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

Professor may also refer to:

Entertainment Fictional characters The Professor (Gilligan's Island), a character in the 1960s TV series The Professor, a McDonaldland character The Professor, a nickname for the Seventh Doctor in the TV series Doctor Who The Professor (Money Heist), a character in the Netflix series Professor, an anthropomorphic mole character from the Spyro video game series Professor, a character from the Ape Escape video game series Professor, a character in the 1979 Soviet film Stalker Professor Nutty Nut-Meg „The Professor”, one of Felix the Cat's main foes

Literature The Professor (novel), by Charlotte Brontë, 1857 The Professor, a 1938 novel by Rex Warner The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America, by conservative American author David Horowitz

Film, television and theatre Professor (1962 film), an Indian Hindi musical Professor (1972 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film The Professor (1919 film), an uncompleted silent comedy by Charlie Chaplin The Professor (1986 film) or Il camorrista, an Italian film based on the life of crime boss Raffaele Cutolo The Professor (2018 film), an American comedy-drama "The Professor" (My Name Is Earl), a television episode Professor, the puppeteer of Punch and Judy shows

People Stage name Prof (rapper) (born 1984), American rapper Professor (musician) (born 1978), South African Kwaito musician

Nicknamed "The Professor" Roy Bittan (born 1949), American keyboardist in the E Street Band Grayson Boucher (born 1984), American street basketball player Raffaele Cutolo ("Il professore") (1941–2021), Italian crime boss Mohammad Hafeez (born 1980), Pakistani cricketer Jan Janssen (born 1940), Dutch professional cyclist Lefter Küçükandonyadis ("Ordinaryüs") (1925–2012), Turkish footballer Igor Larionov (born 1960), Russian ice hockey player Howard Lederer (born 1964), American professional poker player Greg Maddux (born 1966), American baseball pitcher Neil Peart (1952–2020), Canadian drummer for Rush David Poltorak (born 1954 or 1955), nicknamed The Professor, as a chaser on The Chase Australia Alain Prost (born 1955), French Formula One racing driver Mike Tenay (born 1954), American professional wrestling play-by-play announcer Alan Turing (1912–1954), nicknamed "Prof", English mathematician and computer scientist Prof: Alan Turing Decoded, a 2015 biography of Turing Dai Vernon (1894–1992), Canadian sleight of hand magician Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9, (Petch), Thai kickboxer (1995) Nasser El Sonbaty (1965-2013), professional bodybuilder

See also Professor T. (disambiguation) Professor Griff (born 1960), American rapper in the group Public Enemy Professor Longhair (1918–1980), American New Orleans blues pianist Casey Stengel ("The Old Perfesser") (1890–1975), American baseball player and manager