leader Leadership, is defined as the ability of an individual, group, or organization to "", influence, or guide other individuals, teams, or organizations. "Leadership" is a contested term. Specialist literature debates various viewpoints on the co ...

is one who influences or leads others. Leader may also refer to:

Places

Municipalities

* Leader, Colorado, United States * Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rivers

* Leader River, New Zealand

Buildings

Leader House Leader House is a Georgian architecture, Georgian townhouse on Surrey Street in the city centre of Sheffield, England. It overlooks Arundel Gate and is a Grade II listed building. History The house was built in 1770 by the Duke of Norfolk for h ...

, a building in Sheffield, England

People

* Leader (surname) *

Gary Glitter Paul Francis Gadd (born 8 May 1944), better known by his stage name Gary Glitter, is an English former singer who achieved fame and success during the 1970s and 1980s. His career ended after he was convicted of downloading child pornography i ...

(born 1944), a musician nicknamed "The Leader" *

Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980), was a British aristocrat and politician who rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when he, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, turned to fascism. ...

(1896–1980), a British politician known to his followers as "The Leader"

Art, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Leader'' (1964 film), a Hindi film starring Dilip Kumar * ''Leader'' (2009 film), a Sinhalese film starring Ranjan Ramanayaka * ''Leader'' (2010 film), a Telugu film starring Rana Daggubati * '' Leader: Amie Bangladesh'', a 2023 Bangladeshi Bengali film featuring Shakib Khan

Literature

* ''The Leader'', novel by Guy Walters * "The Leader" (story), a satirical story by Radoje Domanović

Music

* Leader (orchestra), a position within an orchestra *

Leader Records (UK) Leader Records was a British folk music record label, started by Bill Leader. Between 1969 and 1978, Leader released many important releases of both traditional and folk revival performers, the latter category including Nic Jones, Martin Simp ...

, a folk music record label * Leader Records (US), a subsidiary of Kapp Records *

The Leaders The Leaders is a jazz supergroup formed in 1983. The initial lineup of the Leaders was put together in 1983 by saxophonist Chico Freeman and featured trumpeter Don Cherry, alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe, along with a rhythm section of pianist D ...

, a musical group * "The Leader", a song by the Clash on the album ''

Sandinista! ''Sandinista!'' is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side. It crosses various genres including funk, reggae, jazz, gospe ...

'' * "The Leader", a track by Johan Shevanesh from the 2014 Indian film ''Aal''

Newspapers

Current newspapers

Leader Community Newspapers The Leader Community Newspaper group publishes 20 digital titles covering metropolitan Melbourne. The group was downsized in 2016 and in 2020. Prior to this, it published 33 weekly print titles which were delivered to over 1.4 million homes. In ea ...

, a series of 33 local papers in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia *''

Regina Leader-Post The ''Regina Leader-Post'' is a broadsheet newspaper published in Regina, Saskatchewan, owned by Postmedia Network. Founding The newspaper was first published as ''The Leader'' in 1883 by Nicholas Flood Davin, soon after Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenan ...

'', formerly the ''Leader'', in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada * ''Liverpool Leader'', formerly the ''Leader'', a newspaper published in

Liverpool, New South Wales Liverpool is a suburb of South Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, south-west of the Sydney CBD. It is the administrative seat of the City of Liverpool and is in the Cumberland Plain. History Indigenous Before Bri ...

, Australia * ''The Leader'' (Angaston), a weekly newspaper published in the Barossa Valley, South Australia * ''The Leader'' (Corning), a daily newspaper published in Corning, New York, United States * ''The Leader'' (Flower Mound), a community newspaper published in

Flower Mound, Texas Flower Mound is an incorporated town located in Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Located northwest of Dallas and northeast of Fort Worth adjacent to Grapevine Lake, the town derives its name from a prominent mound loca ...

, United States * ''The Leader'' (Fredonia), a newspaper published by the

State University of New York at Fredonia The State University of New York at Fredonia (alternatively SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia State, or Fredonia) is a public university in Fredonia, New York. It is the westernmost member of the State University of New York. Founded in 1826, it is the six ...

* ''The Leader'' (Houston), a newspaper published in Houston, Texas * ''The Leader'' (Utah), a newspaper published by

Pioneer Newspapers Pioneer News Group was an American media company. The company was founded in 1974 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was owned by the Scripps family, who had also started the E. W. Scripps Company. The Pioneer News Groups had printing fa ...

in Tremonton, Utah, United States * ''The Leader'' (Welsh newspaper), a daily paper in Wales * ''The Leader'', a nickname for the ''

New Hampshire Union Leader The ''New Hampshire Union Leader'' is a daily newspaper from Manchester, the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. On Saturdays, it publishes as the ''New Hampshire Sunday News.'' Founded in 1863, the paper was best known for the ...

'' newspaper in New Hampshire, United States * ''The Leader'', common name for the '' St George and Sutherland Shire Leader'', in Southern Sydney, Australia * ''

Limerick Leader The ''Limerick Leader'' is a weekly local newspaper in Limerick, Ireland. It was founded in 1889. The newspaper is headquartered on Glentworth Street in the City. The broadsheet paper currently is distributed in three editions, City, County an ...

