Archie is a masculine given name, a

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of Archibald. It may refer to:

People

Given name or nickname

Archie Alexander Archibald Alphonso Alexander (May 14, 1888January 4, 1958) was an American architect and engineer. He was an early African-American graduate of the University of Iowa and the first to graduate from the University of Iowa's College of Engineering. ...

(1888–1958), African-American mathematician, engineer and governor of the US Virgin Islands * Archie Blake (mathematician) (born 1906), American mathematician * Archie Bleyer (1909–1989), American bandleader, music arranger, and record executive *

Archie Bradley (baseball) Archie N. Bradley (born August 10, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Angels. ...

(born 1992), American baseball player * Archie Bradley (boxer) (1897–1969), Australian boxer and rugby league player * Archie Brown (historian) (born 1938), British political scientist and historian * Archie Butterley, Australian fugitive who was shot dead in 1993 * Archie Campbell (disambiguation), several people * Archie Carr (1909–1987), American herpetologist and a pioneer in sea turtle conservation *

Archie Christie Colonel Archibald Christie (30 September 1889 – 20 December 1962) was a British businessman and military officer. He was the first husband of mystery writer Dame Agatha Christie; they married in 1914 and divorced in 1928. They separated ...

(1889–1962), British businessman and military officer, first husband of mystery writer Agatha Christie * Archie Clement (1846–1866), pro-Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War and later bank robber *

Archie Clement (footballer) Archibald Ernest Clement (born 27 November 1901 – 1984) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right back for a number of clubs in the Football League, including ...

(1901–1984), English footballer * Archie Cochrane (1909–1988), Scottish doctor *

Archibald Cox Archibald Cox Jr. (May 17, 1912 – May 29, 2004) was an American lawyer and Law Professor, law professor who served as United States Solicitor General, U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy and as a special prosecutor during the ...

Jr. (1912–2004), American lawyer, law professor, US Solicitor General and a special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal * Archie Donahue (1917–2007), American Marine officer, flying ace and Navy Cross recipient * Archie Gemmill (born 1947), Scottish former footballer *

Archie Green Archie Green (June 29, 1917 – March 22, 2009) was an American folklorist specializing in laborlore (defined as the special folklore of workers) and American folk music. Devoted to understanding vernacular culture, he gathered and commented ...

(1917–2009), American folklorist and labor rights activist * Archie Griffin (born 1954), American former footballer running back * Archie Jewell (1888–1917), English sailor who survived the sinking of the ''Titanic'' * Archie Kao (born 1969), Chinese-American actor * Archie Karas (born 1950), Greek gambler Anargyros Karabourniotis, known for turning $50 into $40 million before losing it all * Archibald "Archie" Leach, birth name of English-born American actor

Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ...

(1904–1986) * Archie League (1907–1986), generally considered the first air traffic controller * Archie Macpherson (born 1937), Scottish sports broadcaster * Archie Manners (born 1993), British magician, comedian, and television presenter * Archie Manning (born 1949), American former National Football League quarterback, father of Peyton and Eli Manning *

Archie Mayo Archibald L. Mayo (January 29, 1891 – December 4, 1968) was a film director, screenwriter and actor. Early years The son of a tailor, Mayo was born in New York City. After attending the city's public schools, he studied at Columbia Unive ...

(1891–1968), American film director, screenwriter, and actor * Archie McLean (footballer) (1894–1971), Scottish footballer known for his contributions to the Brazilian game * Archie Miller (disambiguation), several people * Archie Moore (1916–1998), American world champion boxer, born Archibald Lee Wright * Archie Mountbatten-Windsor (born 2019), British royal *

Archie Norman Archibald John Norman (born 1 May 1954) is a British businessman and politician. He is the only person to have been chairman of an FTSE 100 company and a Member of the House of Commons (MP) at the same time. From January 2010 to January 2016, N ...

(born 1954), British businessman and politician * Archie Panjabi (born 1972), English actress * Archie Renaux (born 1997), English actor and model * Archie Roach (1956–2022), Australian singer * Archie Shepp (born 1937), American jazz saxophonist * '' Archie Sin'' (born 1998), Hong Kong singer and actor * Archie Smith (disambiguation), several people * Archie Thompson (born 1978), Australian footballer

Ring name

* Mixed Martial Archie, the professional wrestling persona of Robert Evans (wrestler) (born 1983)

Fictional characters

* Archie Andrews, the main character in Archie Comics * Archie Andrews (puppet), ventriloquist Peter Brough's dummy * Archie Bunker, in the television sitcoms ''All in the Family'' and ''Archie Bunker's Place'' * Archie Kennedy, in the ''

Hornblower Hornblower may refer to: *Hornblower (surname) * Horn (instrument) blower In fiction * Horatio Hornblower, a fictional officer of the British Royal Navy created by C. S. Forester * ''Hornblower'' (TV series), a series of television programmes b ...

'' television series * Archibald Holden Buster "Archie" Williams, protagonist in

Archie's Final Project ''Archie's Final Project'' (also known by its original title ''My Suicide'') is a 2009 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by David Lee Miller and written by Miller, Eric J. Adams, and Gabriel Sunday, who also served as second unit d ...

* Archie Carpenter, in the British soap opera ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a da ...

'' * Archie Cullen, the male counterpart of Alice Cullen in the ''

Twilight Twilight is light produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, when the Sun is below the horizon, which illuminates the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface. The word twilight can also refer to the periods of time when this ...

'' novel ''Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined'' * Archie Goodwin (character), assistant of the fictional detective Nero Wolfe * Archie Johnson, in the CBS crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' * Archie Mitchell, in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Archibald Archie Morris, in the medical drama series ''ER'' * Archie Ryan, an alias of Lincoln Burrows, from the television show ''Prison Break'' * Archie "Snake" Simpson, in the ''Degrassi'' franchise * Archie (Pokémon), leader of Team Aqua in the ''Pokémon'' series * Archie, a title character of '' archy and mehitabel'', a serialized work of fiction by Don Marquis * Archie, a turtle-like creature in '' The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists'' * Archie (short for Archimedes), a flying ship in the ''

Watchmen ''Watchmen'' is an American comic book maxiseries by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 before being collected in a single-vo ...

'' series * Archie, in the CBeebies TV show '' Balamory'' * Archie, a cute, anthropomorphised, talking chameleon in the CBeebies TV show '' Everything's Rosie'' * Robot Archie, in ''Lion'' comics

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