leader Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets vi ...

is one who influences or leads others. Leader may also refer to:

Places

Municipalities

* Leader, Colorado, United States * Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rivers

Leader River The Leader River is a river in the Hurunui District of the Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island. It is a tributary of the Waiau River, which it meets near Parnassus. Numerous smaller watercourses join the Leader River, including the ...

, New Zealand

Buildings

Leader House Leader House is a Georgian townhouse located on Surrey Street in the city centre of Sheffield, England. It overlooks the busy Arundel Gate dual carriageway and is a Grade II listed building. History The house was built in 1770 by the Duke of N ...

, a building in Sheffield, England

People

* Leader (surname) *

Gary Glitter Paul Francis Gadd (born 8 May 1944), best known by his stage name Gary Glitter, is an English former singer, songwriter, and record producer. He achieved success during the glam rock era of the 1970s and 1980s, and his career ended after he w ...

(born 1944), a musician nicknamed "The Leader" *

Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was a British politician during the 1920s and 1930s who rose to fame when, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was a member ...

(1896–1980), a British politician known to his followers as "The Leader"

Art, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Leader'' (1964 film), a Hindi film starring Dilip Kumar * ''Leader'' (2009 film), a Sinhalese film starring Ranjan Ramanayaka * ''Leader'' (2010 film), a Telugu film starring Rana Daggubati

Literature

* ''The Leader'', novel by Guy Walters * "The Leader" (story), a satirical story by Radoje Domanović * ''The Great Leader'', book 1 in the Detective Sunderson black-comic detective novel series by Jim Harrison

Music

;Groups, labels, and roles *

Leader (orchestra) The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the second-most signifi ...

, a position within an orchestra *

Leader Records (UK) Leader Records was a British folk music record label, started by Bill Leader. Between 1969 and 1978, Leader released many important releases of both traditional and folk revival performers, the latter category including Nic Jones, Martin Si ...

, a folk music record label *

Leader Records (US) Kapp Records was an independent record label started in 1954 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who set up American Decca Records in 1934). David Kapp founded his own label after stints with Decca and RCA Victor. Kapp licensed its records to L ...

, a subsidiary of Kapp Records * The Leaders, a musical group ;Songs * "The Leader," a song by The Clash on the album ''

Sandinista! ''Sandinista!'' is the fourth studio album by the English punk rock band the Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side. It crosses various genres including funk, reggae, jazz, g ...

Newspapers

Current newspapers

* Leader Community Newspapers, a series of 33 local papers in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia *''

Regina Leader-Post The ''Regina Leader-Post'' is the daily newspaper of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and a member of the Postmedia Network. Founding The newspaper was first published as ''The Leader'' in 1883 by Nicholas Flood Davin, soon after Edgar Dewdney, Li ...

'', formerly the ''Leader'', in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada * ''Liverpool Leader'', formerly the ''Leader'', a newspaper published in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia * ''The Leader'' (Angaston), a weekly newspaper published in the Barossa Valley, South Australia * ''The Leader'' (Corning), a daily newspaper published in Corning, New York, United States * ''The Leader'' (Flower Mound), a community newspaper published in Flower Mound, Texas, United States * ''The Leader'' (Fredonia), a newspaper published by the State University of New York at Fredonia * ''The Leader'' (Houston), a newspaper published in Houston, Texas * ''The Leader'' (Utah), a newspaper published by

Pioneer Newspapers Pioneer News Group was an American media company. Overview It was founded in 1974 and it is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was owned by the Scripps family, who also started the E. W. Scripps Company. Its printing facilities are in Idah ...

in Tremonton, Utah, United States * ''The Leader'' (Welsh newspaper), a daily paper in Wales * ''The Leader'', a nickname for the '' New Hampshire Union Leader'' newspaper in New Hampshire, United States * ''The Leader'', common name for the '' St George and Sutherland Shire Leader'', in Southern Sydney, Australia * '' Limerick Leader'', in Limerick, Ireland

Former newspapers

* ''

Labour Leader The ''Labour Leader'' was a British socialist newspaper published for almost one hundred years. It was later renamed ''New Leader'' and ''Socialist Leader'', before finally taking the name ''Labour Leader'' again. 19th century The origins of the ...

