A centurion was a professional officer of the Roman army. Centurion may also refer to:

Places

* Centurion, South Africa ** Centurion (Gautrain station) * Centurion Bank, a submerged atoll southeast of Chagos Archipelago * Centuriones, a historical name of El-Kentour, Algeria * The Centurion, Bath, a public house

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film and television

* ''The Centurion'' (film), a 1961 historical drama film * ''Centurions'' (TV series), a 1986 science fiction animated television series * ''Centurion'' (film), a 2010 historical thriller directed by Neil Marshall

Games and toys

* '' Centurion: Defender of Rome'', a computer game * Centurion, a 2013

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released under the N-Strike Elite Mega series

Literature

* ''Centurion'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Simon Scarrow * Éditions du Centurion, a French publishing house * ''The Centurions'' (Hunter novel), a 1981 American novel by Damion Hunter * ''The Centurions'' (Lartéguy novel), a 1960 French novel by Jean Lartéguy * ''The Centurion'', a 1989 novel by

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* ''Centurion'' (magazine), a lifestyle magazine published by American Express * ''The Centurion'' (magazine), a conservative magazine focused on Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Music

The Centurians The Centurians were an instrumental surf rock band started by Dennis Rose from Newport Beach, California. They were active in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their music has been used in at least two films. They reformed as The Centurions in 199 ...

, an American surf rock band, aka Centurions

Military equipment

Centurion (tank) The Centurion was the primary British Army main battle tank of the post-World War II period. Introduced in 1945, it is widely considered to be one of the most successful post-war tank designs, remaining in production into the 1960s, and seeing ...

, a British battle tank * HMS ''Centurion'', the name of several ships and a shore base of the British Royal Navy * Centurion C-RAM (counter rocket, artillery, and mortar), a land-based version of the naval

Phalanx CIWS The Phalanx CIWS (often spoken as "sea-wiz") is a gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats. It was designed and manufactured by the Gen ...

(close-in weapon system)

Plants

* Centurion, a California wine grape; see * Centurion (tree), the tallest eucalyptus in the world, 99.6 metres high

Sport

Centurion (racewalking) The ''Brotherhood of Centurions'' is a club for which racewalkers are eligible who have completed a distance of 100 international miles (160.9 km) in Britain within 24 hours. Its name derives from a popular title from those competitors ac ...

a racewalking competition over 100 miles to be completed within 24 hours *

Centurion Park Centurion Park is a cricket ground in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa. It is also known as SuperSport Park since television company Supersport bought shares in the stadium. The capacity of the ground is 22,000. The Titans cricket team have pl ...

, a South African cricket ground * A batter who has scored a hundred runs in a single inning of a cricket match * Centurions, an expansion team of ACT Gridiron, Canberra, Australia * Leigh Centurions, the former name of English rugby league club

Leigh Leopards The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League. The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern R ...

* A disc golf fairway driver by

Infinite Discs Infinite Discs is an American disc golf equipment retail company based in Logan, Utah. The company also maintains a disc golf scorekeeping app, a course directory, a round tracking website, and a line of discs. History The company was found ...

*Centurions, a nickname for the 2017–18 Manchester City F.C. team

Transportation

NASA Centurion The NASA Centurion was the third aircraft developed as part of an evolutionary series of solar- and fuel-cell-system-powered unmanned aerial vehicles. AeroVironment, Inc. developed the vehicles under NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Se ...

, aircraft * Centurion (bicycle company), manufacturer in Japan *

Buick Centurion The Buick Centurion is a full-size car built from the 1971 through 1973 model years. Replacing the Wildcat as the sporty iteration of Buick's three full-size car lines, it was positioned between the LeSabre and Electra in the lineup. The Centur ...

, car built by General Motors *

Centurion Air Cargo Centurion Air Cargo, operating as Centurion Cargo, was an American cargo airline based in Miami, Florida, United States. History The airline was established as Challenge Air Cargo in 1985 as a subsidiary of Challenge Air Transport. In 1986, the ...

, an airline *

Thielert Centurion The Thielert Centurion is a series of Diesel cycle aircraft engines for general aviation originally built by Thielert, which was bought by Aviation Industry Corporation of China's Tecnify Motors subsidiary and is currently marketed by Conti ...

, German series of aircraft engines *

Cessna 210 Centurion The Cessna 210 Centurion is a six-seat, high-performance, retractable-gear, single-engined, high-wing general-aviation aircraft. First flown in January 1957, it was produced by Cessna until 1986. Design and development The early Cessn ...

, aircraft

People

* Iván Centurión, Argentine footballer * Hugo Pablo Centurión, Argentine footballer * Germán Centurión, Paraguayan footballer * Ezequiel Centurión, Argentine footballer * Ricardo Centurión, Argentine footballer * Diego Centurión, Paraguayan footballer * Víctor Centurión, Paraguayan footballer * El Centurión, stage name of wrestler

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* Emanuel Centurión, Argentine footballer * Feliciano Centurión, Paraguayan visual artist * Pablo Centurión, Paraguayan footballer * Hugo Pablo Centurión, Argentine footballer * Ramón Centurión, Argentine footballer * Diego Centurión, Paraguayan footballer * Paulo Centurión, Argentine footballer * Juan José Gómez Centurión, Argentinian politician * Guillermo Centurión, Uruguayan footballer * Roque Centurión Miranda, Paraguayan playwright and theater director

Other uses

* Centurion (organization), U.S. non-profit organization *

Centurion Card The American Express Centurion Card, colloquially known as the Black Card, is a charge card issued by American Express. It is reserved for the company's wealthiest clients who meet certain net worth, credit quality, and spending requirements o ...

, an American Express charge card *

Statgraphics Statgraphics is a statistics package that performs and explains basic and advanced statistical functions. History The software was created in 1980 by Dr. Neil W. Polhemus while on the faculty at the Princeton University School of Engineering ...

Centurion XV, statistical software