Boss

As a real name

• Boss Mustapha, politician, Secretary of Nigerian government
• Hugo Boss (fashion designer) (1885-1948), German businessman and founder of clothing company Hugo Boss

As a nickname or stage name

Fictional characters

• Boss (Mazinger), from the anime Mazinger Z
• Big Boss (C.O.P.S.), a crime boss from the animated series C.O.P.S.
• Big Boss (Metal Gear), a character in the Metal Gear video game series
• Boss Hogg, the main villain of the television show The Dukes of Hazzard
• Pointy-haired Boss, the office nemesis of cartoon character Dilbert
• The Boss (Metal Gear), a character in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• "The Boss," title bestowed upon the narrator of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
• "The Boss", Nicolas Lucifer III, from the animated series The Baskervilles
• "The Boss" (simply known as "playa" in the first game), the main character of the Saints Row series

Film

• The Boss (1915 film), a silent film based on a play by Edward Sheldon (see below)
• The Boss (1956 film), an American film by Byron Haskin
• The Boss (1973 film) or Il Boss, an Italian crime film
• The Boss (1975 film) or Boss Nigger, a blaxploitation film
• The Boss, a 2005 short film starring Jennifer Sciole
• Boss (2006 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
• Boss (2011 film), an Indian Kannada-language film
• Boss: Born to Rule, an Indian Bengali-language film starring Jeet
• Boss (2013 Hindi film), an Indian Hindi-language film starring Akshay Kumar
• The Boss (2016 film), an American film starring Melissa McCarthy

Music

Bands

• Boss (Australian band), a 1980s hard rock band
• The Boss (band), a South Korean boy band

Albums

• Boss (album), by Magik Markers, 2007
• The Boss (Diana Ross album), 1979
• The Boss (Jimmy Smith album), 1968
• The Boss (Timati album), 2009

Songs

• "Boss" (Fifth Harmony song), 2014
• "Boss" (Lil Pump song), 2017
• "The Boss" (Diana Ross song), 1979
• "The Boss" (Rick Ross song), 2008
• "The Boss", a song by James Brown from the soundtrack of the 1973 film Black Caesar
• "The Boss", a song from the 2007 Sivaji film soundtrack album

Television

• Boss (TV series), a 2011 US series starring Kelsey Grammer
• The Boss (TV series) or The Peter Principle, a British television sitcom
• "Boss", an episode of Life's Work
• Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor, fictional supercomputer in the Doctor Who television serial The Green Death

Other

• Boss (video gaming), a particularly powerful enemy or opponent in a video game
• Boss Radio, a 1960s pop radio format
• Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago, a 1971 book by Mike Royko
• The Boss, a 1911 Broadway play by Edward Sheldon