Captain

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Captain may refer to:

Occupations

  • Captain (nautical), senior person or officer usually and lawfully in command of a ship or another type of vessel
  • Captain (airlines), senior person or officer usually and lawfully in charge of an aircraft
  • Fire captain, officer in a fire department
  • Police captain, officer in a police organization
  • Caporegime ("Capo"), high-ranking member ("captain") in charge of a Mafia crew
  • Captain of industry, business leader
  • Captain of the Port, harbour (UK) or coastguard (USA) post
  • Captain-major, colonial officer of a Portuguese possession
  • Precinct captain, political party's representative at an election precinct
  • School Captain, student elected or appointed to represent the school
  • The title of a chieftain in traditional Cretan society, as used by Nikos Kazantzakis in his novel Captain Michalis
  • The chieftain (Captein) of the Oorlam people in 19th-century South Africa
  • In Ottoman-ruled Bosnia and Herzegovina (Kapetan), the equivalent of a city mayor and/or sheriff (see Bosnian uprising)
  • Castellan, captain of a medieval castle
  • Captain Regent, head of state of San Marino

Military ranks

NATO OF-5 / US O-6
NATO OF-2 / US O-3
Generic

Media

Television and film

  • Captain, Starfleet ranks and insignia
  • Welcome to The Captain, a television series on CBS
  • Captain, nickname of Indian actor Vijayakanth
  • The Sea Captain, a character in The Simpsons
  • Captain Pirate, a 1952 film
  • The Captain (film), 1971 film
  • The Captain, a minor character in the radio series ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Literature

Comics/manga

  • "The Captain", a former Captain America alternate identity, 1987–1989
  • Captain (Hellsing), a fictional character from the Hellsing manga and OVA
  • Captain (manga), a 1972 baseball manga series by Akio Chiba
  • Captain (comics), a satiric superhero from the comic book Nextwave
  • Captain (Bleach), the highest office available in the Gotei 13
  • Captain Boomerang, an Australian supervillain in the DC comics universe and member of the Flash's Rogues Gallery
  • Captain Marvel (disambiguation), several fictional characters
  • Captain Cold, a supervillain in the DC comics universe and member of the Flash's Rogues Gallery

Music

  • Captain (album), a 1998 release from Scottish band Idlewild
  • Captain (band), a London-based alternative rock band
  • Captain, the pseudonym of Markus Kaarlonen, a Finnish musician/songwriter/producer
  • The Captain, the stage name used by Daryl Dragon as part of the 1970s and 1980s duo Captain & Tennille
  • The Captain (album), the 1999 solo debut album of Australian country music singer Kasey Chambers
  • Captain, a nickname for Saki Shimizu, captain of girl group Berryz Kobo

Songs

  • "The Captain" (Biffy Clyro song), 2009
  • "The Captain" (Guster song), 2006
  • "The Captain" (Kasey Chambers song), 1999
  • "The Captain" (Leonard Cohen song), 1984
  • "The Captain" (The Knife song), 2006
  • "The Cap'm", a song from the 2007 They Might Be Giants album, The Else

Video games

  • Captain Falcon, a racer in the F-Zero series of video games
  • Captain Price, British SAS Commander, Task Force 141 Commander, in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Ships

Sports

Other

See also

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