Goliath (disambiguation)

Goliath was a giant famous for his battle with David as described in the Hebrew Bible.

Goliath may also refer to:

Biology

• Atlantic goliath grouper, a species of fish found in the Atlantic Ocean
• Goliathus or Goliath beetle, a genus of large insects
• Goliath birdeater, largest spider in the world native to the rain forest regions of northern South America
• Goliath coucal, a cuckoo endemic to Indonesia
• Goliath frog, an African frog of genus Conraua
• Pacific goliath grouper, a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean
• Goliath heron, a very large wading bird found in sub-Saharan Africa, with smaller numbers in Southwest and South Asia
• Goliath imperial pigeon, a bird endemic to New Caledonia
• Goliath shrew, a mammal
• Eurycnema goliath, a species of stick insect found in Australia
• a Magnolia grandiflora cultivar

Comics and Graphic Novels

• Goliath (comics), any of a number of characters:
  • Bill Foster (comics) or Goliath, an alias for a Marvel Comics character
  • Erik Josten or Goliath, an alias for a Marvel Comics character
  • Hawkeye (comics) or Goliath, an alias for a Marvel Comics character
  • Henry Pym or Goliath, an alias for a Marvel Comics character
  • Tom Foster, Bill Foster's nephew, became the new Goliath after his uncle's death
• Goliath (Amalgam Comics), a fictional Amalgam Comics superhero
• Goliath (graphic novel), a short fictional book by Tom Gauld

Fiction

• Goliath (Alten novel), by Steve Alten
• Goliath (Westerfeld novel), by Scott Westerfeld
• Goliath (Dungeons & Dragons), a race related to the giants, in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game
• Goliath (Gargoyles), a character in the animated television series Gargoyles (TV series)
• Goliath (fictional dog), a character in the stop-motion cartoon series Davey and Goliath
• Goliath (StarCraft), a "chicken walker" robot from the game
• Goliath II, a 1960 Disney cartoon about a tiny elephant
• "Goliath", a semi truck driven by Garth Knight, Michael Knight's evil "twin" in the television series 'Knight Rider'.

Music

• Goliath Artists, a talent firm that manages musicians
• "Goliath", song by the Mars Volta from their 2008 album The Bedlam in Goliath
• "Goliath", song by The Silent League
• Goliath (album), debut album by Butcher Babies
• Goliath (Steve Taylor album), album by Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

Roller coasters

• Goliath (La Ronde), a hypercoaster in Montreal, Québec, Canada
• Goliath (Six Flags Great America), a wooden roller coaster in Gurnee, Illinois
• Goliath (Six Flags Fiesta Texas), an inverted roller coaster in San Antonio, Texas
• Goliath (Six Flags Magic Mountain), a hypercoaster located in California, United States
• Goliath (Six Flags New England), an inverted boomerang roller coaster located near Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
• Goliath (Six Flags Over Georgia), a hypercoaster located in Georgia, United States
• Goliath (Walibi Holland), a roller coaster in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
• Magic Flyer, a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain formerly named Goliath Jr.

Technology

• Farman F.60 Goliath, the first long-distance passenger airliner
• Goliath (company), a German car brand of the Borgward group
• Goliath crane (disambiguation), a number of cranes known as Goliath
• Goliath (locomotive), one of the four South Devon Railway Tornado class steam locomotives
• Goliath tracked mine, a remote-controlled tracked explosive device used by the German Army during World War II
• Goliath transmitter, a VLF-transmitter of the German Navy in World War II
• HMS Goliath, the name of several British Royal Navy ships
• Samson and Goliath (cranes), twin shipbuilding gantry cranes in Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Goliath, one of Erickson Air-Crane's Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane heavy-lift helicopters
• LVT(U)X2 Goliath, late 1950s US Navy amphibious tracked utility landing craft, manufactured by Pacific Car and Foundry
• USS Goliath, a name carried from 15 June 1869 to 10 August 1869 by a United States Navy monitor known both before and afterwards as USS Catskill (1862)

Other uses

• Goliath (betting), a type of bet covering eight selections
• Goliath (footballer) (born 1972), Angolan football player
• Goliath (manuscript), a 15th-century Fechtbuch by an anonymous author
• Goliath (website), a business directory owned by Thomson Gale publishers
• Goliath (wrestler) (born Pablo Ordaz Crispin, 1934–2004), Mexican professional wrestler
• Goliath language, a Papuan language of West Papua
• Goliath Books, a publisher of art and photography books
• Goliath, one of the 25 unlockable characters in Maxis's action RPG Darkspore
• Goliath, a traditionally craft-brewed ale produced by the UK Wychwood Brewery
• Matt Parkinson, one of the Chasers on The Chase Australia nicknamed Goliath

See also

• All pages with titles containing Goliath
• All pages beginning with "Goliath"
• David and Goliath (disambiguation)