Boss may refer to:

Occupations

Supervisor A supervisor, or lead, (also known as foreman, boss, overseer, facilitator, monitor, area coordinator, line-manager or sometimes gaffer) is the job title of a lower-level management position and role that is primarily based on authority over la ...

, often referred to as boss * Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier *

Crime boss A crime boss, also known as a crime lord, mafia don, mob boss, kingpin, or godfather is the leader of a criminal organization. Description A crime boss has absolute or nearly absolute control over the other members of the organization and is ...

, 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 In the politics of the United States of America, a boss is a person who controls a faction or local branch of a political party. They do not necessarily hold public office themselves; most historical bosses did not, at least during the times of th ...

, a person who controls a political region or constituency

Places

* Boss, Missouri, United States, an unincorporated community *

Boss, Texas Boss is an unincorporated community in Tarrant County, Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arka ...

, United States, an unincorporated community * Boss (crater), a lunar crater

People

As a real name

* Boss (surname) * Boss Mustapha, politician, Secretary of the Nigerian government (2017–2023)

As a nickname or stage name

Athletes

Lance Armstrong Lance Edward Armstrong (''né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times fro ...

("", born 1971), former professional cyclist *

Sasha Banks Sacha, Sasha, or Sascha may refer to: People * Sasha (name), includes list of people with the name and the variants Sascha or Sacha Musicians * Sacha (singer), born Sacha Visagie, Canadian singer and songwriter * Sasha (DJ) (born 1969), born Alex ...

(born 1992), American professional wrestler * Tomás Boy ("", 1951–2022), former Mexican professional football player and current coach *

Bobby Lashley Franklin Roberto Lashley (born July 16, 1976) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Hurt Syndicate and is one-half of the AEW World Tag Team C ...

(born 1976), American professional wrestler *

Helmut Rahn Helmut Rahn (16 August 1929 – 14 August 2003), known as ''Der Boss'' (The Boss), was a German footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in 1954 FIFA World Cup Fin ...

("", 1929–2003), German football player *

Andrew Reynolds (skateboarder) Andrew Reynolds (born June 6, 1978) is an American professional skateboarder known for co-founding Baker Skateboards in 2000 with artist Jay Strickland. He is now Baker Skateboard's sole owner. Reynolds established Bakerboys Distribution with ...

(born 1978), American professional skateboarder *

George Steinbrenner George Michael Steinbrenner III (July 4, 1930July 13, 2010) was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010. He was the longest-serving own ...

(1930–2010), owner of the New York Yankees baseball team * Jos Verstappen (born 1972), Dutch Formula One driver

Musicians

* Boss (rapper) (née Lichelle Laws, 1969–2024), American rapper *

Gene Ammons Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R ...

("The Boss", 1925–1974), American jazz musician and songwriter *

Ross the Boss Ross Friedman (born January 3, 1954), also known as Ross the Boss, is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of both the Punk rock, punk band the Dictators and the Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Manowar (band), Manowar. Hist ...

Friedman (born 1954), guitarist of The Dictators and Manowar *

Diana Ross Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown Records", she was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown#Major divisions, Motown's most suc ...

("The Boss", born 1944), American singer and actress *

Rick Ross William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), known professionally as Rick Ross, is an American rapper. An influential figure in modern Hip-hop, hip hop music, Rick Ross has become known for his "Wiktionary:booming, booming" vocal perfor ...

("The Boss", born 1976), American rapper *

Bruce Springsteen Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American Rock music, rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Nicknamed "the Boss", Springsteen has released 21 studio albums spanning six decades; most of his albums feature th ...

("The Boss", born 1949), American singer and songwriter

Politicians

* Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States *

Alexander Robey Shepherd Alexander Robey Shepherd (January 30, 1835 – September 12, 1902) was an American politician and businessman who was the 2nd Governor of the District of Columbia from 1873 to 1874. He was one of the most controversial and influential civic lead ...

, 1835–1902), Washington, D.C., politician *

William M. Tweed William Magear "Boss" Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878) was an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party's political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th ...

(1823–1878), notoriously corrupt New York City politician

Other people

Joe Lycett Joe Harry Lycett (born 1988), also known by the self-given moniker "Mummy", and officially self-renamed briefly as Hugo Boss in 2020, is a British comedian, television presenter, and painter. He has appeared on many TV shows, including '' Live ...

