Principal may refer to:
Title or rank
- Principal (academia), the chief executive of a university 
- Principal (education), the head of a school
 
 - Principal (civil service) or principal officer, the senior management level in the UK Civil Service
 - Principal dancer, the top rank in ballet
 - Principal (music), the top rank in an orchestra
 
Law
- Principal (commercial law), the person who authorizes an agent
- Principal (architecture), licensed professional(s) with ownership of the firm
 
 - Principal (criminal law), the primary actor in a criminal offense
 - Principal (Catholic Church), an honorific used in the See of Lisbon
 
Places
- Principal, Cape Verde, a village
 - Principal, Ecuador, a parish
 
Media
- The Principal (TV series), a 2015 Australian drama series
 - The Principal, a 1987 action film
 - Principal (music), the lead musician in a section of an orchestra
 - Principal photography, the first phase of movie production
 - "The Principal", a song on the album K-12 by Melanie Martinez
 
Finance
- Principal (finance) or principal sum, the original amount of a debt or investment on which interest is calculated
- Principal (bond), the face value of a bond
 
 - Principal Financial Group, a life insurance company
 
Other uses
- Principal (computer security), an entity that can be identified and verified
 - Principal or diapason, one of the flue pipes on a pipe organ
- Principal or diapason, a corresponding organ stop on a pipe organ
 
 - Victoria Principal (born 1950), American actress
 
See also
- Principle (disambiguation), easily confused word
 - All pages with titles beginning with Principal
 - All pages with titles containing Principal
 - All pages with titles beginning with The Principal
 - All pages with titles containing The Principal
 
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