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Businesses and organizations

Magnum Research Magnum Research Inc. (MRI) was an American privately held corporation based in Fridley, Minnesota which manufactured and distributed firearms. The majority owners, Jim Skildum (President and CEO) and John Risdall (Chairman, COO), had been with t ...

, a firearms maker *

Magnum Semiconductor Magnum Semiconductor Inc. was a video compression technology company headquartered in Milpitas, California, and with an engineering branch at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It traded under the Magnum Semiconductor name between its foundation in 2003 ...

, a spin-off of Cirrus Logic *

Magnum Photos Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices in New York City, Paris, London and Tokyo. It was founded in 1947 in Paris by photographers Robert Capa, David Seymour (photographer), Davi ...

, a photojournalist cooperative *

Magnum Corporation Magnum Berhad is a company in Malaysia known principally for commercial gambling. Formerly known as Magnum Corporation and Magnum Corporation Berhad, the company was incorporated in December 1968 and was the first private company to be granted ...

, a Malaysian gaming company

Art and entertainment

Music

* Jeff Magnum, former bassist of

the Dead Boys The Dead Boys are an American punk rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The band was among the first wave of punk, and regarded by many as one of the rowdiest and most violent groups of the era. They were formed by vocalist Stiv B ...

Magnum (band) Magnum are an English hard rock band. They were formed in Birmingham by Tony Clarkin (guitar, songwriter) and Bob Catley (vocals) in order to appear as the resident band at the Rum Runner nightclub in the city. Magnum have undergone several cha ...

, English rock band * Magnum (musician) (born 1973), stage name of Sami Wolking * ''Magnum Force'' (album), the second album from hip hop duo Heltah Skeltah

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* Magnum, a fictional characters and commander of the

Autobot The Autobots are the main protagonists in the fictional Continuity (fiction), continuities of the Transformers (fiction), Transformers multimedia franchise, and are depicted in a collection of various toys, cartoons, films, graphic novels, and p ...

s * Magnum, a member of the Elementals in Marvel Comics *''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on ...

'', a 1980s American crime drama television series **

Thomas Magnum Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV is a fictional character on the American television series ''Magnum, P.I.''. As the title suggests, the character Magnum is a private investigator. In the original series, Magnum was portrayed by Tom Selleck. Jay Herna ...

, the lead character ** ''Magnum P.I.'' (2018 TV series), its reboot * ''

Magnum Force ''Magnum Force'' is a 1973 American neo-noir vigilante action thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film ''Dirty Harry''. Ted Post, who had previously worked with Eastwood on '' Ra ...

'' The 2nd of five Dirty Harry movies, starring Clint Eastwood as San Francisco policeman, Harry Callahan. The title refers to Harry's use of a .44 Magnum gun. *

Magnum T. A. Terry Wayne Allen (born June 11, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Magnum T. A. Allen won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship twice and was being groomed for a potential run with the N ...

(born 1959), ring name of professional wrestler Terry Wayne Allen *

Magnum XL-200 Magnum XL-200, colloquially known as simply Magnum, is a steel roller coaster built by Arrow Dynamics at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. When it opened in 1989, it was the tallest, fastest, and steepest complete-circuit roller coaster in the wor ...

, a roller coaster at Cedar Point *

Moses Magnum M-11 Originally known as the Human Robot, the character was given the name "M-11" in the 2006 to 2007 ''Agents of Atlas'' miniseries as an allusion to its first appearance in '' Menace'' #11 from Marvel Comics' 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics ...

, a Marvel Comics villain

In science and technology

Vehicles

* Chevrolet Optra Magnum, a car *

Chrysler LA engine The LA engines are a family of pushrod OHV small block 90° V-configured gasoline engines built by Chrysler Corporation. It was factory-installed in passenger vehicles, trucks and vans, commercial vehicles, marine and industrial applications from ...

, line *

Dodge Magnum The Dodge Magnum is a nameplate used by several Dodge vehicles, at different times and on various markets. The name was first applied to a large Chrysler B platform-based 2-door coupe marketed from 1978 to 1979 sold in the United States and Cana ...

, a car * Dynamic Sport Magnum, a Polish paraglider design * Mitsubishi Magnum, a pickup truck * MV Magnum, MV ''Magnum'', a 1979 Cambodian cargo ship * O'Neill Magnum, also known as Magnum Jake and Magnum Pickup, an airplane * Rayton-Fissore Magnum, an Italian luxury off-roader * TES 28 Magnam, a Polish sailboat design * Renault Magnum, a truck * Vauxhall Magnum, a car * Yakovlev Yak-30 (1960), a Soviet military trainer aircraft

Other uses in science and technology

* Os magnum or capitate bone, the largest of the carpal bones in the human hand * Magnum (rocket), a rocket designed by NASA during the 1990s * Magnum (satellite), a class of U.S. reconnaissance satellite * Foramen magnum, a large opening in the occipital bone of the cranium * Magnum cartridge, a type of firearms cartridge * MIPS Magnum, a type of computer workstation * Multicolor Active Galactic Nuclei Monitoring, a telescope in Hawaii

Other products

* Magnum (condom), a brand of condom manufactured by Trojan * Magnum (ice cream), a brand of ice cream owned by Unilever * Magnum (unit), a 1.5-litre bottle for wine and champagne * Magnum, a 1.5-litre Wine bottle size, size of wine bottle * Magnum hops, used in the brewing of beer * Sharpie (marker) Magnum, a large permanent marker * Magnum engine, a line of Chrysler internal combustion engines * List_of_Magnum_pistol_cartridges, Magnum, a series of pistol ammunition types

People

* H Magnum, French rapper originating from the Ivory Coast * Dave Magnum (born 1962), former political candidate in Wisconsin * Magnum Membrere (born 1982), Filipino basketball player * Magnum (footballer) (born 1982), Magnum Rafael Farias Tavares, Brazilian football attacking midfielder * Magnum Rolle (born 1986), Bahamian basketball player * Magnum Tokyo (born 1973), Japanese professional wrestler * Willie Person Magnum (1792-1861), American politician * Zhang Weili, nickname Magnum, Chinese mixed martial artist

Other uses

* Magnum, NATO code for an AGM-88 or anti-radiation missile launch * "Magnum opus", a work or art considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding skill * Magnum opus (alchemy), the creation of the philosopher's stone