Chuck

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

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

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

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