Chief

Chief may refer to:

Title or rank

Military and law enforcement Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force Chief of police, the head of a police department Chief of the boat, the senior enlisted sailor on a U.S. Navy submarine Chief petty officer, a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many navies Chief warrant officer, a military rank

Other titles Chief x officer, a corporate title in the c-suite Chief of the Name, head of a family or clan in Ireland and Scotland Chief engineer, the most senior licensed mariner of an engine department on a ship, typically a merchant ship Chief mate, or Chief officer, the highest senior officer in the deck department on a merchant vessel Chief of staff, the leader of a complex organization Fire chief, top rank in a fire department Scottish clan chief, the head of a Scottish clan Tribal chief, a leader of a tribal form of government Chief, IRS-CI, the head and chief executive of U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation

Places Chief Mountain, Alberta, a community in Canada Chief Mountain, Montana, US Chief Mountain Border Crossing, between Alberta and Montana Chief Township, Mahnomen County, Minnesota, US Stawamus Chief or the Chief, a granite dome in British Columbia, Canada

People with the name or nickname Athletes Baseball Chief Bender (1884–1954), American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Sheldon "Chief" Bender (1919–2008) American Major League scouting director and farm system director Chief Chouneau (1888–1946), American MLB pitcher and member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Mel Harder (1909–2002), American MLB pitcher, coach and manager Elon Hogsett (1903–2001), American MLB pitcher Chief Johnson (1886–1922), American MLB pitcher Chief Meyers (1880–1971), American MLB catcher Chief Roseman (1856–1938), American MLB player Chief Wilson (1883–1954), American MLB outfielder Chief Youngblood (1900–1968), American MLB pitcher Chief Zimmer (1860–1949), American MLB catcher

Other sports Big Chief Bonner, college football player and engineer Peter Graham (fighter) (born 1975), Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist Chief Jones (1879–1959), American professional ice hockey goaltender Chief Kickingstallionsims (born 1986), American basketball player Robert Parish (born 1953), American basketball player nicknamed "The Chief" Alfred Michael "Chief" Venne (1879–1971), a Native American educator, athletic manager and coach

Other people with the name or nickname C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson (1907–1996), American aviator known as "the Father of Black Aviation" Craig Berube (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player and coach Chief Bey (1913–2004), American jazz percussionist and African folklorist Éamon de Valera (1882-1975), nicknamed "The Chief", Irish republican leader John Diefenbaker, known as "The Chief" (1895–1979), Canadian Prime Minister Chief Keef (born 1995), stage name of American rapper and record producer Keith Farrelle Cozart

Animals Chief (horse) Amauris echeria or chief, a butterfly of southern Africa

Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters Carl "Chief" Kanisky, a character on the American television sitcom Gimme a Break Chief (Battlestar Galactica) or Galen Tyrol, a character in Battlestar Galactica Chief (DC Comics), the leader of the Doom Patrol Chief, a character in The Fox and the Hound Master Chief (Halo) or Chief, a character in Halo The Chief, a character in Get Smart The Chief, a character in the Carmen Sandiego franchise The Chief, a character in The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show The Chief, a character in T.U.F.F. Puppy

Film and television The Chief (film), a 1933 American comedy Chiefs, a 1969 cinema vérité short film by Richard Leacock about the 1968 conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Chiefs (miniseries), 1983, starring Charlton Heston and Keith Carradine The Chief (1990s TV series), a 1990s British crime drama Chiefs, a 2002 documentary feature film by Daniel Junge about the Wyoming Indian High School basketball team The Chiefs (TV program), a 2018-present Philippine television talk show The Chief, a 2024 British mockumentary spinoff of the Scot Squad Charlestown Chiefs, a fictional ice hockey team in Slap Shot

Literature

Chiefs (novel), 1981, by Stuart Woods The Chief (play), a 2003 one-man play about Art Rooney

Music Chief (album), 2011, by Eric Church Chief (band), a folk rock band from 2008 to 2011 Chief Records, a record label from 1957 to 1964 The Chief (album), 2017, by Jidenna

Periodicals Chief (magazine), a defunct online arts and culture publication The Chief (New York newspaper), a newspaper in New York City The Chief (Oregon newspaper), a defunct newspaper in Columbia County, northwestern Oregon, US

Sports organizations and teams American football Kansas City Chiefs, an American football team in Missouri South City Chiefs, an American football club competing in the South Australian Gridiron Association league

Baseball Allentown Chiefs, a former minor league baseball team Hartford Chiefs, a former minor league baseball franchise representing Hartford, Connecticut Paducah Chiefs, a minor league baseball team from Paducah, Kentucky Peoria Chiefs, a minor league baseball affiliate in Peoria, Illinois of the Chicago Cubs Wenatchee Chiefs, a former minor league baseball team based in Wenatchee, Washington

Football (soccer) and rugby Chiefs (rugby union), a rugby union team in New Zealand Atlanta Chiefs, a soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia Exeter Chiefs, a rugby union team in England Kaizer Chiefs F.C., a football club in South Africa

Ice hockey Johnstown Chiefs, a former ice hockey team in Pennsylvania that took its name from the fictional Charlestown Chiefs from the film Slap Shot Lakefield Chiefs, a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada Laval Chiefs, an ice hockey team in Quebec Mississauga Chiefs, a former professional women's ice hockey team from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Mississauga Jr. Chiefs, a Canadian Junior women's ice hockey team based in Mississauga, Ontario Motor City Chiefs, a former ice hockey organization from Dearborn Heights, Michigan Spokane Chiefs, a Western Hockey League ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington

Other sports Chiefs Esports Club, an esports organisation in Australia Arellano Chiefs, the athletic teams of Arellano University Six Nations Chiefs, a senior lacrosse team in Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario

Transport Chief (train), a named passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Southwest Chief Amtrak's successor service to the Chief and Super Chief Super Chief, premium passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Aeronca 11 Chief, an American two-seat airplane entering production in 1945 Aeronca 50 Chief, an American light plane of the late 1930s Pawnee Chief, an American two-seat helicopter design, first flown in 2005

United States Navy ships USS Chief (AMc-67), an Accentor-class minesweeper that served from 1942 until 1945 USS Chief (AM-31), an Auk-class minesweeper that served from 1943 until 1955 USS Chief (MCM-14), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship commissioned in 1994

Other uses Chief (heraldry), a horizontal band on a coat of arms Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (CHIEF), a UK customs computer system Chief (women's network), private women's business networking organization

See also Chieftain (disambiguation) Super Chief (disambiguation)