Bumper or Bumpers may refer to:

People

Betty Bumpers Betty Lou Bumpers ( née Flanagan; January 11, 1925 – November 23, 2018) was an American politician, advocate for childhood immunizations, and world peace activist, who served as the First Lady of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975. Together, she and R ...

(1925-2018), American activist, First Lady of Arkansas, wife of Dale Bumpers *

Dale Bumpers Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prio ...

(1925–2016), American politician, governor of Arkansas and senator *

Bumper Robinson Larry C. "Bumper" Robinson II is an American film, television and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Bumblebee and Blitzwing on '' Transformers: Animated'', Falcon on '' Avengers Assemble'' and Cyborg in '' Justice League: Doom''. Career R ...

(born 1974), American actor and voice actor *

Bumper Tormohlen Eugene R. "Bumper" Tormohlen (May 12, 1937 – December 27, 2018) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was born and raised in Holland, Indiana; he attended Holland High and helped lead the Dutchmen to an IHSAA Sectional ...

(1937–2018), American National Basketball Association player and coach

Arts and entertainment

* ''Bumpers'' (album), a rock music sampler by Island Records * "Bumper", a song by Julio Voltio *

Bumper (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a commercial bumper, ident bumper, or break-bumper (often shortened to bump) is a brief announcement, usually two to fifteen seconds in length that can contain a voice over, placed between a pause in the program and its commercia ...

, a short transitional segment * Bumper, a type of obstacle in pinball * ''Hit and Run'' (2009 film), a horror film also known as ''Bumper'' * Bumper, a bulldog in the American comic strip ''

The Middletons ''The Middletons'' is an American comic strip created by Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers. The strip debuted on November 3, 1986, in the Orlando Sentinel. Originally distributed by News America Syndicate, it moved to North America Syndicate in 1987 ...

'' * Bumper the Badger, a character in the video game ''

Diddy Kong Racing ''Diddy Kong Racing'' is a 1997 racing video game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64. The game is set on Timber's Island and revolves around Diddy Kong and his friends' attempt to defeat the intergalactic antagonist, a wizardi ...

Technology and transportation

Bumper (car) A bumper is a structure attached to or integrated with the front and rear ends of a motor vehicle, to absorb impact in a minor collision, ideally minimizing repair costs. Stiff metal bumpers appeared on automobiles as early as 1904 that had a ...

, a part for absorbing impact *

Buffer stop A buffer stop, bumper, bumping post, bumper block or stopblock (US), is a device to prevent railway vehicles from going past the end of a physical section of track. The design of the buffer stop is dependent, in part, on the kind of couplings ...

or bumper, a stopping device on railroads *

RTV-G-4 Bumper The RTV-G-4 Bumper was a sounding rocket built by the United States. A combination of the V-2 rocket, German V-2 rocket and the WAC Corporal sounding rocket, it was used to study problems pertaining to two-stage high-speed rockets. The Bumper prog ...

, an American sounding rocket

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* , a US Navy submarine * Two game fish in the family Carangidae: **

Atlantic bumper The Atlantic bumper (''Chloroscombrus chrysurus'') is a game fish in the family, Carangidae. It was first described by the "father of modern taxonomy", Carl Linnaeus in the book, ''Systema Naturae''. Atlantic bumper are known to eat smaller fish, ...

(Chloroscombrus chrysurus) **

Pacific bumper The Pacific bumper (''Chloroscombrus orqueta'') is one of two game fish in the genus Chloroscombrus, from the subfamily Caranginae of the family Carangidae, part of the order Carangiformes. It is listed by the IUCN as Least Concern. This species ...

(Chloroscombrus orqueta) *

Bumper race National Hunt flat races, informally known as bumper races, are a type of flat racing but run under National Hunt racing rules in Britain and Ireland. National Hunt flat races were created on 15 July 1891 when a conference between the stewards of ...

, a type of horse race *

Crib bumper An infant bed (commonly called a cot in British English, and, in American English, a crib, or far less commonly, stock) is a small bed especially for infants and very young children. Infant beds are a historically recent development intended to c ...

, a cushion in an infant bed *

Bumper knot In fishing, a bumper knot (also known as a bait loop or egg loop) can be used to secure soft or loose bait, including clusters of eggs, to a hook. Instructions The first suggestion for tying the bumper knot is to always keep the loops tight. If ...

, used in fishing to secure bait * Automatic watch#Bumper, an early type of self-winding mechanism in automatic watches

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