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Godfather most often refers to a male godparent in the Christian tradition.

Godfather, God Father, or variants may also refer to:

Crime

• A synonym for crime boss
• Capo dei capi, Italian for "boss of all bosses"

People

• The Godfather (wrestler) (born 1961), ring name of professional wrestler Charles Wright
• Godfather Don, American rapper and record producer
• Pat Riley, former professional basketball coach and current president of the Miami Heat

Film

• The Godfather, a 1972 film starring Marlon Brando
  • The Godfather (film series)
  • The Godfather (soundtrack)
• Godfather (1991 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film by Siddique–Lal
• Godfather (2007 film), a Pakistani film by Hariday Shetty
• Godfather (2012 film), an Indian Kannada-language film by P. C. Sriram
  • Godfather (soundtrack)
• God Father (2017 film), an Indian Odia-language film
• God Father (2020 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
• Godfather (upcoming film), an Indian Telugu-language film

Literature

• The Godfather (book series)
• "The Godfather" (fairy tale), a story from Grimms' Fairy Tales
• The Godfather (novel), a 1969 novel by Mario Puzo

Music

• The Godfathers (rap duo), a hip hop duo consisting of Kool G Rap and Necro, from Brooklyn
• The Godfathers, an alternative rock band from London, England
• Godfather (album), album by Wiley 2017
• The Godfather, a compilation album by Héctor el Father
• For musicians called "Godfather of ...", see Honorific nicknames in popular music
  • Godfather of Punk (disambiguation)

Television

• The Godfathers (TV series), a 1970 Australian television show
• "The Godfather", an episode of Married... with Children

Video games

• The Godfather (1991 video game), a DOS game based on the film trilogy
• The Godfather (2006 video game), based on Puzo's novel and the film trilogy

Other uses

• Godfather (cocktail)
• Godfather's Pizza, a United States restaurant chain

See also

• God (disambiguation)
• God the Father
• Goodfather (disambiguation)
• The Three Godfathers (disambiguation)
• Father (disambiguation)
• El Padrino (disambiguation), Spanish for "the Godfather"; also including Italian 'Il Padrino'
• Parrain (disambiguation), French for "Godfather"