Posse
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Posse may refer to:
- Posse comitatus (common law)Posse comitatus (common law)Posse comitatus or sheriff's posse is the common-law or statute law authority of a county sheriff or other law officer to conscript any able-bodied males to assist him in keeping the peace or to pursue and arrest a felon, similar to the concept of the "hue and cry"...
, a group of men assembled to assist in law enforcement - Posse (1975 film)Posse (1975 film)Posse is a 1975 Western film, produced by, directed by and starring Kirk Douglas. The screenplay was written by Christopher Knopf and William Roberts. The plot centers on a U.S. marshal with political ambitions leading an elite posse in pursuit of a notorious bank robber to further his political...
, starring Kirk Douglas - Posse (1993 film)Posse (1993 film)Posse is a 1993 American Western film directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles. Featuring a large ensemble cast of mostly African-American actors, the film is about a posse of black soldiers and one ostracized white soldier, who are all betrayed by a corrupt colonel. The title of the film refers...
, starring Mario van Peebles - "Posse (I Need You on the Floor)Posse (I Need You On The Floor)"Posse " is a 2001 single by the German band Scooter. It was released as the lead single from their eighth studio album We Bring the Noise! on 21 May 2001...
", a song by Scooter - Posse, GoiásPosse, GoiásPosse is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil.-Geography:It is located northeast of Brasília, 24 km. from the state boundary with Bahia, on interstate highway BR-020...
, Brazil - Posse FoundationPosse FoundationThe Posse Foundation is an American nonprofit organization that identifies, recruits, and trains student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams called "Posses" of 10 to 12 Posse Scholars...
, a nonprofit scholarship organization - POSSE projectPOSSE projectThe Portable Open Source Security Elements, or POSSE project, was a co-operative venture between the University of Pennsylvania Distributed Systems Laboratory, the OpenBSD project and others. It received funding through a grant from the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or...
, a software security initiative - Posse cutPosse cutA posse cut is a popular form of song in hip hop music that involves successive verses by four or more rappers.Tracks described as posse cuts by Rolling Stone include A Tribe Called Quest's "Scenario", "Tha Shit" by The D.O.C., "Doin' Our Own Dang" by Jungle Brothers, and "Set It Off" by Snoop Dogg...
, a type of hip-hop song - Posse mit GesangPosse mit GesangPosse mit Gesang is a form of popular German-language music drama, that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early examples are sometimes called 'Possenspil' or 'Possenspiel'...
, a form of German musical drama
People
- Abel PosseAbel PosseAbel Parentini Posse, born Córdoba, Argentina, on 7 January 1934, is an Argentine diplomat and writer. He was designated at a diplomatic mission in Venice by Alejandro Agustín Lanusse in 1973 and hold similar offices during the following Argentine governments, both military and civilian...
, Argentinian writer - Amelie PosseAmelie PosseAmelie Posse was a Swedish author. She is also known for her work against nazism during World War II.Amelie Posse was the daughter of Baron Fredrik Arvidsson Posse and Auda Gunhild Wennerberg...
, Swedish writer - Arvid PosseArvid PosseCount Arvid Rutger Fredriksson Posse was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1880 to 1883.Arvid Posse was born at Rosendal manor in Malmöhus County, as the son of Governor Count Fredrik Posse and Baroness Magdalena Charlotta Bennet. In 1835 he enrolled at Lund University, receiving a law degree in...
, Prime Minister of Sweden - Knut Posse (chatelain) (died 1500), chatelain of the fief of ViborgFief of ViborgFief of Viborg or Margraviate of Wiburg 1320-1534, was for some two centuries a late medieval feudal fief in the southeastern border of Finland and the entire Swedish realm, held by its chatelain, a fiefed, appointed feudal lord....
- Knut PosseKnut PosseKnut Jönsson Posse was a Swedish general remembered for his surprise attack on the Danish Army at the Battle of Brunkeberg . Some sources claim the wounds were mortal, but he lived until March 25, 1500.- Military career :...
, Swedish Commander killed at the Battle of Brunkeberg - Knut Göransson Posse (1645-1650), Over-Governor of StockholmOver-Governor of StockholmThe Over-Governor, or Överståthållaren of Stockholm was the highest official for the City between 1634 and 1967. The Office was instituted by the Instrument of Government of 1634, which divided Sweden into Counties and the Over-Governorship of Stockholm...
- Knut PosseKnut PosseKnut Jönsson Posse was a Swedish general remembered for his surprise attack on the Danish Army at the Battle of Brunkeberg . Some sources claim the wounds were mortal, but he lived until March 25, 1500.- Military career :...
(1705-1714), Over-Governor of StockholmOver-Governor of StockholmThe Over-Governor, or Överståthållaren of Stockholm was the highest official for the City between 1634 and 1967. The Office was instituted by the Instrument of Government of 1634, which divided Sweden into Counties and the Over-Governorship of Stockholm... - Konstantin Aleksandrovich Posse, (1847 – 1928), Russian mathematician
- Vladimir PosseVladimir PosseVladimir Aleksandrovich Posse was a Russian socialist journalist and editor who typically signed his articles V. A. Posse....
(1864-1940), Russian socialist journalist - Hans Posse, special envoy of the FührermuseumFührermuseumThe Führermuseum was an unrealized museum complex planned by Adolf Hitler for the Austrian city of Linz to display the collection of art plundered or purchased by the Nazis throughout Europe during World War II.-Design:...