A cowboy is a professional pastoralist or mounted livestock herder, usually from the Americas or Australia.

Cowboy(s) or The Cowboy(s) may also refer to:

Film and television

  • Cowboy (1958 film), starring Glenn Ford
  • Cowboy (1966 film), a documentary
  • The Cowboys, a 1972 Western film starring John Wayne
  • Cowboy (2013 film), a Malayalam film starring Asif Ali and Bala
  • Cowboys (2013 film), a Croatian film
  • Les Cowboys, a 2015 French-Belgian drama film
  • Cowboys (2020 film), an American film
  • The Cowboys (TV series), a 1974 series based on the 1972 film
  • Cowboys (TV series), a British TV sitcom
  • "Cowboy" (M*A*S*H), a 1972 episode of M*A*S*H
  • Cowboy, a fictional gang member in The Warriors, a 1979 film and later video game

Groups

  • Cochise County Cowboys, an outlaw gang which participated in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
  • Cowboys, a group of Loyalist irregulars during the American Revolution led by Claudius Smith

Music

  • Cowboy (band), an American country rock band
  • Cowboy Records, an American record label
  • Cowboy (album), by Erasure, 1997
  • "Cowboy" (Kid Rock song), 1999
  • "Cowboy" (Ch!pz song), 2003
  • "Cowboy" (Alma song), 2018
  • "Cowboy", a song by Billy Crawford from Big City
  • "Cowboy", a song by Bow Wow Wow from See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!
  • "Cowboy", a song by f(x) from the single "4 Walls"
  • "Cowboy", a song by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion from Orange
  • "Cowboy", a song by Lindemann from Skills in Pills
  • "Cowboy", a song by Randy Newman from Randy Newman
  • "Cowboy", a song by Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco from I Said I Love You First
  • "Cowboy", a song by The Sugarcubes from Life's Too Good
  • "Cowboy", a song by Tyler, the Creator from Wolf
  • "Cowboy", a song by the Reklaws from Good Ol' Days, 2022
  • "Cowboys", a song by Slayyyter from Troubled Paradise

Sports teams

  • Alpine Cowboys, an American baseball team
  • Calgary Cowboys, a U.S.–Canadian ice hockey franchise
  • Dallas Cowboys, an American football team
  • McNeese State Cowboys, the men's athletic teams of McNeese State University
  • Munich Cowboys, an American football team in Germany
  • New Mexico Highlands Cowboys, the men's athletic teams of New Mexico Highlands University
  • North Queensland Cowboys, an Australian rugby league team
  • Oklahoma State Cowboys, the men's athletic teams of Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
  • Wyoming Cowboys, the men's athletic teams of the University of Wyoming

People with the nickname

  • Tommy Anderson (ice hockey) (1910–1971), Canadian National Hockey League player
  • Howard Blatchford (1912–1943), Canadian World War II flying ace
  • Jeff Brantley (born 1963), American baseball player and broadcaster
  • Neal Cassady (1926–1968), American Beat poet
  • Donald Cerrone (born 1983), American MMA fighter
  • Jack Clement (1931–2013), American singer, songwriter and record and film producer
  • Herbert Coward (born 1938), American actor
  • James Dahlman (1856–1930), American politician
  • Leroy Edwards (1914–1971), American basketball player
  • Cowboy Morgan Evans (1903–1969), American rodeo cowboy and oil field worker
  • Bill Flett (1943–1999), Canadian National Hockey League player
  • Curt Gowdy (1919–2006), American sportscaster
  • Cowboy Hill (American football) (1899–1966), American football player
  • Cowboy Jones (1874–1958), American baseball player
  • John McCormack (boxer) (1935–2014), Scottish boxer
  • Cowboy Jimmy Moore (1910–1999), American pocket billiards player
  • Kevin Neale (1945–2023), Australian rules footballer
  • Cowboy Troy (born 1970), American country rapper
  • Cowboy Slim Rinehart (1911–1948), American singer and radio broadcaster
  • Cowboy Saunders (1928–2006), South African rugby union player
  • Cowboy Wheeler (1898–1939), American football player and an original member of the Green Bay Packers
  • Byron Wolford (1930–2003), American rodeo cowboy and poker player

People with the ring name

  • Cowboy Lang, midget professional wrestler Harry Lang (1950–2007)
  • Alex Oliveira (fighter) (born 1988), Brazilian UFC fighter
  • Bob Orton Jr. (born 1950), American professional wrestler

People with the stage name

  • Cowboy Copas, American country music singer Lloyd Copas (1913–1963)
  • Keef Cowboy and Cowboy, stage names of Keith Wiggins (1960–1989), American hip hop artist and member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Other uses

  • Cowboy Mountain, Washington, United States
  • Joe West (umpire) (born 1952), American baseball umpire nicknamed "Cowboy Joe"
  • Cowboy (comics), a Marvel Comics character
  • Cowboy (sex position), a type anal sex between two men
  • Cowboy (cocktail), a Prohibition-era cocktail made with whiskey and cream
  • Cowboy pool or just cowboy, a hybrid pool game
  • Cowboys (Heroscape), a type of hero in the wargame Heroscape
  • Cowboy, a 2014 novel by Finnish writer Reijo Mäki
  • Cowboy, a concept pickup by American Motors based on the AMC Hornet

See also

  • Cowboy or open chord, in music
  • Cowgirl (disambiguation)