Hangman may refer to: * Executioner who carries out a death sentence by hanging * Hangman (game), a game of guessing a word or phrase one letter at a time

Arts and entertainment

Comics

* Hangman (DC Comics), an enemy of Batman * Hangman (Marvel Comics), the name of a couple of different characters in the Marvel Universe * Hangman (Archie Comics), a number of Archie Comics superheroes * Hangman Comics, a Golden Age MLJ/Archie Comics imprint comics title featuring the Hangman

Films

* ''The Hangman'' (1928 film), a German silent film * ''The Hangman'' (1959 film), an American Western directed by Michael Curtiz * ''Hangman'', a 2001 television film featuring Mädchen Amick and Lou Diamond Phillips * ''The Hangman'' (2005 film), an Indian film starring Om Puri and Shreyas Talpade * ''Hangman'' (2015 film), a British found-footage film starring Jeremy Sisto * ''Hangman'' (2017 film), an American crime thriller film starring Al Pacino

Literature

* "The Hangman" (poem), a 1954 children's poem by Maurice Ogden, and a 1964 animated short based on the poem * ''Hangman'', a 2000 novel by

Michael Slade Michael Slade (born 1947, in Lethbridge, Alberta) is the pen name of Canadian novelist Jay Clarke, a lawyer who has participated in more than 100 criminal cases and who specializes in criminal insanity. Background Before Clarke entered law schoo ...

* "Hangman", a short story by David Drake in his 1979 collection '' Hammer's Slammers''

Songs

* "Hangman", by Black Stone Cherry from '' Kentucky'', 2016 * "Hangman", by Chapman Whitney from '' Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers'', 1974 * "Hangman", by Dave, 2018 * "Hangman", by Krokus from '' Hellraiser'', 2006 * " The Maid Freed from the Gallows", a folk song sometimes given the title "Hangman"

Other

* ''Hangman'' (video game), a 1978 game for the Atari 2600 based on the guessing game *

The Hangman (roller coaster) Kong is an inverted roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom amusement park in Vallejo, California. The Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) model was manufactured by Vekoma and first opened to the public as Hangman at Opryland USA on Ma ...

, a 1990s roller coaster at Opryland USA in Nashville, Tennessee * Hangman Books, a British independent small press, and associated film and record projects

Places

* Hangman cliffs, on the north coast of Devon, England * Hangman Island, in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, US * Hangman Creek, or Latah Creek, in Washington and Idaho, US * Hangman Creek, a tributary of the White Salmon River via Gilmer Creek; see List of rivers of Washington (state)

People

Nickname

* Henry Hawley ("Hangman Hawley") (c. 1679–1759), British Army lieutenant general * Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942), German Nazi, one of the main architects of the Holocaust

Ring name

* Hangman Hughes (born 1974), Canadian professional wrestler * Bobby Jaggers (1948–2012), American professional wrestler * Gene LeBell (born 1932), American martial artist, professional wrestler, stunt performer, and actor * Adam Page (born 1991), American professional wrestler