'', a British newspaper (1888–1986) *''

Lincoln County Leader The ''Lincoln County Leader'' was a weekly American newspaper published in Toledo, Oregon from 1893 to 1987. The newspaper was originally published as a Democratic paper, but its party affiliation changed with the ownership. For many years the ne ...

'', a weekly newspaper in Oregon, U.S., published 1893–1987 * ''The Leader'' (Allahabad newspaper), published 1909–1967 * ''The Leader'' (English newspaper), a weekly newspaper (1850–1860) founded by G. H. Lewes * ''The Leader'' (Welsh newspaper), a local daily newspaper in Chester, England, published 1973-2017 (also a still-ongoing website) * ''The Leader'' (Irish newspaper), a defunct Irish newspaper founded in 1900 by D. P. Moran * ''The Leader'' (Melbourne), a weekly newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, companion to ''The Age'', published from 1862 to 1918 * ''The Leader'' (Orange, NSW), a defunct Australian newspaper

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Leader (character) The Leader (Samuel Sterns) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Leader first appeared in ''Tales to Astonish'' #62, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko as the archenemy of the Hulk. He h ...

, a fictional character from Marvel Comics *

Film leader A film leader is a length of film attached to the head or tail of a film to assist in threading a projector or telecine. A leader attached to the beginning of a reel is sometimes known as a head leader, or simply head, and a leader attached to the ...

, a length of film that aids in threading a filmstrip *

Leading article An editorial, or leading article (UK) or leader (UK) is an article written by the senior editorial people or publisher of a newspaper, magazine, or any other written document, often unsigned. Australian and major United States newspapers, suc ...

, a piece of writing intended to promote an opinion, also called an editorial * ''The Leader'' (web series), a Chinese web series about

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

Initiatives and organizations

* Leader (political party), a minor political party in Israel * LEADER programme, a European Union initiative for rural development

Other uses

Front-runner In politics, a front-runner (also spelled frontrunner or front runner) is a leader in an electoral race. While the front-runner in athletic events (the namesake of the political concept) is generally clear, a political front-runner, particularly i ...

, or leader *

Leader (dance partner) In some types of partner dance, lead and follow are designations for the two dancers' roles in a dance pairing. The leader is responsible for guiding the couple and initiating transitions to different dance steps and, in improvised dances, for cho ...

Leader (spark) A leader is a hot, highly conductive channel of plasma that plays a critical part during dielectric breakdown within a long electric spark. Mechanism When a gas is subjected to high voltage stress, the electric field is often quite non-uniform nea ...

, part of an electrical spark *

Leader (typography) A leader in typography is a series of characters, usually lines of dots or dashes, that are used as a visual aid to connect items on a page that might be separated by considerable horizontal distance. For example, dot leaders are often used in ta ...

, a row of characters (usu. dots or dashes) to connect items across a page (as in a table of contents) *

River Leader The River Leader, or Leader Water, is a small tributary of the River Tweed in Lauderdale in the Scottish Borders. It flows southwards from the Lammermuir Hills through the towns of Lauder and Earlston, joining the River Tweed at Leaderfoot. Cou ...

, river in Scotland * Leader, in angling, the section of fishing line between the main line and the hook * Leader, in architecture, a synonym for

downspout A downspout, waterspout, downpipe, drain spout, drainpipe, roof drain pipe,Francis Joseph Patry 1974. Roof Drain ArrangementUnited States Patent 3909412< or leader is a

leader election * Leader, an appliance sub-brand of

Haier Haier Group Corporation () is a Chinese multinational home appliances and consumer electronics company headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong. It designs, develops, manufactures and sells products including refrigerators, air conditioners, washin ...

SR Leader class The Leader was a class of experimental articulated steam locomotive, produced in the United Kingdom to the design of the innovative engineer Oliver Bulleid. The Leader was an attempt to extend the life of steam traction by eliminating many of ...

, an experimental British steam locomotive * In

engineering drawing An engineering drawing is a type of technical drawing that is used to convey information about an object. A common use is to specify the geometry necessary for the construction of a component and is called a detail drawing. Usually, a number of ...

, a ''leader'' or ''leader line'' is a thin line connecting a label or dimension with the part to which it applies