Professor (disambiguation)

A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university.

Professor may also refer to:

• Professor (highest academic rank), highest academic rank at universities

Entertainment

Fictional characters

• List of fictional professors
• The Professor (stock character), a common generic name for fictional characters who fill the role of doctors, scientists, or mad scientists

Specific characters

• "Professor" Irwin Corey, a comedy persona
• "Professor" Stanley Unwin, an English comedian
• Professor, primary nemesis to Felix the Cat, introduced in the 1950s
• The Professor (Gilligan's Island), one of the seven castaway characters in the 1960s TV series Gilligan's Island
• The Professor, a McDonaldland mad scientist character introduced in 1971
• The Professor, a nickname for the Seventh Doctor as given by his companion Ace in the TV series Doctor Who
• Professor, an anthropomorphic mole character from the video game Spyro (series)
• Professor, an inventor character from Ape Escape video game series
• Professor, journeys with Writer and Stalker to the center of the Zone in the 1979 Soviet film "Stalker" (film)

Literature

• The Professor (novel), first novel written by Charlotte Brontë, published posthumously in 1857
• The Professor, a 1938 novel by Rex Warner

Movies

• The Professor (film), an uncompleted 1919 silent comedy by Charlie Chaplin
• Professor (1962 film), a 1962 Hindi musical starring Shammi Kapoor
• Professor (1972 film), a 1972 Malayalam-language film
• The Professor, alternate title of La prima notte di quiete, a 1972 French-Italian film by director Valerio Zurlini
• The Professor, English title of Il camorrista, a 1986 Italian film based on the life of crime boss Raffaele Cutolo (see also People, below)

Performance

• Professor, the puppeteer of Punch and Judy shows
• Prof (rapper), stage name of a Minneapolis-based rapper

Television

• "The Professor", a first season episode of My Name Is Earl
• "The Professor", also known as Hubert J. Farnsworth,a character from the fictional TV show Futurama
• "Professor Utonium", a fictional character from The Powerpuff Girls

People

• The Professor, nickname of Mohammad Hafeez (born 1980), a Pakistani cricketer.
• The Professor, nickname of Dai Vernon (1894–1992), sleight of hand magician
• The Professor, or "Ordinaryüs", nickname of Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1925–2012), Turkish footballer
• The Professor, or "Il professore", nickname of Raffaele Cutolo (born 1941), Italian crime boss
• The Professor, nickname of Roy Bittan (born 1949), keyboardist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band
• The Professor, nickname of Neil Peart (born 1952), drummer of Canadian rock band Rush
• The Professor, nickname of Alain Prost (born 1955), four-time Formula One world champion
• The Professor, nickname of Howard Lederer (born 1964), professional poker player
• The Professor, nickname of Grayson Boucher (born 1984), an American street basketball player
• The Professor, nickname of Igor Larionov (born 1960), Russian ice hockey player
• The Professor, nickname of Mike Tenay (born 1954), professional wrestling play-by-play announcer for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
• The Professor, nickname of Greg Maddux (born 1966), American baseball pitcher
• Professor Longhair, New Orleans pianist
• Professor Griff, member of the rap group Public Enemy
• The Old Professor, nickname of Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager