Flint (disambiguation)

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Flint can refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Fictional characters 3 Places 4 Rivers 5 Objects 6 Entertainment 7 Software 8 Other

[edit] People

• Albert Stowell Flint (born 1853), American astronomer
• Austin Flint (1812-1886), American physician
• Austin Flint, 2nd (1836-1915), American physician
• Bob Flint, an American/Hawaiian ceramicist
• Bruiser Flint (born 1968), Basketball coach
• Charles Ranlett Flint (1850-1934), American merchant & banker
• Eric Flint, American science fiction and fantasy author and editor
• Joseph Marshall Flint (born 1873), American surgeon
• Katja Flint (born 1960), German actress
• Keith Flint (born 1969), member of the band The Prodigy
• Kenneth C. Flint, American fantasy novelist
• Larry Flynt (born 1942), American magazine publisher (commonly misspelled "Flint")
• Lawrence Flint (born 1975), High school science teacher and founder of DiscoveryRide.com and BikeHostel.com
• Robert Flint (1838-1910), Scottish theologian
• Timothy Flint (1780-1840), American author

[edit] Fictional characters

• Mr. Flint, fictional character in the Star Trek episode "Requiem for Methuselah"
• Flint Marko, a character in the Marvel Comics universe (see The Sandman)
• Marcus Flint, the trollish and truculent captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team in the Harry Potter series.
• Robin "Flint" Peters, a fictional character in the Wing Commander computer game series
• Flint, the code name of Dashiel R. Faireborn, a member of the fictional G.I. Joe anti-terrorist team.
• Flint Fireforge, a dwarf in the Dragonlance chronicles
• Captain Flint, the legendary captain of a Pirate ship, the Walrus, in the novel Treasure Island by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson
• Derek Flint, the title character of Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967), a "hipster spy" played by James Coburn.
• Flint, a playable character in Nintendo's Mother 3.
• Flint Hammerhead from Flint the Time Detective.
• Flint, a character in the Wildstorm universe (see StormWatch)

[edit] Places

• Flint, Michigan in the United States
• Flint Township, Michigan, a charter township in the United States
• Flint, Texas in the United States
• Flint Island, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean forming part of the Republic of Kiribati
• Flint, Flintshire, the fourth largest town in Flintshire, North Wales
• Flint Castle located in Flint, Flintshire, North Wales
• Flint Hills, a physiographic region located in the central United States

[edit] Rivers

• Flint River, in Alabama, Georgia (USA), and Michigan

[edit] Objects

• Flint, a type of rock
  • Flint (tool), a stone tool made from flint
• Flint Glass
• Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence, tornadoes in 1953
• Ferrocerium or "lighter flint", a spark-producing alloy
• USS_Flint_(CL-97), an Atlanta-class cruiser of the Second World War.

[edit] Entertainment

• Our Man Flint, a 1966 science fiction action movie
• In Like Flint, a 1967 sequel to the above
• The Flintstones, a cartoon series

[edit] Software

• FLINT: Fast Library for Number Theory
• FLINT, an intermediate programming language developed at Yale University and used by the SML/NJ compiler
• Autodesk Flint, motion graphics application

[edit] Other

• Flint automobile, a Durant automobile from the 1920s
• Flint (band)
• Flint disease
• SS City of Flint, First American steamship captured by Germans in WWII