Hannibal (disambiguation)

Hannibal (247–183/182 BC) was a Carthaginian general who fought the Roman Republic in the Second Punic War.

Hannibal may also refer to:

People

Given name or stage name

• Hannibal (given name), a list of people
• Hannibal Lokumbe (born Marvin Peterson in 1948), American jazz trumpeter and composer also known simply as Hannibal
• Hannibal, a ring name of Devon Nicholson (born 1982), Canadian professional wrestler

Family name

• Abram Petrovich Gannibal or Hannibal (1697–1781), African prince and Russian general
  • Ivan Gannibal (1735–1801), Abram's son and Russian general
• Heinrich Hannibal (1889–1971)
• Robin Hannibal, Danish and musician and record producer

Places

• Hannibal, Missouri, a city and hometown of American writer Mark Twain
  • Hannibal micropolitan area
  • Hannibal Regional Airport
• Hannibal, New York, a town
  • Hannibal (village), New York, a village contained within the town
• Hannibal, Ohio, a census-designated place
• Hannibal, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Hannibal Islands, Queensland, Australia
• 2152 Hannibal, an asteroid

Structures

• Hannibal (high-rise buildings), two buildings in Dortmund, Germany
• Hannibal Bridge, spanning the Missouri River
• Hannibal House, an office building in London

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

• Hannibal (G.I. Joe), a clone of the Carthaginian general in the G.I. Joe universe
• Hannibal, a meerkat in the television series Meerkat Manor
• Hannibal, a dog in Agatha Christie's novel Postern of Fate
• Hannibal Roy Bean, a character in the cartoon Xiaolin Showdown
• Title character of Hannibal Brooks (1969), a film starring Oliver Reed
• Hannibal King, a Marvel Comics character
• Hannibal Lecter, fictional serial killer created by novelist Thomas Harris
• Hannibal Sefton, a character in The Benjamin January Mysteries
• John "Hannibal" Smith, leader of The A-Team

Films

• Hannibal (1959 film), based on the life on the Carthaginian general
• Hannibal (film), a 2001 film based on Thomas Harris' novel, starring Anthony Hopkins
• Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006), a 2006 BBC TV movie starring Alexander Siddig

Games

• Hannibal (video game), a 1994 PC/DOS computer game
• Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage, a 1996 Avalon Hill board game

Literature

• Hannibal (Harris novel), by Thomas Harris and featuring Hannibal Lecter
• Hannibal (Leckie novel), a 1995 historical novel by Ross Leckie

Music

• Hannibal Records, a now-defunct record label
• "Hannibal", a track from the album Zebop!, by Santana
• "Hannibal", from the album Amandla, by Miles Davis
• Hannibal, a fictional opera performed in The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical), a Broadway show by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Television

• Hannibal (TV series), a 2013 NBC TV drama series

Military

Events

• Hannibal Directive, a controversial secret Israel Defense Forces directive
• Operation Hannibal, a Second World War German sea evacuation of soldiers and civilians ahead of the advancing Red Army

Ships

• HMS Hannibal, six ships of the Royal Navy
• USS Hannibal (AG-1), a converted steamer which served in three wars, later a Hydrographic Survey Vessel

Other

• Hannibal (slave ship), a notorious 17th-century slave-trading ship
• Hannibal, a name sometimes used for the Handley Page H.P.42 airliner
• Hannibal-TV, a privately owned television network in Tunisia
• Hannibal (horse) (1801 – c. 1806), a Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1804 Epsom Derby
• Hannibal (swan), an aggressive waterfowl in Pembroke, Wales

See also

• Hanbal
• Annibale, the Italian equivalent of the given name
• Aníbal (name), the Spanish equivalent
• Annibal (disambiguation)
• Torstenson War or Hannibal War, a conflict between Sweden and Denmark–Norway (1643–1645)
• The Mighty Hannibal, stage name of American R&B singer James Shaw