professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. Professor may also refer to:

Entertainment

Fictional characters

* The Professor (''Gilligan's Island''), a character in the 1960s TV series * The Professor, a

McDonaldland McDonaldland is a McDonald's media franchise and the fictional fantasy world inhabited by Ronald McDonald and his friends. Starting with the creation of Ronald McDonald in 1963, it is primarily developed and published by McDonald's. Initial atte ...

character * The Professor, a nickname for the

Seventh Doctor The Seventh Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Scottish actor Sylvester McCoy. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-o ...

in the TV series ''Doctor Who'' * The Professor (''Money Heist''), a character in the Netflix series * Professor, an anthropomorphic mole character from the ''Spyro'' video game series * Professor, a character from the ''Ape Escape'' video game series * Professor, a character in the 1979 Soviet film ''Stalker''

Literature

* ''The Professor'' (novel), by Charlotte Brontë, 1857 * ''The Professor'', a 1938 novel by Rex Warner * '' The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America'', by conservative American author David Horowitz

Film, television and theatre

* ''Professor'' (1962 film), an Indian Hindi musical * ''Professor'' (1972 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film * ''The Professor'' (1919 film), an uncompleted silent comedy by Charlie Chaplin * ''The Professor'' (1986 film) or ''Il camorrista'', an Italian film based on the life of crime boss Raffaele Cutolo * ''The Professor'' (2018 film), an American comedy-drama * "The Professor" (''My Name Is Earl''), a television episode * Professor, the puppeteer of

Punch and Judy Punch and Judy is a traditional puppet show featuring Mr Punch and his wife Judy. The performance consists of a sequence of short scenes, each depicting an interaction between two characters, most typically the anarchic Mr Punch and one other ...

shows

People

Stage name

Prof (rapper) Jacob Lukas Anderson (born April 29, 1984), better known by his stage name Prof, is an American rapper, singer, and producer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He released his first full-length album, ''Project Gampo'', in 2007 and has since relea ...

(born 1984), American rapper * Professor (musician) (born 1978), South African Kwaito musician

Nicknamed "The Professor"

Roy Bittan Roy J. Bittan (born July 2, 1949) is an American musician best known as a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Professor", Bittan joined the E Street Band in 1974. He plays the piano, organ, accordion and synth ...

(born 1949), American keyboardist in the E Street Band *

Grayson Boucher Grayson Scott "The Professor" Boucher (born June 10, 1984) is an American professional streetball player. He is most known for playing on the highly stylized, international AND1 Mixtape Tour; he has also appeared in several movies including, ' ...

(born 1984), American street basketball player *

Raffaele Cutolo Raffaele Cutolo (; 4 November 1941 – 17 February 2021) was an Italian crime boss and leader of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), an organisation he built to renew the Camorra. Cutolo had a variety of nicknames including o Vangelo'' ("th ...

("Il professore") (1941–2021), Italian crime boss *

Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Hafeez ( Punjabi and ; born 17 October 1980) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer. He was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, and had a major role in the final, where he scored an unbe ...

(born 1980), Pakistani cricketer *

Jan Janssen Johannes Adrianus "Jan" Janssen (born 19 May 1940) is a Dutch former professional cyclist. He was UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, world champion and winner of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, the first Dutch rider ...

(born 1940), Dutch professional cyclist *

Lefter Küçükandonyadis Lefter Küçükandonyadis (, ''Lefteris Antoniadis''; 22 December 1924 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish professional footballer of Greek descent, who played as a forward. He is often recognized as one of the greatest strikers to play for Fe ...

("Ordinaryüs") (1925–2012), Turkish footballer *

Igor Larionov Igor Nikolayevich Larionov (; born 3 December 1960) is a Russian Coach (ice hockey), ice hockey coach, sports agent and former professional ice hockey player, known as "the Professor". Considered one of the best hockey players of all time, he, a ...

(born 1960), Russian ice hockey player * Howard Lederer (born 1964), American professional poker player *

Greg Maddux Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966), also known as "Mad Dog" and "the Professor," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs. ...

(born 1966), American baseball pitcher *

Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart ( ; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian and American musician, known as the drummer, percussionist, and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush (band), Rush. He was known to fans by the nickname "the Profe ...

(1952–2020), Canadian drummer for Rush *

Alain Prost Alain Marie Pascal Prost (; born 24 February 1955) is a French former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "the Professor", Prost won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and� ...

(born 1955), French Formula One racing driver *

Mike Tenay Michael William Tenay (born March 1, 1955) is an American podcast presenter and retired professional wrestling play-by-play announcer known for his time as an announcer for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. T ...

(born 1954), American professional wrestling play-by-play announcer *

Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing (; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer ...

(1912–1954), nicknamed "Prof", English mathematician and computer scientist ** '' Prof: Alan Turing Decoded'', a 2015 biography of Turing *

Dai Vernon David Frederick Wingfield Verner (June 11, 1894August 21, 1992), better known by his stage names Dai Vernon (pronounced alternatively as "DIE" or as "DAY" as in David) or The Professor, was a Canadian magician. Vernon's sleight of hand techn ...

(1894–1992), Canadian sleight of hand magician *

Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 (เพชรพนมรุ้ง เกียรติหมู่เก้า, pronounced "Kiatmuukao"; born 26 May 1995) is a Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer from Thailand. Hailing from Buriram in the northeast of Thail ...

, (Petch), Thai kickboxer (1995)