Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

(1769–1821) also known as Napoleon Bonaparte or Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor. Napoleon, Napoléon, Napoleón, Napoleone, or Napoleonic may also refer to: * Napoleon (given name), a given name, including list of people and characters with the name *

Napoleone Napoleone is an Italian male given name. St. Napoleone of Alexandria, alternatively rendered as ''Neopulus'', ''Neopolus'', ''Neopolis'' or ''Neópolo'', whose feast day is August 15, was martyred during the early fourth century during the Diocleti ...

, an Italian masculine given name

Fictional characters

* Napoleon (''Animal Farm''), the main antagonist of George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'' * Napoleon, a bloodhound in '' The Aristocats'' * Napoleon, a character in ''

My Uncle Napoleon ''My Uncle Napoleon'' ( fa, دایی جان ناپلئون, italic=yes, ''Dâ'i jân Nâpel'on'', literal translation: ''Dear Uncle Napoleon'') is a coming of age novel by Iranian author Iraj Pezeshkzad published in Tehran in Persian in 1973. The ...

'' * Napoleon, a nickname given to Captain Mainwaring by Chief ARP Warden Hodges in ''Dad's Army''

Film, stage, and television

* ''Napoléon'' (1927 film), a French silent film by Abel Gance * ''Napoleon'' (1951 film), an Italian film by Carlo Borghesio * ''Napoléon'' (1955 film), a French historical epic by Sacha Guitry * ''Napoleon'' (1995 film), an Australian film by Mario Andreacchio * ''Napoleon'' (2007 film), a British made-for-TV film * ''Napoleon'' (2023 film), an American film by Ridley Scott * ''Napoléon'' (miniseries), a 2002 historical miniseries * ''Napoleon'' (musical) *''Napoleon'', an unrealized project of Stanley Kubrick

Games

Board games

* ''Napoleon'' (board game), a 1974 board game about the Waterloo campaign *

Napoleon Gambit The Scotch Game, or Scotch Opening, is a chess opening that begins with the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. Nf3 Nc6 :3. d4 Ercole del Rio, in his 1750 treatise ''Sopra il giuoco degli Scacchi, Osservazioni pratiche d’anonimo Autore Modenese'' ("On t ...

, a variation of the Scotch Game chess opening *

Napoleon Opening The Napoleon Opening is an irregular chess opening starting with the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. Qf3 As with the similar Danvers Opening (2.Qh5), White hopes for the Scholar's mate (2...Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qxf7), but Black can easily avoid the attack. ...

, a chess opening

Card games

Napoleon (card game) Napoleon or Nap is a straightforward trick-taking game in which players receive five cards each and whoever bids the highest number of tricks chooses trumps and tries to win at least that number of tricks. It resembles a simplified version of Euch ...

, a trick-taking card game *

Napoleon at St Helena Napoleon at St Helena is a 2-deck patience or solitaire card game for one player. It is quite difficult to win, and luck-of-the-draw is a significant factor. The Emperor Napoleon often played patience during his final exile to the island of St H ...

, a two-deck patience or solitaire * Napoleon, a single-deck patience or solitaire more commonly known as Freecell *

Napoleon's Square Napoleon's Square is a patience or solitaire card game which uses two decks of playing cards. First described in a revised edition of ''Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Patience or Solitaire'' in the early 1900s (as Le Carré Napoleon), it is ...

, a patience or solitaire

Video or PC games

* ''Napoleon'' (video game), a 2001 Game Boy Advance game * '' Napoleon: Total War'', a strategy game for the PC * ''Napoleon'', a real-time strategy game for Windows * ''Napoleon'', a video game published by Enix

Music

* Napoleon (band), a British metalcore band * ''Napoleonic'' (EP), an EP by The Four Hundred * "Napoleon", a song by Ani DiFranco from '' Dilate'' *

Napoleon XIV Jerrold "Jerry" Samuels (born May 3, 1938) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Under the pseudonym Napoleon XIV, he achieved one-hit wonder status with the Top 5 hit novelty song "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" in ...

, stage name of singer Jerry Samuels *

José María Napoleón José María Napoleón Ruiz Narváez (born August 18, 1948) is a Mexican singer and composer. Life He arrived from Aguascalientes to Mexico City in 1966. He competed in the national Méxican OTI Festival, the National final to select the Mexi ...

