Commodore may refer to:

Ranks

Commodore (rank) Commodore is a senior naval rank used in many navies which is equivalent to brigadier and air commodore. It is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral. It is either regarded as the most junior of the flag officers rank or may not ...

, a naval rank **

Commodore (Royal Navy) Commodore (Cdre) is a rank of the Royal Navy above captain and below rear admiral. It has a NATO ranking code of OF-6. The rank is equivalent to brigadier in the British Army and Royal Marines and to air commodore in the Royal Air Force. Com ...

, in the United Kingdom **

Commodore (United States) Commodore was an early title and later a rank in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard and the Confederate States Navy, and also has been a rank in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic ...

Commodore (Canada) Commodore (Cmdre; ) is a Canadian Forces rank used by commissioned officers of the Royal Canadian Navy. Brigadier-general is the equivalent rank in the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force. It is the lowest general/flag officer rank, se ...

Commodore (Finland) Commodore (Kommodori) is a rank of Finnish Navy equal to captain in English-speaking navies being above commander (Komentaja) and below Flotilla Admiral (Lippueamiraali), equal Army rank is colonel. During peacetime only a graduate of Finnish Nat ...

Commodore (Germany) (pronounced ''kom-o-'dor-eh'') was the highest senior officer rank () in the German '' Kriegsmarine'', comparable to commodore in anglophone naval forces. There was no counterpart in the German '' Heer'' and'' Luftwaffe'', but ''Kommodore'' wo ...

or ''Kommodore'' * Air commodore, a rank in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces *

Commodore (yacht club) A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting. Description Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mari ...

, an officer of a yacht club *

Commodore (Sea Scouts) Sea Scouts is a program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women ages 14 (or 13 and have completed the eighth grade) through 20. Aims and principles In addition to the Scout Oath and Law, Sea Scouts also subscribe to the Sea Promis ...

, a position in the Boy Scouts of America's Sea Scout program *

Convoy commodore Convoy commodore also known as commodore, convoys was the title of a civilian put in charge of the good order of the merchant ships in the British convoys used during World War II. Usually the convoy commodore was a retired naval officer or a seni ...

, a civilian in charge of a shipping convoy during the Second World War

Fiction

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The Commodore ''The Commodore'' (published 1945) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester. It was published in the United States under the title ''Commodore Hornblower''. Plot summary Having achieved fame and financial security, Captain Sir ...

'', a Horatio Hornblower novel by C. S. Forester * ''The Commodore'' (book), a novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian

Music and music venues

Commodore Ballroom Commodore Ballroom is a music venue, dance floor and nightclub located on 800 block of Granville Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is regarded as Canada's most influential nightclub, and one of North America's best live music venues. The ...

, a nightclub and music venue in Vancouver, British Columbia *

Commodore Records Commodore Records was an American independent record label known for producing Dixieland jazz and swing. It is also remembered for releasing Billie Holiday's hit " Strange Fruit". History Commodore Records was founded in the spring of 1938 by Mi ...

, a jazz and swing music record label *

Commodores Commodores are an American funk and soul band, which were at their peak in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in ...

, an American soul/funk band

People

* "The Commodore", the nickname of American entrepreneur

Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into lead ...

(1794–1877) * "Commodore Kuehnle", the nickname of American entrepreneur and politician

Louis Kuehnle Louis Kuehnle, (; December 25, 1857 – August 6, 1934), known as "Commodore Kuehnle," was an American businessman and politician of German descent. He is considered a pioneer in the growing resort town of Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the late 1 ...

(1857–1934) *

Aaron Commodore Aaron Commodore (born 1819 or 1820, died June 24, 1892) was an African-American businessman, politician, and former slave. He served on the Virginia House of Delegates from 1875 to 1877. Early life Not much is concretely known about Commodore's ...

(1819/20 – 1892), African American politician *

Mike Commodore Michael W. Commodore (born November 7, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Commodore played for several teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). In 2006, he won the Stanley Cup as part of the Carolina Hurricanes. Commodor ...

(born 1979), a Canadian ice hockey player *

Commodore P. Vedder Commodore Perry Vedder (February 23, 1838 – December 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Commodore Perry Vedder was born in Ellicottville, New York on February 23, 1838, the son of Jacob Vedder. He attended t ...

(1838–1910), New York politician *

L. Ron Hubbard Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American author, primarily of science fiction and fantasy stories, who is best known for having founded the Church of Scientology. In 1950, Hubbard authored '' Dianetic ...

(1911–1986), Scientology founder

Places

* Commodore, Pennsylvania, United States * Commodore Island, a Canadian island in Hudson Bay * Phoenix Park Hotel, hotel built in Washington, D.C., in 1922, known originally as "The Commodore"

Vehicles

Automobiles

* Hudson Commodore, an automobile produced from 1941 to 1952 in the US by Hudson Motor Car Company * Opel Commodore, an automobile produced from 1967 to 1982 in Germany by Adam Opel AG *

Holden Commodore The Holden Commodore is a full-size car that was sold by Holden from 1978 to 2020. It was manufactured from 1978 to 2017 in Australia and from 1979 to 1990 in New Zealand, with production of the locally manufactured versions in Australia endin ...

, an automobile produced from 1978 to 2017 in Australia by the Holden division of General Motors

Ships and boats

* ''Commodore'' (shipwreck), an American steamboat shipwrecked off the coast of Florida * Commodore 17, an American sailboat design * USS ''Commodore'', the name of various United States Navy ships

Aircraft

* Consolidated Commodore, a flying boat used for passenger travel in the 1930s

Computers

* Commodore International (also named ''Commodore Business Machines''), a computer company that operated from 1954 to 1994 **

Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness ...

, an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International *

Commodore USA Commodore USA, LLC was a computer company based in Pompano Beach, Florida, with additional facilities in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Commodore USA, LLC was founded in April 2010. The company's goal was to sell a new line of PCs using the classic ...

, a computer company that operated from 2010 to 2013 after purchasing the classic brand name

Other uses

* Several genera or species of brush-footed butterflies, in particular: ** '' Precis'' ** '' Auzakia danava'' ** ''

Junonia artaxia ''Junonia artaxia'', the African pansy or commodore, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lomami, Kabinda, Lualaba, Shaba and Tanganika) Burundi, Kenya, southern and wester ...

'' * Vanderbilt Commodores, intercollegiate athletics teams for Vanderbilt University {{disambiguation, geo, surname