Cannonball

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Cannonball may refer to:

• Round shot, ammunition for a cannon

People

• Julian Cannonball Adderley, a jazz alto saxophonist
• Erwin G. "Cannon Ball" Baker, (1882-1960), who travelled across the USA several times. In his honor, the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash (aka "The Cannonball Run") was created. The man and the race have inspired several films:
  • Cannonball (film) (1976)
  • The Gumball Rally (1976)
  • The Cannonball Run (1981)
  • Cannonball Run II (1984)
  • Speed Zone!
  • Cannonball Run World Event Street Race Event
• Frank "Cannonball" Richards, a vaudeville performer whose act involved being shot in the gut with a cannonball

Music

• "Cannonball (Breeders song)" is a hit song by The Breeders from their album Last Splash
• "Cannonball (Supertramp song)" is a song by Supertramp from their album Brother Where You Bound
• Cannonball, a song by Damien Rice from his 2002 album O
• Cannonball, an album by Pat Green

Fictional Characters

• Experiment 520, a character from Disney's Lilo & Stitch: The Series
• Cannonball (Transformers) - Name of the Decepticon space pirate in the Transformers toy line.
• Sam "Cannonball" Guthrie, a Marvel Comics character best known as a member of X-Force

Television

• A 2001 American television program, Cannonball Run 2001
• Cannonball (TV series), a Canadian-made TV series about two truck drivers, produced in 1958-59 and syndicated in the U.S. in 1959-60
• Galileo's Cannonball, the first episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple

Trains

• The Cannonball an Illinois Central passenger train routing between Chicago and New Orleans, now designated in modern times as the City of New Orleans
• The Cannonball (LIRR), a train operated by the Long Island Rail Road

Sport

• A diving technique in swimming