Blackjack is a popular casino-gambling card game. Black Jack or Blackjack may also refer to:

Places

Australia

* Black Jack, Queensland, a locality in Queensland * Black Jack, a civil parish of

Pottinger County Pottinger County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is located to the south west of the Namoi River and Mooki River, near Gunnedah. Pottinger County was named in honour of the first Governor of Hong Kong Sir Henry Pott ...

, New South Wales * Black Jack Hill, near

Gunnedah Gunnedah is a town in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia and is the seat of the Gunnedah Shire local government area. In the the town recorded a population of 9,726. Gunnedah is situated within the Liverpool Plains, a fertile agricultu ...

, New South Wales

United States

* Black Jack (Red Oak, North Carolina), a historic plantation house * Black Jack, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Black Jack, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *

Black Jack, Missouri Black Jack is a second-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in northern St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 6,929 at the 2010 census. A post office called Black Jack was established in 1872, and operated until 1906. The c ...

, a city * Blackjack, Cherokee County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Blackjack, Smith County, Texas, an unincorporated community

People

* Black Jack (nickname) * Ada Blackjack (1898–1983), Inuit woman * Roddy Blackjack (c. 1920–2013), Canadian elder and former Chief of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation of the Yukon Territory *

Blackjack Lanza John Mortl Lanzo (October 14, 1935 – December 8, 2021) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Blackjack Lanza. Along with his long-term tag team partner, Blackjack Mulligan, Lanza was one-half of The Blackjacks: ...

(born 1935), ring name of former professional wrestler John Lanza *

Blackjack Mulligan Robert Deroy Windham (November 25, 1942 – April 7, 2016), better known by his ring name Blackjack Mulligan, was an American professional wrestler and American football player. He was the father of wrestlers Barry and Kendall Windham, father-in ...

(1942–2016), ring name of former professional wrestler Robert Jack Windham * "Blackjack" Hoss Taylor, a professional wrestler from

All-Star Wrestling All Star Wrestling (ASW) is a British professional wrestling promotion operated by Brian Dixon and based in Birkenhead, England. Founded as Wrestling Enterprises of Birkenhead in October 1970, it has also been known over the years as All Star P ...

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Black Jack (manga character), the main character of the 1973 manga series of the same name * Blackjack (''Transformers''), a fictional character in the ''Transformers'' universe *Nickname for Jonathon Randal, a supporting character in ''Outlander'' *John "Black Jack" Geary, the main character in

The Lost Fleet The Lost Fleet is a military science fiction series written by John G. Hemry under the pen name Jack Campbell. The series is set one-hundred-plus years into an interstellar war between two different human cultures, the Alliance and the Syndics ...

series of novels

Films

* ''Black Jack'' (1927 film), an American silent Western film * ''Black Jack'' (1950 film), written and directed by Julien Duvivier * ''Black Jack'' (1979 film), by Ken Loach * ''Blackjack'' (1978 film), an American crime drama film * ''Blackjack'' (1990 film), directed by Colin Nutley * ''Blackjack'' (1998 film), a TV movie directed by John Woo * ''BlackJack'' (film series) (2003–2007), a series of Australian seven TV movies starring Colin Friels

Games and cards

* Black Jack (Hearts), a variant of Hearts *

Black Jack (Switch) Switch, also called Two Four Jacks or Irish Switch, or Last Card, in New Zealand, is a shedding-type card game for two or more players that is popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland and as alternative incarnations in other regions. The sole aim ...

, also known as Switch, a name given to some variations of Crazy Eights in United Kingdom * A

jack (playing card) A Jack or Knave, in some games referred to as a bower, is a playing card which, in traditional French and English decks, pictures a man in the traditional or historic aristocratic or courtier dress, generally associated with Europe of the 16th or ...

from a black suit, a ''jack of clubs'' or ''jack of spades'' * ''Blackjack'' (Atari 2600 video game), a video game cartridge developed by Atari * ''Blackjack'', an NES video game developed by Odyssey Software; See American Video Entertainment

Literature

* ''Black Jack'' (manga), a 1973 manga series by Osamu Tezuka * "Black Jack", a short story by Rudyard Kipling in the collection ''

Soldiers Three ''Soldiers Three'' is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. The three soldiers of the title are Learoyd, Mulvaney and Ortheris, who had also appeared previously in the collection '' Plain Tales from the Hills''. The current version, ...

'' * ''Black Jack'', a 2003 novel by Finnish writer Reijo Mäki * ''Black Jack'', a 1968 historical fiction novel by English writer

Leon Garfield Leon Garfield FRSL (14 July 1921 – 2 June 1996) was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books and scripted '' Shakespeare: The Animated Ta ...

Music

* Blackjack, a 21-note scale in the

miracle temperament George Secor (November 8, 1943 – March 2, 2020) was an American musician, composer and music-theorist from Chicago. He was the discoverer of miracle temperament and eponym of the secor. As an inventor, Secor and Hermann Pedtke's ''Motorola Scal ...

Groups

* Black Jack (Chilean band), a Chilean rock band *

Black Jack (Australian band) Black Jack was an Australian heavy metal/classical band that was active in the 1980/90s. History Blackjack formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1979, releasing a demo that same year and another in 1983. An EP on the Metal for Melbourne label in ...

, an Australian heavy metal band * Blackjack (American band), an American rock band *

BlackJack (Swedish band) BlackJack is a Swedish dansband formed in Sundsvall in 1990. Their most famous hit song with " Inget stoppar oss nu". Throughout the years, the band has scored several other Svensktoppen hits, including "Om det känns rätt" in 1996. The band wa ...

, a Swedish dansband

Albums

* ''Blackjack'' (Blackjack album), by the American band, 1979 * ''Blackjack'' (Donald Byrd album), 1968

Songs

* "Black Jack", by The Hives from '' Barely Legal'' * "Black Jack", by Junkie XL from ''

Big Sounds of the Drags ''Big Sounds of the Drags'' is the second album by the Dutch electronic musician Junkie XL, released on Roadrunner Records in 1999. Reception The tracks "Synasthesia", "Dance USA" and "Future in Computer Hell (Part II)" were included in the vid ...

'' * "Black Jacks", by Girls Aloud from '' Tangled Up'' * "Blackjack", by Airbourne from '' Runnin' Wild'' * "Blackjack", by Aminé from '' OnePointFive'' * "Blackjack", by Death Grips from '' The Money Store'' * "Blackjack", by Everclear from '' Slow Motion Daydream'' * "Blackjack", by Ray Charles from '' Yes Indeed!''

Television

* "Black Jack" (''Jericho''), a 2007 episode of the television series ''Jericho'' *

Blackjack (Fear the Walking Dead) "Blackjack" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series '' Fear the Walking Dead'', which aired on AMC on September 9, 2018 in the United States. Plot The mysterious woman contacts Morgan an ...

, a 2018 episode of ''Fear the Walking Dead'' * "BlackJack", a 2007 episode of ''

SpongeBob SquarePants ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character ...

'' * "Blackjack", an episode of the TV series ''

The Adventures of Ellery Queen ''The Adventures of Ellery Queen'' is the title of a radio series and four separate television series made from the 1950s through the 1970s. They were based on the fictional detective and pseudonymous writer Ellery Queen and the cases he solved wi ...

Brands and enterprises

* Black Jack (confectionery), aniseed flavour chews * Black Jack (gum), a brand of chewing gum * BlackJack (phone), a mobile phone made by Samsung ** BlackJack II (phone), a mobile phone made by Samsung * Blackjack Pizza, a chain of pizza delivery restaurants in Colorado, US

Military and law enforcement

* Blackjack (weapon), a type of baton for law enforcement *

RQ-21 Blackjack The Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack, company name Integrator, is an American unmanned air vehicle designed and built by Boeing Insitu to meet a United States Navy requirement for a small tactical unmanned air system (STUAS). It is a twin-boom, si ...

, a small tactical unmanned air system * Black Jack Brigade, nickname of the U.S.

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (the "Black Jack Brigade") is a cavalry unit of the United States Army based in Fort Hood, Texas. Current Units * Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (HHT) 2nd Brigade Combat Team (2nd BCT) * 1s ...

* Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack), a Russian bomber * VMF-441, nicknamed The Blackjacks, a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron * Battle of Black Jack, a battle in Kansas preceding the American Civil War * National Society of Blackjacks, a High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps leadership program in the United States

Science

* Black jack (fish) (''Caranx lugubris''), a gamefish * Blackjack oak or ''Quercus marilandica'', a small tree * Black jack, often weedy plants of the genus ''

Bidens ''Bidens'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.''Bidens''.
Flo ...

'' from the family of Asteraceae * Sphalerite, a mineral sometimes called black-jack by miners

Sports

* Berlin Blackjacks, a short-lived team in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey * Ottawa BlackJacks, a team in the Canadian Elite Basketball League

Other uses

* Black Jack (horse) (1947–1976), a horse used in U.S. Armed Forces full honors funerals *

Black Jack (stamp) Black Jack or Blackjack was the 2-cent denomination United States postage stamp issued from July 1, 1863 to 1869, is generally referred to as the "Black Jack" due to the large portraiture of the United States President Andrew Jackson on its face ...

, a United States postage stamp * STV ''Black Jack'', a 1904 Canadian brigantine sailing ship *

The Blackjacks The Blackjacks were a professional wrestling tag team. The team consisted of Blackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza. After forming in the 1970s, they wrestled in a variety of professional wrestling promotions, including the American Wrestling Ass ...

, a professional wrestling tag team