Headhunter

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Headhunter or head hunter may refer to:

  • Headhunting, hunting a human and collecting the severed head after killing them
  • Executive search, informally called headhunting, a specialized recruitment service

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

  • Headhunter (2009 film), a Danish thriller
  • Headhunters (film), a 2011 Norwegian film
  • Head Hunters (game show), a British TV show from 2019
  • "Headhunters" (Gravity Falls), an episode of the animated TV series
  • The Head Hunter, a 1982 Hong Kong action film
  • The Head Hunter (2018 film), an American fantasy horror film

Literature

  • Headhunter (novel), by Timothy Findley, 1993
  • Headhunters (novel), by John Kin, 1997
  • Headhunter, a 1984 novel by Michael Slade
  • Headhunters (Hodejegerne), a 2008 novel by Jo Nesbø

Music

  • The Headhunters, a jazz fusion band founded by Herbie Hancock
    • Head Hunters, a 1973 album by Herbie Hancock
  • Headhunter (album), by Krokus, 1983, and its title track "Headhunter"
  • The Head Hunters, a 1969 album by Chico Hamilton, and the title track "Head Hunters"
  • "Headhunter" (song), by Front 242, 1988
  • "Head Hunter" (song), by Dance Gavin Dance, 2019
  • "Headhunters", a song by 808 State from the 1988 album Newbuild

Other uses in arts and entertainment

  • Headhunter (DC Comics), a fictional character
  • Headhunter (video game), 2001
    • Headhunter Redemption, the 2003 sequel
  • Z-95 Headhunter, a class of starfighter in Star Wars

Businesses, organizations and groups

  • Head Hunters Motorcycle Club, in New Zealand
  • 80th Fighter Squadron, USAF, nicknamed Headhunters
  • 9th Cavalry Regiment (United States), formerly known as Headhunters in Vietnam
  • Headhunter Records, a record label

People

  • Jade Jones (taekwondo) (born 1993), British taekwondo fighter nicknamed "The Headhunter"
  • Headhunter, three character wrestlers from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
  • Headhunter, a former performing name of electronic music artist Addison Groove (Tony Williams, born 1942)
  • Headhunterz (Willem Rebergen, born 1985), Dutch DJ and music producer

Sports

  • Headhunter (baseball), a baseball pitcher who aims at a player's head
  • The Headhunters (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling tag team of Headhunter A and Headhunter B
  • Chelsea Headhunters, a British football hooligan firm
  • Mississippi Headhunters, formerly Columbus Wardogs, an American arena football team

See also

  • All pages with titles containing head hunter
  • All pages with titles beginning with Headhunter
  • All pages with titles containing Headhunter
  • Hunter (disambiguation)
  • Head (disambiguation)
  • The Kentucky Headhunters, an American country rock band
  • Headhunters of the Coral Sea, a 1940 book by Ion Idriess
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