Title or rank

• Chiefs of the Name
  Chiefs of the Name
  The Chief of the Name, or in older English usage Captain of his Nation, is the recognised head of a family or clan...
  
  , the head of a family or clan
• Chief executive officer
  Chief executive officer
  A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
  
  , the highest-ranking corporate officer of an organization
• Chief Master Sergeant
  Chief Master Sergeant
  CMSgt ChevronChief Master Sergeant is the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force, just above Senior Master Sergeant, and is a senior non-commissioned officer. The official term of address is "Chief Master Sergeant" or "Chief".Attaining the rank of Chief Master Sergeant is the...
  
  , in the United States Air Force
• Chief of police
  Chief of police
  A Chief of Police is the title typically given to the top official in the chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America. Alternate titles for this position include Commissioner, Superintendent, and Chief constable...
  
  , the head of a police department
• Chief Petty Officer
  Chief Petty Officer
  A chief petty officer is a senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.-Canada:"Chief Petty Officer" refers to two ranks in the Canadian Navy...
  
  , a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many navies
• Chief of the Boat
  Chief of the boat
  Chief of the Boat is an enlisted sailor on board a U.S. Navy submarine or Cyclone Class Coastal Patrol Ships, who serves as the senior enlisted advisor to the commanding officer and executive officer, and assists with matters regarding the good order and discipline of the crew. The Chief of the...
  
  , the senior enlisted sailor on a submarine in the US Navy
• Chief engineer
  Chief Engineer
  In marine transportation, the chief engineer is a licensed mariner in charge of the engineering department on a merchant vessel. "Chief engineer" is the official title of someone qualified to oversee the entire engine department; the qualification is colloquially called a "chief's...
  
  , the highest senior officer in the engine department on a merchant vessel
• Chief Officer
  Chief officer
  A chief officer can refer to any of various leaders:In the military, it can refer to certain non-commissioned members:*Chief Petty Officer*Chief Warrant OfficerMarine occupation:*Chief Mate...
  
  , the highest senior officer in the deck department on a merchant vessel
• Editor-in-Chief, the highest-ranking editor of a publication
• Fire chief
  Fire chief
  Fire Chief is a top executive rank or commanding officer in a fire department, either elected or appointed...
  
  , top rank in a fire department
• Paramount chief
  Paramount chief
  A paramount chief is the highest-level traditional chief or political leader in a regional or local polity or country typically administered politically with a chief-based system. This definition is used occasionally in anthropological and archaeological theory to refer to the rulers of multiple...
  
  , the highest-level traditional chief or political leader in a polity
• Scottish clan chief
  Scottish clan chief
  The Scottish Gaelic word clann means children. In early times, and possibly even today, clan members believed themselves to descend from a common ancestor, the founder of the Scottish clan. From its perceived founder a clan takes its name. The clan chief is the representative of this founder, and...
  
  , the head of a Scottish clan

• Tribal chief
  Tribal chief
  A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribal societies with social stratification under a single leader emerged in the Neolithic period out of earlier tribal structures with little stratification, and they remained prevalent throughout the Iron Age.In the case of ...
  
  , the head of a tribal form of self-government
• Warrant Officer
  Warrant Officer
  A warrant officer is an officer in a military organization who is designated an officer by a warrant, as distinguished from a commissioned officer who is designated an officer by a commission, or from non-commissioned officer who is designated an officer by virtue of seniority.The rank was first...
  
  , 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

Literature

• Chiefs (novel)
  Chiefs (Novel)
  Chiefs is the first novel in the Will Lee series by Stuart Woods. It was first published in 1981 by W. W. Norton Co., Inc. The novel takes place in the fictional town of Delano, Georgia, over three generations, as three different police chiefs attempt to identify a serial killer operating in the...
  
  , a 1981 novel by Stuart Woods
• The Chief (play)
  The Chief (play)
  The Chief is a 2003 biographical one-man play about the Pittsburgh Steelers' founder and owner Art Rooney . The Pittsburgh Public Theater show has had several revivals since its inauguration, with each production performed by Pittsburgh native Tom Atkins.-Overview:The story takes place in 1976 in...
  
  , 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
  Chief Records
  Chief Records was an independent record label that operated from 1957 to 1964. Best known for its recordings of Chicago blues artists Elmore James, Junior Wells, Magic Sam, and Earl Hooker, the label had a diverse roster and included R&B artists Lillian Offitt and Ricky Allen.Chief Records was...
  
  , an independent record label 1957-1964
• Chief, a band signed to Domino Records
• Chief (album)
  Chief (album)
  Chief is the third studio album by American country music recording artist Eric Church. It was released on July 26, 2011, via EMI Nashville. The album includes the singles "Homeboy", which peaked at number 13 on the Hot Country Songs charts, and "Drink in My Hand"...
  
