A cowboy is a professional pastoralist or mounted livestock herder, usually from the Americas or Australia. Cowboy(s) or The Cowboy(s) may also refer to:

Film and television

* ''Cowboy'' (1958 film), starring Glenn Ford * ''Cowboy'' (1966 film), a documentary *''

The Cowboys ''The Cowboys'' is a 1972 American Western film starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Bruce Dern, and featuring Colleen Dewhurst and Slim Pickens. It was the feature film debut of Robert Carradine. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name ...

'', a 1972 Western film starring John Wayne * ''Cowboy'' (2013 film), a Malayalam film starring Asif Ali and Bala * ''Cowboys'' (2013 film), a Croatian film *'' Les Cowboys'', a 2015 French-Belgian drama film * ''Cowboys'' (2020 film), an American film * ''The Cowboys'' (TV series), a 1974 series based on the 1972 film * ''Cowboys'' (TV series), a British TV sitcom * "Cowboy" (''M*A*S*H''), a 1972 episode of ''M*A*S*H'' *Cowboy, a fictional gang member in ''The Warriors'', a 1979 film and later video game

Groups

Cochise County Cowboys The Cochise County Cowboys is the modern name for a loosely associated group of outlaws living in Pima and Cochise County, Arizona in the late 19th century. The term "''cowboy''", as opposed to "'' cowhand''," had only begun to come into wider ...

, an outlaw gang which participated in the Gunfight at the OK Corral *Cowboys, a group of Loyalist irregulars during the American Revolution led by

Claudius Smith Claudius Smith (1736 – January 22, 1779) was a Loyalist guerrilla leader during the American Revolution. He led a band of irregulars who were known locally as the 'cowboys'. Claudius was the eldest son of David Smith (1701–1787), a respected ...

Music

Cowboy (band) Cowboy was an American country rock and southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. The group's main members consisted of songwriters Tommy Talton and Scott Boyer, alongside a rotating group of musicians. They released four albums ...

, an American country rock band *

Cowboy Records Cowboy Records was a record label in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Buddy DeSylva and Johnny Mercer in 1942. It was later owned by Jimmy DeKnight and Jack Howard. Artists who recorded for the label included Bill Haley, who made his ...

, an American record label * ''Cowboy'' (album), by Erasure, 1997 * "Cowboy" (Kid Rock song), 1999 * "Cowboy" (Ch!pz song), 2003 *"Cowboy", a song by Billy Crawford from '' Big City'' *"Cowboy", a song by Bow Wow Wow from ''

See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! ''See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!'' (later retitled ''See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy'') is the debut studio album by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow, rel ...

'' *"Cowboy", a song by f(x) from the single "

4 Walls ''4 Walls'' is the fourth studio album by South Korea-based girl group f(x), released by SM Entertainment and Genie Music on October 27, 2015. A dominant electropop and synthpop record that incorporates various genres, such as house, EDM and UK ...

" *"Cowboy", a song by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion from ''

Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum * ...

'' *"Cowboy", a song by Lindemann from ''

Skills in Pills ''Skills in Pills'' is the debut studio album by the European supergroup Lindemann, featuring Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann and Peter Tägtgren, founder of Hypocrisy and Pain. It was released on 23 June 2015 through Warner Central Europ ...

'' *"Cowboy", a song by Randy Newman from '' Randy Newman'' *"Cowboy", a song by The Sugarcubes from ''

Life's Too Good ''Life's Too Good'' is the debut studio album by Icelandic alternative rock group the Sugarcubes. It was released in April 1988 by One Little Indian in the UK and Europe and in May 1988 by Elektra Records in the US. The album was an unexpected suc ...

'' *"Cowboy", a song by Tyler, the Creator from ''

Wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly un ...

'' *"Cowboys", a song by Slayyyter from ''

Troubled Paradise ''Troubled Paradise'' is the debut studio album by American singer Slayyyter. It was released on June 11, 2021 by Fader Label. It received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised the updated production, lyricism and maturity i ...

