Nimrod
From Open Encyclopedia
Nimrod may refer to:
People:
- Nimrod (king), a Mesopotamian king mentioned several times in the Bible
- Pseudonym of Charles James Apperley (1777-1843), English sportsman and author
Places:
- Nimrod, Minnesota
- Nimrod Fortress, in Israel's Golan Heights
Other:
- The 9th variation in the composition Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar
- Nimrod (ship), the ship used by Ernest Shackleton during his 1908 Antarctic expedition
- Nimrod (album), an album by Green Day
- Hawker Nimrod, a 1930s British fighter aircraft
- Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod, British Royal Air Force patrol bomber now produced by BAE Systems
- Nimrod (Doctor Who), a villain in Doctor Who audio plays
- Nimrod (comics), a fictional robot mutant hunter originating from Marvel Comics Uncanny X-Men
- Nimrod (dracula), a vampire from the black-and-white Marvel Comics Dracula Lives! series
- Most of these names take their origin from the King mentionned above.
