A nighthawk is a nocturnal bird. Nighthawk(s) or Night Hawk(s) may also refer to: * ''Nighthawks'' (painting), by Edward Hopper, 1942

Books and comics

* ''Nighthawk'' (novel), a 2017 novel by Clive Cussler * ''Night Hawk'' (comics), a British superhero fictional character * Night Hawk, fictional character appearing in Harvey Comics *

Nighthawk (DC Comics) Nighthawk is a fictional character, a cowboy in the DC Comics universe. His real name is Hannibal Hawkes and he first appeared in ''Western Comics'' #5. In his secret identity, he worked as a traveling repairman. He had a sidekick named Jim Peyton ...

, a fictional cowboy * Nighthawk (Marvel Comics), several characters

Film and TV

* ''The Night Hawk'' (1921 film), British silent drama film * ''The Night Hawk'' (1924 film), American Western film * ''The Night Hawk'' (1938 film), American crime film * ''Nighthawks'' (1978 film), British gay-themed film by Ron Peck * ''Nighthawks'' (1981 film), American crime thriller * ''Nighthawks'' (2019 film), American drama thriller by Grant S. Johnson * ''Nighthawks'' (TV series), Irish comedy

Music

* Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra, jazz band founded by Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders * Gibson Nighthawk, an electric guitar * ''Night Hawk'' (album), a 1961 album by Coleman Hawkins *

Nighthawk Records Nighthawk Records was an American independent record label, founded by Robert Schoenfeld who began operations in 1976 with the release of four vintage post-war blues reissue albums. This series consists of nine volumes of post-war blues recording ...

, a music label *

Nighthawks Orchestra Nighthawks Orchestra is a New York-based musical group, led by music historian Vince Giordano, that concentrates on recreations of the hot jazz and dance music styles of the period between 1919 and the mid-1930s. Recordings by the Nighthawks Or ...

, jazz group led by Vince Giordano * Nighthawks, American rap duo formed by Camu Tao and Cage ** ''Nighthawks'' (Nighthawks album), a 2002 album by the duo * ''Nighthawks'' (Erik Friedlander album), 2014 * Robert Nighthawk, Blues musician (1909–1967) * The Nighthawks, an American blues and roots music band * "Nighthawks", a song by Two Hours Traffic from the album ''

Little Jabs ''Little Jabs'' is the second full-length studio album by Canadian indie rock band Two Hours Traffic, released on Bumstead Records on July 24, 2007. The album was produced by Joel Plaskett, and recorded in Halifax and Toronto. Guitarist Alec O'H ...

'' * Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks, American jazz and swing band *

Nighthawks at the Diner ''Nighthawks at the Diner'' is the third studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on October 21, 1975 on Asylum Records. It was recorded over four sessions in July in the Los Angeles Record Plant studio in front of a small invit ...

, the third studio album by Tom Waits

Sports

Night Hawk (lacrosse) Competitor for Canada Night Hawk was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-spo ...

, Canadian lacrosse player at the 1904 Summer Olympics * New Haven Nighthawks, a former ice hockey team * North Georgia Nighthawks, the athletic program of the University of North Georgia * Omaha Nighthawks, a former American football team * Rochester Knighthawks, a National Lacrosse League team * Thomas University Nighthawks, the athletic teams of Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia * Vancouver Nighthawks (WBL), a former World Basketball team * ''Night Hawk'', a bobsled driven by

Steven Holcomb Steven Paul Holcomb (April 14, 1980 – May 6, 2017) was an American bobsledder who competed from 1998 until his death in 2017. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the four-man bobsled event for the United States, its first gol ...

Night Hawk (horse) Night Hawk (1910 – after 1924) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was unraced as a juvenile and showed solid, but unremarkable form in his first four starts as a three-year-old in 1913 before recording a ...

, a Thoroughbred horse * Guelph Nighthawks, a basketball team in the Canadian Elite Basketball League * Stuart Broad, England cricketer

Aircraft

* Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, stealth military aircraft * ''Nighthawk'', a sailplane variant of the

Bowlus SP-1 Paperwing The Bowlus SP-1 Paperwing was an American high-wing cantilever monoplane, single-seat, glider that was designed in 1928 and completed by William Hawley Bowlus on January 1, 1929. The SP-1 was Bowlus' sixteenth glider, and was test flown at Lind ...

glider * ''The Nighthawks'', nickname of the

HMX-1 Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron responsible for the transportation of the president and vice president of the United States, heads of state, Department of Defense officials, and other VIPs ...

U.S. Marine Corps helicopter Squadron *

Supermarine Nighthawk The Supermarine P.B.31E Nighthawk was a British aircraft of the First World War and the first project of the Pemberton-Billing operation after it became Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd. It was an anti-Zeppelin night fighter operated by a crew of ...

, a quadraplane fighter *

409 Tactical Fighter Squadron 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron (French: ) is a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The squadron operates the CF-18 Hornet from CFB Cold Lake in Alberta, Canada. History The cross-bow in front of the dark cloak represents a weapon used under co ...

of the Canadian Air Force originally set up as the British RAF's ''No. 409 Nighthawk Squadron''

Other

Honda Nighthawk The Honda Nighthawk is the US model designation for some of Honda's CB series of motorcycles. This class includes: * CB250 * CB450SC * CB550SC * CB650SC * CB700SC * CB750 * CB750SC Nighthawk The nighthawk is a nocturnal bird of the ...

, a motorcycle line * Nighthawk Custom, a firearm company based in Berryville, Arkansas * Nighthawk (roller coaster), at Carowinds amusement park *

Nighthawk, Washington Nighthawk is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community on the Similkameen River in Okanogan County, Washington, Okanogan County, Washington (state), Washington, United States of America. It was named for a nearby (and now-closed) mine. Anot ...

, an unincorporated community in the U.S. state * Nighthawk, the common name of ''

Apocordulia macrops ''Apocordulia'' is a genus of dragonflies in the family Austrocorduliidae, endemic to the Murray-Darling Basin in eastern Australia. ''Apocordulia'' is a monotypic genus with only one species, ''Apocordulia macrops'', commonly known as a night ...