Samson (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Film and television 2 Music 3 Places 4 Companies 5 Vehicles 6 People 7 Other uses 8 See also

Samson is a biblical figure known for his superhuman strength, derived from his hair.

Samson may also refer to:

[edit] Film and television

• Brock Samson, a fictional character from the animated series The Venture Bros.
• Samson & Goliath, a Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon
• Samson en Gert, a Belgian children's show
• Samson (film), a 1967 film by Andrzej Wajda
• Samson the bear, a character from Sesamstraße, the German-language version of children's show Sesame Street
• Samson, a character from the comedy film Half Baked
• Samson, a superhero of such films as "Samson vs. The Vampire Women" (Parodied on Mystery Science Theater 3000)
• Samson, Irish film production company, (producers of Once (movie)).
• Samson Clogmeyer, a character from the Cartoon Network series Camp Lazlo

[edit] Music

• Samson (oratorio), an oratorio by Handel
• Samson and Delilah (opera), a grand opera in three acts by Camille Saint-Saëns
• Samson (band), a British rock band formed in 1977
• "Samson", a song on Regina Spektor's 2006 album Begin to Hope

[edit] Places

• Samson, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom
• Samson, Alabama, United States
• Samson, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
• Samson, Doubs, a commune of the Doubs département in France

[edit] Companies

• Samson AG, United States based exploration firm
• Samson Technologies, an audio production conglomerate
• Samson Ceramics, reproduction ceramics, 1845–1969

[edit] Vehicles

• Samson (truck), a monster truck
• Samson (locomotive), Canada's oldest locomotive
• Samson (ship), a ship used in an expedition commanded by John Rut that was commissioned to find the Northwest Passage in the early 16th century
• Sampson (1855 - 1884), one of the four South Devon Railway Tornado class steam locomotives

[edit] People

• Samson of Dol (born late 5th century), a leader of the Celtic Church
• Andrzej Samson (born 1947), a Polish psychologist
• Rabbi David Samson (born 1956), one of the leading English-speaking Torah scholars in the Religious Zionist movement in Israel.
• Savanna Samson a pornograhic actress

[edit] Other uses

• Samson (magazine), a Japanese gay magazine featuring chubby and older men
• Doc Samson, a gamma radiation powered Marvel superhero
• Samson and Goliath (cranes), twin shipbuilding gantry cranes in Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Samson (dinosaur), dinosaur with the most complete Tyrannosaurus skull ever found
• Samson and Delilah (painting), a painting by Rembrandt
• Samson, a name for the ND-5000 32-bit processor made by Norsk Data
• Samson, the name of a mascot for the UK football team Sunderland AFC

[edit] See also

• Sampson, a surname