'', in Limerick, Ireland * The ''

Leinster Leader The ''Leinster Leader'' is a newspaper published in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland. Johnston Press bought the Leinster Leader Group in 2005. The Leinster Leader Group, as well as publishing the Naas-based ''Leinster Leader'' also published The ''D ...

'', a local newspaper in Co. Kildare, Ireland

Former newspapers

* ''

Labour Leader The ''Labour Leader'' was a British socialist newspaper published for almost one hundred years. It was later renamed ''New Leader'' and ''Socialist Leader'', before finally taking the name ''Labour Leader'' again. 19th century The origins of th ...

'', a British newspaper (1888–1986) * ''Lincoln County Leader'' (1893–1987), a weekly newspaper in Oregon, U.S. * ''The Leader'' (Allahabad newspaper), published 1909–1967 * ''The Leader'' (English newspaper), a weekly newspaper (1850–1860) founded by G. H. Lewes * ''The Leader'' (Welsh newspaper), a local daily newspaper in Chester, England, published 1973-2017 (also a still-ongoing website) * ''The Leader'' (Irish newspaper), a defunct Irish newspaper founded in 1900 by D. P. Moran * ''The Leader'' (Melbourne), a weekly newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, companion to ''The Age'', published from the 1850s to 1935 or later * ''The Leader'' (Orange, NSW), a defunct Australian newspaper

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Leader (character) The Leader (Samuel Sterns) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Leader first appeared in ''Tales to Astonish'' #62 (December 1964), created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko as the archenemy o ...

, a fictional character from Marvel Comics *

Film leader A film leader is a length of film attached to the head or tail of a film to assist in threading a Movie projector, projector or telecine. A leader attached to the beginning of a reel is sometimes known as a head leader, or simply head, and a lead ...

, a length of film that aids in threading a filmstrip *

Leading article An editorial, or leading article (UK) or leader (UK), is an article or any other written document, often unsigned, written by the senior editorial people or publisher of a newspaper or magazine, that expresses the publication's opinion about ...

, a piece of writing intended to promote an opinion, also called an editorial * ''The Leader'' (web series), a Chinese web series about

Karl Marx Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...

Initiatives and organizations

* Leader (political party), a minor political party in Israel *

LEADER programme The community-led local development (CLLD) funding approach is a European Union initiative to support the decentralised management of development projects, primarily in rural, but also in coastal and urban areas, by involving relevant local actor ...

, a European Union initiative for rural development

Other uses

Front-runner In politics, a front-runner (also spelled frontrunner or front runner) is a leader in an electoral race. While the front-runner in athletic events (the namesake of the political concept) is generally clear, a political front-runner, particularly i ...

, or leader *

Leader (dance partner) In some types of partner dance, lead and follow are designations for the two dancers' roles in a dance pairing. The leader is responsible for guiding the couple and initiating transitions to different dance steps and, in improvised dances, for c ...

Leader (spark) In electromagnetism, a leader is a hot, highly conductive channel of plasma that plays a critical part during dielectric breakdown within a long electric spark. Mechanism When a gas is subjected to high voltage stress, the electric field is oft ...

, part of an electrical spark *

Leader (typography) A leader in typography is a series of characters, usually lines of dots or dashes, that are used as a visual aid to connect items on a page that might be separated by considerable horizontal distance. For example, dot leaders are often used in ...

, a row of characters (usu. dots or dashes) to connect items across a page (as in a table of contents) *

River Leader Leader Water is a small tributary of the River Tweed in Lauderdale in the Scottish Borders. It flows southwards from the Lammermuir Hills through the towns of Lauder and Earlston, joining the River Tweed at Leaderfoot. Course The feeder burns ...

, river in Scotland * Leader, in angling, the section of

fishing line A fishing line is any flexible, high-tensile cord used in angling to tether and pull in fish, in conjunction with at least one hook. Fishing lines are usually pulled by and stored in a reel, but can also be retrieved by hand, with a fixed att ...

between the main line and the hook * Leader, in architecture, a synonym for

downspout A downspout, waterspout, downpipe, drain spout, drainpipe, roof drain pipe, rone or leader is a pipe for carrying rainwater from a rain gutter. The purpose of a downspout is to allow water from a gutter to reach the ground without dripping o ...

* Leader, in distributed computing, the process selected after a

leader election In distributed computing, leader election is the process of designating a single Process (computing), process as the organizer of some task distributed among several computers (nodes). Before the task has begun, all network nodes are either unawa ...

* Leader, an appliance sub-brand of

Haier Haier Group Corporation () is a Chinese multinational home appliances and consumer electronics company headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong. Its Haier Smart Home Company affiliate, of which it owns 35%, designs, develops, manufactures and se ...

SR Leader class The Leader was a class of experimental steam locomotive, produced in the United Kingdom to the design of the innovative engineer Oliver Bulleid. The Leader was an attempt to extend the life of steam traction by eliminating many of the operatio ...

, an experimental British steam locomotive * In

engineering drawing An engineering drawing is a type of technical drawing that is used to convey information about an object. A common use is to specify the geometry necessary for the construction of a component and is called a detail drawing. Usually, a number of ...

, a ''leader'' or ''leader line'' is a thin line connecting a label or dimension with the part to which it applies