Samson (disambiguation)

Samson is a Biblical figure known for his exceptional strength.

Samson may also refer to:

Film and television

 * Samson, a lion character in the 2006 Disney animated film The Wild
 * Samson Clogmeyer, from the Cartoon Network series Camp Lazlo
 * Brock Samson, from the animated series The Venture Bros
 * Samson the bear, from Sesamstraße, the German-language version of children's show Sesame Street
 * Edgar "Samson" Leonhardt, from the American TV series Carnivàle
 * one of the title characters of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Samson & Goliath
 * a talking dog in the Belgian children's show Samson en Gert
 * Samson, from the British children's series Thomas & Friends
 * Samson, from the comedy film Half Baked

Comics

 * Samson (Fox Feature Syndicate), a Golden Age character
 * Black Samson, one of the Guardians of the Globe from Invincible
 * Doc Samson, a Marvel superhero
 * Mighty Samson, a Gold Key Comics character
 * Samson, a member of the Marvel Comics team the Morlocks

Other fictional characters

 * the title character of Samson Agonistes, a 1671 closet drama by John Milton based on the biblical story
 * Samson, from Need for Speed: Carbon
 * Samson, from The Bronze Bow

Plays and films

 * Samson (play), a 1908 play by the French writer Henri Bernstein, basis of the 1915, 1923 and 1936 films below
 * Samson (1914 film), an American short
 * Samson (1915 film), an American production
 * Samson (1923 film), an Italian movie
 * Samson (1936 film), a French film directed by Maurice Tourneur
 * Samson (1961 Polish film), directed by Andrzej Wajda
 * Samson (1961 Italian film), by Gianfranco Parolini
 * Samson (2018 film), an American film by Bruce Macdonald

Music

 * Samson (Handel), an oratorio by George Frideric Handel
 * Samson (opera), a 1734 lost opera Jean-Philippe Rameau, libretto by Voltaire
 * Samson (band), a British hard rock band, formed in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson
 * Samsons, an Indonesian pop-rock band
 * "Samson" (Emly Starr song), Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, 1981
 * "Samson" (Regina Spektor song), 2006
 * "Samson", by Godley & Creme from Birds of Prey, 1983
 * "Samson", by V V Brown from Samson & Delilah, 2013

Companies

 * Samson AG, German corporation
 * Samson Ceramics, reproduction ceramics, 1845–1969
 * Samson Tractor, a division of General Motors from 1917 to 1922, which also made trucks
 * Samson, an Irish film production company, producers of Once
 * Samson Technologies, a US-American audio equipment company; see Wireless microphone

People

 * Samson (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
 * Samson (rapper) (1987–2020), English rapper and Cannabis activist
 * Samson, English stage name of Santo (1917–1984), Mexican wrestler and film actor
 * Samson, ring name of female Muay Thai boxing champion Siriporn Thaweesuk

Places

 * Samson, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom
 * Samson, Alabama, United States
 * Sầm Sơn, Vietnam
 * Samson, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
 * Samson, Doubs, France
 * Samson Indian Reserve No. 137, Alberta, Canada

Military

 * Samson Option, a deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons, especially as applied to Israel
 * Samson Unit, a special forces unit within the Israel Defense Forces (1988–1995)
 * Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station, an Israeli remote weapon system
 * Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, a transport aircraft known as the "Samson" in Israeli service
 * FV106 Samson, a British Army armoured recovery vehicle

Locomotives

 * Samson, an 1831 locomotive of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway
 * Samson (locomotive), built in 1838, Canada's oldest locomotive
 * Sampson (1855–1884), a South Devon Railway Tornado class steam locomotive
 * Samson, an 1874 steam locomotive at Cornish Hush Mine

Other vehicles

 * Samson (crane barge), wrecked on the Irish coast in 1987
 * La Mouette Samson, a French ultralight trike design
 * City of New York (1885 ship), originally the Norwegian ship Samson

Other uses

 * SAMSON (Software for Adaptive Modeling and Simulation Of Nanosystems), a software platform for computational nanoscience
 * Samson (dinosaur), a dinosaur skeleton with the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skull ever found
 * Samson (gorilla) (1949–1981), a male silverback western lowland gorilla
 * Samson (magazine), a Japanese gay magazine featuring chubby and older men
 * Samson fish, a jack of the genus Seriola
 * Samson and Goliath (cranes), twin shipbuilding gantry cranes in Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland
 * Samson Ultra, a trademark name for .50 Action Express preloaded handgun ammunition
 * Samson, a name for the ND-5000 32-bit processor made by Norsk Data
 * Samson, an alternative name for the wine grape Cinsaut
 * "Samson", a 1988 art installation by Chris Burden