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This article is about the name Chance. For other uses, see
Chance .
Chance is a
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"). The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1310 in
Essex .
[2] People with the name Chance include:
Chance Pronunciation chans Gender
Unisex Meaning "good fortune" Region of origin
England Related names Chanse, Chantz, Chanze, Czance, Chaunce, Chauncey, Chauncy, Choncey and Chancey
Chance Adams (born 1994), American baseball player
Chance Bateman (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
Chance the Rapper (born 1993), American rapper, born Chancelor Bennett
Chance Browne (born 1948), American cartoonist
Chance Campbell (born 1999), American football player
Chance Carter (born 2001), Canadian soccer player
Chance Fry (born 1964), American soccer player
Chance Mock (born 1981), American football player
Chance Myers (born 1987), American soccer player
Chance Perdomo (1996–2024), English-American actor
Chance Phelps (1984–2004), United States Marine
Chance Ruffin (born 1988), American baseball player
Chance Sanford (born 1972), American baseball player
Chance Sisco (born 1995), 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
Thomas Chance Morris,
a.k.a.
Sodapoppin (born 1994), Twitch streamer
Beth Chance (born 1968), American statistician
Bob Chance (1940–2013), American baseball player
Britton Chance (1913–2010), American professor and Olympic gold medallist
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
Toby Chance (born 1960), British-born South African politician
The
Chance Brothers , English glass-makers
Chance the Gardener, aka
Chauncey Gardiner , in the novel and film Being There
Chance, an American Bulldog in the movies
Homeward Bound: 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)
Chance Buckman, main character in the 1968 film
Hellfighters (film) , played by John Wayne