Cannonball (disambiguation)
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A cannonball is round shot ammunition for a cannon.
By analogy, cannonball is also the name or nickname of:
- A diving technique in swimming; unlike competitive diving techniques, however, its purpose is to maximize, rather than minimize, splash on water entry.
People
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, jazz alto saxophonist
- Erwin G. "Cannon Ball" Baker, (1882-1960), man who traveled across the USA several times, and in whose honor, the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash (aka "The Cannonball Run") was created
- Frank "Cannonball" Richards, a vaudeville performer whose act involved being shot in the gut with a cannonball
Fictional Characters
- Experiment 520, a character from Disney's Lilo & Stitch: The Series
- Cannonball (Transformers), the Decepticon space pirate in the Transformers toy line.
- Cannonball (comics), Sam Guthrie, a Marvel Comics character associated with the X-Men.
Movies
- Cannonball (1976), a film inspired by Erwin G. "Cannon Ball" Baker and his race
- The Cannonball Run (1981)
- Cannonball Run II (1984)
Music albums/songs
- Cannonball (Pat Green album), an album by Pat Green
- "Cannonball" (The Breeders song), a song by the Breeders from the album Last Splash
- "Cannonball" (Supertramp song), a song by Supertramp from the album Brother Where You Bound
- "Cannonball" (Damien Rice song)", a song by Damien Rice from his 2002 album O
- "Cannonball", a song by Five Iron Frenzy from their 2004 album The End Is Near
- "Cannonball", a song by Dog Eat Dog from their album Walk with Me
Places
- Cannon Ball, North Dakota, a city in the USA
- Cannon ball roller coaster, a wooden roller coaster at Lake Winnepesaukah, Georgia/Tennessee border
Television series
- Cannonball (TV series), a TV show about two truck drivers, produced in Canada in 1958-59 and syndicated in the U.S. in 1959-60
Trains
- The Cannonball an Illinois Central passenger train routing between Chicago and New Orleans, now designated in modern times as the City of New Orleans
- The Cannonball, a train operated by the Long Island Rail Road along its Montauk Branch
Video Game Cannonballs A video game created by WildTangent.
See also
- Cannonball MC
- Cannonball Run
- "Galileo's Cannonball", the first episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple