Hangman
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Hangman may refer to:
- Executioner who carries out a death sentence by hanging
- Hangman (game), a game of guessing a word or phrase one letter at a time
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Comics
[edit]- Hangman (DC Comics), an enemy of Batman
- Hangman (Marvel Comics), the name of a couple of different characters in the Marvel Universe
- Hangman (Archie Comics), a number of Archie Comics superheroes
- Hangman Comics, a Golden Age MLJ/Archie Comics imprint comics title featuring the Hangman
Films
[edit]- The Hangman (1928 film), a German silent film
- The Hangman (1959 film), an American Western directed by Michael Curtiz
- Hangman, a 2001 television film featuring Mädchen Amick and Lou Diamond Phillips
- The Hangman (2005 film), an Indian film starring Om Puri and Shreyas Talpade
- Hangman (2015 film), a British found-footage film starring Jeremy Sisto
- Hangman (2017 film), an American crime thriller film starring Al Pacino
Literature
[edit]- "The Hangman" (poem), a 1954 children's poem by Maurice Ogden, and a 1964 animated short based on the poem
- Hangman, a 2000 novel by Michael Slade
- "Hangman", a short story by David Drake in his 1979 collection Hammer's Slammers
Songs
[edit]- "Hangman", by Black Stone Cherry from Kentucky, 2016
- "Hangman", by Chapman Whitney from Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers, 1974
- "Hangman", by Dave, 2018
- "Hangman", by Krokus from Hellraiser, 2006
- "The Maid Freed from the Gallows", a folk song sometimes given the title "Hangman"
Other
[edit]- Hangman (video game), a 1978 game for the Atari 2600 based on the guessing game
- The Hangman (roller coaster), a 1990s roller coaster at Opryland USA in Nashville, Tennessee
- Hangman Books, a British independent small press, and associated film and record projects
Places
[edit]- Hangman cliffs, on the north coast of Devon, England
- Hangman Island, in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, US
- Hangman Creek, or Latah Creek, in Washington and Idaho, US
- Hangman Creek, a tributary of the White Salmon River via Gilmer Creek; see List of rivers of Washington (state)
People
[edit]Nickname
[edit]- Henry Hawley ("Hangman Hawley") (c. 1679–1759), British Army lieutenant general
- Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942), German Nazi, one of the main architects of the Holocaust
Ring name
[edit]- Hangman Hughes (born 1974), Canadian professional wrestler
- Bobby Jaggers (1948–2012), American professional wrestler
- Gene LeBell (1932–2022), American martial artist, professional wrestler, stunt performer, and actor
- Adam Page (born 1991), American professional wrestler
See also
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