Boss
Boss may refer to:

Occupations
Supervisor, often referred to as boss
Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier
Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization
Fire boss, a person in charge of mine safety
Pit boss, the person who looks after the employees who work in a casino pit
Political boss, a person who controls a political region or constituency

Places
United States
Boss, Missouri, an unincorporated community
Boss, Texas, an unincorporated community
Bosstown, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Moon
Boss (crater), a lunar crater

People
As a real name
Boss (surname)
Boss Mustapha, politician, Secretary of Nigerian government

As a nickname or stage name
Athletes
Lance Armstrong ("Le Boss", born 1971), former professional cyclist
Sasha Banks (born 1992), American professional wrestler
Tomás Boy ("El Jefe", born 1952), former Mexican professional football player and current coach
Bobby Lashley (born 1976), American professional wrestler
Helmut Rahn ("Der Boss", 1929–2003), German football player
Andrew Reynolds (skateboarder) (born 1978), American professional skateboarder
George Steinbrenner (1930–2010), owner of the New York Yankees baseball team
Jos Verstappen (born 1972), Dutch Formula One driver

Musicians
Boss (rapper) (née Lichelle Laws, 1969), American rapper
Gene Ammons ("The Boss", 1925–1974), American jazz musician and songwriter
Ross the Boss Friedman (born 1954), guitarist of The Dictators and Manowar
Diana Ross ("The Boss", born 1944), American singer and actress
Rick Ross ("The Boss", born 1976), American rapper
Bruce Springsteen ("The Boss", born 1949), American singer and songwriter

Politicians
Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States
Boss Shepherd (Alexander Robey Shepherd, 1835–1902), Washington, D.C., politician
Boss Tweed (William M. Tweed, 1823–1878), notoriously corrupt New York City politician

Other people
Hugo Boss (comedian), the artist formerly known as Joe Lycett
Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer

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

Film
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 (2013 Bengali film), an Indian Bengali-language film starring Jeet
Boss (2013 Hindi film), an Indian Hindi-language film starring Akshay Kumar
The Boss (2016 film), an American film starring Melissa McCarthy

Music
Bands
Boss (Australian band), a 1980s hard rock band
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
"Boss" (Fifth Harmony song), 2014
"Boss" (Lil Pump song), 2017
"Boss" (NCT U song), 2018
"Boss" by Mirror, 2021
"The Boss" (Diana Ross song), 1979
"The Boss" (Rick Ross song), 2008"Boss", a song by the Carters from the album Everything Is Love, 2018
"The Boss", a song by James Brown from the soundtrack Black Caesar, 1973
"The Boss", a song by A. R. Rahman from the soundtrack Sivaji, 2007

Television
Boss (TV series), a 2011 US series starring Kelsey Grammer
The Boss (TV series) or The Peter Principle, a British television sitcom
"Boss", an episode of Life's Work
Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor, fictional supercomputer in the Doctor Who television serial The Green Death
10 Bold, an Australian TV channel formerly named 10 Boss

Other
Boss (video games), 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

Science and technology
Boss (geology), a body of igneous rock
Boss (engineering), an engineering term for a protrusion type feature
Boss General Catalogue, An early 20th century star catalog
BOSS (molecular mechanics) (Biochemical and Organic Simulation System), a molecular modeling program
Balanced Optical SteadyShot, an image stabilization technology used in Sony video cameras
Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
BOSS Great Wall, the largest known galaxy wall
Bharat Operating System Solutions, Linux distribution developed by NRCFOSS/C-DAC, India
Big Occultable Steerable Satellite, a system for observing distant planets
Bride of sevenless, a promoter for the sevenless gene
"Boss", nickname of the robot that won the 2007 DARPA Grand Challenge
Yahoo! Search BOSS, a web services platform initiative

Other uses
Boss (architecture), a protruding stone, often decoratively carved
Boss (soft drink), a brand of Japanese coffee-flavored beverages
Boss Audio, a company that manufactures audio equipment for automotive and marine applications
Boss Corporation, a company that manufactures guitar accessories and audio equipment
Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS), in Boulder, Utah
Bureau of State Security (B.O.S.S.), a South African state security agency from 1966 to 1980
Shield boss, the domed metal centre to a shield
The Boss (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis
A series of modified Ford engines used for NASCAR racing, including:
Ford Boss 302 engine
Boss 351
Boss 429
"Boss", the bone shield of some adult Bovinae bull's horns, such as the African buffalo
Boss, the bony mass on the skull of some dinosaurs from family Ceratopsidae
Boss, the hub of a propeller
Boss, an alternate name for one personality type in the Enneagram of Personality theory
Hugo Boss, often stylised as BOSS, a German fashion house
BOSS GP, European motor racing series
Lifting boss, knobs or protrusions left by masons on blocks to facilitate levering or lifting
Bosnian Party, abbreviation: BOSS, political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also
Bos (disambiguation)
El Jefe (disambiguation)
Snoop Dogg ("The Boss Dogg", born 1971), American rapper and record producer
Vic Sotto, Filipino television personality nicknamed "Bossing"
Swelling (medical), referred to as bossing
Ray Traylor (1963–2004), professional wrestler once known as "The Boss"
Who's the Boss (disambiguation)