Chase (name)

This article is about people named "Chase". For other uses, see Chase (disambiguation).

Chase
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Old French
Origin
Word/Name	Old French word Chacier meaning "to catch / seize"
Meaning	Hunter or Huntsman
Region of origin	England
Other names
Derived	Chasseur
[1][2]

Chase is a given name and surname in the English language, especially in the United States. The given name is a transferred use of the surname.

People with the given name

• Chase Blackburn (born 1983), football linebacker for the New York Giants
• Chase Coffman (born 1986), football tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Chase Daniel (born 1986), football quarterback for the Washington Redskins
• Chase Headley (born 1984), baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres
• Chase Stevens (born 1979), American professional wrestler
• Chase Utley (born 1978), baseball second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies
• Chace Crawford (born 1985) , Actor

People with the surname

• Bill Chase, trumpet player and leader of the eponymous jazz-rock fusion band Chase
• Chevy Chase, American comedian, writer, and television and film actor
• Carroll Chase (1878–1960) - renowned philatelist in U.S. and France
• Clifford Chase, American novelist
• David Chase, American television writer, director and producer
• Emory A. Chase (1854–1921), New York judge
• George C. Chase, president of Bates College 1894–1919, English scholar
• Ilka Chase, American actress
• James Hadley Chase, British writer
• J. Mitchell Chase, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Jonathan Chase (colonel), Revolutionary War officer
• Lucia Chase, dancer and co-founder of American Ballet Theatre
• Lucien Bonaparte Chase, U.S. Congressman from Tennessee
• Martha Chase, U.S. biologist, helped prove that genes are made of DNA
• Mary Chase, various people; see Mary Chase
• Qiana Chase, American model
• Rangi Chase, New Zealand rugby league footballer
• Ray P. Chase, U.S. Congressman from Minnesota
• Reuben Chase, officer in the U.S. Continental Navy
• Richard Chase, U.S. serial murderer
• Salmon P. Chase, U.S. Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
• Samuel Chase, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
• Stuart Chase, economist, engineer and general semanticist
• Thornton Chase, the first American Baha'i
• William C. Chase, American soldier
• William Merritt Chase, American painter

Fictional characters

• Chase (The Sword of Truth), a character from the book series The Sword of Truth
• Chase (Transformers), a character in the Transformers toyline, comics and cartoon series
• Chase, an IRO-bot in the comic book series The Amory Wars
• Chase, a character from Blade: The Series
• Chase, a character in the anime series Fighting Foodons
• Chase Collins, The Antagonist From The Movie "The Covenant"
• Chase Edmunds, a character from the television series 24
• Chase Hammond, a major character in the 1999 film Drive Me Crazy
• Chase Matthews, from Zoey 101
• Dr. Chase Meridian, a character from the film Batman Forever
• Chase Stein, a senior member of Marvel comics's Runaways
• Chase Young, an antagonist in Xiaolin Showdown
• Ambrose Chase, a character from the comic book Planetary
• Angela Chase, a character from My So-Called Life played by Claire Danes
• Annabeth Chase (Close to Home), a character from the television series Close to Home
• Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), a character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians novel series
• Brad Chase, a character from the television series Boston Legal
• Agent Cameron Chase, a character from the comic book series Chase
• Cordelia Chase, a character from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• James Chase, a character from the game Secret Weapons Over Normandy
• Johnny "Drama" Chase, a character from the HBO television series Entourage
• Dr. Robert Chase, a character from the television series House, M.D.
• Vincent Chase, a character from the HBO television series Entourage

See also

• Chase (disambiguation)

References

1. ^ Genealogy of Chase
2. ^ Chase family crest and history

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