Hanger or hangers may refer to:

Hardware

* Clothes hanger, a device in the shape of human shoulders or legs used to hang clothes on * Casing hanger, part of a wellhead assembly in oil drilling * Derailleur hanger, a slot in a bicycle frame where the derailleur bolt attaches * Tie (engineering), a type of structural member * Hanger, part of a skateboard * Hanger, a sword similar to a cutlass, used by woodsmen and soldiers in 17th to 18th centuries * A hanger, a vertical cable or rod connecting the roadway of a

suspension bridge A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...

to the bridge's main cable or arch

People

* George Wallace William Hanger (1866–1935), American *

George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine (13 October 1751 – 31 March 1824) was a British soldier, author, and eccentricity (behavior), eccentric. Biography George Hanger was born into a prosperous family in Gloucestershire, the third son in a family ...

(1750–1824), English author and soldier in the American Revolution * Art Hanger (born 1943), Canadian politician *

Harry Hanger Harold Hanger (1886 – 23 March 1918) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half. Career Hanger was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, and began his career with Kettering Town. He went on to play for Bradford City, Cr ...

(1886–1918), English footballer *

James Edward Hanger James Edward Hanger (February 25, 1843 – June 9, 1919) was a Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War, a prosthetist and a businessman. It is reported that he became the first amputee of the war after being struck in the l ...

(born 1843), U.S. Civil War veteran and founder of: :*

Hanger, Inc. Hanger, Inc. (formerly Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.) is a leading national provider of products and services that assist in enhancing or restoring the physical capabilities of patients with disabilities or injuries that is headquartered in Austin ...

* Mostyn Hanger (1908–1980), judge, chief justice of Queensland, Australia, and administrator of Queensland * Percy Hanger (1889–1939), English footballer

Places

* Hanger Lane, a stretch of the North Circular Road in London, England * Hanger River or Anger River, a river in west central Ethiopia * Hangers Way, a 21-mile long-distance footpath through Hampshire, England

Slang

* Hanger (barbershop music), a long note sung by one voice in a barbershop music song * Monkey hanger, a British term for people from Hartlepool, England * Hanger, or specky, a slang term for spectacular mark in Australian rules football * Hangers, American slang for large, pendulous breasts

Other uses

* ''Hanger'' (film) a 2009 horror film * Hanger steak, a tender cut of steak *

, prosthetic and orthotic provider in the United States * An old English word for a wooded slope from the Old English word , preserved in English place names such as Hanger Lane

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