Chief

Chief may refer to:

Title or rank

• Chiefs of the Name, the head of a family or clan
• Chief executive officer, the highest-ranking corporate officer of an organization
• Chief Master Sergeant, in the United States Air Force
• Chief of police, the head of a police department
• Chief Petty Officer, a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many navies
• Chief of the Boat, the senior enlisted sailor on a submarine in the US Navy
• Chief engineer, the highest senior officer in the engine department on a merchant vessel
• Chief Officer, the highest senior officer in the deck department on a merchant vessel
• Commander-in-chief, the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces
• Editor-in-Chief, the highest-ranking editor of a publication
• Fire chief, top rank in a fire department
• Paramount chief, the highest-level traditional chief or political leader in a polity
• Scottish clan chief, the head of a Scottish clan
• Tribal chief, the head of a tribal form of self-government
• Warrant Officer, in the United States Army

Aircraft

• Aeronca 50 Chief, an American light plane of the late 1930s
• Aeronca 11 Chief, a two-seat airplane entering production in 1945

Media

Literature

• Chiefs (novel), a 1981 novel by Stuart Woods
• The Chief (play), a 2003 one-man play about Art Rooney
• The Chief-Leader or just The Chief, a newspaper aimed at civil service workers in New York City

Music

• Chief Records, an independent record label 1957-1964
• Chief (band), a band signed to Domino Records
• Chief (album), a 2011 album by Eric Church

Television

• The Chief (TV series), a series on CablePulse 24 in Toronto, Ontario
• The Chief (UK television series), a 1990s crime drama
• Chiefs (TV miniseries), a 1983 miniseries starring Charlton Heston and Keith Carradine

Fictional characters

• Chief (comics), the leader of the Doom Patrol
• The Chief (Carmen Sandiego), in the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? franchise
• Galen Tyrol or "The Chief", in the 2004 TV series Battlestar Galactica
• Master Chief (Halo) or just "Chief", in the gaming franchise Halo
• Chief, in the film The Fox and the Hound and in the novel on which it is based
• The Chief, in the TV situation comedy Get Smart
• The Chief, in the animated TV series The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
• The Chief, in the animated TV series T.U.F.F. Puppy
• Chief Bromden, in the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and in the film adaptation
• Charlestown Chiefs, a fictional ice hockey team in the film Slap Shot

Sports

• Chiefs (Super rugby franchise), a rugby team in New Zealand
• Exeter Chiefs, a Rugby Union team in England
• Johnstown Chiefs, an ice hockey team in Pennsylvania that took its name from the fictional Charlestown Chiefs (see above)
• Laval Chiefs, an ice hockey team in Quebec
• Kaizer Chiefs F.C., a football club in South Africa
• Kansas City Chiefs, an American football team in Missouri
• Peoria Chiefs, a minor league baseball affiliate in Peoria, Illinois of the Chicago Cubs
• Syracuse Chiefs, a minor league baseball team in upstate New York

People nicknamed Chief or The Chief

• Wayne Allison (born 1968), football player
• George Armstrong (ice hockey), retired Hall of Fame NHL player
• Harold Roe Bartle (1901–1974), former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri and founder of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say
• Johnny Bucyk (born 1935), retired Hall of Fame NHL player with the Boston Bruins
• Chad Cordero (born 1982), professional baseball player in the MLB
• John Diefenbaker (1895–1979), former Prime Minister of Canada
• Jason Dunstall (born 1964), former AFL Footballer with Hawthorn
• Noel Gallagher (born 1967), English musician in the band Oasis
• Paul Harragon (born 1968), Australia Rugby League former player and commentator
• Robert Parish (born 1953), professional basketball player in the NBA
• Charles Stewart Parnell (1846–1891), Irish nationalist political leader
• Art Rooney (1901–1988), founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Felipe Rose (born 1954), "Indian Chief" in the Village People
• Jamie Thomas (born 1974), Pro skateboarder and owner of Black Box Distribution
• Simon Wiggins (born 1982), former AFL Footballer with Carlton
• Thomas Goss (born 1989), English rugby player

Other uses

• Chief (heraldry), a horizontal band on a coat of arms
• Chief (train), a named passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
• Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (CHIEF), a UK customs computer system
• Stawamus Chief aka "The Chief" is a granite dome located adjacent to the town of Squamish, British Columbia.

See also

• Chief of staff
• Chieftain (disambiguation)
• Super Chief (disambiguation)