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 that is primarily based on authority over workers or ...

, often referred to as boss *

Air boss Modern United States Navy aircraft carrier air operations include the operation of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft on and around an aircraft carrier for performance of combat or noncombat missions. The flight operations are highly evolved, ba ...

, 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, Don, gang lord, gang boss, mob boss, kingpin, godfather, crime mentor or criminal mastermind, is a person in charge of a criminal organization. Description A crime boss typically has absolute or nearl ...

, the head of a criminal organization *

Fire boss A fire boss is a person employed at a mine or state certified official, responsible for examining a mine for dangers, particularly explosive, poisonous or suffocating gases. Usually the fire boss is the first person to enter a mine, to verify its sa ...

, 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

United States

* Boss, Missouri, an unincorporated community *

Boss, Texas Boss is an unincorporated community in Tarrant County, Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 milli ...

, an unincorporated community *

Bosstown, Wisconsin Bosstown is an unincorporated community located on U.S. Route 14 in the south-central part of the town of Sylvan in Richland County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest ...

, an unincorporated community

Moon

Boss (crater) Boss is a lunar impact crater that is located along the northeast rim of the Moon's near side. Due to its location, the crater is viewed from the side by observers on the Earth, and its visibility is subject to libration effects. This formation ...

, a lunar crater

People

As a real name

Boss (surname) Boss is a surname of European origin, mainly Germanic. In English ''Boss'' comes from the nickname for a hunchback, or ''bossu'' in Old French meaning ‘hunchbacked’ (a derivative of bosse ‘lump’, ‘hump’. From French it can also be compa ...

Boss Mustapha Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha (born 1956) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who is the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) of Nigeria since 2017 and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He was previously managing di ...

, politician, Secretary of Nigerian government

As a nickname or stage name

Athletes

* Lance Armstrong ("", born 1971), former professional cyclist * Sasha Banks (born 1992), American professional wrestler *

Tomás Boy Tomás Juan Boy Espinoza (28 June 1951 – 8 March 2022) was a Mexican professional manager and footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Known for his technical skills and field vision, Boy is considered as one of the greatest Mexica ...

("", born 1952), former Mexican professional football player and current coach * Bobby Lashley (born 1976), American professional wrestler * Helmut Rahn ("", 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 (1930–2010), owner of the New York Yankees baseball team * Jos Verstappen (born 1972), Dutch Formula One driver

Musicians

Boss (rapper) Lichelle Laws (born September 12, 1969), better known by her stage name Boss, is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. Her debut album, '' Born Gangstaz'', reached number three on ''Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 1993. Her na ...

(née Lichelle Laws, 1969), 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 ...

("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 a guitarist, known as a founding member of both the punk band the Dictators, and the heavy metal band Manowar. History Friedman was born in the Bronx, New York, and formed t ...

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

Diana Ross Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups o ...

("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. Prior to releasing his debut single, "Hustlin'", in 2006, Ross was the subject of a bidding war, receiving offers from Sean Combs, D ...

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

Bruce Springsteen Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He has released 21 studio albums, most of which feature his backing band, the E Street Band. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he is an originat ...

("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 (January 30, 1835 – September 12, 1902), was one of the most controversial and influential civic leaders in the history of Washington, D.C., and one of the most powerful big-city political bosses of the Gilded Age. He ...

(Alexander Robey Shepherd, 1835–1902), Washington, D.C., politician *

Boss Tweed William Magear Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878), often erroneously referred to as William "Marcy" Tweed (see below), and widely known as "Boss" Tweed, was an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany ...

(William M. Tweed, 1823–1878), notoriously corrupt New York City politician

Other people

Hugo Boss (comedian) Joe Harry Lycett, also known by the self-given moniker Mummy, is an English comedian, painter and television presenter. Known for his sardonically camp style, whimsical public stunts and elaborate set designs, Lycett has been described as one ...

, the artist formerly known as Joe Lycett * Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer

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, 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'' * "The Boss", Nicolas Lucifer III, from the animated series ''

The Baskervilles ''The Baskervilles'' is a 2000 animated children's television show about a British family living in the most twisted theme park in the world. The show was originally created by series co-director Nick Martinelli and series co-writer Alastair Swi ...

'' * "The Boss" (simply known as "playa" in the first game), the main character of the ''Saints Row'' series

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 Jennifer Sciole (born April 28, 1979) is an American actress. Life and career Sciole was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of six children raised in an Italian family. Her first acting job was in a local grocery store commercial a ...

* ''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

* Boss (Australian band), a 1980s hard rock band *

The Boss (band) The Boss (대국남아, often referred to as DGNA or, incorrectly, D-NA) was a South Korean boy band with five members, formed under Open World Entertainment in 2010. In South Korea they are known as ''Dae Guk Nam Ah'', literally meaning "The B ...

