comedy films '' American Pie'' and '' About a Boy''; the latter earned the Weit ...
(born 1969), American producer, writer, director, and actor
*
Chris Westry (born 1997), American football player
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Chris Whitecross, Canadian lieutenant-general
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Chris Wiggins
Christopher John Wiggins (January 13, 1931 – February 19, 2017) was an English-born Canadian actor.
Career
He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952.
Wiggins is probably ...
, associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University
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Chris Wiggins
Christopher John Wiggins (January 13, 1931 – February 19, 2017) was an English-born Canadian actor.
Career
He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952.
Wiggins is probably ...
(1931–2017), English-born Canadian actor
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Chris Wilcox
Chris Ray Wilcox (born September 3, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He has also played in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons.
High S ...
(born 1982), American basketball player
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Chris Wilcox (American football)
Chris Wilcox (born October 30, 1997) is an American football cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at BYU and was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round, 251st ...
(born 1997), American football player
*
Chris Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
*
Chris Wilder (born 1967), English professional football manager and former player
*
Chris Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
*
Chris Wolstenholme
Christopher Tony Wolstenholme (born 2 December 1978) is an English musician. He is the bassist and backing vocalist for the rock band Muse.
Early life
Chris Wolstenholme grew up in the English town of Rotherham before moving to Teignmouth, D ...
(born 1978), English musician
*
Chris Woodruff
Chris Woodruff (born January 3, 1973) is an American former professional tennis player and current head coach at the University of Tennessee. He won the 1997 Canada Masters, reached the quarterfinals of the 2000 Australian Open and attained a ...
(born 1973), American tennis player
*
Chris Woods (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Woodward
Christopher Michael Woodward (born June 27, 1976) is an American former professional baseball utility player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariner ...
(born 1976), American former professional baseball utility player and coach
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Chris Worley (born 1995), American football player
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Chris Wormley (born 1993), American football player
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Chris Young (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Zachary (1944–2003), American professional baseball pitcher
Fictional characters
*
Chris Bradley, a character from the X-Men comic books published my Marvel Comics and first appeared in the comic book series ''
X-Men Unlimited
''X-Men Unlimited'' was the title of three comic book series published by Marvel Comics.
The purpose of this title was to run stories that fit between the main X-Men comics. The stories included all characters (heroes and villains) from the X-tit ...
''
* Chris Chambers, a character in the 1986 American coming-of-age movie ''
Stand by Me'' played by
River Phoenix
River Jude Phoenix (; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor, musician and activist.
Phoenix grew up in an itinerant family, as the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. He ...
* Chris Collins, a character in the 1990 American natural horror comedy movie ''
Arachnophobia''
* Chris Farber, a character in the 1994 American TV miniseries ''
V The Final Battle
''V: The Final Battle'' (abbreviated as ''V:TFB'') is a 1984 American TV miniseries. It is a sequel to the 1983 miniseries ''V'' written by Kenneth Johnson about aliens known as "The Visitors" trying to take over Earth.
Johnson parted ways w ...
''
* Chris, a character played by
Christian Tessier
Christian Tessier (born January 1, 1978) is a Canadian actor and singer who began his career as a child actor on '' You Can't Do That On Television.'' He has since appeared in numerous TV and film roles.
Early life
Tessier was born in Toronto o ...
in the 1996 movie ''Natural Enemy''
* Chris Finch, a character from the American television series ''
The Office
''The Office'' is a mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, first made in the United Kingdom, then Germany, and subsequently the United States. It has since been remade in ten other countries.
The original series o ...
''
* Chris Fuller, a character in the American fantasy sitcom ''
Out of This World''
* Chris Grandy in the movie ''
13 Going on 30
''13 Going on 30'' (released as ''Suddenly 30'' in some countries) is a 2004 American fantasy romantic comedy film written by Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, directed by Gary Winick, and starring Jennifer Garner. It follows a 13-year-old girl in ...
''
* Chris Griffen, a character from the 2006 film ''
We Are Marshall''
*
Chris Griffin
Christopher “Chris” Cross Griffin is a fictional character from the animated television series, '' Family Guy''. He is the second of three children of Peter and Lois Griffin and is also the older brother of Stewie Griffin and the younger b ...
, a character from ''
Family Guy''
*
Chris Halliwell, a character from the supernatural TV series ''
Charmed''
* Chris Hammond, a character from the 1987 American fantasy-comedy movie ''
Like Father Like Son''
* Chris Hayden, a character from the 1974 film ''
Black Christmas''
* Chris Hillard, a character from the 1993 American comedy-drama film ''
Mrs. Doubtfire
''Mrs. Doubtfire'' is a 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus. It was written for the screen by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon, based on the 1987 novel ''Alias Madame Doubtfire'' by Anne Fine. Robin Williams, who also s ...
''
* Chris Hughes, a character from the 2010 film ''
The Social Network
''The Social Network'' is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the 2009 book ''The Accidental Billionaires'' by Ben Mezrich. It portrays the founding of social networking websi ...
''
* Chris Johnston, the main character from the 2003 film ''
Timeline
A timeline is a display of a list of events in chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events.
Timelines can use any suitable scale represen ...
