Lion (disambiguation)

The lion is a big cat of the species Panthera leo that primarily lives in Africa.

Lion or Lions may also refer to:

People and fictional characters

• Lion (name), a surname and given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with that name
• Lions (surname)
• Leo Cantor (1919–1995), American National Football League player nicknamed "the Lion"
• Lennox Lewis (born 1965), British heavyweight boxer nicknamed "the Lion"
• Willie "The Lion" Smith (1893–1973), American jazz pianist
• Lion, a fictional character portrayed by Ajit Khan in the 1976 Indian film Kalicharan

Arts and entertainment

Movies

• Leo the Lion (MGM), a mascot of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and some of its affiliates
• Lion (2014 film), a British film directed by Simon P. Edwards
• Lion (2015 film), an Indian Telugu film directed by Satyadev
• Lion (2016 film), an Australian film directed by Garth Davis

Music

Groups

• Lion (band), 1980s American rock band
• Lion, Taiwanese rock band formed in 2016 by Jam Hsiao
• Lions (band), American rock band from Texas formed in 2005

Albums

• Lion (Elevation Worship album), 2022
• Lion (The Hot Monkey album), 1989
• Lion (Stephen Lynch album), 2012
• Lion (Peter Murphy album), 2014
• Lion (Punchline album), 2018
• Lion (Marius Neset album), 2014
• Lions (album), a 2001 album by The Black Crowes

Songs

• "Lion" ((G)I-dle song), from Queendom Final Comeback, 2019
• "Lion" (Elevation Worship song), featuring Chris Brown and Brandon Lake, 2022
• "Lion", a 2008 single by May'n and Megumi Nakajima for Macross Frontier
• "Lion", from the 2013 Hollywood Undead album Notes from the Underground
• "Lion", from the 1984 Toto album Isolation
• "Lions", from the 1978 Dire Straits album Dire Straits
• "Lions", from the 1984 Tones on Tail album Pop
• "Lions", from the 2008 The Features album Some Kind of Salvation
• "Lions", from the 2009 Tune-Yards album Bird-Brains
• "Lions!', from the 2009 Lights album The Listening
• "Lions", from the 2011 Nothing Til Blood album When Lambs Become Lions
• "Lions", from the 2012 Walk the Moon album Walk the Moon
• "Lions", from the 2013 Adema album Topple the Giants
• "Lions", from the 2014 William Fitzsimmons album Lions
• "Lions", from the 2015 Ben Haenow album Ben Haenow
• "Lions", from the 2016 Coasts album Coasts
• "Lions", from the 2016 Skillet album Unleashed
• "Lions", from the 2017 Chase Rice album Lambs & Lions
• "Lions", a 2017 single by Skip Marley
• "Lions", from the 2019 Jenny Hval album The Practice of Love
• "Lions", from the 2018 Leon Bridges album Good Thing

Publications

• Lion (comics), a weekly British comic published from 1952 to 1974
• Lion (magazine), published by Lions Clubs International
• Lion Comics, an Indian comic book series

Other arts and entertainment

• Lion (video game), a 1995 computer game
• Lions (Kemeys), a pair of outdoor 1894 bronze sculptures by Edward Kemeys
• Lion (color)
• Lion (heraldry), a common charge
• Lion Brand Yarns, a US manufacturer of yarn

Food and drink

• Lion (Australasian company), a beverage company that operates in Australia and New Zealand
  • Bega Dairy & Drinks, formerly known as Lion Dairy & Drinks (when a division of the above)
• Lion (chocolate bar), a chocolate bar
• Lion brand foods, started by D. & J. Fowler Ltd. in Adelaide in the late 19th century
• Lion Brewery (disambiguation)
• Lion Cereal, a breakfast cereal based on the Lion chocolate bar

Places

• Lion, Belgrade, a neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia
• Gulf of Lion, south of France
• Lion Park, a lion wildlife conservation enclosure in Gauteng province, South Africa
• Lion Rock, a hill in Hong Kong
• Lion-sur-Mer, a French commune in the Calvados département
• Shi Islet (Lion Islet), Lieyu, Kinmen (Quemoy), Fujian, Taiwan
• Lions, Friesland, a village in the Netherlands

Sports

American colleges

• Arkansas–Fort Smith Lions, the University of Arkansas–Fort Smith
• Columbia Lions, Columbia University
• Lincoln University Lions, Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
• Lindenwood Lions, Lindenwood University
• Loyola Marymount Lions, Loyola Marymount University
• Missouri Southern Lions, Missouri Southern State University
• New Jersey Lions, College of New Jersey
• North Alabama Lions, the University of North Alabama
• Piedmont Lions, Piedmont University
• Southeastern Louisiana Lions, Southeastern Louisiana University
• East Texas A&M Lions, East Texas A&M University

Association football (soccer)

Africa

• East End Lions F.C. in the Sierra Leone National Premier League
• Morocco national football team, nicknamed the Atlas Lions
• Nathi Lions F.C., a South African football club

Asia

• Lions F.C., a Philippine club
• Lions of Mesopotamia, nickname for the Iraq national football team
• Singapore national football team or the Lions
• Young Lions FC, an under-23 soccer team from Singapore

