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 (naval), rank corresponding to command of the largest ships in English-speaking navies
- 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
Media
Television and film
- The Captain (1946 film), a French film
- Captain (film), a 1999 Malayalam film
- The Captain (film), 1971 German film
- The Captain, a minor character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Captain, a non-rail vehicle in Thomas & Friends
- The Captain, nickname of the main character in the children's television show Captain Kangaroo
- Captain, nickname of Indian actor Vijayakanth
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 magazine for young boys
Comics/manga
- Captain (Hellsing), a fictional 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
- Captain America or The Captain, a Marvel Comics superhero
Music
- Captain (album), a 1998 release from Idlewild
- Captain (band), a London-based alternative rock band
- The Captain (album), the 1999 album by Kasey Chambers
- Captain, the pseudonym of Finnish musician Markus Kaarlonen
- Captain, the stage name used by Daryl Dragon as part of Captain & Tennille
- The Captain, nickname of American jazz trombonist Carl Fontana
- The Captain, nickname of Russian composer Sergey Kuryokhin
- Captain, a nickname for J-pop singer Saki Shimizu
Songs
- "The Captain" (Biffy Clyro song), 2009
- "The Captain" (Guster song), 2006
- "The Captain" (Leonard Cohen song), 1984
- "The Captain" (The Knife song), 2006
Ships
- HMS Captain, one of seven Royal Navy ships
- Captain-class frigates, a class of 78 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
- 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
See also
- Il Capitano, a masked character from the commedia dell'arte
- Capitaine (disambiguation)
- Capitan (disambiguation)
- El Capitan (disambiguation), Spanish for "The Captain"
- Kapitan (disambiguation)
- First Captain (disambiguation)
- Second Captain (disambiguation)
- Chieftain (disambiguation)
- CAPT (disambiguation)
- CPT (disambiguation)
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