Hammer (disambiguation)

A hammer is a type of tool.

Hammer may also refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Nicknamed "the Hammer" 2 Places 3 In film 4 Sports 5 Computing 6 In comics 7 Other 8 See also

People

• Hammer (surname)
• Hammer people, a tribe in Ethiopia
• Hammer DeRoburt (1922-1992), founding President of the Republic of Nauru
• MC Hammer (born 1962), an American rapper and actor

Nicknamed "the Hammer"

• Judas Maccabeus, also known as Judah the Hammer, leader of the Maccabean revolt (167–160 BCE) against the Seleucid Empire
• Charles Martel (c. 688-741), Frankish king
• Hank Aaron (born 1934), former baseball player
• Jörg Albertz (born 1971), former soccer player
• Gabe Carimi (born 1988), All-American football player
• Mark Coleman (born 1964), American mixed-martial artist, collegiate, Olympic and professional wrestler
• Tom Delay (born 1947), 23rd Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
• Armen Gilliam (1964–2011), American basketball player
• Joel Hanrahan (born 1981), closer for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• Thomas Hitzlsperger (born 1982), German footballer, "Der Hammer"
• Jim Shapiro (attorney), American personal injury lawyer
• Greg Valentine (born 1950), American professional wrestler
• Fred Williamson (born 1938), American former football player and actor
• Josh Willingham (born 1979), American baseball player
• Alex Hammer (born 1992), Couch Potato extraordinaire

Places

• Hammer, West Sussex, a hamlet

in Germany:

• Hammer an der Uecker, in Uecker-Randow
• A locality in Wipperfürth
• A locality in Liebenwalde
• A locality in Simmerath
• A locality in Fischbachau
• An administrative area in Feldkirchen-Westerham
• A former name of Herchen-Bahnhof, a locality in Windeck

In film

• Hammer (film), a 1972 action film starring Fred Williamson
• The Hammer (2007 film), a comedy starring Adam Carolla
• The Hammer (2011 film), a biopic about deaf wrestler and mixed martial artist Matt Hamill
• Hammer Film Productions

Sports

• Hammer throw, an athletic event
• A technique for throwing a flying disc
• The last stone advantage in curling
• West Ham United F.C., an English football team known as The Hammers
• West Ham Hammers, a defunct English motorcycle speedway team
• Lakeside Hammers, an English speedway team
• Hammer SpVg, a German association football club

Computing

• HAMMER, a file system in DragonFly BSD
• A development phase of the Athlon 64 microprocessor
• A development phase of the Glaze3D graphic card series
• Valve Hammer Editor, a 3D level editor for Source and GoldSrc maps

In comics

• H.A.M.M.E.R., a fictional espionage and law enforcement agency in the Marvel Comics Universe
• half of the Marvel Comics supervillain team Hammer and Anvil (comics)
• Hammer (comics), a comic book character

Other

• Hammer (firearm), a part of a gun
• Hammer Stradivarius, an antique violin
• Hammer (automobile), built in Detroit, Michigan by the Hammer Motor Company from 1905-06
• Hammer projection, an equal area map projection
• Hammer (candlestick pattern), a formation in stock market analysis
• "Hammer" (song), by Bob Marley
• MV Hammer, a Singaporean tanker
• FOB Hammer, a U.S. military forward operating base in Iraq
• Malleus, a bone in the inner ear
• Hammer Bowling, an American bowling equipment manufacturer
• Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
• The Hammer (newspaper), an organ of the Workers' Party of Singapore

See also

• Edward I of England, King of England, "Hammer of the Scots"
• William Hinds, stage name Will Hammer, co-founder of Hammer Films
• Van Hammer (born 1967), ring name of an American former professional wrestler
• Hamre, Osterøy

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