Geronimo Gerónimo (, ; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands the Tchihen ...

(1829–1909) was a Chiricahua Apache leader. Geronimo may also refer to:

Places in the United States

* Geronimo, Arizona *

Geronimo, Oklahoma Geronimo is a town in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,268 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the to ...

, a town * Geronimo, Texas, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Geronimo Creek, Texas

People

Geronimo (name) Geronimo or Gerónimo is a masculine given name, the Italian and Spanish form of Jerome. Jerónimo is an alternative Spanish spelling of Gerónimo. It is also a surname. People with the name include: Given name * Geronimo (1829–1909), Chiricah ...

, a list of people with the given name or surname * Saint Francis de Geronimo (1642–1716), Jesuit priest and missionary who was canonized by Gregory XVI in 1839 *

Don Geronimo Michael L. Sorce (born September 18, 1958), better known by his stage name Don Geronimo, is an American radio personality formerly featured on the nationally syndicated radio talk show '' Don and Mike Show''. Career Geronimo began his career i ...

(born 1958), stage name of radio personality Michael Sorce * Mic Geronimo, stage name of American hip-hop rapper Michael McDermon (born 1973)

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Geronimo (Kinnikuman), in the ''Kinnikuman'' manga series * Geronimo, the figurehead of the resistance in ''

Colony A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule, which rules the territory and its indigenous peoples separated from the foreign rulers, the colonizer, and their ''metropole'' (or "mother country"). This separated rule was often orga ...

'' * Fatz Geronimo, in ''The Rock-afire Explosion'', an animatronic robot band that played in Showbiz Pizza Place *

Geronimo Stilton ''Geronimo Stilton'' is an Italian children's book series created by Elisabetta Dami and written under the pen name of the title character. Scholastic Corporation began publishing the English version of the series in the US in February 2004. In ...

, in the children's book series with the same title

Films

* ''Geronimo'' (1939 film), starring Chief Thundercloud * ''Geronimo'' (1962 film), starring Chuck Connors * ''Geronimo'' (1993 film), starring Joseph Runningfox * ''Geronimo'' (2014 film), a French film * '' Geronimo: An American Legend'', a 1993 film starring Wes Studi, Matt Damon, Robert Duvall, and Gene Hackman

Music

* "Geronimo" (The Shadows song), a 1963 song by the Shadows * "Geronimo" (Aura Dione song), a 2011 song by Danish singer-songwriter Aura Dione * "Geronimo" (Sheppard song), a 2014 song by Australian band Sheppard * "Geronimo", a 1953 song by

Les Elgart Lester Elliott Elgart (August 3, 1917 – July 29, 1995) was an American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter. Early years Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Elgart grew up in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey with his brother Larry. They were exposed ...

And His Orchestra * "Geronimo", a 1971 reggae single by

Bruce Ruffin Bruce Ruffin (born 17 February 1952)Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall'', Greenwood Press, , p.260 is a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae artist. Biography Ruffi ...

* "Geronimo", a 1956 song by

the Four Voices The Four Voices were a 1950s vocal harmony quartet based in New York that issued a succession of singles on Columbia Records. The Four Voices were Allan Chase (tenor), Sal Mayo (tenor), Bill McBride (baritone) and Frank Fosta (bass baritone). T ...

* "Geronimo", a 1970 song by

Symarip Symarip (also known at various stages of their career as The Bees, The Pyramids, Seven Letters and Zubaba) were a British ska and reggae band, originating in the late 1960s, when Frank Pitter and Michael Thomas founded the band as The Bees. Th ...

as the Pyramids

Ships

* ''Geronimo'' (yacht), a French trimaran * , two US Navy tugs * , a World War II Liberty ship

Other uses

Geronimo (alpaca) Geronimo (6 February 2013 – 31 August 2021) was a stud alpaca that resided at Shepherds Close Farm in Wickwar, South Gloucestershire, England. After Geronimo tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (bTB), a highly publicised controversy erupt ...

, the subject of a failed campaign to prevent his euthanisation * Geronimo (beaver), beaver used in the 1948 Idaho Department of Fish and Game beaver relocation program *

Geronimo (exclamation) ''Geronimo'' is a United States Army airborne exclamation occasionally used by jumping paratroopers or, more generally, anyone about to jump from a great height, or as a general exclamation of exhilaration. The cry originated in the United State ...

, traditionally used by a parachutist upon jumping from an airplane *

Operation Geronimo (disambiguation) Operation Geronimo may refer to: * Operation Neptune Spear, the May 2011 operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan ** Operation Geronimo name controversy, concerning the use of "Geronimo" in the hunt for Osama ...

, several military operations *

Forward Operating Base Geronimo FOB Geronimo is a former Forward operating base located along the Helmand River Valley in Nawa-I-Barakzayi District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It was originally built for 1st Battalion, 5th Marines by Combat Logistics Battalion 8 (CLB8), ...

, a US Marine Corps base in Afghanistan * "Geronimo", the codename for

Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden (10 March 19572 May 2011) was a militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, Bin Laden participated in the Afghan ''mujahideen'' against the Soviet Union, and support ...

during Operation Neptune's Spear *

Apache Geronimo Apache Geronimo is an open source application server developed by the Apache Software Foundation and distributed under the Apache license. Geronimo 3, the current version, is compatible with the Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 6 specification ...

, an open source application server developed by the Apache Software Foundation * Geronimo FM, a radio station in Indonesia * Geronimo Motor Company, an American vehicle manufacturer which produced the Geronimo automobile from 1917 to 1920