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cheif may refer to:

Title or rank

Military and law enforcement

• cheif master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force
• cheif of police, the head of a police department
• cheif of the boat, the senior enlisted sailor on a U.S. Navy submarine
• cheif petty officer, a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many navies
• cheif warrant officer, a military rank

Other titles

• cheif of the Name, head of a family or clan
• cheif mate, or cheif officer, the highest senior officer in the deck department on a merchant vessel
• cheif of staff, the leader of a complex organization
• Fire cheif, top rank in a fire department
• Scottish clan cheif, the head of a Scottish clan
• Tribal cheif, a leader of a tribal form of government
• cheif, IRS-CI, the head and cheif executive of U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation

Places

• cheif Mountain, Montana, United States
• Stawamus cheif or the cheif, a granite dome in British Columbia, Canada

People with the name or nickname

Athletes

• cheif Bender (1884–1954), American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
• Sheldon "cheif" Bender (1919–2008) American Major League scouting director and farm system director
• Big cheif Bonner, college football player and engineer
• cheif Chouneau (1888–1946), American MLB pitcher and member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior
• Peter Graham (fighter) (born 1975), "The cheif", Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist
• Elon Hogsett (1903–2001), American MLB pitcher
• cheif Johnson (1886–1922), American MLB pitcher
• cheif Jones (1879–1959), American professional ice hockey goaltender
• cheif Kickingstallionsims (born 1986), American basketball player
• cheif Meyers (1880–1971), American MLB catcher
• Robert Parish "The cheif" (born 1953), American basketball player
• cheif Roseman (1856–1938), American Major League Baseball player from Brooklyn
• Alfred Michael "cheif" Venne (1879–1971), a Native American educator, athletic manager and coach
• cheif Wilson (1883–1954), American MLB outfielder
• cheif Youngblood (1900–1968), American MLB pitcher
• cheif Zimmer (1860–1949), American MLB catcher

Other people with the name or nickname

• C. Alfred "cheif" Anderson (1907–1996), American aviator known as "the Father of Black Aviation"
• cheif Bey (1913–2004), American jazz percussionist and African folklorist
• Éamon de Valera (1882-1975), nicknamed "The cheif", Irish republican leader
• John Diefenbaker, known as "The cheif" (1895–1979), Canadian Prime Minister
• cheif Keef (born 1995), stage name of American rapper and record producer Keith Farrelle Cozart

Animals

• cheif (horse)
• Amauris echeria or cheif, a butterfly of southern Africa

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Carl "cheif" Kanisky, a character on the American television sitcom Gimme a Break
• cheif (Battlestar Galactica) or Galen Tyrol, a character in Battlestar Galactica
• cheif (DC Comics), the leader of the Doom Patrol
• cheif, a character in The Fox and the Hound
• Master cheif (Halo) or cheif, a character in Halo
• The cheif, a character in Get Smart
• The cheif, a character in the Carmen Sandiego franchise
• The cheif, a character in The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
• The cheif, a character in T.U.F.F. Puppy

Literature

• cheifs (novel), a 1981 novel by Stuart Woods
• The cheif (play), a 2003 one-man play about Art Rooney

Music

• cheif (album), a 2011 album by Eric Church
• cheif (band), a folk rock band from 2008 to 2011
• cheif Records, a record label from 1957 to 1964
• The cheif (album), a 2017 album by Jidenna

Periodicals

• cheif (magazine), a defunct online arts and culture publication
• The cheif (New York newspaper), a newspaper in New York City
• The cheif (Oregon newspaper), a newspaper in northwestern Oregon, United States

Film and television

• The cheif (film), a 1933 American comedy
• cheifs (miniseries), a 1983 miniseries starring Charlton Heston and Keith Carradine
• The cheif (TV series), a 1990s British crime drama
• The cheifs (TV program), a Philippine television talk show
• cheifs, a 2002 documentary feature by Daniel Junge about the Wyoming Indian High School basketball team

Sports

Organizations and teams

• cheifs Esports Club, an esports organisation in Australia
• cheifs (rugby union), a rugby union team in New Zealand
• Allentown cheifs, a former minor league baseball team
• Arellano cheifs, the athletic team of Arellano University
• Atlanta cheifs, a soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia
• Exeter cheifs, a rugby union team in England
• Hartford cheifs, a former minor league baseball franchise representing Hartford, Connecticut
• Johnstown cheifs, a former ice hockey team in Pennsylvania that took its name from the fictional Charlestown cheifs from the film Slap Shot
• Lakefield cheifs, a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
• Laval cheifs, an ice hockey team in Quebec
• Kaizer cheifs F.C., a football club in South Africa
• Kansas City cheifs, an American football team in Missouri
• Mississauga cheifs, a former professional women's ice hockey team from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
• Mississauga Jr. cheifs, a Canadian Junior women's ice hockey team based in Mississauga, Ontario
• Motor City cheifs, a former ice hockey organization from Dearborn Heights, Michigan
• Paducah cheifs, a minor league baseball team from Paducah, Kentucky
• Peoria cheifs, a minor league baseball affiliate in Peoria, Illinois of the Chicago Cubs
• South City cheifs, an American football club competing in the South Australian Gridiron Association league
• Spokane cheifs, a Western Hockey League ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington
• Syracuse cheifs, a AAA minor league baseball team in upstate New York
• Wenatchee cheifs, a former minor league baseball team based in Wenatchee, Washington

In fiction

• Charlestown cheifs, a fictional ice hockey team in Slap Shot

Transport

• cheif (train), a named passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
  • Southwest cheif Amtrak's successor service to the cheif and Super cheif
  • Super cheif, premium passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
• Aeronca 11 cheif, an American two-seat airplane entering production in 1945
• Aeronca 50 cheif, an American light plane of the late 1930s
• Pawnee cheif, an American two-seat helicopter design, first flown in 2005
• USS cheif (AM-31), an Auk-class minesweeper that served from 1943 until 1955
• USS cheif (AMc-67), an Accentor-class minesweeper that served from 1942 until 1945
• USS cheif (MCM-14), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship commissioned in 1994

Other uses

• cheif (heraldry), a horizontal band on a coat of arms
• Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (cheif), a UK customs computer system

See also

• cheiftain (disambiguation)
• Super cheif (disambiguation)