, Mexican singer and composer

People

Napoleon II , house = Bonaparte , father = Napoleon I, Emperor of the French , mother = Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma , birth_date = , birth_place = Tuileries Palace, Paris, French Empire ...

(1811–1832), son of Napoleon I *

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...

(1808–1873), last monarch and first president of France, son of Napoleon I's brother Louis * Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856–1879), the only child of Emperor Napoleon III *

Prince Napoléon Bonaparte A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

(1822-1891), son of Napoleon I's brother Jérôme *

Napoléon, comte Daru Napoléon, comte Daru (11 June 1807 – 20 February 1890), was a French soldier and politician. Career Napoléon Daru was born on 12 June 1807 in Paris. He was the son of Pierre Daru and godson of Napoleon and Joséphine de Beauharnais, Josép ...

(1807–1890), French soldier and politician, godson of Napoléon * Napoleon A. L'Herault (1882-1932), American lawyer and politician *

Napoleon (actor) Kumaresan Duraisamy (born 2 December 1963), known professionally by his stage name Napoleon, is an Indian actor, politician and entrepreneur. He was the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Sin ...

(born 1963), Tamil film actor *

Napoleon (rapper) Mutah Wassin Shabazz Beale (born October 7, 1977), better known as Napoleon, is an American former rapper of Tupac's rap group Outlawz. He has since converted to Islam and is now a motivational speaker.Mona Moussly (2009)Hip hop don't stop as ...

(born 1977), American rapper *

Napoleon Bonaparte (police officer) Napoleon Bonaparte (born 26 October 1965) is an Indonesian police officer who last served as the Head of the International Division of the Indonesian National Police. Following his involvement in the Djoko Tjandra scandal, he was removed from ...

(born 1965), Indonesian police officer

Places

Australia

* Napoleons, Victoria

Poland

Napoleon, Silesian Voivodeship Napoleon is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipie, within Kłobuck County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Lipie, north-west of Kłobuck, and north of the regional capital Katowice. Re ...

United States

Napoleon, Arkansas Napoleon was a river port and the county seat of Desha County, Arkansas, from 1838 to 1874. It was located at the confluence of the Arkansas and the Mississippi rivers. The town was badly damaged during the American Civil War and then finally ab ...

Napoleon, Indiana Napoleon is a town in Jackson Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 234 at the 2010 census. History Napoleon was laid out in 1820. The town was named in honor of Napoleon (1769–1821), a French General and Em ...

* Napoleon, Kentucky *

Napoleon, Michigan Napoleon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the CDP was 1,258 at the 2010 census. It is located within Napoleon Township. Geography According to t ...

Napoleon, Mississippi Napoleon is an unincorporated community located on the Pearl River in Hancock County, Mississippi, United States. A post office operated under the name Napoleon from 1847 to 1905. After the post office closed, mail was routed to the post office i ...

* Napoleon, Missouri *

Napoleon, North Dakota Napoleon is a city in Logan County, North Dakota, Logan County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Logan County. The population was 749 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Napoleon was founded in 1886 and na ...

* Napoleon, Ohio * Napoleon Township (disambiguation)

Ships

* ''Napoléon''-class ship of the line, a class of ship of the French Navy * French ship ''Napoléon'', a French Navy ship name * French battleship ''Napoléon'', a French ship of the line commissioned in 1850 * MV ''Napoleon'', a British ship * ''Corse'' (ship) or ''Napoléon'', a French schooner ship

Other uses

* Napoléon (coin) * Napoleon (gun), a cannon * Napoleon, a grade of cognac * Napoleon (pastry) or Mille-feuille, a French pastry * Napoleon sweets, small Belgian sweet * Humphead wrasse or Napoleon fish * ''Napoleone'', a comics series published by

Sergio Bonelli Editore Sergio Bonelli Editore (formerly CEPIM and other names) is a publishing house of Italian comics founded in 1940 by Gian Luigi Bonelli (1908–2001). It takes its name from its former president, comic book writer Sergio Bonelli (1932–2011), son of ...

* Napoleonic collar, a kind of turnover collar *

Napoleon (company) Wolf Steel Ltd., better known as Napoleon, is the largest Privately held company, privately-owned manufacturer of Fireplace, fireplaces, Grilling, grills, and gas Furnace (house heating), furnaces in North America. Based in Barrie, Ontario, Napo ...

, a manufacturer of fireplaces and grills * Napoleonic (Fabergé egg)