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'''Chase''' may refer to:
==Places==
In '''Canada''':
* [[Chase, British Columbia]], small village located in the interior of British Columbia, Canada
In the '''United Kingdom''':
* [[Cannock Chase]], Staffordshire
In the '''United States''':
* [[Chase, Alaska]]
* [[Chase, Indiana]], a virtually extinct town in Benton County, Indiana
* [[Chase, Kansas]]
* [[Chase, Maryland]], a community in eastern Baltimore County, Maryland
* [[Chase, Wisconsin]]
* [[Chase City, Virginia]]
* [[Chase Township, Michigan]]
==Things==
* [[Chase (land)]], a geographical term (usually British) designating an area of privately-owned land for hunting, for example [[Cannock Chase]]
* [[Chase (algorithm)]], an algorithm in database construction, to test if a decomposition is lossless
* [[Chase (band)]], a 1970s jazz-rock band headed by Bill Chase
** [[Chase (album)|''Chase'' (album)]], their debut album
* [[Chase (Faroese band)]], a 1980s and 90s rock band
** [[Chase (Faroese Chase album)|''Chase'' (album)]], the Faroese band's Chase' first album
* [[Chase (comics)|''Chase'' (comics)]], a DC comic book
* [[Chase (TV series)|''Chase'' (TV series)]]
* [[Chase (song)|"Chase" (song)]], a 1977 dance hit by Giorgio Moroder from the soundtrack and album ''Midnight Express''
* "[[The Ballad of Chevy Chase]]", the title of at least two English folk songs
* [[USS Chase (DD-323)|USS ''Chase'' (DD-323)]], ''Clemson''-class destroyer in the United States Navy
* [[USS Chase (DE-158)|USS ''Chase'' (DE-158)]], ''Buckley''-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy
* [[USCGC Chase (WHEC-718)|USCGC ''Chase'' (WHEC-718)]], ''Hamilton''-class high-endurance cutter of the United States Coast Guard
* [[Chase Aircraft]]
* [[JPMorgan Chase]]
** [[Chase Manhattan Bank]], which acquired JPMorgan in 2000
* Chase, a brand of bicycle made by [[Cannondale Bicycle Corporation]]
* CHASE (cut holes and sink 'em), Pentagon parlance for [[scuttling]] ships
==People==
===Surname===
* [[Bill Chase]], trumpet player
* [[Chevy Chase]], American comedian, writer, and television and film actor
* [[David Chase]], American television writer, director and producer
* [[George C. Chase]], President of [[Bates College]] 1894-1919, English scholar
* [[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
* [[Qiana Chase]], American model
* [[Ray P. Chase]], U.S. Congressman from Minnesota
* [[Reuben Chase]], officer in the U.S. Continental Navy
* [[Salmon P. Chase]], U.S. Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
* [[Samuel Chase]], signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
* [[Thornton Chase]], the first American Baha'i
===Given names===
'''Chase''' is a given name in the [[English language]], especially in the [[United States]]. It is a transferred use of the [[surname]]. It originated from the [[French language|French]] term for "hunter", [[chasseur]]. In the [[Middle Ages]] it was used as a nickname for a huntsman by the [[Anglo-Norman]] people.
===Fictional===
* [[Chase Matthews]], from ''[[Zoey 101]]''
* 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]]''
* [[Ambrose Chase]], a character from the comic book ''Planetary''
* [[Annabeth (Percy Jackson)]], a character in Rick Riordan's ''Percy Jackson & The Olympians'' book series
* [[Annabeth Chase (Close to Home)]], a character from the television series ''Close to Home''
* Agent Cameron Chase, from [[Chase (comics)|''Chase'' (comics)]]
* [[Cordelia Chase]], a character from the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''
* James Chase, a character from the game ''[[Secret Weapons Over Normandy]]''
* Dr. [[Robert Chase]], a character from the television series ''House, M.D.''
* [[Vincent Chase]], a character from the HBO television series ''Entourage''
* [[Chase Edmunds]], a character from the television series ''24''
* Chase Hammond, a major character in the 1999 film ''[[Drive Me Crazy]]''
* [[Chase Stein]], a senior member of Marvel comics's ''Runaways''
* Chase Young, an antagonist in ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]''
* Johnny Chase, a.k.a 'Drama', brother of Vincent Chase in T.V series Entourage
* Dr. Chase Meridian from [[Batman Forever]]
==See also==
* [[Car chase]]
* ''[[The Chase]]''
* [[Cut to the chase]]
* [[Chace]]
* [[Repoussé and chasing]]
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