Sports teams

Alpine Cowboys The Alpine Cowboys are a professional baseball team based in Alpine, Texas, in the Big Bend region of West Texas. The Cowboys are a franchise of the Pecos League, which is not affiliated with a Major League Baseball organization. They play their ...

, an American baseball team *

Calgary Cowboys The Calgary Cowboys were an ice hockey team that played two seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1975–1977. The Cowboys played at the Stampede Corral in Calgary. The franchise was founded in 1972 as the Miami Screaming Eagles, t ...

, a U.S.–Canadian ice hockey franchise *

Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divi ...

, an American football team *

McNeese State Cowboys The McNeese Cowboys and Cowgirls are composed of 14 teams representing McNeese State University in intercollegiate athletics, including men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, and track and field. Men's sports include baseball and foot ...

, the men's athletic teams of McNeese State University *

Munich Cowboys The Munich Cowboys are an American football team based in Munich, Germany. The club, together with the Düsseldorf Panther and the Ansbach Grizzlies, is one of the oldest in Germany.

, an American football team * New Mexico Highlands Cowboys, the men's athletic teams of New Mexico Highlands University *

North Queensland Cowboys The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest town in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL). Sinc ...

, an Australian rugby league team *

Oklahoma State Cowboys The Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater. The program's mascot is a cowboy named Pistol Pete. Oklahoma State participates at the National Col ...

, the men's athletic teams of Oklahoma State University - Stillwater *

Wyoming Cowboys The Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls are the athletic teams that represent the University of Wyoming, located in Laramie. Wyoming is a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 17 NCAA-sanctioned sports ...

, the men's athletic teams of the University of Wyoming

People with the nickname

Tommy Anderson (ice hockey) Thomas Linton "Cowboy" Anderson (July 9, 1910 – September 15, 1971) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League between 1934 and 1942 for the Detroit Red Wings and the New York/Brook ...

(1910–1971), Canadian National Hockey League player * Howard Blatchford (1912–1943), Canadian World War II flying ace *

Jeff Brantley Jeffrey Hoke Brantley (born September 5, 1963) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 14 seasons, from to . Brantley currently is a broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds. Early care ...

(born 1963), American baseball player and broadcaster * Neal Cassady (1926–1968), American Beat poet *

Donald Cerrone Donald Cerrone (born March 29, 1983), known professionally by his nickname "Cowboy", is an American retired mixed martial artist, actor, and former professional kickboxer. He competed in the Lightweight and Welterweight division for the Ultimat ...

(born 1983), American MMA fighter *

Jack Clement Jack Henderson Clement (April 5, 1931 – August 8, 2013) was an American singer, songwriter, and record and film producer. Biography Early life Raised and educated in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, Clement was performing at an early age, ...

(1931–2013), American singer, songwriter and record and film producer * Herbert Coward (born 1938), American actor * James Dahlman (1856–1930), American politician *

Leroy Edwards Leroy Harry Edwards (April 11, 1914 – August 25, 1971), nicknamed "Cowboy" and "Lefty", was one of the greatest basketball players of his era. He was an NCAA All-American at the University of Kentucky and also one of the most lauded professiona ...

(1914–1971), American basketball player * Cowboy Morgan Evans (1903–1969), American rodeo cowboy and oil field worker *

Bill Flett William Mayer Flett (July 21, 1943 – July 12, 1999) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames. Flett then moved t ...

(1943–1999), Canadian National Hockey League player *

Curt Gowdy Curtis Edward Gowdy (July 31, 1919 – February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster. He called Boston Red Sox games on radio and TV for 15 years, and then covered many nationally televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports and ABC S ...

(1919–2006), American sportscaster * Cowboy Hill (American football) (1899–1966), American football player *

Cowboy Jones Albert Edward "Cowboy" "Bronco" Jones (August 23, 1874 – February 9, 1958) was a professional baseball pitcher. He pitched one full season and parts of three others in Major League Baseball from 1898 until 1901 for the Cleveland Spiders and St. ...

