Goliath (disambiguation)
Appearance
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Goliath was a giant famous for his battle with David as described in the Hebrew Bible.
Goliath may also refer to:
People with the name
- Goliath (footballer) (born 1972), an Angolan football player
- Matt Parkinson, one of the Chasers on The Chase Australia nicknamed "Goliath"
Biology
- Atlantic goliath grouper, a species of fish found in the Atlantic Ocean
- Goliathus or Goliath beetle, a genus of large insects
- Goliath birdeater, largest spider in the world native to the rain forest regions of northern South America
- Goliath coucal, a cuckoo endemic to Indonesia
- Goliath frog, an African frog of genus Conraua
- Pacific goliath grouper, a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean
- Goliath heron, a very large wading bird found in sub-Saharan Africa, with smaller numbers in Southwest and South Asia
- Goliath imperial pigeon, a bird endemic to New Caledonia
- Goliath shrew, a mammal
- Eurycnema goliath, a species of stick insect found in Australia
- A cultivar of Magnolia grandiflora
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictitious entities
- Goliath (Amalgam Comics), a fictional Amalgam Comics superhero
- Goliath (comics), any of a number of characters
- Goliath ((Dungeons & Dragons), a race related to the giants in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game
- Goliath (fictional dog), a character in the stop-motion cartoon series Davey and Goliath
- Goliath (Gargoyles), a character in the animated television series Gargoyles (TV series)
- Goliath (StarCraft), a "chicken walker" robot from the game
Literature
- Goliath (Alten novel), by Steve Alten, 2002
- Goliath (graphic novel), a short fictional book by Tom Gauld
- Goliath (Westerfeld novel), by Scott Westerfeld, 2011
- Goliath, a 15th-century fechtbuch (combat manual) by an anonymous author
- Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, a 2013 nonfiction book by Max Blumenthal
Motion pictures
- Goliath (TV series), a 2016 television series produced by Amazon Studios
- Goliath, a 2008 film directed by David Zellner
- Goliath II, a 1960 short animated comedy film by Disney, about a tiny elephant
Music
- Goliath Artists, a talent firm that manages musicians
- "Goliath", song by the Mars Volta from their 2008 album The Bedlam in Goliath
- "Goliath", song by The Silent League
- Goliath (Butcher Babies album), 2013
- Goliath (Kellermensch album), 2017
- Goliath (Steve Taylor album), 2014, or the title song
Roller coasters
- Goliath (La Ronde), a hypercoaster in Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Goliath (Six Flags Great America), a wooden roller coaster in Gurnee, Illinois
- Goliath (Six Flags Fiesta Texas), an inverted roller coaster in San Antonio, Texas
- Goliath (Six Flags Magic Mountain), a hypercoaster located in California, United States
- Goliath (Six Flags New England), an inverted boomerang roller coaster located near Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
- Goliath (Six Flags Over Georgia), a hypercoaster located in Georgia, United States
- Goliath (Walibi Holland), a roller coaster in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
- Magic Flyer (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain formerly named Goliath Jr.
Technology
- Farman F.60 Goliath, the first long-distance passenger airliner
- Goliath (company), a German car brand of the Borgward group
- Goliath (Mangalia), a crane in Mangalia, Romania
- Goliath (Rosyth), a crane in Rosyth Dockyard, Scotland
- Goliath (locomotive), one of the four South Devon Railway Tornado class steam locomotives
- Goliath tracked mine, a remote-controlled tracked explosive device used by the German Army during World War II
- Goliath transmitter, a VLF-transmitter of the German Navy in World War II
- HMS Goliath, the name of several British Royal Navy ships
- Samson and Goliath (cranes), twin shipbuilding gantry cranes in Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Goliath, one of Erickson Air-Crane's Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane heavy-lift helicopters
- LVT(U)X2 Goliath, late 1950s US Navy amphibious tracked utility landing craft, manufactured by Pacific Car and Foundry
- USS Goliath, a US monitor also called USS Catskill (1862)
Other uses
- Goliath (betting), a type of bet covering eight selections
- Goliath (website), a business directory owned by Thomson Gale publishers
- Goliath, a traditionally craft-brewed ale produced by the UK Wychwood Brewery
- Goliath Books, a publisher of art and photography books
- Goliath language, a Papuan language of West Papua