Excelsior may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Literature and poetry

* "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * "Excelsior", an 1877 picture book in verse by

Bret Harte Bret Harte ( , born Francis Brett Hart, August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a caree ...

, published as an advertisement for the Sapolio soap brand * ''Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee'', a 2002 biography by

Stan Lee Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book author, writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Comics which later bec ...

and George Mair * ''Excelsior'' (Macedonski), a book of poems by Alexandru Macedonski * ''Excelsior: Forged in Fire'', a 2007 ''Star Trek'' novel by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin * ''Excelsior'', a 1928 novella by

Paul Morand Paul Morand (13 March 1888 – 24 July 1976) was a French author whose short stories and novellas were lauded for their style, wit and descriptive power. His most productive literary period was the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s. He was m ...

* ''Excelsior'', a 1988 novel by Randall Silvis * ''The Excelsior'', a 1919 novel by H. B. Marriott Watson * "Excelsior" (short story), a 1948 short story by P. G. Wodehouse * "Excelsior" (Whitman), a poem by Walt Whitman

Music

Excelsior Recordings Excelsior Recordings is an independent record label located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The label has over 400 releases. History Excelsior was founded by Ferry Roseboom and Frans Hagenaars under the name "Nothing Sucks Like Electrolux", releasi ...

, a record label from the Netherlands * Excelsior Brass Band, an 1879-1931 brass band from New Orleans * "Excelsior", a setting of Longfellow's poem to music by

Michael William Balfe Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially ''The Bohemian Girl''. After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began to co ...

* "Excelsior!", a concert overture by Wilhelm Stenhammar * ''Excelsior'' (Steven Page album), 2022 * ''Excelsior'' (Slauson Malone 1 album), 2023 * "Excelsior", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins from '' Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts'', 2023

Science fiction

* Excelsior (comics), in ''Runaways'', a support group for former teenage superheroes * USS ''Excelsior'', a Federation starship first seen in the movie '' Star Trek III: The Search for Spock''

Journals and newspapers

* ''

Excélsior ''Excélsior'' is a daily newspaper in Mexico City. It is the second-oldest paper in the city after ''El Universal (Mexico City), El Universal'', printing its first issue on March 18, 1917. The newspaper's headquarters are located at Avenida Buc ...

'', a newspaper published in Mexico City * ''

Daily Excelsior The ''Daily Excelsior'' is an English-language newspaper published in Jammu, a city in the Indian union territory Among the states and union territories of India, a Union Territory (UT) is a region that is directly governed by the Govern ...

'', a newspaper published in Jammu and Kashmir

Other arts and entertainment

* '' Excelsior!'', 1901 short film *

TV Excelsior TV Excelsior was a Brazilian television network founded by Mário Wallace Simonsen on July 9, 1960, in São Paulo, São Paulo. Its last broadcast happened on September 30, 1970, when the Brazilian military dictatorship put an abrupt end to i ...

, a defunct Brazilian television network * ''Excelsior'', an 1881 ballet by Luigi Manzotti *

Excelsior Wet Plate Camera The Excelsior Wet Plate Camera is a type of wet plate camera invented by August Semmendinger, one of the first manufacturers of wet plate photography. Excelsior cameras were manufactured in both New York City and Fort Lee, New Jersey starting in ...

, an early camera model used in the collodion process of photography

Mottos and catchphrases

* "Excelsior" (motto), official motto of the state of New York * "Excelsior!", catchphrase of

, who often used it at the end of his "Stan's Soapbox" column in Marvel Comics * "Excelsior", sign-off of Detroit radio personality Mark Scott * "Excelsior", motto of the Finnish Army's Special Jaegers * "Excelsior", mantra of Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr. in the 2012 film ''

Silver Linings Playbook ''Silver Linings Playbook'' is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell. The film is based on Matthew Quick's 2008 novel '' The Silver Linings Playbook''. It stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawre ...

'' * "Excelsior!", motto of the fictional Weldon Institute in Jules Verne's '' Robur the Conqueror'' * "Excelsior!", one of the catchphrases of Martin Prince, Jr., a recurring character in ''The Simpsons'' * "Excelsior, you fathead!", a catchphrase of former radio personality

Jean Shepherd Jean Parker "Shep" Shepherd Jr. (July 26, 1921 – October 16, 1999) was an American storytelling, storyteller, humorist, radio and TV personality, writer, and actor. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film ''A Christm ...

Sports

Association football

* Excelsior '31, Rijssen, Netherlands * Excelsior AC, a Haitian association football club * Excelsior AC Roubaix, a French association football club * Excelsior Maassluis, a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands * Excelsior Mouscron, a former Belgian association football club * Excelsior Rotterdam, a Dutch association football club *

Excelsior Stadium The Excelsior Stadium, officially The Albert Bartlett Stadium, is a football stadium in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Airdrieonians of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). Since the 2021–22 season ...

, the home of Airdrie United F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division * AS Excelsior, an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion Island * Birmingham Excelsior F.C., a defunct English association football club * F.C. Excelsior, Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional * SV Excelsior, a Surinamese association football club * SS Excelsior (football club), a club from Réunion Island established in 1940

Other sports

Excelsior Stakes The Excelsior Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. A Listed event for three-year-olds and up, it is contested over a distance of one-and-o ...

previously the Excelsior Handicap, an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually * Excelsior Rugby Club, an amateur rugby club in New Zealand * Excelsior of Brooklyn, an amateur baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York *

New York Excelsior The New York Excelsior (often stylized as NYXL) was an American professional Overwatch (video game)#Esports, ''Overwatch'' esports team based in New York City, New York. The Excelsior competed in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the leag ...