Europe

• Bulgaria national football team, also known as the Bulgarian Lions
• Livingston F.C., a Scottish football team nicknamed "The Lions"
• Millwall F.C., an English football team known as the Lions
• Sannat Lions F.C., a football club in Malta

Elsewhere

• Columbus Lions, a charter member of the World Indoor Football League
• Queensland Lions FC or "Lions FC", Australian soccer club formerly known as the "Brisbane Lions"

Australian rules football

• Brisbane Lions, a team in the AFL
• Fitzroy Football Club, a team formerly in the AFL, nicknamed Lions (1957–1996)
• Huonville Lions, a club currently playing in the Southern Football League
• North London Lions, a team based in London
• Subiaco Football Club, a team in the WAFL
• Suncoast Lions Football Club, a feeder club for the Brisbane Lions

Baseball

• Saitama Seibu Lions, a Japanese baseball team
• Samsung Lions, a Korean baseball team
• Tianjin Lions, a Chinese baseball team
• Uni-President Lions, a Taiwanese baseball team

Basketball

• Lions de Genève, from Switzerland
• London Lions (basketball), from Great Britain
• PS Karlsruhe Lions, from Germany
• San Beda Red Lions, from the Philippines
• Traiskirchen Lions, from Austria
• Zhejiang Lions, from China

Cricket

• England Lions cricket team, England and Wales' "second-tier" team (since 2007)
• Gujarat Lions, a T20 cricket team in the Indian Premier League from 2016–17
• Highveld Lions, a South African cricket team
• Surrey Lions, English county's Twenty20 and Pro40 team

Gridiron football

• BC Lions, a Canadian football team
• Detroit Lions, an American football team
• Braunschweig Lions, an American football team from Braunschweig, Germany

Handball

• Limburg Lions, a handball team in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands

Ice hockey

• Finland men's national ice hockey team or the Lions
• LHC Les Lions, an ice hockey team in Lyon, France

Rugby league

• England national rugby league team, also known as the Lions
• Great Britain national rugby league team or the Lions
• Mount Albert Lions, a rugby league club in New Zealand
• Swinton Lions, a British rugby league club

Rugby union

• British & Irish Lions, a rugby union team representing the British Isles in international competitions
• Golden Lions, a South African provincial rugby union that operates the Lions (United Rugby Championship)
• Lions (United Rugby Championship), a South African professional rugby union team competing in the United Rugby Championship
• Rugby Lions, an English rugby union club based in the town of Rugby, England

Speedway

• Leicester Lions, a British speedway team
• Oxford Lions, a British Speedway team based in Oxford, England

Telecommunications and computing

• LION (cipher), an encryption algorithm
• LION (cable system), a submarine telecommunications cable linking Madagascar, Réunion, and Mauritius
• OS X Lion, a version of Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers

Transportation

Train

• British Rail D0260, a prototype diesel locomotive
• LMR 57 Lion, an 1838 early British steam locomotive
• South Devon Railway Eagle class, a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive
• Stourbridge Lion, an early US steam locomotive built in Britain

Automotive

• Lion (automobile), a car model built in Adrian, Michigan, United States, from 1909 to 1912
• Leyland Lion PSR1, a single-deck bus manufactured between 1960 and 1967

Maritime

• Lion Ferry, a defunct Swedish ferry company
• Lion, a ship of the Third Supply fleet to Virginia colony in 1609
• MS European Mariner, also known as MS Lion, a ferry
• Lion (1796 ship)
• Lion (1809 ship)
• SS Lion

Naval vessels

• HMS Lion, any of numerous British Royal Navy ships
• Hired armed cutter Lion, two ships (or possibly one ship) employed by the Royal Navy
• Lion (warship), five warships of the Royal Scottish Navy during the 16th century
• French ship Lion (1804), a French Navy ship of the line
• French destroyer Lion, a 1929 destroyer
• Lion-class destroyer, a cancelled destroyer class of the French Navy

Aviation

• Napier Lion, an aircraft engine whose first prototypes were built in 1917
• Lion Air, Indonesia's largest privately run airline

Business, finance, and community

• Lion Group, a Malaysian company
• Lion (coin), a 15th-century Scottish coin
• Local Investing Opportunity Network
• Lions Clubs International, an international charity/service organisation
• Lion (Boy Scouts of America), an achievement level in Cub Scouts

Other uses

• Leo (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac, known as 'the lion'
  • Leo (astrology), astrological sign of the zodiac, known as 'the lion'
• Lion Brand Stationery, an English paper company
• Lion Corporation, a Japanese hygiene and toiletries company
• Lion Oil, an American petroleum company founded in 1922

See also

• Cameroon national football team or the Lions indomptables (Indomitable Lions)
• England national football team, nicknamed The Three Lions
• Penn State Nittany Lions, the intercollegiate athletic program of the main campus of Pennsylvania State University
• Lithium-ion battery, sometimes abridged as "Li-ion"
• The Lion (disambiguation)
• Gujarat Lion (disambiguation)
• Leon (disambiguation)
• Lyon (disambiguation)
• Lyons (disambiguation)