Chip (name)
Chip is an English given name and nickname in the United States, which is often a diminutive form of Charles or Christopher.[1] Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
People[edit]
Nickname[edit]
- Christopher “Chip” Tomlinson (born 1972)
- Raymond Chip Ambres (born 1979), American baseball player
- Willis Chip Arndt (born 1966), American gay activist and reality show winner
- Charles Chip Babcock (born 1949), American attorney
- William Chip Banks (born 1959), American football player
- Charles Chip Beall (born 1948), American television host
- Charles Chip Beck (born 1956), American golfer
- John Chip Berlet (born 1949), American investigative journalist and photojournalist
- Charles E. Bohlen (1904–1974), American diplomat
- Arthur Chip Bok (born 1952), American editorial cartoonist
- Earl Chip Brian (born 1970), American financial services, information technology, and construction entrepreneur
- Harry Chip Caray (born 1965), American sports announcer
- James "Chip" Carter, son of former US President Jimmy Carter
- Frank Chip Cipolla (1926–1994), American sports announcer
- Thomas Chip Coulter (born 1945), American baseball player
- Raymond Chip Cravaack (born 1959), American politician and former US Navy pilot
- Rudolph Chip Damiani (1945–2014), American drummer
- Louis Chip Davis (born 1947), American musician and composer
- John Chip Dicks (born 1951), American politician and lobbyist
- Robert Chip Dunham, American cartoonist
- Arthur Chip Engelland (born 1961), American basketball player and coach
- Charles Esten (born 1965), American comedian, actor and singer
- Laverne Chip Fields (born 1951), American singer, actress and television director
- Francis Chip Flaherty, American film producer, publisher, and executive at SkyPath Media
- Floyd Chip Ganassi (born 1958), American former racecar driver and current racecar owner
- David Chip Glass (born 1971), American baseball player
- Charles Chip Goodyear (born 1958), American businessman and member of the Goodyear family
- C. W. Grafton (1909–1982), American crime novelist
- Walter Chip Hale (born 1964), American baseball player and coach
- Lee Chip Hanauer (born 1954), American motorboat racer
- Len "Chip" Hawkes, bassist in The Tremeloes and father of Chesney Hawkes
- William Chip Healy (1947–2019), American football player
- Ralph Chip Ingram (born 1954), Christian pastor, author, and orator
- Charles Chip Jett (born 1974), American professional poker player
- George Chip Johannessen, American TV producer, writer and editor
- Charles Chip Kelly (born 1963), American football coach
- Charles Chip Kidd (born 1964), American graphic designer, author and editor
- John Chip Lohmiller (born 1966), American football player
- Alfred C. Marble Jr. (1936–2017), American Episcopal bishop
- Edward Chip Monck (born 1939), American lighting designer and master of ceremonies at the 1969 Woodstock Festival
- Charles Chip Mosher (1947–2021), American columnist, novelist, actor
- Phillip Chip Myers (1945–1999), American football player
- Charles Chip Pashayan (born 1941), American politician
- Charles Chip Peterson (born 1987), American long-distance swimmer
- Charles Chip Pickering (born 1963), American politician
- David Chip Reese (1951–2007), American poker player
- L. W. Robert Jr. (1889–1976), college athlete, engineer and government official
- William Chip Rogers (born 1968), American former politician
- Dale Chip Rosenbloom (born 1964), American filmmaker, director and producer, co-owner and Vice Chairman of the St. Louis Rams football franchise
- Charles Chip Roy (born 1972), American politician
- Joseph Chip Skowron, American financier and convicted fraudster
- Dennis J. Chip Wilson (born 1955), Canadian-American billionaire, businessman and philanthropist
- Jerome Chip Zien (born 1947), American stage and television actor
This section lists people with the nickname Chip. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link to directly target the intended article.
Given name[edit]
- Chip Bailey (1921–1963), New Zealand communist, taxi driver and trade unionist
- Chip Baltimore (born 1966), member of the Iowa House of Representatives
- Chip Bell, author, keynote speaker, and consultant
- Chip Bolcik (born 1958), American voice-over announcer and narrator
- Chip Chalmers, theater and television director
- Chip Chinery (born 1964), American comedian and actor
- Chip Coffey (born 1954), American self-proclaimed psychic
- Chip Conley (born 1960), American hotelier, hospitality entrepreneur, author, and speaker
- Chip Cox (born 1983), Canadian football linebacker
- Chip Deffaa, American author, jazz historian, playwright, songwriter, and director
- Chip Duncan (born 1955), American filmmaker, author, and photographer
- Chip Ferguson, former American football quarterback
- Chip Foose (born 1963), American automobile designer
- Chip Forrester, former chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party
- Chip Foster, one half of Chip and Pepper
- Chip Franklin (born 1957), talk show host, writer, producer, comedian, and musician
- Chip Giller, American journalist and environmentalist
- Chip Gubera (born 1975), American film director and producer
- Chip Hall (born 1973), American television producer and writer
- Chip Hanna (born 1965), drummer of U.S. Bombs and One Man Army
- Chip Hayes (born 1956), American soap opera writer, producer and director
- Chip Heath, American bestselling author and speaker
- Chip Hines, Roman Catholic priest who co-hosts the CatholicTV program Spotlight
- Chip Hooper (born 1958), former tennis player
- Chip Huggins (born 1961), Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- Chip Jackson, American jazz double bass player
- Chip Gaines (born 1974), American television star known for Fixer Upper on HGTV.
This section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
Fictional characters[edit]
- Chip 'n' Dale, the Disney cartoon chipmunks
- Chip, from the children's TV series Barney & Friends
- Chip, one of the two dung beetles in Camp Lazlo
- Chip, a main character from the children's show Chip and Potato
- Chip (Flaked), the main character of the comedy series Flaked
- Chip Carson/C-17, the protagonist of the Not Quite Human film trilogy and novels
- Chip, from the Sega video game Sonic Unleashed
- Chip Chase, in the cartoon The Transformers
- Chip Crosswire, in the animated TV show Arthur
- Richard "Chip" Douglas, one of My Three Sons in the American TV show
- Chip Flagston, son of the titular characters in the comic strip Hi and Lois
- Chip, a male wasp in the 1998 DreamWorks Animation animated film Antz
- Chip Hazard, the toy antagonist in Small Soldiers
- Chip Hilton, the central character in a series of 24 sports novels
- Charles "Chip" Lowell, on the sitcom Kate & Allie
- Chip Martin, the Schizoid Man in comic books published by Marvel Comics
- Chip Medford, in the 1994 TV movie Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
- Chip Potato, from the British animated short series Small Potatoes
- Chip Potts, in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast and other media
- Chip Skylark, from the animated TV show The Fairly OddParents
- Chip Robinson, in The Magic Key (Oxford Reading Tree) book series and TV adaptation
See also[edit]
- All pages with titles beginning with Chip
- All pages with titles containing Chip
- Chip (disambiguation)
- Chips (nickname)
- Chippy (nickname)
- Chipper (nickname)