Captain (disambiguation)

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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

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

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

See also

• Capitaine (disambiguation)
• Capitan (disambiguation)
• Chieftain (disambiguation)
• El Capitan (disambiguation), Spanish for "The Captain"
• Il Capitano, a masked character from the commedia dell'arte
• CAPT (disambiguation)
• CPT (disambiguation)
• First Captain (disambiguation)
• HMS Captain, a list of Royal Navy ships
• Kapitan (disambiguation)
• Kaptan (disambiguation)
• Second Captain (disambiguation)

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