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{{About|the name Chance|other uses|Chance (disambiguation){{!}}Chance}}Chance is a masculine given name and a surname. The given name is of Middle English origin, meaning "good fortune". There are several variants.[1] The surname is of Old French origin, from cheance, also Middle English chea(u)nce (meaning "fortune", "luck", "accident"). The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1310 in Essex.[2] People with the name Chance include: Given name{{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Chance | pronunciation =chans | gender = male | meaning = "good fortune" | region = England | related names = Chanse, Chantz, Chanze, Czance, Chaunce, Chauncey, Chauncy and Choncey | wiktionary entry = | popularity = | articles = }}- Chance Bateman (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
- Chance the Rapper (born 1993), American rapper, born {{proper name|Chancelor}} Bennett
- Chance Browne (born 1948), American cartoonist
- Chance Fry (born 1964), American soccer player
- Chance Mock (born 1981), American football player
- Chance Myers (born 1987), American soccer player
- Chance Phelps (1984–2004), United States Marine
- Chance Ruffin (born 1988), American baseball player
- Chance Sanford (born 1972), American baseball player
- Chance Thomas, American music composer
- Chance M. Vought (1890–1930), American businessman and aerospace engineer
- Chance Warmack (born 1991), American football player
- Chance Waters (born 1987), Australian rapper, songwriter, record producer
- Chancellor "Chance" Simpson (born 2002), Innovator, 2-sport athlete, and entrepreneur
Surname{{Infobox surname | name = Chance |image= |imagesize= |caption= | pronunciation =chans, chan or chang | meaning = "good fortune" | region = | variant = | footnotes = }}- Amy Chance (born 1975), American actress
- Bob Chance (1940–2013), American baseball player
- Britton Chance (1913–2010), American professor and Olympic gold medalist
- Dean Chance (1941-2015), American baseball pitcher
- Edgar Chance (1881–1955), industrialist, ornithologist
- Frank Chance (1877–1924), American baseball player and manager
- Fred Chance, American illustrator
- Greyson Chance (born 1997), American singer
- Hugh Chance (1911–1998), American religious person
- James Chance (born 1953), American new wave musician
- Sir James Timmins Chance (1814–1902), industrialist and baronet
- Jean C. Chance, American journalism professor
- John Barnes Chance (1932–1972), American composer
- Kenneth Chance (1879-1969), industrialist
- Kim Chance, Australian politician
- Matthew Chance, British television journalist
- Michael Chance (born 1955), English countertenor
- Molly Chance, American television producer and actress
- Noel Chance, British racehorse trainer
- Stephen Chance (disambiguation), multiple people
- The Chance Brothers, English glass-makers
Fictional characters In film - Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner, in the novel and film Being There
- Chance, an American Bulldog in the movies The Incredible Journey and Homeward Bound 2
- Agent Nina Chance, Secret Service agent in the 1997 film Murder at 1600, played by Diane Lane
- Chance Boudreaux, main character of the film Hard Target, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Richard Chance, United States Secret Service agent with the Treasury Department, main character in 1985 film To Live and Die in L.A. (film)
- Chance Wayne, main character from the Tennessee Williams play Sweet Bird of Youth, portrayed by Paul Newman in the 1962 film adaption
- John T. Chance, in the 1959 film Rio Bravo (film)
In other media - Jack T. Chance, DC Comics character
- Christopher Chance, another DC Comics character' who uses the alias Human Target
- Chance "T-Bone" Furlong, a protagonist in the animated series The Radical Squadron
- Chance Chancellor, in the soap opera The Young and the Restless
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search.php?g=1&t=1&s=Chance |title=Chance - Name Meaning & Origin |publisher=thinkbabynames.com |accessdate=2008-03-24}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Chance |title=Surname: Chance |publisher=surnamedb.com |accessdate=2008-03-24}}
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