, English comedian, television presenter and painter who briefly changed his name to Hugo Boss *

Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarcti ...

(1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer

As a ring name

Ray Traylor Ray Washington Traylor Jr. (May 2, 1963 – September 22, 2004) was an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name (The) Big Boss Man, as well as for his appearances ...

(1963–2004), American professional wrestler, one of whose ring names was "The Boss"

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Boss (''Mazinger''), from the anime ''Mazinger Z'' * Big Boss (''C.O.P.S.''), a crime boss from the animated series ''C.O.P.S.'' * Big Boss (''Metal Gear''), a character in the ''Metal Gear'' video game series * Boss Hogg, the main villain of the television show ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' *

Pointy-haired Boss This is a list of characters that have appeared in Scott Adams' ''Dilbert'' comic strip. Primary characters Dilbert The main character in the strip, Dilbert is a stereotypical technically-minded single male. Prior to October 2014, he was usua ...

, the office nemesis of cartoon character Dilbert * The Boss (''Metal Gear''), a character in the video game ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' * "The Boss," title bestowed upon the narrator of ''

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' is an 1889 historical novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled ''A Yankee in King Arthur's Court''. Some early editions are titled ''A Yankee at the Court ...

'' * "The Boss", Nicolas Lucifer III, from the animated series '' The Baskervilles'' * "The Boss" (simply known as "playa" in the first game), the main character of the ''Saints Row'' series

Film

* ''Boss'' (2006 film), an Indian Telugu-language film * ''Boss'' (2011 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * '' Boss: Born to Rule'', a 2013 Indian Bengali-language film starring Jeet **'' Boss 2'', its 2017 sequel * ''Boss'' (2013 Hindi film), an Indian Hindi-language film starring Akshay Kumar * ''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), a blaxploitation film * ''The Boss'', a 2005 short film starring Jennifer Sciole * ''The Boss'' (2016 film), an American film starring Melissa McCarthy * '' Sivaji: The Boss'', a 2007 Indian film by S. Shankar

Music

Bands

Boss (Australian band) Boss were a hard rock band, which formed in 1979 in Adelaide. Long-term members were Craig Csongrady on lead vocals and Kevin Pratt on lead guitar. The group issued a sole album, ''Step on It'', in October 1984 before disbanding in 1986. Three ...

, a 1980s hard rock band * The Boss (band), a South Korean boy band

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" (Fifth Harmony song), 2014 * "Boss" (Lil Pump song), 2017 * "Boss" (NCT U song), 2018 * "Boss", a song by the Carters from the album '' Everything Is Love'', 2018 * "Boss" by

Mirror A mirror, also known as a looking glass, is an object that Reflection (physics), reflects an image. Light that bounces off a mirror forms an image of whatever is in front of it, which is then focused through the lens of the eye or a camera ...

, 2021 * "The Boss" (Diana Ross song), 1979 * "The Boss" (Rick Ross song), 2008 * "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 ''Life's Work'' is an American sitcom series that aired from September 1996 to June 1997 on American Broadcasting Company, ABC; the show stars Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, an assistant district attorney in Baltimore. Lisa Ann alw ...

'' * Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor, a fictional supercomputer in the ''Doctor Who'' television serial '' The Green Death''

Other

Boss (video games) In video games, a boss is a significantly powerful non-player character and computer-controlled enemy created as an opponent to players. A fight with a boss character is referred to as a boss battle or boss fight. Bosses are generally far stro ...

, 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 Edward Brewster Sheldon (February 4, 1886, in Chicago, Illinois – April 1, 1946, in New York City) was an American dramatist. His plays include ''Salvation Nell'' (1908) and '' Romance'' (1913), which was made into a motion picture with Greta ...

* '' BOSS: Baap of Special Services'', a 2019 web series

Science and technology

* Boss (geology), a body of igneous rock *

Boss (engineering) In engineering, a boss is a protruding feature on a workpiece. A common use for a boss is to locate one object within a pocket or hole of another object. For instance, some Engine, motors use a precisely machined boss on the front face to locate ...

