# 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, Montana, United States
* Stawamus Chief or the Chief, a granite dome in British Columbia, Canada

## People with the name or nickname
### Athletes

* Chief Bender (1884–1954), American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
* Sheldon "Chief" Bender (1919–2008) American Major League scouting director and farm system director
* Big Chief Bonner, college football player and engineer
* Chief Chouneau (1888–1946), American MLB pitcher and member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior
* Peter Graham (fighter) (born 1975), Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist nicknamed "The Chief"
* 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 Jones (1879–1959), American professional ice hockey goaltender
* Chief Kickingstallionsims (born 1986), American basketball player
* Chief Meyers (1880–1971), American MLB catcher
* Robert Parish (born 1953), American basketball player nicknamed "The Chief"
* Chief Roseman (1856–1938), American Major League Baseball player
* Alfred Michael "Chief" Venne (1879–1971), a Native American educator, athletic manager and coach
* Chief Wilson (1883–1954), American MLB outfielder
* Chief Youngblood (1900–1968), American MLB pitcher
* Chief Zimmer (1860–1949), American MLB catcher

### Other people with the name or nickname

* C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson (1907–1996), American aviator known as "the Father of Black Aviation"
* 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

### Literature

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

### Music

* Chief (album), a 2011 album 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), a 2017 album 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, United States

### Film and television

* The Chief (film), a 1933 American comedy
* Chiefs (miniseries), a 1983 miniseries starring Charlton Heston and Keith Carradine
* The Chief (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

## Sports
### Organizations and teams

* Chiefs Esports Club, an esports organisation in Australia
* Chiefs (rugby union), a rugby union team in New Zealand
* Allentown Chiefs, a former minor league baseball team
* Arellano Chiefs, the athletic team of Arellano University
* Atlanta Chiefs, a soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia
* Exeter Chiefs, a rugby union team in England
* Hartford Chiefs, a former minor league baseball franchise representing Hartford, Connecticut
* 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
* Kaizer Chiefs F.C., a football club in South Africa
* Kansas City Chiefs, an American football team in Missouri
* 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
* Paducah Chiefs, a minor league baseball team from Paducah, Kentucky
* Peoria Chiefs, a minor league baseball affiliate in Peoria, Illinois of the Chicago Cubs
* Six Nations Chiefs, a senior lacrosse team in Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario.
* South City Chiefs, an American football club competing in the South Australian Gridiron Association league
* Spokane Chiefs, a Western Hockey League ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington
* Syracuse Chiefs, a AAA minor league baseball team in upstate New York
* Wenatchee Chiefs, a former minor league baseball team based in Wenatchee, Washington

#### In fiction

* Charlestown Chiefs, a fictional ice hockey team in Slap Shot

## 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