  , a 2011 album by Eric Church

Television

• The Chief (TV series)
  The Chief (TV series)
  The Chief is a Canadian call-in show on CablePulse 24, in which Torontonians can talk to the chief of the Toronto Police.The show was create to mimic the popular show The Mayor , which also premiered on CablePulse 24....
  
  , a series on CablePulse 24 in Toronto, Ontario
• The Chief (UK television series)
  The Chief (UK television series)
  The Chief is a British television crime drama series that aired on ITV from 1990 to 1995, starring Martin Shaw, Michael Cochrane and Tim Pigott-Smith. It was made by Anglia Television.-Summary:...
  
  , a 1990s crime drama
• Chiefs (TV miniseries)
  Chiefs (TV miniseries)
  Chiefs is a miniseries based upon the novel of the same name by Stuart Woods. It was broadcast on CBS over three nights in November 1983. It was directed by Jerry London, and stars Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Stephen Collins, Danny Glover, Wayne Rogers and Billy Dee Williams...
  
  , a 1983 miniseries starring Charlton Heston and Keith Carradine

Fictional characters

• Chief (comics)
  Chief (comics)
  The Chief is a fictional character from DC Comics and the leader of the Doom Patrol. He first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80...
  
  , the leader of the Doom Patrol
• The Chief (Carmen Sandiego), in the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? franchise
• Galen Tyrol
  Galen Tyrol
  Galen Tyrol is a character on the television series Battlestar Galactica. Tyrol is responsible for the maintenance of the Vipers and Raptors aboard Battlestar Galactica...
  
   or "The Chief", in the 2004 TV series Battlestar Galactica
• Master Chief (Halo)
  Master Chief (Halo)
  Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 is a fictional character and protagonist of the Halo fictional universe, created by Bungie. Master Chief is a player character in the trilogy of science fiction first-person shooter video games Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3 and will appear in the...
  
   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
  Get Smart
  Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams , Barbara Feldon , and Edward Platt...
  
  
• The Chief, in the animated TV series The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
  The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
  The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show is an animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears Productions from 1979 to 1981; it was shown right after Super Friends on the ABC Network. It featured various adventures of the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man...
  
  
• The Chief, in the animated TV series T.U.F.F. Puppy
• Chief Bromden, in the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)
  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon asylum, the narrative serves as a study of the institutional process and the human mind, as well as a critique of Behaviorism and a celebration of humanistic principles. Written in 1959, the novel was adapted into a...
  
  and in the film adaptation
• Charlestown Chiefs, a fictional ice hockey team in the film Slap Shot
  Slap Shot (film)
  Slap Shot is a 1977 film comedy starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean directed by George Roy Hill. It depicts a minor league hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town.- Plot :...
  
  

Sports

• Chiefs (Super rugby franchise)
  Chiefs (Super rugby franchise)
  The Chiefs are a professional Rugby union team based in Hamilton, New Zealand. Their home ground is Waikato Stadium. The Chiefs play in black, red and yellow coloured jerseys...
  
  , a rugby team in New Zealand
• Exeter Chiefs
  Exeter Chiefs
  Exeter Rugby Club are a rugby union club based in Exeter, Devon.The Exeter club was formed around 1871 and played its first match in 1873. The first team has been rebranded as the Exeter Chiefs and play in a strip of Black , White ....
  
  , a Rugby Union team in England
• Johnstown Chiefs
  Johnstown Chiefs
  The Johnstown Chiefs were a minor league ice hockey team located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania that played in the ECHL. The team was founded in 1988 in the All-American Hockey League, and moved to the East Coast Hockey League when that league was formed...
  
  , an ice hockey team in Pennsylvania that took its name from the fictional Charlestown Chiefs (see above)
• Laval Chiefs
  Laval Chiefs
  The Laval Chiefs was a hockey team based in Laval, Quebec. The team is still part of the Ligue nord-américaine de hockey , though no longer in Laval. The Chiefs were previously part of the semi-professional QSPHL and QSMHL , LNAH . The Chiefs played at the Colisée de Laval...
  
  , an ice hockey team in Quebec
• Kaizer Chiefs F.C., a football club in South Africa
• Kansas City Chiefs
  Kansas City Chiefs
  The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
  
  , an American football team in Missouri
• Peoria Chiefs
  Peoria Chiefs
  The Peoria Chiefs are a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Chicago Cubs, from Peoria, Illinois. They play in the Midwest League....
  
  , 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
  Wayne Allison
  Wayne Anthony Allison is an English former footballer and coach. In a career spanning over 20 years; he has previously played for eight clubs and scored more than 200 goals. He is a centre forward and is nicknamed the "Chief"...
  
