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'''Boss''' may refer to:
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== Occupations ==
* [[Supervisor]], often referred to as boss
* [[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 ==
* [[Boss, Missouri]], United States, an unincorporated community
* [[Boss, Texas]], 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]] ("{{lang|fr|Le Boss}}", born 1971), former professional cyclist
* [[Sasha Banks]] (born 1992), American professional wrestler
* [[Tomás Boy]] ("{{lang|es|El Jefe}}", 1951–2022), former Mexican professional football player and current coach
* [[Bobby Lashley]] (born 1976), American professional wrestler
* [[Helmut Rahn]] ("{{lang|de|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, 1969–2024), 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 
* [[Alexander Robey Shepherd]], 1835–1902), Washington, D.C., politician
* [[William M. Tweed]] (1823–1878), notoriously corrupt New York City politician

==== Other people====
* [[Joe Lycett]], English comedian, television presenter and painter who briefly changed his name to Hugo Boss
* [[Ernest Shackleton]] (1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer

=== As a ring name ===
* [[Ray Traylor]] (1963–2004), American professional wrestler, one of whose ring names was "The Boss"

== Arts and entertainment ==

=== Fictional characters ===
* [[Boss (Mazinger)|Boss (''Mazinger'')]], from the anime ''Mazinger Z''
* [[Big Boss (C.O.P.S.)|Big Boss (''C.O.P.S.'')]], a crime boss from the animated series ''C.O.P.S.''
* [[Big Boss (Metal Gear)|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]], the office nemesis of cartoon character Dilbert
* [[The Boss (Metal Gear)|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]]''
* "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)|''Saints Row'' series]]

=== Film ===
* [[Boss (2006 film)|''Boss'' (2006 film)]], an Indian Telugu-language film
* [[Boss (2011 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)|''Boss'' (2013 Hindi film)]], an Indian Hindi-language film starring Akshay Kumar
* [[The Boss (1915 film)|''The Boss'' (1915 film)]], a silent film based on a play by Edward Sheldon (see below)
* [[The Boss (1956 film)|''The Boss'' (1956 film)]], an American film by Byron Haskin
* [[The Boss (1973 film)|''The Boss'' (1973 film)]] or ''Il Boss'', an Italian crime film
* [[The Boss (1975 film)|''The Boss'' (1975 film)]], a blaxploitation film
* ''The Boss'', a 2005 short film starring [[Jennifer Sciole]]
* [[The Boss (2016 film)|''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)]], a 1980s hard rock band
* [[The Boss (band)]], a South Korean boy band

====Albums====
* [[Boss (album)|''Boss'' (album)]], by Magik Markers, 2007
* [[The Boss (Diana Ross album)|''The Boss'' (Diana Ross album)]], 1979
* [[The Boss (Jimmy Smith album)|''The Boss'' (Jimmy Smith album)]], 1968
* [[The Boss (Timati album)|''The Boss'' (Timati album)]], 2009

====Songs====
* [[Boss (Fifth Harmony song)|"Boss" (Fifth Harmony song)]], 2014
* [[Boss (Lil Pump song)|"Boss" (Lil Pump song)]], 2017
* [[Boss (NCT U song)|"Boss" (NCT U song)]], 2018
* "Boss", a song by the Carters from the album ''[[Everything Is Love]]'', 2018
* "Boss" by [[Mirror (group)#Singles|Mirror]], 2021
* [[The Boss (Diana Ross song)|"The Boss" (Diana Ross song)]], 1979
* [[The Boss (Rick Ross song)|"The Boss" (Rick Ross song)]], 2008
* "The Boss", a song by James Brown from the soundtrack ''[[Black Caesar (album)|Black Caesar]]'', 1973
* "The Boss", a song by A. R. Rahman from the soundtrack ''[[Sivaji (soundtrack)|Sivaji]]'', 2007

===Television===
* [[Boss (TV series)|''Boss'' (TV series)]], a 2011 US series starring Kelsey Grammer
* [[The Boss (TV series)|''The Boss'' (TV series)]] or ''The Peter Principle'', a British television sitcom
* "Boss", an episode of ''[[Life's Work]]''
* Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor, a 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]]
* ''[[BOSS: Baap of Special Services]]'', a 2019 web series

==Science and technology==
* [[Boss (geology)]], a body of igneous rock 
* [[Boss (engineering)]], an engineering term for a protrusion type feature
* [[Boss General Catalogue]], an early 20th century star catalog
* [[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]], 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 [[DARPA Grand Challenge (2007)|2007 DARPA Grand Challenge]]
* [[Yahoo! Search BOSS]], a web services platform initiative
* Boss 302, a [[Ford Modular engine]]

== Other uses ==
* [[Boss (architecture)]], 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]], 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]]
* 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 [[Eights (Enneagram of Personality)|Enneagram of Personality]] theory
* [[Hugo Boss]], often stylised as BOSS, a German fashion house
* [[BOSS GP]], European motor racing series
* [[Lifting boss]], knobs or protrusions left by masons on blocks to facilitate levering or lifting
* [[Bosnian Party]] (''BOSS''), a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina

== See also ==
* [[Bos (disambiguation)]]
* [[El Jefe (disambiguation)]] (the boss in Spanish)
* [[Snoop Dogg]] ("The Boss Dogg", born 1971), American rapper and record producer
* [[Vic Sotto]], Filipino television personality nicknamed "Bossing"
* [[Swelling (medical)]], referred to as bossing
* [[Who's the Boss (disambiguation)]]

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