Headhunter or head hunter can refer to:
- someone who engages in the cultural practice of headhunting;
- an informal name for an employment recruiter;
- headhunter, a baseball pitcher who aims at a player's head;
- Headhunter, a Sega Dreamcast video game;
- Head Hunters, a 1973 Herbie Hancock album, or perhaps a member of The Headhunters, Hancock's jazz group;
- Headhunter, a Front 242 song from their 1988 album Front by Front;
- the Headhunters, a professional wrestling tag-team;
- Headhunter, a Swiss heavy metal band (founded in 1985); or
- Headhunter, a German heavy metal band (founded in 1989).
- Headhunters, an "in-production" movie that will star Nicole Kidman in 2007.