professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. Professor may also refer to:

Entertainment

Fictional characters

* The Professor (''Gilligan's Island''), a character in the 1960s TV series * The Professor, a

McDonaldland McDonaldland is a McDonald's media franchise and the fictional fantasy world inhabited by Ronald McDonald and his friends. Starting with the creation of Ronald McDonald in 1963 it is primarily developed and published by McDonald's, initial att ...

character * The Professor, a nickname for the

Seventh Doctor The Seventh Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', and the final incarnation of the original Doctor Who series. He is portrayed by Scottish actor Sylvester McCoy. ...

in the TV series ''Doctor Who'' * The Professor (''Money Heist''), a character in the Netflix series * Professor, an anthropomorphic mole character from the ''Spyro'' video game series * Professor, a character from the ''Ape Escape'' video game series * Professor, a character in the 1979 Soviet film ''Stalker''

Literature

* ''The Professor'' (novel), by Charlotte Brontë, 1857 * ''The Professor'', a 1938 novel by

Rex Warner Rex Warner (9 March 1905 – 24 June 1986) was an English classicist, writer, and translator. He is now probably best remembered for ''The Aerodrome'' (1941).Chris Hopkins, ''English Fiction in the 1930s: Language, Genre, History'' Continuum Inte ...

Film, television and theatre

* ''Professor'' (1962 film), an Indian Hindi musical * ''Professor'' (1972 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film * ''The Professor'' (1919 film), an uncompleted silent comedy by Charlie Chaplin * ''The Professor'' (1986 film) or ''Il camorrista'', an Italian film based on the life of crime boss Raffaele Cutolo * ''The Professor'' (2018 film), an American comedy-drama * '' La prima notte di quiete'', released in France as ''Le professeura'', a 1972 French-Italian film * "The Professor" (''My Name Is Earl''), a television episode * Professor, the puppeteer of

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shows

People

Stage name

* Prof (rapper) (born 1984), American rapper *

Professor (musician) Mkhonzeni Langa (born 27 March 1978) better known by his stage name Professor is a South African Kwaito musician from Durban. He first rose to prominence as part of the Durban-based Kwaito duo Tzozo and Professor before branching out on his own ...

(born 1978), South African Kwaito musician

Nicknamed "The Professor"

Roy Bittan Roy J. Bittan (born July 2, 1949) is an American musician best known as a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Professor", Bittan joined the E Street Band in 1974. He plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthe ...

(born 1949), American keyboardist in the E Street Band *

Grayson Boucher Grayson "The Professor" Scott Boucher (born June 10, 1984) is an American streetball player, actor, and former semi-professional basketball player. He is most known for playing on the highly stylized, international AND1 Mixtape Tour; he has also ...

(born 1984), American street basketball player *

Raffaele Cutolo Raffaele Cutolo (; 4 November 1941 – 17 February 2021) was an Italian crime boss, leader of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), an organisation he built to renew the Camorra. Cutolo had a variety of nicknames including o Vangelo'' ("the gosp ...

("Il professore") (born 1941), Italian crime boss *

Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Hafeez ( Punjabi and ur, ; born 17 October 1980) is a former Pakistani international cricketer. Hafeez was a versatile batsman who could bat anywhere in the top 6 and formed part of the bowling attack. He played as a spin bowling a ...

(born 1980), Pakistani cricketer *

Jan Janssen Johannes Adrianus "Jan" Janssen (; born 19 May 1940) is a Dutch former professional cyclist (1962–1972). He was world champion and winner of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, the first Dutch rider to win either. He rode the Tour de ...

(born 1940), Dutch professional cyclist *

Lefter Küçükandonyadis , ''Lefteris Antoniadis''; 22 December 1925 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish professional footballer of Greek descent, who played as a forward. He is often recognized as one of the greatest strikers to play for Fenerbahçe and Turkey. Having won ...

("Ordinaryüs") (1925–2012), Turkish footballer *

Igor Larionov Igor Nikolayevich Larionov (russian: Игорь Николаевич Ларионов; born 3 December 1960) is a Russian ice hockey coach, sports agent and former professional ice hockey player, known as "the Professor". Along with Viacheslav ...

(born 1960), Russian ice hockey player *

Howard Lederer Howard Henry Lederer (born October 30, 1964) is an American professional poker player. He has won two World Series of Poker bracelets and holds two World Poker Tour titles. Lederer has also contributed to several books on poker strategy and has ...

(born 1964), American professional poker player * Greg Maddux (born 1966), American baseball pitcher *

Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart OC (; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian-American musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an ...

(1952–2020), Canadian drummer for Rush *

Alain Prost Alain Marie Pascal Prost (; born 24 February 1955) is a French retired racing driver and Formula One team owner. A four-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, from 1987 until 2001 he held the record for most Grand Prix victories until Micha ...

(born 1955), French Formula One racing driver *

Mike Tenay Michael William Tenay (born March 1, 1955) is an American podcast presenter and retired professional wrestling play-by-play announcer known for his time as an announcer for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TN ...

(born 1954), American professional wrestling play-by-play announcer *

Dai Vernon Dai Vernon (pronounced alternatively as "DIE" or as "DAY" as in David; June 11, 1894 – August 21, 1992), a.k.a. The Professor, was a Canadian magician. His sleight of hand technique and knowledge, particularly with card tricks and close ...

(1894–1992), Canadian sleight of hand magician *

Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing (; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical co ...

(1912–1954), nicknamed "Prof", English mathematician and computer scientist ** '' Prof: Alan Turing Decoded'', a 2015 biography of Turing