# Captain (disambiguation)

Captain is a rank or title for commander of a military unit, commander of a ship or other vessel, or leader of a unit or organization.
Captain or the Captain may also refer to:

## Rank

* Captain (armed forces), a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers
* Captain (naval), rank corresponding to command of the largest ships in English-speaking navies
* Captain (Canadian army and air force)
* Captain (D) or Captain Destroyers, a shore-based commander in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom
** Captain (D) afloat, a related rank
* Group captain, senior commissioned rank in the air forces of many countries
* Sea captain, high grade licensed mariner in ultimate command of the vessel
* Kapitän, shortened version of several ranks in the German navy
* Pilot in command, the lead pilot on an aircraft

## Film and television

* Captain (1994 film), a Telugu-Tamil bilingual film
* Captain (1999 film), a Malayalam film
* Captain (2018 film), a Malayalam film
* Captain (2019 film), a Nepalese film
* Captain (2022 film), a Tamil-language film
* The Captain (1946 film), a French film
* The Captain (1971 film), a German film
* The Captain (2017 film), a German film
* The Captain (2019 film), a Chinese film
* The Captain (miniseries), a 2022 American television miniseries
* Welcome to The Captain, previously known as The Captain, an American sitcom
* The Captains (film), a 2011 documentary about captains in the Star Trek series
* Captain, a non-rail vehicle in Thomas & Friends
* The Captain, a minor character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
* The Captain, the main character in Captain Kangaroo
* Vijayakanth or Captain, Indian actor

## Literature

* The Captain (play), a 1647 stage play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
* The Captain (novel), a 1967 novel by Jan de Hartog
* The Captain (magazine), a British magazine for boys

### Comics and manga

* Captain (Hellsing), a character from the Hellsing manga and OVA
* Captain (manga), a 1972 baseball manga series by Akio Chiba
* Captain (comics), a satiric superhero from the comic book Nextwave
* The Captain, an alias adopted by Steve Rogers in the storyline Captain America: The Captain.

## Music
### Artists and composers

* Captain (band), a London-based alternative rock band
* Daryl Dragon or Captain, part of Captain & Tennille
* Carl Fontana or the Captain, American jazz trombonist
* Markus Kaarlonen or Captain, Finnish musician
* Sergey Kuryokhin or the Captain, Russian composer
* Saki Shimizu or Captain, J-pop singer

### Albums

* Captain (album), a 1998 album by Idlewild
* The Captain (album), the 1999 album by Kasey Chambers

### Songs

* "The Captain" (Kasey Chambers song) (1999)
* "The Captain" (Biffy Clyro song) (2009)
* "The Captain" (Leonard Cohen song) (1984)
* "The Captain" (Guster song) (2006)
* "The Captain" (The Knife song) (2006)
* "Captain", by Wiz Khalifa; see Wiz Khalifa discography
* "Captain", by Ween from their 2003 album Quebec

## Ships

* HMS Captain (1678), a 70-gun third rate
* HMS Captain (1743), a 70-gun third rate
* HMS Captain (1787), a 74-gun third rate
* HMS Carnatic (1783), a 72-gun third rate renamed Captain in 1815
* HMS Royal Sovereign (1786), a 100-gun first rate renamed Captain in 1825
* HMS Agincourt (1865), an iron screw ship that was to have been named Captain
* HMS Captain (1869), a masted turret ship
* Captain-class frigates, a class of Royal Navy frigates

## Sports

* Captain (sports), the leader of an athletic team
** Captain (association football), a member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team
** Captain (Australian rules football), a player who has several additional roles and responsibilities
** Captain (cricket), the appointed leader of a team
** Captain (ice hockey), the player authorized to speak with the game officials regarding rule interpretations
** Captain (baseball), an honorary title sometimes given to a member of the team to acknowledge his leadership
* Captains, the sports teams of Christopher Newport University
* "The Captain", a nickname for hockey player Steve Yzerman
* "The Captain", a nickname for baseball player Derek Jeter

## Other uses

* Captain (videotex), a Japanese videotex system, operational from 1983 to 2002
* Marion 6360, a power shovel known as "the Captain"
* "The Captain", a nickname for the fascist Iron Guard leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
* Captain (restaurant), responsible for interacting with guests and directing waiters
* "Captain", a nickname for Captain Amarinder Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab