Hannibal (disambiguation)

Hannibal (from Phoenician "hann" - "grace" and "baal" - "master" or "lord"; hence translating as "The Glory of Ba'al") may refer to:

Historical people

Hannibal is one of the most common prenames in Punic and there are several military commanders (strategos) with this prename during the Punic Wars, while their family names or nicknames are often not recorded.
* Hannibal Barca, the famous general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the Second Punic War against the Roman Republic; known best in modern times for crossing the Alps with war elephants
* Hannibal Gisco, a Carthaginian military commander in the First Punic War
* Hannibal the Rhodian, a Carthaginian ship captain during the Siege of Lilybaeum
* Hannibal Mago, shofet of Carthage in 410 BC
* Abram Petrovitch Hannibal (1697-1781), African prince and Russian general
* Hannibal Sehested (council president), Danish Council president
* Hannibal Sehested (governor), Danish governor
* Hannibal, an American jazz trumpeter and composer
* Hannibal Hamlin, vice president during Abraham Lincoln's first term as president

Fiction

* Dr. Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, fictional character created by novelist Thomas Harris ("The Silence of the Lambs", "etc.")
** "Hannibal" (novel), sequel novel to both "Red Dragon" and "The Silence of the Lambs"
** "Hannibal" (film), a 2001 film based on the above novel, starring Anthony Hopkins
** "Hannibal Rising", prequel novel to both "Red Dragon" and "The Silence of the Lambs"
** "Hannibal Rising" (film), adaptation of the above novel
* "Hannibal the Conqueror", 2008 film directed by and starring Vin Diesel as Hannibal Barca
* "Hannibal - Rome's Worst Nightmare", 2006 BBC TV movie only aired in Britain, starring Alexander Siddig in the title role
* John "Hannibal" Smith, leader of The A-Team
* Hannibal Roy Bean, a character in the cartoon "Xiaolin Showdown"
* "Hannibal Brooks", 1969 film starring Oliver Reed and Michael J. Pollard
*Hannibal King, a Marvel Comics character

Places

* Hannibal, Missouri
* Hannibal (village), New York
* Hannibal (town), New York
* Hannibal, Ohio

Buildings

* Hannibal (high-rise building)

Other

*"Hannibal" (ship), a notorious 17th century slave-trading ship
*, an old Avalon Hill board game
*Hannibal Records, a now-defunct record label
*2152 Hannibal, an asteroid
*A name sometimes used, as "Handley Page Hannibal", for the Handley Page H.P.42 airliner
*A fictional opera performed in part in Act One of "The Phantom of the Opera" (1986 musical), a Broadway show by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The equally fictional composer of the work, "Chalumeau," is actually an antiquated woodwind instrument.
*Hannibal, the vicious leader of the Commando meerkat tribe in the television series "Meerkat Manor"