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A boss is a person in charge, for example, a political boss or crime boss.

Boss or BOSS may also refer to:

• Josef Stalin, former leader of the Soviet Union
• Richard J. Daley, a former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Boss, an unauthorized biography of Daley by newspaper columnist Mike Royko
• Boss Tweed (William M. Tweed), a notoriously corrupt 19th-century politician in New York City
• Boss Shepherd (Alexander Robey Shepherd), a 19th-century politician in Washington, DC
• Rafael Trujillo ("El Jefe"), dictator of the Dominican Republic

• Bruce Springsteen, an American singer and songwriter
• James Brown, influential 20th century singer and songwriter
• Diana Ross, actress and singer
• Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet player
• Boss (rapper), a female rapper
• Boss (French band), a group of French rappers founded by Joey Starr
• Boss (Australian band), a 1980s Australian hard rock band
• Ross the Boss Friedman, guitarist of The Dictators and Manowar

• George Steinbrenner, general partner and principal owner of the New York Yankees baseball team
• Helmut Rahn ("Der Boss"), a German football player
• Jos Verstappen, a retired Dutch Formula One driver
• Isaac Boss, Irish rugby union player
• Ray Traylor ("The Big Boss Man"), a professional wrestler
  • The Boss, a wrestling gimmick used by Traylor
• Andrew "the Boss" Reynolds, pro skateboarder, signature move: frontside flip

• Boss (Transformers), a Transformers character.
• Boss Hogg, the main villain of the television show The Dukes of Hazzard
• The Boss, a character in Metal Gear Solid 3
• Big Boss, a character in the Metal Gear series
• Big Boss (Leader), a crime boss from Hasbro's C.O.P.S.
• Nicolas Lucifer III, aka "The Boss", from the animated series The Baskervilles
• Boss (Mazinger), from Mazinger Z
• Pointy-Haired Boss, the office nemesis of cartoon character Dilbert

• Hugo Boss, a fashion designer
• Isaac Boss, Irish rugby union player
• The Big Boss- Comic character in the comic vince

• "Boss", nickname of the robot that won the DARPA Grand Challenge (2007)
• Boss (architecture), a protruding stone, often decoratively carved
• Boss (crater), a lunar crater
• Boss (geology), a type of igneous intrusion
• Boss (soft drink), a brand of coffee-flavored beverages
• The Boss (Roller Coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St Louis
• Big Occultable Steerable Satellite, a system for observing distant planets
• Billing Order and Support System, a text-based program created by IBM
• Shield boss, the domed metal centre to a shield
• Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System, from Browning Arms Company
• a series of modified Ford engines used for NASCAR racing, including:
  • Ford Boss 302 engine
  • Boss 351
  • Boss 429

• The Boss (1915 film), a silent film
• The Boss (1956 film), a 1956 film starring John Payne
• Boss Nigger, a blaxploitation film starring Fred Williamson as the title character
• Boss - I Love You, a 2006 Tollywood film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna
• Boss (Magik Markers album), a 2007 album by the Magik Markers
• "The Boss" (song), a soundtrack from the Tamil film Sivaji: The Boss

• Boss Audio. A manufacturer of car and marine audio and video systems
• South African Bureau of State Security, the South African security police from 1966 - 1980
• Boss Corporation, a company that manufactures guitar accessories and audio equipment
• Boss, a Turkish bus company.
• Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS) in Boulder, Colorado
• Buckeye On-line School for Success (BOSS). A K-12 public charter school located in East Liverpool, Ohio

• Scouse expression meaning cool or great, as in "That film was boss."
• Boss (video games), a particularly powerful enemy or opponent in a video game