Lightning (disambiguation)

Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity.

Lightning or Lightnin' may also refer to:

In the military

• Lockheed P-38 Lightning, an American fighter aircraft of World War II
• Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, a US/UK fighter aircraft, the Joint Strike Fighter
• English Electric Lightning, a supersonic British fighter aircraft of the Cold War era
• HMS Lightning, various Royal Navy ships
• 78th Infantry Division (United States), nicknamed "Lightning"
• Operation Lightning (disambiguation), several military operations

Firearms

• Colt Lightning Carbine, a rifle manufactured between 1884 and 1904
• AMT Lightning, a line of semi-automatic firearms in the 1980s and '90s

• AMT Lightning pistol
• AMT Lightning 25/22 rifle

Sports teams

United States

• Tampa Bay Lightning, a National Hockey League ice hockey franchise
• Buffalo Lightning, former name (1998-2005) of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres Junior "A" ice hockey team from Buffalo, New York
• Carolina Lightnin', a defunct American Soccer League team
• Colorado Lightning, a Professional Arena Soccer League founded in 2008
• Dallas Lightning, a United Soccer Leagues W-League team from 1993 to 1996
• Detroit Lightning, a Major Indoor Soccer League franchise for the 1979-1980 season
• Los Angeles Lightning, a professional basketball team in the Independent Basketball Association
• Louisville Lightning, Professional Arena Soccer League team founded in 2008
• Minnesota Lightning, a women's United Soccer Leagues W-League team
• Oklahoma City Lightning, a full-contact American football team in the Women's Spring Football League
• Rockford Lightning, a defunct Continental Basketball League franchise
• Stockton Lightning, an indoor football team from 2006 to 2010
• Waukegan Lightning, a defunct indoor soccer team (2002-2009)
• West Coast Lightning, a Women's Football Alliance expansion team

Elsewhere

• Adelaide Lightning, an Australian Women's Basketball League team
• Pine Hills Lightning, a Greater Brisbane League baseball club
• London Lightning, a Canadian professional basketball team based in London, Ontario
• Drogheda Lightning, an American football team based in Drogheda, Ireland
• Tel Aviv Lightning, an Israel Baseball League franchise
• St. Venera Lightnings F.C., a football team in the Maltese Second Division
• Loughborough Lightning, a team in the Netball Superleague, based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
• Guildford Lightning, a Women's Premier League ice hockey team in Guildford, Surrey, England
• Lancashire Lightning, the name for the Lancashire County Cricket Club during one-day matches

Computing

• Lightning (software), an extension that adds calendar and scheduling functionality to the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client
• GNU lightning, a library for Just-in-time compilation
• Lightning (connector), a power and data bus for Apple iPhone, iPod, and iPad products

Transportation

Aircraft

• Beechcraft Lightning, an experimental civilian turboprop aircraft
• Sport Copter Lightning, American autogyro

Automotive

• Lightning Car Company, a British company that builds electric sports cars
  • Lightning GT, the flagship vehicle of the aforementioned car company
• Ford Lightning, a sports/performance version of the Ford F-150 pickup truck
• BSA Lightning, a motorcycle produced by BSA between 1965 and 1972

Rail

• Lightning Route, an early tram service in Montgomery, Alabama, United States
• Lightning, a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive on the Great Western Railway from 1847 to 1878
• Lightning, one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 to 1915

Ships and boats

• Lightning (clipper), a clipper ship built by Donald McKay in 1854
• Lightning (dinghy), a type of 19-foot sailing dinghy first built in 1938 and raced worldwide

Arts and entertainment

Comics

• Lightning (comics), several comics characters, including:
  • Lightning (DC Comics) (Jennifer Pierce), a DC Comics superhero
  • Lightning, one of the superpowered brothers Thunder and Lightning
  • Lightning, a member of the Tower Comics T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
• Lightning Comics (disambiguation), at least two American comics companies

Film and television

• Lightning (film), a 1952 film by Mikio Naruse
• Lightnin' (film), a 1925 comedy by John Ford
• Lightning (dog), a German shepherd who appeared in various 1930s films
• Lightning (Tom and Jerry), an orange cat in the Tom and Jerry cartoons
• Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning, a 1995 television film based on the novel of the same name

Music

• Lightnin', nickname for René Hall (1911-1988), American jazz banjoist
• Lightning Records, a record label founded in the 1970s
• Lightning (album), a 2012 album by Matt & Kim
• "Lightning" (song), a 2011 song by The Wanted
• "Lightning", a song by Counting Crows, one of the "Flying Demos"
• "Lightning", a song by Eric Church from Sinners Like Me
• "Lightning", a song by The Grates
• "Lightning", a 1974 song by Hello (band)
• "Lightning", a 2008 song by Ida Maria
• "Lightning", a 1986 song by Philip Glass
• "Lightning", a 1976 song by REO Speedwagon on their album R.E.O.
• "Lightning", a 1976 song by Supernaut (Australian band) 1976

Roller coasters

• Lightning (Entertainment City), a roller coaster at Entertainment City in Kuwait
• Lightning (Revere Beach), a roller coaster that formerly operated at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts

Novels

• Lightning (novel), a 1988 novel by Dean Koontz
• Lightning, a 1984 87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain

Stage and theatre

• Lightnin' (play), a 1918 play

Fictional characters

• Lightning (Final Fantasy), the female protagonist from Final Fantasy XIII
• Lightning McQueen, a character in the movie Cars and Its Sequel.

Places

• Lightning (Atlanta), a former neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Lightning Peak (disambiguation), several mountain peaks in Canada and the United States
• Lightning Lake, British Columbia, Canada

People

• Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982), American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist Sam John Hopkins
• Lightnin' Slim (1913-1974), African-American blues musician born Otis V. Hicks
• Crystle Lightning (born 1981), American/Canadian actress and musician
• Cody Lightning (born 1986), Cree Native American actor
• Georgina Lightning, Canadian First Nations film director, screenwriter and actress, mother of Crystle and Cody Lightning
• Royston Lightning, Australian rugby league player
• Lightning (Gladiators), Kim Betts (born 1971), English bodybuilder and a star of the UK version of the TV show Gladiators
• Lightning (wrestler), Puerto Rican professional wrestler, half of the tag team Thunder and Lightning

Other uses

• Lightning, the horse of the mythical American cowboy Pecos Bill
• Lightning, the mascot of Middle Tennessee State University

See also

• All pages beginning with "Lightning"
• Lightning Stakes, an Australian thoroughbred horse race