(1874–1958), American baseball player *

John McCormack (boxer) John McCormack (9 January 1935 – 23 May 2014) was a Scottish boxer. Life and career Known as "Cowboy", McCormack started boxing in 1950 at the age of fifteen. He won the 1956 Amateur Boxing Association British light-middleweight title ...

(1935–2014), Scottish boxer *

Cowboy Jimmy Moore James William Moore (September 14, 1910 – November 17, 1999), known as "Cowboy Jimmy Moore", was a world-class American pocket billiards (pool) player originally from Troup County, Georgia, and for most of his life a resident of Albuquerque, N ...

(1910–1999), American pocket billiards player *

Kevin Neale Kevin "Cowboy" Neale (born 18 July 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). St Kilda Recruited from South Warrnambool, and nicknamed "''Cowboy''" for his bow-legs and his rolling gait ...

(born 1945), Australian footballer *

Cowboy Troy Troy Lee Coleman III (born December 18, 1970), better known by his stage name Cowboy Troy, is an American rapper and singer. He is best known as a representative of the country rap genre. He has released seven studio albums and one EP, including t ...

(born 1970), American country rapper *

Cowboy Slim Rinehart Cowboy Slim Rinehart (born ''Nolan Alfred Rinehart''; March 11, 1911 in Comanche County, Texas – October 28, 1948 in Michigan), was an American singer. He was among the first of the "Singing cowboys" of the 1930s and 1940s (whose ranks includ ...

(1911–1948), American singer and radio broadcaster * Cowboy Saunders (1928–2006), South African rugby union player *

Cowboy Wheeler Vincent Lyle "Cowboy" Wheeler (February 6, 1898 – September 20, 1939) was a professional football player who was an original member of the Green Bay Packers. He played for the Packers beginning in 1919, two years before the team joined the Nat ...

(1898–1939), American football player and an original member of the Green Bay Packers *

Byron Wolford Byron Wolford (September 14, 1930 – May 13, 2003), also known as Cowboy Wolford, was an American rodeo cowboy and professional poker player, who was the winner of a World Series of Poker bracelet in 1991 and runner-up in the 1984 World Series ...

(1930–2003), American rodeo cowboy and poker player

People with the ring name

* Cowboy Lang, midget professional wrestler Harry Lang (1950–2007) * Alex Oliveira (fighter) (born 1988), Brazilian UFC fighter * Bob Orton Jr. (born 1950), American professional wrestler

People with the stage name

Cowboy Copas Lloyd Estel Copas (July 15, 1913 – March 5, 1963), known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country music singer. He was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline a ...

, American country music singer Lloyd Copas (1913–1963) * Keef Cowboy and Cowboy, stage names of Keith Wiggins (1960–1989), American hip hop artist and member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Other uses

* Cowboy Mountain, Washington, United States *

Joe West (umpire) Joseph Henry West (born October 31, 1952), nicknamed "Cowboy Joe" or "Country Joe", is an American former Major League Baseball umpire. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, he grew up in Greenville and played football at East Carolina Universit ...

(born 1952), American baseball umpire nicknamed "Cowboy Joe" * Cowboy (comics), a Marvel Comics character * Cowboy (sex position), a type anal sex between two men * Cowboy (cocktail), a Prohibition-era cocktail made with whiskey and cream *

Cowboy pool Cowboy pool (or simply cowboy) is a hybrid pool game combining elements of English billiards through an intermediary game, with more standard pocket billiards characteristics. The game employs four balls, the cue ball and three others, numbered o ...

or just cowboy, a hybrid pool game * Cowboys (Heroscape), a type of hero in the wargame ''Heroscape'' *''Cowboy'', a 2014 novel by Finnish writer Reijo Mäki * Cowboy, a concept pickup by American Motors based on the AMC Hornet