Hammer (disambiguation)

A hammer is a type of tool.

Hammer may also refer to:

People

• Hammer (name)
• MC Hammer (born 1962), American rapper and actor
• William Hinds (1887–1957), stage name Will Hammer, co-founder of Hammer Films
• Hammer (nickname), a list of people

Places

Germany

• Hammer an der Uecker, in Uecker-Randow
• A locality in Wipperfürth
• A locality in Liebenwalde
• A locality in Simmerath
• A locality in Fischbachau
• An administrative area in Feldkirchen-Westerham
• A former name of Herchen-Bahnhof, a locality in Windeck

Elsewhere

• The Hammer, nickname of Hamilton, Ontario, the 10th largest city in Canada
• Hammer or Hamre (municipality), a former municipality in Hordaland, Norway
• Hammer, West Sussex, a hamlet
• Hammer Creek, Pennsylvania
• Hammer Lake, Ontario, Canada
• Hammer Point, Robert Island, Antarctica

Entertainment

In film

• Hammer Film Productions, also known as Hammer Films, a British film and television production company based in London, United Kingdom
• Hammer (film), a 1972 action film starring Fred Williamson
• The Hammer (2007 film), a comedy starring Adam Carolla
• The Hammer (2010 film), a biopic about deaf wrestler and mixed martial artist Matt Hamill

In comics

• H.A.M.M.E.R., a fictional espionage and law enforcement agency in the Marvel Comics Universe
• Half of the Marvel Comics supervillain team Hammer and Anvil
• Hammer (comics), Marvel Comics characters

In music

• "Hammer" (song), by Bob Marley
• Hammer (album), by Afrob
• Hammer (band), a Progressive rock band from the 1970s

Sports

• Hammer throw, an athletic event
• A technique for throwing a flying disc
• The last stone advantage in curling
• PFC Minyor Pernik, a Bulgarian football team known as The Hammers
• West Ham United F.C., an English football team known as The Hammers
• West Ham Hammers, a defunct English motorcycle speedway team
• Lakeside Hammers, an English speedway team
• Hammer SpVg, a German association football club
• Alabama Hammers, a Professional Indoor Football League team
• Huntington Hammer, an Ultimate Indoor Football League team based in Huntington, West Virginia

Computing

• HAMMER, a file system in DragonFly BSD
• A development phase of the Athlon 64 microprocessor
• A development phase of the Glaze3D graphic card series
• Valve Hammer Editor, a 3D level editor for Source and GoldSrc maps

Military uses

• Operation Hammer (disambiguation), several military (and one police) operations
• FOB Hammer, a U.S. military forward operating base in Iraq
• AASM, also known as HAMMER (Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range), a French kit for upgrading dumb bombs to rocket-powered smart bombs

Other

• Hammer (firearm), a part of a gun
• Hammer Stradivarius, a 1707 antique violin
• Hammer (automobile), built in Detroit, Michigan, by the Hammer Motor Company from 1905–06
• Hammer projection, an equal area map projection
• Hammer (candlestick pattern), a formation in stock market analysis
• MV Hammer, a Singaporean tanker
• Malleus, a bone in the middle ear
• Hammer Bowling, an American bowling equipment manufacturer
• Hammer Museum or Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Culture Center at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

See also

• Charles Martel (c. 688-741), Frankish king - Martel is French for "the hammer"
• Judas Maccabeus, leader of the Maccabean revolt (167–160 BCE) against the Seleucid Empire - Maccabee may derive from the Aramaic word for "hammer"
• Edward I of England (1239–1307), King of England, "Hammer of the Scots"
• Van Hammer (born 1967), ring name of an American former professional wrestler
• Hamar people, a tribe in Ethiopia
• Hummer (disambiguation)