Rocket Man, Rocketman, etc., may refer to:
Fiction and literature
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''Rocket Man'' (manga), a detective fiction manga by Motohiro Katou
* "
Rocketman!!
Rocket Man, Rocketman, etc., may refer to:
* a person who uses rockets
* a colloquial expression for astronaut
Film, television and audio plays
* ''The Rocket Man'' (1954 film), a comedy film
* ''RocketMan'' (1997 film), a science-fiction come ...
", a chapter of the manga series ''One Piece''
* "The Rocket Man", a short story by Ray Bradbury, collected in ''
The Illustrated Man''
* "Rocketman", an identity adopted by the character Tyrone Slothrop in Thomas Pynchon's novel ''
Gravity's Rainbow''
Film and television
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''The Rocket Man'' (film), 1954 comedy film
* ''
RocketMan
''RocketMan'' (also written as ''Rocket Man'') is a 1997 American comic science fiction film directed by Stuart Gillard and starring Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler, and Jeffrey DeMunn. A partial remake of the 1967 film, ''The ...
'', a 1997 science-fiction comedy film
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''Rocket Man'' (TV series), a 2005 UK drama series starring Robson Green
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"Rocket Man" (''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''), a 2007 episode
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''Rocketman'' (film), 2019 film about Elton John
* ''Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat-Earth'', a 2019 documentary about
"Mad" Mike Hughes
Music
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"Rocket Man" (song), a 1972 song by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
* ''
Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits'', a 2007 album by Elton John
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Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live, a 2007–2010 tour by Elton John
* "Rocket Man", a 1962 song by
The Spotnicks the main melody of which is taken from the Russian song "Polyushko-polye"
* "Rocket Man", a 1970 song by
Pearls Before Swine
A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle (mollusc), mantle) of a living animal shell, shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pea ...
, based on the Bradbury short story
* ROCKETMAN, stage name of Japanese musician
Ryo Fukawa
, also known as ROCKETMAN, is a Japanese comedian and musician. He belongs to Watanabe Entertainment. On television he generally takes minor roles and is characterized by his childlike temperament and boyish looks. He is also a member of the ...
People with the nickname Rocket Man
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Azizulhasni Awang
Dato'
Muhammad Azizulhasni bin Awang (born 5 January 1988) is a Malaysian professional track cyclist. Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he is the first and the only Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the Summer Ol ...
(born 1988), Malaysian track cyclist, nicknamed the "Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature
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Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's sec ...
(born ~1982-1984), the third
Supreme Leader of North Korea
The supreme leader () of North Korea is the ''de facto'' paramount leader of the Workers' Party of Korea, the state and the Korean People's Army. The title has not been written into the national constitution as a separate office, but it currentl ...
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Ryan Newman (born 1977), NASCAR Cup Series driver
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Joe Rokocoko (born 1983), New Zealand rugby union player
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Yves Rossy (born 1959), Swiss aviator and inventor of a fixed-wing jet pack
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Larry Schultz (1950–2011), American founder of Rocket Yoga
Other uses
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Astronaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
, sometimes nicknamed a rocket man
* ''
King of the Rocket Men''
See also
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Rocketeer
The Rocketeer is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books originally published by Pacific Comics. Created by writer/artist Dave Stevens, the character first appeared in 1982 and is an homage to the Saturday matinee serial heroes f ...
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