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Chief may refer to:
Title or rank[edit]
Military and law enforcement[edit]
Other titles[edit]
- Chief of the Name, head of a family or clan
- 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
People with the name or nickname[edit]
Athletes[edit]
- 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), “The Chief”, Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist
- 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 “The Chief” (born 1953), American basketball player
- Chief Roseman (1856–1938), American Major League Baseball player from Brooklyn
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Arts, entertainment, and media[edit]
Fictional characters[edit]
Literature[edit]
Music[edit]
Periodicals[edit]
Film and television[edit]
Organizations and teams[edit]
- 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
- 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[edit]
- Charlestown Chiefs, a fictional ice hockey team in Slap Shot
Transport[edit]
- 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
Other uses[edit]
See also[edit]
Topics referred to by the same term
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