Top Celebrity Names Starting With Chet

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   Chet Atkins

   1924 - 2001 Male
   

   Musician, Guitarist, Songwriter

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   Chester Burton Atkins, known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well. Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally.… read more

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   Chet Culver

   Age 46 Male
   

   Governor, Teacher, Politician

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   Chester John "Chet" Culver was the 41st Governor of Iowa, from 2007 to 2011. He was also elected as the Federal Liaison for the Democratic Governors Association for 2008-2009. He founded the Chet Culver Group, an energy sector consulting firm, in 2011.… read more

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   Chet Baker

   1929 - 1988 Male
   

   Jazz Musician

   
   

   Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer. Baker's music earned him a large following (particularly albums featuring his vocals, such as Chet Baker Sings), while his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit" drove his notoriety and fame. Baker died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.… read more

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   Chet Edwards

   Age 60 Male
   

   Texas Politician

   
   

   Thomas Chester "Chet" Edwards is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. He represented a district based in Waco, Texas from 1991 to 2011, and served in the Texas Senate from 1983 until 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Edwards was on Barack Obama's Vice Presidential shortlist in 2008.… read more

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   Chet Upham

   1925 - 2008 Male
   

   Politician, Businessman, President

   
   

   Chester Robert Upham, Jr. , known as Chet Upham, was an oil and natural gas businessman from Mineral Wells, Texas, who served as the chairman of the Texas Republican Party from 1979–1983, corresponding with the first gubernatorial administration of his friend, William P. "Bill" Clements, Jr. Upham was a delegate to every Texas state Republican convention from 1960–1994 and to the national conventions of 1972, 1980, 1984, and 1992.… read more

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   Chet D. Traylor

   Age 66 Male
   

   Judge, Politician, Incumbent

   
   

   Chet D. Traylor is a retired associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from Monroe, Louisiana, who was defeated in the Republican primary election on August 28, 2010, for the U.S. Senate seat held since 2005 by the incumbent David Vitter of New Orleans. Traylor polled fewer than 10 percent of the ballots cast in a low-turnout election, compared to nearly 90 percent for Vitter.… read more

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   Chet Helms

   1942 - 2005 Male
   

   Hippie, Big Brother, Singer

   
   

   Chester Leo "Chet" Helms, often called the father of San Francisco's "1967 Summer of Love," was a music promoter and a cultural figure in San Francisco during its hippie period in the late Sixties. Helms was the founder and manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company and recruited Janis Joplin as its lead singer.… read more

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   Chet Lam

   Age 36 Male
   

   Singer, Songwriter, Composer

   
   

   Chet Lam is a Hong Kong based independent singer-songwriter whose style has been described by many as "city-folk". He is the elder brother of singer Eman Lam.