Chucky is an

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Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

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*Chucky, nickname of

Vassily Ivanchuk Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk ( uk, Василь Михайлович Іванчук; born March 18, 1969), also transliterated as Vassily Ivanchuk, is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading ...

(born 1969), Ukrainian chess grandmaster * Chucky Atkins, nickname of Kenneth Lavon Atkins (born 1974), American basketball player * Chucky Bartolo, nickname of Andrew Bartolo (born 1993), Maltese stand-up comedian and drag queen * Chucky Brown, nickname of Clarence Brown Jr., (born 1968), American basketball player *Chucky Ferreyra, nickname of

Facundo Ferreyra Facundo Ferreyra (; born 14 March 1991), nicknamed "Chucky (Child's Play), Chucky", is an Argentine professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Liga MX club Club Tijuana, Tijuana. Club ...

(born 1991), Argentine footballer *Chucky Gruden, nickname of

Jon Gruden Jon David Gruden (born August 17, 1963) is a former American professional football coach who was a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons. He held his first head coaching position with the Raiders franchise during thei ...

(born 1963), American football coach *Chucky Jeffery, nickname of Janeesa Jeffery (born 1991), American female basketball player *Chucky Klapow, nickname of

Charles Klapow Charles "Chucky" Klapow (born July 5, 1980) is an American choreographer and dance instructor who has performed and choreographed for various performers and several television and stage productions. He is also known for his teachings on the ment ...

(born 1980), American choreographer and dance instructor *Chucky Lozano, nickname of

Hirving Lozano Hirving Rodrigo Lozano Bahena (born 30 July 1995) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Napoli and the Mexico national team. He is popularly known by his nickname Chucky. Lozano began his career with Pachuca, w ...

(born 1995), Mexican footballer * Chucky Mullins, nickname of Roy Lee Mullins (1969–1991), American gridiron football player *

Chucky Thompson Carl Edward "Chucky" Thompson Jr. (July 12, 1968 – August 9, 2021) was an American hip hop and R&B record producer. Biography Thompson was born in Washington, D.C., in 1968. He was a member of Bad Boy Entertainment's " Hitmen" team of in-ho ...

, nickname of Carl E. Thompson, (fl 1991 – present) American hip hop/R&B record producer *Chucky Venn or Chucky Venice, stage name of

Charles Venn Charles Venn (born 24 June 1973), formerly known by the stage names Chucky Venice and Chucky Venn, is a British actor, known for his roles as Ray Dixon in ''EastEnders'', Jacob Masters in ''Casualty'', Curtis Alexander in Sky One's '' Dream Tea ...

, (born 1973), English actor * Chucky Workclothes, nickname of Charles Ditchley (born 1984), American hip-hop artist *

Marcelo de Jesus Silva Marcelo de Jesus Silva, nicknamed "Chucky" was a Brazilian serial killer

, nicknamed “Chucky”, Brazilian mass murderer

Fictional characters

Chucky (character) Charles Lee "Chucky" Ray is the main antagonist of the '' Child's Play'' slasher film franchise. Chucky is portrayed as a vicious serial killer who, as he bleeds out from a gunshot wound, transfers his soul into a "Good Guy" doll and continuousl ...

, nickname of Charles Lee Ray in the ''Child's Play'' media franchise *Chucky, in the animated children's TV series ''

Foofur ''Foofur'' is an American traditionally animated children's television series from '' Kissyfur'' creator Phil Mendez that was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions with SEPP International S.A. Airing on NBC from 1986 to 1988, the show was about ...

'' *Chucky Pancamo, character from '' Oz'' *Chucky Signore, nickname of Charles Signore, character from ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance ...

'' *Rubber Chucky, character from ''

Yin_Yang_Yo! ''Yin Yang Yo!'' is a flash-animated television series created by Bob Boyle for Jetix. Produced by Jetix Animation Concepts as the third Jetix original series, it first aired on August 26, 2006, as a sneak peek and premiered on September 4, 2006 ...

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