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

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