, an engineering term for a protrusion type feature *

Boss General Catalogue ''Boss General Catalogue'' (''GC'', sometimes General Catalogue) is an astronomical catalogue containing 33,342 stars. It was compiled by Benjamin Boss (who lived from 1880 to 1970) and published in the United States in 1936. Its original name ...

, an early 20th century star catalog *

BOSS (molecular mechanics) Biochemical and Organic Simulation System (BOSS) is a general-purpose molecular modeling program that performs molecular mechanics calculations, Metropolis Monte Carlo statistical mechanics simulations, and semiempirical Austin Model 1 (AM1), PM3 ( ...

(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 The Sloan Digital Sky Survey or SDSS is a major multi-spectral imaging and spectroscopic redshift survey using a dedicated 2.5-m wide-angle optical telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, United States. The project began in 2000 a ...

BOSS Great Wall The BOSS Great Wall is a supercluster complex that was identified, using the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), in early 2016. It was discovered by a research team from several institutions, con ...

, the largest known galaxy wall *

Bharat Operating System Solutions Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS GNU/Linux) is an Indian Linux distribution based on Debian. The latest stable release is 10.0 (''Pragya''), which was released in March 2024. Editions BOSS Linux was released in various editions for dif ...

, 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 Yahoo Search BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) was a Yahoo! Developer Network initiative to provide an open search web services platform. Yahoo discontinued BOSS JSON Search API, BOSS Placefinder API, BOSS Placespotter API and as well BOSS H ...

, a web services platform initiative * Boss 302, a

Ford Modular engine The Ford Modular engine is an overhead camshaft (OHC) V8 and V10 gasoline-powered small block engine family introduced by Ford Motor Company in 1990 for the 1991 model year. The term “modular” applied to the setup of tooling and casting ...

Other uses

Boss (architecture) In architecture, a boss is a decorative knob on a ceiling, wall or sculpture. Bosses can often be found in the ceilings of buildings, particularly at the keystones at the intersections of a rib vault. In Gothic architecture, such roof bosses ...

, a protruding stone, often decoratively carved * Boss Coffee, a brand of Japanese coffee-flavored beverages * Boss Audio, a company that manufactures audio equipment for automotive and marine applications *

Boss Corporation Boss is a manufacturer of Effects unit, effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories. For many years Boss has manu ...

, 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: ** Ford Boss 302 engine ** Boss 351 ** Boss 429 * "Boss", the bone shield of some adult Bovinae bull's horns, such as the

African buffalo The African buffalo (''Syncerus caffer)'' is a large sub-Saharan African bovine. The adult African buffalo's horns are its characteristic feature: they have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield across the top of the head, referred to ...

* Boss, the bony mass on the skull of some dinosaurs from family

Ceratopsidae Ceratopsidae (sometimes spelled Ceratopidae) is a family of ceratopsian dinosaurs including ''Triceratops'', ''Centrosaurus'', and ''Styracosaurus''. All known species were quadrupedal herbivores from the Upper Cretaceous. All but one species are k ...

* Boss, the hub of a

propeller A propeller (often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon a working flu ...

* Boss, an alternate name for one personality type in the

Enneagram of Personality The Enneagram of Personality, or simply the Enneagram, is a pseudoscientific model of the human psyche which is principally understood and taught as a typology of nine interconnected personality types. The origins and history of ideas assoc ...

theory *

Hugo Boss Hugo Boss AG (stylized in all caps) is a designer fashion company headquartered in Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company sells clothing, Fashion accessory, accessories, footwear, and Leather, leather goods. Hugo Boss is one of the ...

, often stylised as BOSS, a German fashion house *

BOSS GP The BOSS GP Racing Series is a motor racing series in Europe. The category originated in 1995 as the BOSS Formula series and evolved into the EuroBOSS Series. BOSS is an acronym that stands for Big Open Single Seaters. History The BOSS serie ...

, European motor racing series *

Lifting boss Lifting bosses or handling bosses are protrusions intentionally left on stones by masons to facilitate maneuvering the blocks with ropes and levers. They are an important feature of ancient and classical construction, and were often not cut away ...

, knobs or protrusions left by masons on blocks to facilitate levering or lifting * Bosnian Party (''BOSS''), a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina