Sampson

Sampson may refer to:

Contents 1 Animals 2 Astronomy 3 Literature 4 Military and Naval 5 People 6 Places 7 See also

Animals

• Sampson (horse), a shire horse that is the tallest horse on record

Astronomy

• Sampson (crater), a small impact crater near the central part of the Mare Imbrium on the Moon

Literature

• Samson, the figure in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible
• Sampson, a character in the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare
• Dominie Sampson, fictional character from Guy Mannering
• Kid Sampson, a fictional character in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22

Military and Naval

• SAMPSON, a multi-function radar system for warships
• Sampson Medal, a military decoration of the United States Navy
• HMS Sampson, several Royal Navy ships with this name
• USS Sampson, several US Navy ships with this name
• FV106 Samson, British Army armoured recovery vehicle

People

• Sampson the Hospitable (d. ca. 530), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Churches.
• Sampson (surname), people with the surname Sampson

Places

United States

• Sampson, Missouri
• Sampson, Wisconsin, a town
• Sampson, Oconto County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Sampson County, North Carolina, a county

See also

• Samson (disambiguation)

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