Chief
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[edit] Title or rank
- Tribal chief, the head of a tribal form of self-government
- Scottish clan chief, the head of a Scottish clan
- Chiefs of the Name, the head of a family or clan
- Paramount chief
- Chief Petty Officer, a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many navies
- Chief of the Boat, the senior enlisted sailor on a submarine in the US Navy
- Chief Engineer, the senior officer in the engineering department on a merchant vessel
- Warrant Officer, in the United States Army
- Chief Master Sergeant, in the United States Air Force
- Fire chief, top rank in a fire department
- Chief of police, the head of a police department
[edit] Sports
- Chiefs (Super rugby franchise), formerly Waikato Chiefs, a rugby team in New Zealand
- Laval Chiefs, a hockey team in Quebec
- Kaizer Chiefs FC, a football club in South Africa
- Kansas City Chiefs, an American football team in Missouri
- Syracuse Chiefs, a minor league baseball team in upstate New York
- Charlestown Chiefs, a fictional hockey team in the film Slap Shot
- Peoria Chiefs, a minor league baseball affiliate in Peoria, Illinois of the Chicago Cubs
[edit] People nicknamed The Chief
- Art Rooney, founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Robert Parish, professional basketball player in the NBA
- Harold Roe Bartle, former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri and founder of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say
- Chad Cordero, professional baseball player in the MLB
- John Diefenbaker, former Prime Minister of Canada
- Paul Harragon, Australia Rugby League former player and commentator
- Charles Stewart Parnell
- Jamie Thomas, Pro skateboarder and owner of Black Box Distribution
- Noel Gallagher, for his dominating position in the British band Oasis, as opposed to the nickname used for his brother Liam, "Our Kid"
- Jason Dunstall, former AFL Footballer with Hawthorn
- Felipe Rose, the "Indian Chief" in the Village People.
[edit] People nicknamed Chief
- Wayne Allison, a football player
[edit] Aircraft
- Aeronca 50 Chief, an American light plane of the late 1930s
- Aeronca 11 Chief, a two-seat airplane entering production in 1945
[edit] Media
- The Chief-Leader, a newspaper aimed at civil service workers in New York City
- Chief (comics), a fictional character and the mastermind behind the Doom Patrol
- Chief (Carmen Sandiego), a fictional character in the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? franchise of computer games and TV shows
- The Chief, a fictional character from the television situation comedy Get Smart
- The Chief, a fictional character in The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
- The Chief (TV series), a television series on CablePulse 24 in Toronto, Ontario
- Chiefs (TV miniseries), a 1983 TV miniseries starring Charlton Heston and Keith Carradine
- Chiefs (novel), a novel by Stuart Woods
- The Chief, an Anglia TV drama around a fictional Chief Constable in Eastlands Constabulary, played initially by Tim Piggott-Smith, and latterly, Martin Shaw
- Chief, a fictional character in the novel and film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
[edit] Places
- Stawamus Chief, a granite monolith near Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
[edit] Other meanings
- Chief (heraldry), a horizontal band on a coat of arms
- Chief (passenger train)
- "The Chief", the controversial mascot for the Illinois Fighting Illini until 2007
- "The Chief", the name of a Champagn-Urbana radio station named after said mascot
- "Chief", is a derogatory term meaning fool or similar, the beauty of which is that those labelled a "Chief" believe it to be complimentary, e.g a figure of authority. A common insult used in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Also translated to "Jefe" in Spanish.
- CHIEF, HMRC's Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight, a computer system to automate customs entries in the UK.
[edit] See also
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