Successor

A successor may refer to:

• Someone who, or something which succeeds or comes after (see success and succession)
• Successor (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Successor was the working name for the class of British ballistic missile submarines, since renamed the Dreadnought-class
• Khalifa, a Muslim who is considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad (Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullāh), and a leader of the entire Muslim community.

In mathematics:

• A successor cardinal
• A successor ordinal
• The successor function, the primitive defined as
• A successor (graph theory), a node following the current one in a path

In music:

• Successor (EP), an EP by Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica
• Successor (Dedekind Cut album), a studio album by American experimental artist Dedekind Cut

The Successor may refer to:

• The Successor (film), a 1996 film including Laura Girling
• The Successor (TV program), a 2007 Israeli television program
• The Successor (Kadare), a 2003 novel by Ismail Kadare

The Successors may refer to:

• The Diadochi, or Successors to Alexander the Great