Rocket Man

Rocket Man, Rocketman, etc., may refer to:

Fiction and literature

• Rocket Man (manga), a detective fiction manga by Motohiro Katou
• "Rocketman!!", a chapter of the manga series One Piece
• "The Rocket Man", a short story by Ray Bradbury, collected in The Illustrated Man
• "Rocketman", an identity adopted by the character Tyrone Slothrop in Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow

Film and television

• The Rocket Man (film), 1954 comedy film
• RocketMan, a 1997 science-fiction comedy film
• Rocket Man (TV series), a 2005 UK drama series starring Robson Green
• "Rocket Man" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), a 2007 episode
• Rocketman (film), 2019 film about Elton John
• Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat-Earth, a 2019 documentary about "Mad" Mike Hughes

Music

• "Rocket Man" (song), a 1972 song by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
• Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits, a 2007 album by Elton John
• Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live, a 2007–2010 tour by Elton John
• "Rocket Man", a 1962 song by The Spotnicks the main melody of which is taken from the Russian song "Polyushko-polye"
• "Rocket Man", a 1970 song by Pearls Before Swine, based on the Bradbury short story
• ROCKETMAN, stage name of Japanese musician Ryo Fukawa

People with the nickname Rocket Man

• Azizulhasni Awang (born 1988), Malaysian track cyclist, nicknamed the "Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature
• Kim Jong-un (born ~1982-1984), the third Supreme Leader of North Korea
• Ryan Newman (born 1977), NASCAR Cup Series driver
• Joe Rokocoko (born 1983), New Zealand rugby union player
• Yves Rossy (born 1959), Swiss aviator and inventor of a fixed-wing jet pack
• Larry Schultz (1950–2011), American founder of Rocket Yoga

Other uses

• Astronaut, sometimes nicknamed a rocket man
• King of the Rocket Men

See also

• Rocketeer