, an American professional Overwatch eSports team based in New York City, New York * Brampton Excelsiors (disambiguation)

Schools

* Excelsior Academy, a school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England *

Excelsior College Excelsior University is a private online university in Albany, New York. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and comprises three schools: the school of undergraduate studies, the school of graduate studies, and the school of nursing ...

, in Albany, New York * Excelsior, a common high school and grammar school name ** Excelsior High School (Norwalk, California) (1903–1981) ** Excelsior Public School (Excelsior, Minnesota) (1904–1964) ** Excelsior School, a non-denominational school in

Pasadena, California Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commerci ...

** Excelsior High School, Washougal, Washington

Hotels and restaurants

* Excelsior (restaurant), a former restaurant located in Hotel de l'Europe, Amsterdam * Excelsior, a common hotel name ** Hotel Excelsior, Berlin (1908–1945) ** Hôtel Excelsior, Casablanca (est. 1916) ** Excelsior Hotel Ernst, Cologne (est. 1863) ** The Excelsior (Hong Kong), a former hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Places

Canada

* Excelsior, Alberta * Rural Municipality of Excelsior No. 166, Saskatchewan

South Africa

* Excelsior, Free State

United States

* Excelsior, California, former name of Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California * Excelsior, Georgia * Excelsior (Oak Ridge, Louisiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana * Excelsior, Minnesota * Excelsior, Missouri * Excelsior, Atchison County, Missouri * Excelsior, Nevada * Excelsior, West Virginia (disambiguation) ** Excelsior, McDowell County, West Virginia ** Excelsior, Upshur County, West Virginia ** Excelsior, Webster County, West Virginia * Excelsior, Wisconsin (disambiguation) ** Excelsior, Richland County, Wisconsin ** Excelsior, Sauk County, Wisconsin * The

Excelsior District, San Francisco The Excelsior District is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. Location The Excelsior District is located along Mission Street, east of San Jose Ave, south of Interstate 280 Southern Fwy, west of John McLaren Park, and somewhat north of ...

, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California * Excelsior Geyser in the Middle Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming * Excelsior Mountain (Yosemite), in Yosemite National Park * Excelsior Mountains, in western Nevada in the United States *

Excelsior Springs Excelsior Springs is a city in Clay County, Missouri, Clay and Ray County, Missouri, Ray counties in the U.S. state of Missouri and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The population was 10,553 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census ...

, Missouri * Excelsior Township, Michigan

Transportation

* Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle (Belle Plaine, MN), founded in 1993 * Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company (Chicago, IL), a U.S. motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931 ** Henderson Motorcycle, a division of the above company from 1919 to 1931 ** Excelsior Super X, a motorcycle made by the above company from 1925 to 1931 * Motorwagenfabrik Excelsior, a Swiss car maker in business between 1896 and 1919 *

Compagnie Nationale Excelsior Compagnie Nationale Excelsior, more simply known as Excelsior, was a Belgian car manufacturer established by Arthus de Coninck in Brussels in 1903. The company first started to manufacture cars in 1904. The first models were powered by a two- o ...

, a Belgian car manufacturer existing between 1904 and 1932 * Excelsior Motor Company, a British bicycle, motorcycle and car maker ** Excelsior Manxman, a motorcycle made by the above company * Xcelsior (bus), a transit bus manufactured by New Flyer Industries * Excelsior tank, a British experimental heavy assault tank * St Croix Excelsior, ultralight aircraft * ''Excelsior'', a prototype Spaceship Neptune high altitude balloon gondola by

Space Perspective Space Perspective is a private American aerospace manufacturer which is building crewed high-altitude balloons for Mesosphere, near space tourism. The company, heaquartered in Titusville, Florida, Titusville, Florida, is developing Spaceship Ne ...

* Excelsior (smack), the last surviving fishing smack of the Lowestoft fishing fleet and a member of the National Historic Fleet * ''SS Excelsior'' (ship), one of several steam-powered ships named Excelsior

Nature

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Fraxinus excelsior ''Fraxinus excelsior'', known as the ash, or European ash or common ash to distinguish it from other types of ash, is a flowering plant species in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native throughout mainland Europe east to the Caucasus and Alb ...

'', the scientific name for the European ash tree * Excelsior eight-eight (''Callicore excelsior''), a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in South America * '' Acraea excelsior'', a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in eastern Africa

Typefaces

* "Excelsior", the American term for a three- point font size *

Excelsior (typeface) The Legibility Group is a series of serif typefaces created by the American Mergenthaler Linotype Company and intended for use in newspapers on Linotype's hot metal typesetting system. They were developed in-house by Linotype's design team, led by ...

, a serif typeface well-suited to newsprint

Other uses

* Excelsior (chess problem), a chess problem by Sam Loyd * Excelsior Amusement Park, located on Lake Minnetonka in the town of Excelsior, Minnesota *

Excelsior Brigade The Excelsior Brigade was a military unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Mainly composed of infantry regiments raised in the state of New York (state), New York primarily by former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Re ...

, a New York infantry brigade in the Union Army in the American Civil War * Excelsior Diamond, a famous diamond, once the largest known * Excelsior JET, a Java compiler * Project Excelsior, a high-altitude skydiving project in the 1950s *

Wood wool Wood wool, known primarily as excelsior in North America, is a product made of wood slivers cut from logs. It is mainly used in packaging, for cooling pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as swamp coolers, for erosion control mats, and ...

, commonly known as excelsior, a packing material