Headhunter

Headhunter or head hunter may refer to:

General use

• Headhunting, the practice of literally taking a person's head after killing them
• Headhunter, an informal name for an employment recruiter, sometimes referred to as executive searcher

Military

• Headhunters, nickname of the 80th Fighter Squadron at Kunsan Air Base, Korea
• Headhunters, nickname of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment out of Ft Hood, part of 1st Cavalry Division.

Sports

• Headhunter (baseball), a baseball pitcher who aims at a player's head
• The Headhunters (professional wrestling) (born 1968), professional wrestling tag team
• Chelsea Headhunters, a football firm
• Mississippi Headhunters, a professional indoor football member of the af2

Video games

• Headhunter (video game), a 2001 video game for Dreamcast and PlayStation 2
• Headhunter (series), a 2003 video game developed by the Swedish studio Amuze for the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 video game consoles. The Dreamcast version of the game was only distributed in Europe, by BigBen Interactive
  • Headhunter Redemption, its sequel for the Xbox and PlayStation 2

Music

• Head Hunters, a 1973 Herbie Hancock album
• The Headhunters, a jazz fusion band founded by Hancock
• "Headhunter" (song), a Front 242 song from their 1988 album Front by Front
• Headhunter (album), a 1983 album by Krokus
• Headhunter Records, a record label
• The Kentucky Headhunters, a country rock band
• Headhunterz (born 1985), Dutch Hardstyle DJ/producer
• The Funky Headhunter, the fourth album made by MC Hammer, then known as Hammer, in 1994
• "Headhunters", an 808 State song from their 1988 album Newbuild

Literature

• Headhunter (novel), 1993 work by Timothy Findley
• Headhunters (novel), 1997 novel by John King, part of his loose trilogy which begins with The Football Factory and concludes with England Away, which feature many of the same characters
• Headhunter, 1984 novel by Michael Slade

Other uses

• Ask The Headhunter, website by Nick Corcodilos