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Boss

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"Bossing" redirects here. For Filipino television personality with this nickname, see Vic Sotto.

Boss may refer to:

Occupations

  • Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier
  • Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization
  • Fire boss, a person in charge of mine safety
  • Pit boss, the person who looks after the employees who work in a casino pit
  • Political boss, a person who controls a political region or constituency

Places

People

As a real name

  • Boss (surname)
  • Boss Mustapha, politician, Secretary of Nigerian government

As a nickname or stage name

Athletes

  • Lance Armstrong ("Le Boss", born 1971), former professional cyclist
  • Sasha Banks (born 1992), American professional wrestler
  • Tomás Boy ("El Jefe", born 1952), former Mexican professional football player and current coach
  • Bobby Lashley (born 1976), American professional wrestler
  • Helmut Rahn ("Der Boss", 1929–2003), German football player
  • Andrew Reynolds (skateboarder) (born 1978), American professional skateboarder
  • George Steinbrenner (1930–2010), owner of the New York Yankees baseball team
  • Jos Verstappen (born 1972), Dutch Formula One driver

Musicians

  • Boss (rapper) (née Lichelle Laws, 1969), American rapper
  • Gene Ammons ("The Boss", 1925–1974), American jazz musician and songwriter
  • Ross the Boss Friedman (born 1954), guitarist of The Dictators and Manowar
  • Diana Ross ("The Boss", born 1944), American singer and actress
  • Rick Ross ("The Boss", born 1976), American rapper
  • Bruce Springsteen ("The Boss", born 1949), American singer and songwriter

Politicians

  • Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Boss Shepherd (Alexander Robey Shepherd, 1835–1902), Washington, D.C., politician
  • Boss Tweed (William M. Tweed, 1823–1878), notoriously corrupt New York City politician

Comedy

  • Hugo Boss (comedian), the artist formerly known as Joe Lycett

Other people

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Film

  • The Boss (1915 film), a silent film based on a play by Edward Sheldon (see below)
  • The Boss (1956 film), an American film by Byron Haskin
  • The Boss (1973 film) or Il Boss, an Italian crime film
  • The Boss (1975 film) or Boss Nigger, a blaxploitation film
  • The Boss, a 2005 short film starring Jennifer Sciole
  • Boss (2006 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
  • Boss (2011 film), an Indian Kannada-language film
  • Boss (2013 Bengali film), an Indian Bengali-language film starring Jeet
  • Boss (2013 Hindi film), an Indian Hindi-language film starring Akshay Kumar
  • The Boss (2016 film), an American film starring Melissa McCarthy

Music

Bands

Albums

  • Boss (album), by Magik Markers, 2007
  • The Boss (Diana Ross album), 1979
  • The Boss (Jimmy Smith album), 1968
  • The Boss (Timati album), 2009

Songs

  • "Boss", a song by the Carters from the album Everything Is Love, 2018
  • "The Boss", a song by James Brown from the soundtrack Black Caesar, 1973
  • "The Boss", a song by A. R. Rahman from the soundtrack Sivaji, 2007

Television

  • Boss (TV series), a 2011 US series starring Kelsey Grammer
  • The Boss (TV series) or The Peter Principle, a British television sitcom
  • "Boss", an episode of Life's Work
  • Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor, fictional supercomputer in the Doctor Who television serial The Green Death

Other

  • Boss (video games), a particularly powerful enemy or opponent in a video game
  • Boss Radio, a 1960s pop radio format
  • Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago, a 1971 book by Mike Royko
  • The Boss, a 1911 Broadway play by Edward Sheldon

Science and technology

  • Boss (geology), a body of igneous rock
  • Boss (engineering), an engineering term for a protrusion type feature
  • BOSS (molecular mechanics) (Biochemical and Organic Simulation System), a molecular modeling program
  • Balanced Optical SteadyShot, an image stabilization technology used in Sony video cameras
  • Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
  • BOSS Great Wall, the largest known galaxy wall
  • Bharat Operating System Solutions, GNU/Linux distribution developed by NRCFOSS/C-DAC, India
  • Big Occultable Steerable Satellite, a system for observing distant planets
  • Bride of sevenless, a promoter for the sevenless gene
  • "Boss", nickname of the robot that won the 2007 DARPA Grand Challenge
  • Yahoo! Search BOSS, a web services platform initiative

Other uses

  • Boss (architecture), a protruding stone, often decoratively carved
  • Boss (soft drink), a brand of coffee-flavored beverages
  • Boss Audio, a company that manufactures audio equipment for automotive and marine applications
  • Boss Corporation, a company that manufactures guitar accessories and audio equipment
  • Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS), in Boulder, Utah
  • Bureau of State Security (B.O.S.S.), a South African state security agency from 1966 to 1980
  • Shield boss, the domed metal centre to a shield
  • The Boss (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis
  • A series of modified Ford engines used for NASCAR racing, including:
  • "Boss", the bone shield of some adult Bovinae bull's horns
  • Boss, the bony mass on the skull of some dinosaurs from family Ceratopsidae
  • Boss, the hub of a propeller
  • Boss, an alternate name for one personality type in the Enneagram of Personality theory
  • Hugo Boss, often stylised as BOSS, a German fashion house
  • BOSS GP, European motor racing series

See also

  • Bos (disambiguation)
  • El Jefe (disambiguation)
  • Snoop Dogg ("The Boss Dogg", born 1971), American rapper and record producer
  • Swelling (medical), referred to as bossing
  • Ray Traylor (1963–2004), professional wrestler once known as "The Boss"
  • Who's the Boss (disambiguation)
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