   (born 1968), football player
• George Armstrong (ice hockey), retired Hall of Fame NHL player
• Harold Roe Bartle
  Harold Roe Bartle
  Harold Roe Bennett Sturdevant Bartle was a businessman, philanthropist, Boy Scout executive, and professional public speaker who served two terms as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri...
  
   (1901–1974), former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri and founder of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say
• Johnny Bucyk
  Johnny Bucyk
  John Paul "Chief" Bucyk is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Having played most of his career with the Boston Bruins, he has been associated in one capacity or another with the Bruins' organization since the late 1950s.-Early life:Bucyk...
  
   (born 1935), retired Hall of Fame NHL player with the Boston Bruins
• Chad Cordero
  Chad Cordero
  Chad Patrick Cordero is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He broke into the big league ranks with the Montreal Expos...
  
   (born 1982), professional baseball player in the MLB
• John Diefenbaker
  John Diefenbaker
  John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...
  
   (1895–1979), former Prime Minister of Canada
• Jason Dunstall
  Jason Dunstall
  Jason Hadfield Dunstall is a former Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club of the AFL. He is the third greatest goalkicker in the history of the VFL/AFL. Dunstall is regarded as one of the greatest full-forwards to have ever played, kicking 1254 goals, a feat only...
  
   (born 1964), former AFL Footballer with Hawthorn
• Noel Gallagher
  Noel Gallagher
  Noel Thomas David Gallagher is an English musician and singer-songwriter, formerly the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and principal songwriter of the English rock band Oasis. He is currently fronting his solo project, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.Raised in Burnage, Manchester with his...
  
   (born 1967), English musician in the band Oasis
• Paul Harragon
  Paul Harragon
  Paul "The Chief" Harragon OAM is an Australian rugby league football identity. A retired Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played his club football for the Newcastle Knights whom he captained to the 1997 ARL premiership...
  
   (born 1968), Australia Rugby League former player and commentator
• Robert Parish
  Robert Parish
  Robert Lee Parish is a retired American basketball center. He was known for his strong defense and jump shooting, and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003...
  
   (born 1953), professional basketball player in the NBA
• Charles Stewart Parnell
  Charles Stewart Parnell
  Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...
  
   (1846–1891), Irish nationalist political leader
• Art Rooney
  Art Rooney
  Arthur Joseph "Art" Rooney, Sr. , often referred to as "The Chief", was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers American football franchise in the National Football League.-Family history:...
  
   (1901–1988), founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Felipe Rose
  Felipe Rose
  Felipe Ortiz Rose is a founding member of the disco group the Village People, in which he is the Native American. His mother is a Puerto Rican and his father is a Native American .-Early years:...
  
   (born 1954), "Indian Chief" in the Village People
• Jamie Thomas
  Jamie Thomas
  Jamie Thomas , is an American professional skateboarder and skateboard industry magnate from Dothan, Alabama. He is the co-owner of Zero Skateboards and Fallen Footwear.-Skateboarding career:...
  
   (born 1974), Pro skateboarder and owner of Black Box Distribution
• Simon Wiggins
  Simon Wiggins
  Simon Wiggins is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League .He was recruited as the number 15 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from Glenorchy. He made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 5, 2001 against St Kilda.Wiggins has battled with injury...
  
   (born 1982), former AFL Footballer with Carlton

Other uses

• Chief (heraldry)
  Chief (heraldry)
  In heraldic blazon, a chief is a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the top edge of the shield. Writers disagree in how much of the shield's surface is to be covered by the chief, ranging from one-fourth to one-third. The former is more likely if the...
  
  , 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
  Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight
  Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight is the computer system of the United Kingdom's revenue and customs services, HMRC.CHIEF manages both the declaration and movement of goods into and out of the United Kingdom and is a means by which UK traders communicate with counterpart customs systems...
  
   (CHIEF), a UK customs computer system
• Stawamus Chief
  Stawamus Chief
  The Stawamus Chief is a granite dome located adjacent to the town of Squamish, British Columbia. It towers over above the waters of nearby Howe Sound...
  
   aka "The Chief" is a granite dome located adjacent to the town of Squamish, British Columbia.
• Chief, slang, a derogatory slur for an annoying, arrogant irritating or contemptible person

See also

• Chief of staff
  Chief of Staff
  The title, chief of staff, identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a Principal Staff Officer , who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide to an important individual, such as a president.In general, a chief of...
  
  
• Chieftain (disambiguation)
• Super Chief (disambiguation)
  Super Chief (disambiguation)
  Super Chief could refer to:* Super Chief, an American passenger train service of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway* Ford F-250 Super Chief concept truck* Nickname for former Major League Baseball pitcher Allie Reynolds...