, 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 * "The Boss" (Diana Ross song), 1979 * "The Boss" (Rick Ross song), 2008 * "Boss", a song by the Carters from the album ''

Everything Is Love ''Everything Is Love'' (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American musical duo the Carters, consisting of spouses Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter. It was released on June 16, 2018, by Parkwood Entertainment, ...

'', 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 ''Life's Work'' is an American sitcom series that aired from September 1996 to June 1997 on ABC; the show stars Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, an assistant district attorney in Baltimore. Lisa Ann always wanted to practice law since ...

'' * Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor, fictional supercomputer in the ''Doctor Who'' television serial ''

The Green Death ''The Green Death'' is the fifth and final serial of the tenth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 19 May to 23 June 1973. It was the last regular appe ...

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 Edward Brewster Sheldon (Chicago, Illinois, February 4, 1886 – April 1, 1946, 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 Garbo. ...

Science and technology

Boss (geology) In geology, a stock is an igneous Intrusion (geology), intrusion that has a surface exposure of less than ,Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 513. . differing from batholiths only in being smaller ...

, a body of igneous rock * Boss (engineering), an engineering term for a protrusion type feature *

BOSS (molecular mechanics) Boss may refer to: 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, ...

(Biochemical and Organic Simulation System), a molecular modeling program *

Balanced Optical SteadyShot SteadyShot is the trademarked name of the integrated image stabilisation technologies used in Sony video camcorders, DSLR cameras, mirrorless cameras and on Sony Xperia smartphones and tablets. Different versions of these technologies are known a ...

, 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 largest known galaxy wall *

Bharat Operating System Solutions Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS GNU/Linux) is an Indian Linux distribution derived from Debian. BOSS Linux was released in four editions: * BOSS Desktop (for personal use, home and office) * EduBOSS (for schools and the education commu ...

, Linux distribution developed by NRCFOSS/C-DAC, India *

Big Occultable Steerable Satellite An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden from the observer by another object that passes between them. The term is often used in astronomy, but can also refer to any situation in which an object in the foreground blocks ...

, a system for observing distant planets * ''

Bride of sevenless ''Sevenless'' (''sev'') is a gene in '' Drosophila melanogaster'' that encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase protein essential to the development of R7 cells in the Drosophila embryonic eye. The drosophila ommatidium contains 8 distinct retinula o ...

'', 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 Hos ...

, a web services platform initiative

Other uses

* Boss (architecture), a protruding stone, often decoratively carved *

Boss (soft drink) is a brand name of canned and plastic bottled coffee and coffee-flavored beverages sold by Suntory in Japan. History Boss was first released in 1992 and is one of many brands of canned coffee, Japanese canned coffee. The logo for the brand fe ...

, a brand of Japanese coffee-flavored beverages *

Boss Audio BOSS Audio Systems is an American manufacturer of audio and video equipment for automotive, power sport and marine applications. The company was founded by Sam Rabbani in 1987. References External links Official website Audio equipment man ...

, 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 The Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS) is a wilderness skills and survival school that has been teaching courses in southern Utah since 1968. BOSS has been based in the small town of Boulder, Utah since 1977. BOSS courses are known for being ex ...

(BOSS), in Boulder, Utah *

Bureau of State Security The Bureau for State Security ( af, Buro vir Staatsveiligheid; also known as the Bureau of State Security (BOSS)) was the main South African state intelligence agency from 1969 to 1980. A high-budget and secretive institution, it reported directly ...

(B.O.S.S.), a South African state security agency from 1966 to 1980 *

Shield boss A shield boss, or umbo, is a round, convex or conical piece of material at the centre of a shield. Shield bosses (or sometimes, just "bosses") are usually made of thick metal but could also be made of wood. The boss was originally designed to de ...

, the domed metal centre to a shield *

The Boss (roller coaster) The Boss is a wooden roller coaster located in the Britannia section of Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri. It opened on April 29, 2000, and was manufactured by Custom Coasters International. It features a lift hill height of , a first drop ...

, a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis * A series of modified Ford engines used for NASCAR racing, including: **

Ford Boss 302 engine The Ford 302 H.O. is a high-performance "small block" V8 engine manufactured by Ford Motor Company. The original version of this engine was used in the 1969 and 1970 Boss 302 Mustangs and Cougar Eliminators and was constructed by attaching heads ...

Boss 351 The Ford 335 engine family was a group of engines built by the Ford Motor Company between 1969 and 1982. The "335" designation reflected Ford management's decision to produce an engine of that size (335 cubic inches) with room for expansion during ...

** Boss 429 * "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 A propeller (colloquially 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 ...

* 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