Boss may refer to:
Occupations
Supervisor, often referred to as boss
Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier
Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization
Fire boss, a person in charge of mine safety
Pit boss, the person who looks after the employees who work in a casino pit
Political boss, a person who controls a political region or constituency
Places
Boss, Missouri, United States, an unincorporated community
Boss, Texas, United States, an unincorporated community
Boss (crater), a lunar crater
People
As a real name
Boss (surname)
Boss Mustapha, politician, Secretary of the Nigerian government (2017–2023)
As a nickname or stage name
Athletes
Lance Armstrong ("Le Boss", born 1971), former professional cyclist
Sasha Banks (born 1992), American professional wrestler
Tomás Boy ("El Jefe", 1951–2022), former Mexican professional football player and current coach
Bobby Lashley (born 1976), American professional wrestler
Helmut Rahn ("Der Boss", 1929–2003), German football player
Andrew Reynolds (skateboarder) (born 1978), American professional skateboarder
George Steinbrenner (1930–2010), owner of the New York Yankees baseball team
Jos Verstappen (born 1972), Dutch Formula One driver
Musicians
Boss (rapper) (née Lichelle Laws, 1969–2024), American rapper
Gene Ammons ("The Boss", 1925–1974), American jazz musician and songwriter
Ross the Boss Friedman (born 1954), guitarist of The Dictators and Manowar
Diana Ross ("The Boss", born 1944), American singer and actress
Rick Ross ("The Boss", born 1976), American rapper
Bruce Springsteen ("The Boss", born 1949), American singer and songwriter
Politicians
Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States
Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835–1902), Washington, D.C., politician
William M. Tweed (1823–1878), notoriously corrupt New York City politician
Other people
Joe Lycett, English comedian, television presenter and painter who briefly changed his name to Hugo Boss
Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer
As a ring name
Ray Traylor (1963–2004), American professional wrestler, one of whose ring names was "The Boss"
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
Boss (Mazinger), from the anime Mazinger Z
Boss Hogg, the main villain of the television show The Dukes of Hazzard
Pointy-haired Boss, the office nemesis of cartoon character Dilbert
The Boss (Metal Gear), a character in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
"The Boss," title bestowed upon the narrator of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
"The Boss", Nicolas Lucifer III, from the animated series The Baskervilles
"The Boss" (simply known as "playa" in the first game), the main character of the Saints Row series
Film
Boss (2006 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
Boss (2011 film), an Indian Kannada-language film
Boss: Born to Rule, a 2013 Indian Bengali-language film starring Jeet
Boss 2, its 2017 sequel
Boss Nigger, a 1975 western film that also goes by the name, Boss.
Boss (2013 Hindi film), an Indian Hindi-language film starring Akshay Kumar
Boss (2025 film), South Korean action comedy film
The Boss (1915 film), a silent film based on a play by Edward Sheldon (see below)