Samson (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 History 2 Film and television 3 Music 4 Places 5 Companies 6 Vehicles 7 People 8 Other uses 9 See also

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

Samson may also refer to:

[edit] History

• Samson, Bishop of Worcester

[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 (1914 film), a 1914 film
• Samson (1961 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
• Edgar "Samson" Leonhardt, a character from Carnivàle
• Samson, the name used in English language dubbing for Santo, a wrestler/superhero of such Mexican 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
• Samson, the hero of several Sword and sandal films, some of which were based on the Biblical figure, some not

[edit] Music

• Samson (oratorio), an oratorio by Handel
• 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,
• 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
• 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
• Samson, Bishop of Worcester a medieval Bishop of Worcester
• Samson Kitur (1966-2003), Kenyan middle-distance runner

[edit] Other uses

• Samson Option
• Samson (magazine), a Japanese gay magazine featuring chubby and older men
• Samson (Fox Feature Syndicate), a comic book hero published by Fox Features Syndicate
• 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, 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