Sandman (disambiguation)

The Sandman is a figure in folklore who brings good sleep and dreams.

Sandman may also refer to:

People

• Steve Abbott (comedian) or The Sandman, Australian comedian
• Mariano Rivera (born 1969), Panamanian-American baseball player
• Charles W. Sandman, Jr., Republican Congressman for New Jersey's 2nd district (1967–1975) and Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey (1973)
• Homeboy Sandman, an American rapper
• Mark Sandman, singer and co-founder of the band Morphine
• The Sandman (wrestler), Jim Fullington, professional wrestler
• Howard Sims or Sandman, vaudeville tap dancer
• Adam Sandler (born 1966), American comedian and actor nicknamed "The Sandman" by fans

Art, entertainment, and media

Audio dramas

• The Sandman (Doctor Who audio drama), a 2002 Doctor Who audio drama
• The Sandman (Audible audio drama) a 2020 audio drama based on the comic series by Neil Gaiman

Fictional entities

• Sandman (DC Comics), the name of many superhero characters published by DC Comics
  • Sandman (Wesley Dodds), a comic book superhero first appearing in the 1930s
  • Sandman (Sandy Hawkins), former sidekick of Wesley Dodds and current Sandman
• Sandman (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature in the Dungeons & Dragons series
• Sandman (Marvel Comics), a comic book super villain who can transform his body into sand
• Mr. Sandman (Punch-Out!!), a character in the video game Punch-Out!!
• Christian "The Sandman" Naylor, a villain in Death Warrant
• Klein Sandman, the leader of the protagonists from Gravion
• Sandman, a character on Bubba the Love Sponge's radio show
• Sandman, a character in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Sandman, a profession in Logan's Run
• Sandman, a character in Rise of the Guardians
• Sandman, a character in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Sandman, Dream Me A Dream"
• Sandman, a character in The Santa Clause 2
• Sandmen, parasites in Dark•Matter for the roleplaying game Alternity
• The Sandman, a drug dealer in Scarface: The World Is Yours
• The Sandman, a lead character in Sleepstalker

Film

• Sandmann - Historien om en sosialistisk supermann (2005), a Norwegian documentary about Sandmännchen, by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
• The Sandman (1991 film), a short horror stop-motion animation film
• The Sandman (2000 film), a short film by the Brothers Quay
• S&Man (2006) or Sandman, an American pseudo-documentary film on horror films
• The Sandman (2011 film), a film directed by Peter Luisi
• The Sandman (2017 film), an American horror film directed by Peter Sullivan

Literature

• The Sandman (book), a children's book by Ralph Fletcher
• The Sandman (novel), a novel by Miles Gibson
• The Sandman (Vertigo), a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman
• "The Sandman" (short story), a short story by E.T.A. Hoffmann

Music

Groups

• The Sandmen, a Danish rock band best known from the film Nattevagten

Albums

• Sandman (album), a 1976 album by Harry Nilsson

Songs

• "Sandman" or "Enter Sandman", a song by Metallica
• "Mr. Sandman", written by Pat Ballard, also recorded as "Sandman"
• "Mr. Sandman", a song on the album Tical by Method Man
• "Sandman", a song by America from their debut album America
• "Sandman", a song by English band Hurts from Exile
• "Sandman", performed by Kirsty McGee and 2013 movie Trance
• "Sandmann" (song), 2009 song by Oomph!
• "The Sandman", a song by Heavenly from their 2001 album Sign of the Winner

Periodicals

• Sandman (magazine), a music magazine

Television

• Sandmännchen, two different German children's bedtime television programs starting in 1958
• Nilus the Sandman a 1990s Canadian animated series

Businesses

• Sandman Hotels, a group of Canadian hotels and restaurant companies

Vehicles

• Holden Sandman, a sports package for the 1970s Holden Kingswood and 2015 Commodore