Hammer (disambiguation)

A hammer is a type of tool.

Hammer or HAMMER may also refer to:

Entertainment

In film and TV

• Hammer Film Productions, also known as Hammer Films, a British film and television production company based in London, United Kingdom
• Hammer (film), a 1972 action film starring Fred Williamson
• The Hammer (2007 film), a comedy starring Adam Carolla
• The Hammer (2010 film), a biopic about deaf wrestler and mixed martial artist Matt Hamill
• The Hammer, an episode of a Canadian podcast called Someone Knows Something

In music

• "Hammer" (song), by Bob Marley
• Hammer (album), by Afrob
• "The Hammer", a song from the album Ace of Spades by Motorhead
• "The Hammer", a 1986 song by David Rudder
• "The Hammer", a 1994 Christian song by Ray Boltz
• "hammer", a 2018 song by Nothing,Nowhere

Fictional characters

• Mike Hammer, a private detective created by Mickey Spillane
• Colonel Alois Hammer, a mercenary in David Drake's Hammerverse
• Hans von Hammer, a World War I fighter ace in Enemy Ace, a DC Comics property
• Sgt. Hammer, the siege tank operator, a playable character in Heroes of the Storm
• Justin Hammer, a Marvel Comics villain
• Alter ego of the Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer), a Marvel Comics villain, daughter of Justin Hammer
• Sasha Hammer, a Marvel Comics enemy of Iron Man, daughter of Justine Hammer
• Half of the Marvel Comics supervillain team Hammer and Anvil
• Hammer (comics), Marvel Comics characters

Other

• H.A.M.M.E.R., a fictional espionage and law enforcement agency in the Marvel Comics Universe

Military and firearms

• FOB Hammer, a now-closed U.S. military forward operating base in Iraq
• Hammer (firearms), a gun part used to fire the projectile
• Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range (HAMMER), also known as Armement Air-Sol Modulaire (AASM), a French kit for upgrading dumb bombs to rocket-powered smart bombs
• Operation Hammer (disambiguation), several military (and one police) operations
• War hammer, a medieval weapon

People

• Hammer (surname), a list of people with the surname
• Hammer (nickname), a list of people
• Hammer DeRoburt (1922–1992), the founding President of the Republic of Nauru
• MC Hammer (born 1962), American rapper and actor
• William Hinds (1887–1957), stage name Will Hammer, co-founder of Hammer Films
• Jon Ludvig Hammer (born 1990), Norwegian chess grandmaster

Places

Germany

• Hammer an der Uecker, in Uecker-Randow
• A locality in Wipperfürth
• A locality in Liebenwalde
• A locality in Simmerath
• A locality in Fischbachau
• An administrative area in Feldkirchen-Westerham
• A former name of Herchen-Bahnhof, a locality in Windeck

United States

• Hammer, South Dakota, an unincorporated community
• Hammer Creek, Pennsylvania

Elsewhere

• The Hammer, nickname of Hamilton, Ontario, the 10th largest city in Canada
• Hammer or Hamre (municipality), a former municipality in Hordaland, Norway
• Hammer, West Sussex, a hamlet
• Hammer Lake, Ontario, Canada
• Hammer Point, Robert Island, Antarctica

Sports

• Hammer throw, an athletic event
• A technique for throwing a flying disc
• The last stone advantage in curling
• PFC Minyor Pernik, a Bulgarian football team known as The Hammers
• West Ham United F.C., an English football team known as The Hammers
• West Ham Hammers, a defunct English motorcycle speedway team
• Lakeside Hammers, an English speedway team
• Hammer SpVg, a German association football club
• Alabama Hammers, a Professional Indoor Football League team
• Huntington Hammer, an Ultimate Indoor Football League team based in Huntington, West Virginia

Technology

• HAMMER (file system), a file system in DragonFly BSD
• Hammer (telecommunication), test system by Empirix
• A development phase of the Athlon 64 microprocessor
• A development phase of the Glaze3D graphic card series
• Valve Hammer Editor, a 3D level editor for Source and GoldSrc maps
• HAMR, acronym for heat-assisted magnetic recording

Other

• HAMMER (spacecraft), a NASA-proposed nuclear spacecraft
• Hammer Stradivarius, a 1707 antique violin
• Hammer (American automobile), built in Detroit, Michigan, by the Hammer Motor Company from 1905–06
• Hammer (Australian automobile), a cyclecar built in Mount Torrens, South Australia by Bruno Hammer
• Hammer projection, an equal area map projection
• Hammer (candlestick pattern), a formation in stock market analysis
• MV Hammer, a Singaporean tanker
• Malleus, a bone in the middle ear
• Hammer Bowling, an American bowling equipment manufacturer
• Hammer Museum or Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Culture Center at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

See also

• Charles Martel (c. 688-741), Frankish king - Martel is French for "the hammer"
• Judas Maccabeus, leader of the Maccabean revolt (167–160 BCE) against the Seleucid Empire - Maccabee may derive from the Aramaic word for "hammer"
• Edward I of England (1239–1307), King of England, "Hammer of the Scots"
• Van Hammer (born 1967), ring name of an American former professional wrestler
• Hamar people, a tribe in Ethiopia
• Hummer (disambiguation)
• Jackhammer (disambiguation)