Samson (disambiguation)
Samson is a Biblical figure known for his superhuman strength, derived from his hair.
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Samson may also refer to:
Places
- Samson, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom
- Samson, Alabama, United States, a city
- Sầm Sơn, a city in Vietnam
- Samson, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
- Samson, Doubs, a commune of the Doubs département in France
- Samson Indian Reserve No. 137, Alberta, Canada
People
- Samson (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
- Samson, English stage name of Santo (1917–1984), Mexican wrestler and film actor
- Savanna Samson, stage name of American pornographic actress Natalie Oliveros (born 1967)
- Samson, ring name of female Muay Thai boxing champion Siriporn Thaweesuk
- Samson (rapper) (1987-2020), English rapper and Cannabis activist
Books
- Samson, novella by Marcel Aymé 1945
Plays and films
- Samson (play), a 1908 play by the French writer Henri Bernstein, basis of the 1915, 1923 and 1936 films below
- Samson (1914 film), an American short
- Samson (1915 film), an American production
- Samson (1923 film), an Italian movie
- Samson (1936 film), a French film directed by Maurice Tourneur
- Samson (1961 Polish film), directed by Andrzej Wajda
- Samson (1961 Italian film), by Gianfranco Parolini
- Samson (2018 film), an American film by Bruce Macdonald
Music
- Samson (Handel), an oratorio by George Frideric Handel
- Samson (opera), a 1734 lost opera Jean-Philippe Rameau, libretto by Voltaire
- Samson (band), a British hard rock band, formed in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson
Songs
- "Samson" (Emly Starr song), Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, 1981
- "Samson" (Regina Spektor song), 2006
- "Samson", by Godley & Creme from Birds of Prey, 1983
- "Samson", by V V Brown from Samson & Delilah, 2013
Companies
- Samson AG
- Samson Ceramics, reproduction ceramics, 1845–1969
- Samson Tractor, a division of General Motors from 1917 to 1922, which also made trucks
- Samson, an Irish film production company, producers of Once
Vehicles
Locomotives
- Samson, built in 1831, locomotive No. 13 of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, see List of Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotives
- Samson (locomotive), built in 1838, Canada's oldest locomotive
- Sampson (1855–1884, named after the biblical Samson), one of the four South Devon Railway Tornado class steam locomotives
- Samson, built in 1874, a very small steam locomotive at Cornish Hush Mine
Others
- Samson (crane barge), wrecked on the Irish coast in 1987
- La Mouette Samson, a French ultralight trike design
- City of New York (1885 ship), originally the Norwegian ship Samson
In the military
- Samson Option, a deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons, especially as applied to Israel
- Samson Unit, Israel Defense Forces Special Forces (1988–1995)
- Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station, an Israeli remote weapon system
- Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, a military transport aircraft known as the "Samson" in Israeli service
- FV106 Samson, a British Army armoured recovery vehicle
Fictional characters
- the title character of Samson Agonistes, a 1671 closet drama by John Milton based on the Biblical story
Television and film
- one of the title characters of Samson & Goliath, a Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon
- a talking dog in Samson en Gert (TV series), a Belgian children's show
- Samson the bear, from Sesamstraße, the German-language version of children's show Sesame Street
- Samson Clogmeyer, from the Cartoon Network series Camp Lazlo
- Edgar "Samson" Leonhardt, from the American TV series Carnivàle
- Brock Samson, from the animated series The Venture Bros
- Samson, from the British children's series Thomas & Friends, introduced in season 18
- Samson, from the comedy film Half Baked
Comics
- Samson (Fox Feature Syndicate), a Golden Age character
- Mighty Samson, a Gold Key Comics character
- Doc Samson, a Marvel superhero
- Black Samson (Invincible), a character from Invincible
- Samson, a member of the Marvel Comics team the Morlocks
Other uses
- Samson (magazine), a Japanese gay magazine featuring chubby and older men
- Samson and Goliath (cranes), twin shipbuilding gantry cranes in Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Samson Ultra, a trademark name for .50 Action Express preloaded handgun ammunition
- Samson (dinosaur), a dinosaur skeleton with the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skull ever found
- Samson, a name for the ND-5000 32-bit processor made by Norsk Data
- Samson, an alternative name for the wine grape Cinsaut
- Samson fish, a jack of the genus Seriola
- SAMSON (Software for Adaptive Modeling and Simulation Of Nanosystems), a software platform for computational nanoscience
- "Samson", a 1988 art installation by Chris Burden
See also
- Sampson (disambiguation)
- Sanson (disambiguation)
- Sansom
- Sampson (surname)
- Samson and Delilah (disambiguation)
- Samsung Group
- Samsun
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