''
* Chris Keller, a character from the American TV series ''
Oz''
* Chris Keller, a character from the American TV series ''
One Tree Hill One Tree Hill may refer to:
* "One Tree Hill" (song), a 1987 song by U2 referencing One Tree Hill, New Zealand volcanic peak
* ''One Tree Hill'' (TV series), a 2003–2012 American drama series named for the U2 song
** ''One Tree Hill'' (soundtr ...
''
* Christopher "Chris" Kirkman, a character in ''
Bravest Warriors
''Bravest Warriors'' is an American-Canadian animated series. Set onwards from the year 3085, it follows four teenage heroes-for-hire as they warp through the universe to save adorable aliens and their worlds using the power of their emotions. It ...
''
* Chris Kruger, the main character from the 2005 film ''
Jarhead''
* Chris Kyle, a character from the 2014 film ''
American Sniper
''American Sniper'' is a 2014 American biographical war drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Jason Hall. It is loosely based on the memoir '' American Sniper'' (2012) by Chris Kyle, with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. The film ...
''
* Chris Lloyd, a character from the 1985 film ''
Target
Target may refer to:
Physical items
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artillery, f ...
''
*
Chris MacNeil, a character from the 1971 novel ''
The Exorcist
''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty ...
'' and its franchise
*
Chris McLean, a character from ''
Total Drama
''Total Drama'' (often shortened as ''TD'') is a Canadian animated television series created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis that premiered on Teletoon in Canada on July 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the U.S. on June 5, 2008. The se ...
''
* Chris Miller, a character in the 1986 American fantasy drama film ''
The Barker
''The Barker'' is a 1928 part-talkie pre-Code romantic drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., acquired in September 1928. The film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and stars Milton Sills, ...
''
* Christopher "Chris" Myers, character from the 2016 film ''
The Promise''
* Chris "Oz" Ostreicher, a character from the 1999 film ''
American Pie'' and its 2001 sequel
*
Chris Pappas, a character from ''
Neighbours''
* Chris Parker, a character played by Elisabeth Shue in the 1987 American teen movie ''
Adventures in Babysitting
''Adventures in Babysitting'' (also known as ''A Night on the Town'' in certain countries) is a 1987 American teen comedy film written by David Simkins and directed by Chris Columbus in his directorial debut. It stars Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coo ...
''
* Chris Peterson, the main character from the American TV sitcom ''
Get a Life'' (1990–1992)
* Chris Pratt, a character from the 2007 film ''
The Lookout''
* Chris Potter, fictional character on sitcom ''Kenan and Kel'' played by
Dan Frischman
Daniel Frischman (born April 23, 1959) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and magician. He was born in Whippany, New Jersey. He is best known for his roles as Chris Potter on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Kenan & Kel'' and Arvid Enge ...
*
Chris Redfield
is a character in '' Resident Evil'' (''Biohazard'' in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. Chris debuted as one of the two playable characters of the original ''Resident Evil'' (1996), alongside his ...
, a character from the ''
Resident Evil
''Resident Evil'', known in Japan as is a Japanese horror game series and media franchise created by Capcom. It consists of survival horror, third-person shooter and first-person shooter games, with players typically surviving in environments ...
'' franchise
*
Chris Tate
Chris Tate is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ''Emmerdale'', played by Peter Amory. The character made his first appearance on 14 November 1989, when he arrived in the village alongside the rest of the Tate family – h ...
, character from the British ITV soap opera, ''
Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...
''
* Christopher "Chris" Traeger, a character from the American TV series ''
Parks and Recreation''
*
Chris Thorndyke, a human boy in the ''Sonic X'' anime television series
* Chris Turner, a character in the 1993 TV series ''
Journey to the Center of the Earth
''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (french: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel ...
''
* Chris 'Cav' Anton Vichon, a character from the 2002 film ''
Brown Sugar
Brown sugar is unrefined or partially refined soft sugar.
Brown Sugar may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Brown Sugar'' (1922 film), a 1922 British silent film directed by Fred Paul
* ''Brown Sugar'' (1931 film), a 1931 ...
''
*
Chris Warner
Christopher Alexander Warner is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' who has been portrayed by Michael Galvin since the show's first episode, making him the longest running original character. Galvin quit the ...
, fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''
* Chris Wells, a character in the 2008 television movie ''
The Nanny Express
''The Nanny Express'' is a Hallmark Channel television film. It premiered on Hallmark Channel on July 11, 2008, and stars Vanessa Marcil, Dean Stockwell, and Brennan Elliott.
Plot
After the passing of their mother three years prior, Ben and Emil ...
''
Performance characters
*
Cristiana Cucchi Bazooka Girl (real name: Cristiana Cucchi) is a Eurobeat vocalist and one of the most well-known names on "HI-NRG Attack", an Italian record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music video ...
, Italian singer also known as Chris
*
Héloïse Letissier (born 1 June 1988), French musician performing as ''Chris'' since 2018
See also
*
Chris (album)
*
Cris (disambiguation)
*
Criss
Criss is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Criss Angel (born 1967), American magician
*Criss Oliva (1963–1993), American musician
Surname
*Anthony Criss (born 1970), American rapper and actor
*Charlie ...
*
Crist (surname) Crist is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941), Australian poet, author and journalist
* Carole Crist (born 1969), American businesswoman
* Charlie Crist, American. politician, former Florida govern ...
*
Kris (name)
References
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Hypocorisms
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