Captain (disambiguation)

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Captain is a rank or title for commander of a military unit, commander of a ship or other vessel, or leader of a unit or organization.

Captain or The Captain may also refer to:

Rank

• Captain (naval), rank corresponding to command of the largest ships in English-speaking navies
• Group captain, senior commissioned rank in the air forces of many countries
• Sea captain, high grade licensed mariner in ultimate command of the vessel
• Kapitän, shortened version of several ranks in the German navy

Media

Television and film

• The Captain (1946 film), a French film
• Captain (film), a 1999 Malayalam film
• The Captain (film), 1971 German film
• The Captain, a minor character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Captain, a non-rail vehicle in Thomas & Friends
• The Captain, nickname of the main character in the children's television show Captain Kangaroo
• Captain, nickname of Indian actor Vijayakanth

Literature

• The Captain (play), a 1647 stage play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
• The Captain (novel), a 1967 novel by Jan de Hartog
• The Captain (magazine), a magazine for young boys

Comics/manga

• 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 America or The Captain, a Marvel Comics superhero

Music

• Captain (album), a 1998 release from Idlewild
• Captain (band), a London-based alternative rock band
• The Captain (album), the 1999 album by Kasey Chambers
• Captain, the pseudonym of Finnish musician Markus Kaarlonen
• Captain, the stage name used by Daryl Dragon as part of Captain & Tennille
• The Captain, nickname of American jazz trombonist Carl Fontana
• The Captain, nickname of Russian composer Sergey Kuryokhin
• Captain, a nickname for J-pop singer Saki Shimizu

Songs

• "The Captain" (Biffy Clyro song), 2009
• "The Captain" (Guster song), 2006
• "The Captain" (Leonard Cohen song), 1984
• "The Captain" (The Knife song), 2006

Ships

• HMS Captain, one of seven Royal Navy ships
• Captain-class frigates, a class of 78 Royal Navy frigates

Sports

• Captain (sports), the leader of an athletic team
  • Captain (association football), a member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team
  • Captain (Australian rules football), a player who has several additional roles and responsibilities
  • Captain (cricket), the appointed leader of a team
  • Captain (ice hockey), the player authorized to speak with the game officials regarding rule interpretations
  • Captain (baseball), an honorary title sometimes given to a member of the team to acknowledge his leadership
• Captains, the sports teams of Christopher Newport University
• "The Captain", a nickname for hockey player Steve Yzerman
• "The Captain", a nickname for baseball player Derek Jeter

Other

• Captain (videotex), a Japanese videotex system, operational from 1983 to 2002
• Marion 6360, a power shovel known as "The Captain"
• "The Captain", a nickname for the fascist Iron Guard leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

See also

• Il Capitano, a masked character from the commedia dell'arte
• Capitaine (disambiguation)
• Capitan (disambiguation)
• El Capitan (disambiguation), Spanish for "The Captain"
• Kapitan (disambiguation)
• First Captain (disambiguation)
• Second Captain (disambiguation)
• Chieftain (disambiguation)
• CAPT (disambiguation)
• CPT (disambiguation)