Boss

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Contents

• 1 Persons with the surname Boss
• 2 Common nouns
• 3 Entertainment
  • 3.1 Film and television
  • 3.2 Music
  • 3.3 Other media
• 4 Companies
• 5 Roles
• 6 People referred to as "The Boss"
  • 6.1 Politicians
  • 6.2 Musicians
  • 6.3 Other
  • 6.4 Characters
• 7 Things or organisations known as BOSS
• 8 Other uses
• 9 See also

Persons with the surname Boss

• Hugo Boss (fashion designer) (1885–1948)
• Isaac Boss (born 1980), Irish rugby union player
• Kevin Boss (born 1984), American football tight end
• Lewis Boss (1846–1912), American astronomer
• Marcellus Boss (1901–1967), 5th Civilian Governor of Guam
• Medard Boss (1903–1990), Swiss psychoanalytic psychiatrist
• Terry Boss (born 1981), Puerto Rican association football goalkeeper

Common nouns

• Boss (architecture), a protruding stone, often decoratively carved
• The hub of a propeller
• Boss (crater), a lunar crater
• Boss (engineering), an engineering term for a protrusion type feature
• The Boss (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis
• Boss (soft drink), a brand of coffee-flavored beverages
• Shield boss, the domed metal centre to a shield
• A series of modified Ford engines used for NASCAR racing, including:
  • Ford Boss 302 engine
  • Boss 351
  • Boss 429
• "Boss", nickname of the robot that won the 2007 DARPA Grand Challenge
• "Boss of The Plains", nickname of the Stetson wide-brimmed Western hat

Entertainment

Film and television

• 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
• Boss (2006 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
• Boss (2011 film), an Indian Kannada-language film
• Boss (TV series), a 2011 American-Canadian series starring Kelsey Grammer
• "Boss" (Life's Work), an episode of Life's Work

Music

Performers

• Boss (Australian band), a 1980s hard rock band
• Boss (rapper) (born 1969), American rapper
• The Boss (band), 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

• "The Boss" (Diana Ross song)
• "The Boss" (Rick Ross song)
• "The Boss", a song by James Brown from the soundtrack of the 1973 film Black Caesar
• "The Boss", a song from the 2007 Sivaji film soundtrack album

Other media

• Boss (video gaming), 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
• The Boss (manhwa), a manwha by Lim Jae-won released in 6 volumes by ADV Manga

Companies

• Boss Corporation, a company that manufactures guitar accessories and audio equipment
• Hugo Boss, a German fashion company
• Boss Hoss, a motorcycle company in Dyersburg, Tennessee

Roles

• Crime boss
• Pit boss, the person who looks after the employees who work in a casino pit
• Political boss
• Fire boss
• Air boss

People referred to as "The Boss"

Politicians

• Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), former leader of the Soviet Union
• Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Boss Tweed (William M. Tweed, 1823–1878), notoriously corrupt 19th-century politician in New York City
• Boss Shepherd (Alexander Robey Shepherd, 1835–1902), 19th-century politician in Washington, D.C.
• Rafael Trujillo ("El Jefe", 1891–1961), dictator of the Dominican Republic

Musicians

• Gene Ammons ("The Boss", 1925–1974), American jazz musician and songwriter
• Bruce Springsteen ("The Boss", born 1949), American singer and songwriter
• Ross the Boss Friedman (born 1954), guitarist of The Dictators and Manowar
• Snoop Dogg ("The Boss Dogg", born 1971), American rapper and record producer
• Rick Ross ("The Boss", born 1976), American rapper

Other

• Lance Armstrong (born 1971), professional cyclist
• Bobby Lashley (born 1976), professional wrestler
• Helmut Rahn ("Der Boss", 1929–2003), German football player
• Andrew Reynolds (skateboarder) (born 1978)
• Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer
• George Steinbrenner (1930–2010), owner of the New York Yankees baseball team
• Ray Traylor ("The Big Boss Man", 1963–2004), professional wrestler
• Jos Verstappen (born 1972), Dutch Formula One driver

Characters

• Boss (Transformers), a Transformers character
• Boss (Mazinger), from the anime Mazinger Z
• Boss Hogg, the main villain of the television show The Dukes of Hazzard
• The Boss (character), a character in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Big Boss (Metal Gear), a character in the Metal Gear video game series
• Big Boss (C.O.P.S.), a crime boss from the animated series C.O.P.S.
• Nicolas Lucifer III, aka "The Boss", from the animated series The Baskervilles
• Pointy-haired Boss, the office nemesis of cartoon character Dilbert
• "The Boss," title bestowed upon the narrator of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Things or organisations known as BOSS

• Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System, from Browning Arms Company
• Bharat Operating System Solutions, GNU/Linux distribution developed by NRCFOSS/C-DAC, India
• Big Occultable Steerable Satellite, a system for observing distant planets
• Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor, fictional supercomputer in the Doctor Who television serial The Green Death
• BOSS (molecular mechanics) (Biochemical and Organic Simulation System), a molecular modeling program
• Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS), in Boulder, Colorado
• South African Bureau of State Security (B.O.S.S.), the South African security police from 1966–1980
• Yahoo! Search BOSS, a web services platform initiative
• Boss Corporation, a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar
• Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

Other uses

• Boss, Missouri
• Boss, an alternate name for one personality type in the Enneagram of Personality theory

See also

• Executive (management)
• Gaffer (boss)
• Leadership
• Senior management
• Supervisor

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