Professor (disambiguation)

A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university.

Professor may also refer to:

Entertainment

Fictional characters

• List of fictional professors
• The Professor (stock character), a common generic name for fictional characters who fill the role of doctors, scientists, or mad scientists

Specific characters

• Professor, primary nemesis to Felix the Cat, introduced in the 1950s
• The Professor (Gilligan's Island), one of the seven castaway characters in the 1960s TV series Gilligan's Island
• The Professor, a McDonaldland mad scientist character introduced in 1971
• The Professor, a nickname for the Seventh Doctor as given by his companion Ace in the TV series Doctor Who
• Professor, an anthropomorphic mole character from the video game Spyro (series)
• Professor, an inventor character from Ape Escape video game series
• Professor, journeys with Writer and Stalker to the center of the Zone in the 1979 Soviet film "Stalker" (film)

Literature

• The Professor (novel), first novel written by Charlotte Brontë, published posthumously in 1857
• The Professor, a 1938 novel by Rex Warner

Movies

• The Professor (film), an uncompleted 1919 silent comedy by Charlie Chaplin
• Professor (film), a 1962 Hindi musical starring Shammi Kapoor
• The Professor, alternate title of La prima notte di quiete, a 1972 French-Italian film by director Valerio Zurlini
• The Professor, English title of Il camorrista, a 1986 Italian film based on the life of crime boss Raffaele Cutolo (see also People, below)

Performance

• Professor, the puppeteer of Punch and Judy shows
• Professor, a New Orleans jazz musician

Television

• "The Professor", a first season episode of My Name Is Earl

• "The Professor", also known as Hubert J. Farnsworth. A character from the fictional TV show Futurama.

• "Professor Utonium", a fictional character from The Powerpuff Girls.

People

• The Professor, nickname of J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), author of The Lord of the Rings and professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford
• The Professor, nickname of Dai Vernon (1894–1992), sleight of hand magician
• The Professor, or "Ordinaryüs", nickname of Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1925–2012), Turkish footballer
• The Professor, or "Il professore", nickname of Raffaele Cutolo (born 1941), Italian crime boss
• The Professor, nickname of Roy Bittan (born 1949), keyboardist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band
• The Professor, nickname of John Clayton (sportscaster) (born c. 1951)
• The Professor, nickname of Neil Peart (born 1952), drummer of Canadian rock band Rush
• The Professor, nickname of Alain Prost (born 1955), four-time Formula One world champion
• The Professor, nickname of Howard Lederer (born 1964), professional poker player
• The Professor, nickname of KRS-One (born 1965), American MC and producer
• The Professor, nickname of Grayson Boucher (born 1984), an American street basketball player