Excelsior

Excelsior may refer to:

Literature and poetry

 * "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
 * Excelsior (Macedonski), a book of poems by Alexandru Macedonski
 * "Excelsior" (short story), a 1948 short story by P. G. Wodehouse
 * "Excelsior" (Whitman), a poem by Walt Whitman

Music

 * Excelsior Recordings, a record label from the Netherlands
 * Excelsior Brass Band, an 1879-1931 brass band from New Orleans
 * "Excelsior", a setting of Longfellow's poem to music by Michael William Balfe
 * "Excelsior!", a concert overture by Wilhelm Stenhammar
 * Excelsior (Steven Page album), 2022
 * Excelsior (Slauson Malone 1 album), 2023
 * "Excelsior", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins from Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts, 2023

Science fiction

 * Excelsior (comics), in Runaways, a support group for former teenage superheroes
 * USS Excelsior, a Federation starship first seen in the movie Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Journals and newspapers

 * Excélsior, a newspaper published in Mexico City
 * Daily Excelsior, a newspaper published in Jammu and Kashmir

Other arts and entertainment

 * Excelsior!, 1901 short film
 * TV Excelsior, a defunct Brazilian television network
 * Excelsior, an 1881 ballet by Luigi Manzotti
 * Excelsior Wet Plate Camera, an early camera model used in the collodion process of photography

Mottos and catchphrases

 * "Excelsior" (motto), official motto of the state of New York
 * "Excelsior!", catchphrase of Stan Lee, who often used it at the end of his "Stan's Soapbox" column in Marvel Comics
 * "Excelsior", sign-off of Detroit radio personality Mark Scott
 * "Excelsior", motto of the Finnish Army's Special Jaegers
 * "Excelsior", mantra of Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr. in the 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook
 * "Excelsior!", motto of the fictional Weldon Institute in Jules Verne's Robur the Conqueror
 * "Excelsior!", one of the catchphrases of Martin Prince, Jr., a recurring character in The Simpsons

Association football

 * Excelsior '31, Rijssen, Netherlands
 * Excelsior AC, a Haitian association football club
 * Excelsior AC Roubaix, a French association football club
 * Excelsior Maassluis, a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands
 * Excelsior Mouscron, a former Belgian association football club
 * Excelsior Rotterdam, a Dutch association football club
 * Excelsior Stadium, the home of Airdrie United F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division
 * AS Excelsior, an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion Island
 * Birmingham Excelsior F.C., a defunct English association football club
 * F.C. Excelsior, Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional
 * SV Excelsior, a Surinamese association football club
 * SS Excelsior (football club), a club from Réunion Island established in 1940

Other sports

 * Excelsior Stakes previously the Excelsior Handicap, an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually
 * Excelsior Rugby Club, an amateur rugby club in New Zealand
 * Excelsior of Brooklyn, an amateur baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York
 * New York Excelsior, an American professional Overwatch eSports team based in New York City, New York
 * Brampton Excelsiors (disambiguation)

Schools

 * Excelsior Academy, a school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
 * Excelsior College, in Albany, New York
 * Excelsior, a common high school and grammar school name
 * Excelsior High School (Norwalk, California) (1903–1981)
 * Excelsior Public School (Excelsior, Minnesota) (1904–1964)
 * Excelsior School, a non-denominational school in Pasadena, California
 * Excelsior High School, Washougal, Washington

Hotels and restaurants

 * Excelsior (restaurant), a former restaurant located in Hotel de l'Europe, Amsterdam
 * Excelsior, a common hotel name
 * Hotel Excelsior, Berlin (1908–1945)
 * Hôtel Excelsior, Casablanca (est. 1916)
 * Excelsior Hotel Ernst, Cologne (est. 1863)
 * The Excelsior (Hong Kong), a former hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Canada

 * Excelsior, Alberta
 * Rural Municipality of Excelsior No. 166, Saskatchewan

South Africa

 * Excelsior, Free State

United States

 * Excelsior, California, former name of Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California
 * Excelsior, Georgia
 * Excelsior (Oak Ridge, Louisiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
 * Excelsior, Minnesota
 * Excelsior, Missouri
 * Excelsior, Atchison County, Missouri
 * Excelsior, Nevada
 * Excelsior, West Virginia (disambiguation)
 * Excelsior, McDowell County, West Virginia
 * Excelsior, Upshur County, West Virginia
 * Excelsior, Webster County, West Virginia
 * Excelsior, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
 * Excelsior, Richland County, Wisconsin
 * Excelsior, Sauk County, Wisconsin
 * The Excelsior District, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
 * Excelsior Geyser in the Middle Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
 * Excelsior Mountain (Yosemite), in Yosemite National Park
 * Excelsior Mountains, in western Nevada in the United States
 * Excelsior Springs, Missouri
 * Excelsior Township, Michigan

Transportation

 * Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle (Belle Plaine, MN), founded in 1993
 * Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company (Chicago, IL), a U.S. motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931
 * Henderson Motorcycle, a division of the above company from 1919 to 1931
 * Excelsior Super X, a motorcycle made by the above company from 1925 to 1931
 * Motorwagenfabrik Excelsior, a Swiss car maker in business between 1896 and 1919
 * Compagnie Nationale Excelsior, a Belgian car manufacturer existing between 1904 and 1932
 * Excelsior Motor Company, a British bicycle, motorcycle and car maker
 * Excelsior Manxman, a motorcycle made by the above company
 * Xcelsior (bus), a transit bus manufactured by New Flyer Industries
 * Excelsior tank, a British experimental heavy assault tank
 * St Croix Excelsior, ultralight aircraft
 * Excelsior (smack), the last surviving fishing smack of the Lowestoft fishing fleet and a member of the National Historic Fleet
 * SS Excelsior (ship), one of several steam-powered ships named Excelsior

Nature

 * Fraxinus excelsior, the scientific name for the European ash tree
 * Excelsior eight-eight (Callicore excelsior), a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in South America
 * Acraea excelsior, a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in eastern Africa

Typefaces

 * "Excelsior", the American term for a three-point font size
 * Excelsior (typeface), a serif typeface well-suited to newsprint

Other uses

 * Excelsior (chess problem), a chess problem by Sam Loyd
 * Excelsior Amusement Park, located on Lake Minnetonka in the town of Excelsior, Minnesota
 * Excelsior Brigade, a New York infantry brigade in the Union Army in the American Civil War
 * Excelsior Diamond, a famous diamond, once the largest known
 * Excelsior JET, a Java compiler
 * Project Excelsior, a high-altitude skydiving project in the 1950s
 * Wood wool, commonly known as excelsior, a packing material