Boss

Boss is for:

• Superior (colloquial)
• Boss (television series), US-American television series
• Boss (moon crater), named after Lewis Boss
• a German clothing brand, see Hugo Boss
• particularly strong opponent in computer games, see bosses
• an automobile model of Ford, see Ford Mustang #Third version: model years 1969-1970
• Boss Knitting Machine Works, former US automobile manufacturer (1897-1909)
• Long-Crawford Automobile Company, former US automobile manufacturer with the brand name Boss (1904-1905)
• South African Bureau for State Security/Buro vir Staatsveiligheid, former South African secret service (1969-1980)

Boss or Boß is the family name of the following people:

• Alan Boss (* 1951), US astrophysicist
• Benjamin Boss (1880-1970), US-American astronomer
• Charlott Boss (* 1990), German singer
• Christian Boss (1926-1987), Swiss folk musician
• Cyrill Boss (* 1974), German film director and screenwriter
• Edith Boss (* 1966), Swiss synchronized swimmer
• Eduard Boss (1873-1958), Swiss painter and draughtsman
• Eduard Boss (painter, 1882) (1882-1942), Swiss glass painter
• Frank Boss (* 1961), German politician (CDU)
• Fridrihs Bošs (1887-1950), Latvian cyclist
• Gerhard Boß (1923-2012), German Roman Catholic theologian.
• Hans Boss (1885-1970), Swiss architect
• Hugo Ferdinand Boss (1885-1948), German textile entrepreneur
• Ingo Boss (* 1979), German DJ and techno producer
• Iris Boss (* 1978), Swiss actress
• Johannes Boss (* 1983), German author
• John Linscom Boss (1780-1819), US-American politician
• Jürgen Boss (* 1947), German musician
• Lewis Boss (1846-1912), US-American astronomer
• Marcellus Boss (1901-1967), US-American politician
• Martin Boss (politician) (* 1958), Swiss politician (GPS)
• Martin Boss (archaeologist) (* 1959), German archaeologist
• Medard Boss (1903-1990), Swiss psychiatrist
• Paul Boss (1897/1898-1980), Swiss teacher, journalist and author
• Pia Boss, German footballer of the 1990s
• Sabine Boss (* 1966), Swiss director
• Terry Boss (* 1981), Puerto Rican football player
• Thilo Boss (* 1962), German journalist
• Tim Boss (* 1993), German football goalkeeper
• Viktor Boss, Swiss teacher, non-fiction author and politician (SP)
• Walter Boss (* 1921), German lawyer and ambassador
• Wolfgang Boss, German music manager

Stage name or nickname:

• Boss AC (* 1975), Portuguese rapper
• Der Boss, German rapper, see Kollegah (* 1984)
• Börje Forsberg (1944-2017), Swedish music producer and label owner.
• Sergei Ovchinnikov (* 1970), Russian football player
• Helmut Rahn (1929-2003), German football player
• Bruce Springsteen (* 1949), US-American rock musician

BOSS stands for:

• Business Operating System Software (sometimes also just BOS)
• BOSS, former trading system of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
• BSI OSS Security Suite, compilation of free security software
• South African Bureau for State Security, former South African secret service
• Station Berlin Osdorfer Straße (DS100 code)
• BOSS, manufacturer of electronic equipment for musicians
• B.O.S.S. Company, former US automobile manufacturer with the brand name BOSS (1911)

Boss is the name of the following places in the United States:

• Boss (Missouri), in Dent County
• Boss (Texas), in Tarrant County
• Boss Arnold Village, in Frederick County, Maryland

Other geographical objects:

• Boss Island Creek, watercourse in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.
• Boss Island, island in Johnson County, Illinois
• Boss Jumbo Mine, Washoe County Mine, Nevada
• Boss Tweed, mine in Juab County, Utah
• Boss Tweed Mine, Mine in Madison County, Montana

See also: