Lightning Lightning is a natural phenomenon consisting of electrostatic discharges occurring through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions. One or both regions are within the atmosphere, with the second region sometimes occurring on ...

is an atmospheric discharge of electricity. Lightning or Lightnin may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Film and television

* ''Lightnin (1925 film), a comedy by John Ford * ''Lightning'' (1925 film), a German silent drama film * ''Lightning'' (1927 film), an American film of 1927 * ''Lightnin (1930 film), an American Pre-Code comedy film * ''Lightning'' (1952 film), a film by Mikio Naruse * '' Damini – Lightning'', a 1993 Indian courtroom drama film by Rajkumar Santoshi *

Lightning (dog) Lightning was a German Shepherd from a line of canine silent film stars. A grandson of Strongheart, Lightning was billed as "The Wonder Dog" and "The Marvel Dog". He began life as a runt but grew to be larger than average for the breed, and he w ...

, a German shepherd who appeared in various 1930s films * Lightning (''Tom and Jerry''), an orange cat in the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons *

Lightning McQueen Lightning McQueen is a fictional anthropomorphic stock car and the protagonist of the Disney/Pixar ''Cars'' franchise. He was developed by John Lasseter and co-director Joe Ranft from a story concept by Jorgen Klubien. Lightning's appearances ...

, a character in ''Cars'' and its sequels, played by Owen Wilson * Lightning, a bloodhound in ''

Racing Stripes ''Racing Stripes'' is a 2005 American sports comedy family film directed by Frederik Du Chau. The film was produced by Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Lloyd Phillips and Edward L. McDonnell, based on a script written by David Schmidt, S ...

'' * ''Lightning'', a BBC Two television quiz show hosted by comedian

Zoe Lyons Zoe Ann Lyons (born 3 October 1971) is a British comedian and TV presenter. Early and personal life Lyons was born to an Irish father and an English mother in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Her family soon moved to Ireland, where she att ...

Literature

* ''Lightning'' (novel), a 1988 novel by Dean Koontz * ''Lightning'', a 1984

87th Precinct The 87th Precinct is a series of police procedural novels and stories by American author Evan Hunter, Ed McBain (a writing pseudonym of Evan Hunter). McBain's 87th Precinct works have been adapted, sometimes loosely, into movies and television o ...

novel by Ed McBain * ''Lightnin (play), a 1918 play * Lightning (comics), a list of comics characters **

Lightning (DC Comics) Lightning (Jennifer Pierce) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Not pinpointed with direct reference, Lightning first appears in the miniseries '' Kingdom Come'' in 1996, written by Mark Waid and illu ...

(Jennifer Pierce), a DC Comics superhero ** Lightning, one of the superpowered brothers Thunder and Lightning ** Lightning, a member of the Tower Comics T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents

Music

* Lightning Records, a record label founded in the 1970s * ''Lightning'' (album), a 2012 album by Matt & Kim * "Lightning" (song), a 2011 song by The Wanted * "Lightning", a song by Little Mix from ''

Get Weird ''Get Weird'' is the third studio album by British girl group Little Mix, released on 6 November 2015 through Syco Music and Columbia Records. It was supported by four singles: the UK number-one single "Black Magic", " Love Me Like You", "Secret ...

'' * "Lightning", a song by Charli XCX from '' Crash'' * "Lightning", a song by Eric Church from ''

Sinners Like Me ''Sinners Like Me'' is the debut studio album from American country music artist Eric Church. It was released on July 18, 2006, through Capitol Records Nashville. Singles released from the album include "How 'Bout You", "Two Pink Lines", "Guys ...

'' * "Lightning", a song by

Counting Crows Counting Crows is an American rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of rhythm guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David Immergl� ...

, one of the "Flying Demos" * "Lightning", a song by State Champs from '' Living Proof'' * "Lightning", a song by Supernaut

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

Lightning (Entertainment City) ''Lightning'' () was an inverted roller coaster located at Kuwait Entertainment City in Kuwait City. The ride opened in 2004 and was built by Swiss manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard. ''Lightnings layout was identical to that of the Batman: The ...

, a roller coaster at Entertainment City in Kuwait *

Lightning (Revere Beach) Lightning was a steel roller coaster that operated from 1927 until 1933 at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts. It was one of the infamous Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters which were constructed by noted roller coaster engineer Harry G. Traver i ...

, a roller coaster that formerly operated at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts * Lightning (''Final Fantasy''), the female protagonist from ''Final Fantasy XIII'' * Lightning, a game mode in ''

Bejeweled 3 ''Bejeweled 3'' is a Tile-matching video game, tile-matching puzzle video game developed and published by PopCap Games. It is the fifth game in the ''Bejeweled'' series following ''Bejeweled Blitz'' and succeeds ''Bejeweled 2'' as the latest mai ...

'' * Lightning, the horse of the mythical American cowboy

Pecos Bill Pecos Bill ( ) is a fictional cowboy and folk hero in stories set during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. These narratives were invented as short stories in a book by Tex O ...

Computing

Lightning (connector) Lightning is a proprietary computer bus and power connector, created and designed by Apple Inc. It was introduced on September 12, 2012, in conjunction with the iPhone 5, to replace its predecessor, the 30-pin dock connector. The Lightning c ...

, a power and data bus for Apple iPhone, iPod, and iPad products *

Lightning (software) Lightning is a project from the Mozilla Foundation originally designed as an extension ("add-on") that adds calendar and scheduling functionality to the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client and SeaMonkey internet suite. It superseded the previous Mo ...

, an extension that adds calendar and scheduling functionality to the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client *

GNU lightning GNU lightning is a free-software library for generating assembly language code at run-time. Version 2.1.3, released in September 2019, supports backends for SPARC (32-bit), x86 (32- and 64-bit), MIPS, ARM (32- and 64-bit), ia64, HPPA, PowerPC ...

, a library for just-in-time compilation *

Lightning Network The Lightning Network (LN) is a payment protocol built on the bitcoin blockchain. It is intended to enable fast transactions among participating nodes (independently run members of the network) and has been proposed as a solution to the bitcoin sca ...

, the blockchain payment protocol * Lightning, a public front end to the Salesforce.com platform

Firearms

Colt Lightning Carbine The Colt Lightning Carbine or Colt Lightning Rifle was a Pump-action, slide-action (pump-action) rifle manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company, Colt from 1884 until 1904 and was originally chambered in .44-40 caliber. Colt eventually ...

, a rifle manufactured between 1884 and 1904 * AMT Lightning pistol *

AMT Lightning 25/22 The AMT Lightning 25/22 was a .22 LR-caliber semi-automatic rifle manufactured by Arcadia Machine & Tool (AMT). As is alluded to in the nomenclature, the Lightning 25/22 is functionally a clone of the Ruger 10/22 with the substitution of a larg ...

rifle

People

Nickname

* Lightnin' Chance (1925–2005), American session musician Floyd Chance *

Lightnin' Hopkins Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him No. 71 on its li ...

(1912–1982), American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist Sam John Hopkins *

Lightnin' Slim Otis Verries Hicks (March 13, 1913 – July 27, 1974), known as Lightnin' Slim, was an American blues musician who played Louisiana blues and swamp blues for Excello Records. Biography According to most sources, Otis Hicks was born on a fa ...

(1913–1974), African-American blues musician Otis V. Hicks *

René Hall René Joseph Hall (September 26, 1912 – February 11, 1988) was an American guitarist and arranger. He was among the most important behind-the-scenes figures in early rock and roll, but his career spanned the period from the late 1920s to the ...

(1911–1988), nicknamed Lightnin', American jazz banjoist *

Steve Krulevitz Steve "Lightning" Krulevitz (born May 30, 1951) is an American- Israeli former professional tennis player, and current coach. Playing for UCLA, he was an All-American. He won gold medals for the United States in singles and doubles at the 1977 ...

(born 1951), American tennis player

Stage name and ring name

* Jeff Farmer (wrestler) or Lightning, American professional wrestler * Lightning (''Gladiators'') or Kim Betts (born 1971), English bodybuilder and a star of the UK version of ''Gladiators'' * Lightning (wrestler), Puerto Rican professional wrestler * Lightning, professional wrestler from the ''

Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (also known by its initials as GLOW or G.L.O.W.) is a women's professional wrestling promotion that began in 1986 (the pilot was filmed in December 1985) and has continued in various forms after it left television. ...

Surname

Cody Lightning Cody Lightning (born August 8, 1986) is a Cree actor and filmmaker from Edmonton, Treaty 6, Alberta, Canada. He is the son of film director and actress Georgina Lightning and brother of actors Crystle Lightning and William Lightning. He was a Yo ...

(born 1986), Cree Native American actor * Crystle Lightning (born 1981), American/Canadian actress and musician * Georgina Lightning, Canadian First Nations film director, screenwriter and actress, mother of Crystle and Cody Lightning * Royston Lightning, Australian rugby league player *

Charlie Lightening Charlie Lightening is a British filmmaker. After making videos for various British artists, Lightening began a working relationship with Liam Gallagher, directing several music videos for him and a documentary film, ''Liam Gallagher: As It Was''. ...

, British filmmaker

Places

* Lightning (Atlanta), a former neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States * Lightning Peak (disambiguation), several mountain peaks in Canada and the United States * Lightning Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Sports

Australia

Adelaide Lightning The Adelaide Lightning are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The club is based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia, and will play their home games at the State Basketball ...

, a Women's Basketball League team *

Lightning Stakes The Black Caviar Lightning, registered as the Lightning Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 thoroughbred horse race at Weight for Age, run over a distance of 1000 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in February. Prize mone ...

, a thoroughbred horse race * Pine Hills Lightning, a Greater Brisbane League baseball club

Ireland

Drogheda Lightning Drogheda Lightning was an Irish American Football team based in the town of Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. They played in the second tier of Ireland's American football league system. The team played their home games at St. Oliver's Communit ...

, a defunct American football team (2010–2015) *

Leinster Lightning Leinster Lightning is an Ireland, Irish inter-provincial cricket team. They participate in the Inter-Provincial Championship, Inter-Provincial Cup and Inter-Provincial Trophy. The team is based in Dublin and is managed by Cricket Leinster. Hist ...

, a provincial cricket team

United Kingdom

* Lancashire Lightning, the name for the

Lancashire County Cricket Club Lancashire Cricket Club represents the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire in Cricket in England, English cricket. The club has held first-class cricket, first-class status since it was founded in 1864. Lancashire's ho ...

during one-day matches *

Lightning (women's cricket) The Blaze, previously known as Lightning, are a women's cricket team that represent the county of Nottinghamshire in English domestic women's cricket. Previously The Blaze represented the wider East Midlands region, in a regionalised structure f ...

, a women's cricket team based in the East Midlands * Loughborough Lightning (disambiguation), several teams in Loughborough, Leicestershire

United States

* Buffalo Lightning, former name (1998-2005) of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres Junior "A" ice hockey team from Buffalo, New York * Carolina Lightnin', a defunct American Soccer League team (1981–1984) *

Colorado Lightning The Colorado Lightning was an American professional indoor soccer team, founded in 2008. The team was a charter member of the Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL-Pro), the Second division (at the time of play) of arena (indoor) soccer in N ...

, a Professional Arena Soccer League founded in 2008 * Dallas Lightning, a defunct United Soccer Leagues W-League team (1993–1996) *

Detroit Lightning The Detroit Lightning was a Major Indoor Soccer League franchise which existed for only one season, 1979–1980. The Lightning finished that season at 15–17. The team's home arena was Cobo Arena. On May 28, 1980, at the end of the 1979–1980 ...

, a Major Indoor Soccer League franchise for the 1979–1980 season * Los Angeles Lightning, a professional basketball team in the Independent Basketball Association * Louisville Lightning, a Professional Arena Soccer League team founded in 2008 *

Minnesota Lightning Minnesota Lightning was an American women's soccer team, founded in 2006. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Midwest Division of ...

, a women's United Soccer Leagues W-League team * Oklahoma City Lightning, a full-contact American football team in the Women's Spring Football League *

Rockford Lightning The Rockford Lightning was a basketball team that played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). They were based in Rockford, Illinois. History The Lightning were the oldest team in the CBA, originally existing as the Lancaster Red R ...

, a defunct Continental Basketball League franchise * Stockton Lightning, a defunct indoor football team (2006–2010) *

Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the ...

, a National Hockey League ice hockey franchise *

West Coast Lightning The Inland Empire Ravens is an expansion team of the Women's Football Alliance that began play in 2012. Based in Riverside, California Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States. It is ...

, a Women's Football Alliance expansion team

Other countries

London Lightning The London Lightning is a Canadian professional basketball team based in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, with home games at Canada Life Place. The team competes in the Basketball Super League (North America), Basketball Super League. History The ...

, a Canadian professional basketball team based in London, Ontario * Tel Aviv Lightning, an Israel Baseball League franchise

Transportation and military

Aircraft

* Beechcraft Lightning, an experimental civilian turboprop aircraft *

English Electric Lightning The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor during the 1960s, the 1970s and into the late 1980s. It is capable of a top speed above Mach 2. The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured ...

, a supersonic British fighter aircraft of the Cold War era *

Lockheed P-38 Lightning The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) by the Lockheed Corporation, the P-38 incorporated a distinc ...

, an American fighter aircraft of World War II *

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, supersonic Stealth aircraft, stealth strike fighters. A multirole combat aircraft designed for both Air superiority fighter, air superiority and att ...

, a US/UK fighter aircraft, the Joint Strike Fighter * Sport Copter Lightning, American autogyro

Automotive

Lightning Car Company The Lightning Car Company was a British sports car developer, originally based in Fulham and Peterborough, the company relocated to Coventry and was focused on the development and production of high performance electric sports cars. The compan ...

, a British company that builds electric sports cars **

Lightning GT The Lightning GT was a battery-electric sports car under development by the Lightning Car Company, a London-based privately owned and funded business. The project was initially unveiled to the public in July 2008 at the British International M ...

, the flagship vehicle of the aforementioned car company * Ford Lightning (disambiguation), three pickup trucks made by Ford Motor Company * BSA Lightning, a motorcycle produced by BSA between 1965 and 1972

Rail

* Lightning Route, an early tram service in Montgomery, Alabama, United States * ''Lightning'', a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive on the Great Western Railway from 1847 to 1878 * ''Lightning'', one of the

GWR 3031 Class The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...

locomotives built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915

Ships and boats

* ''Lightning'' (clipper), a clipper ship built by Donald McKay in 1854 *

Lightning (dinghy) The Lightning is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens, as a one-design Sailing (sport), racer and first built in 1938.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Ed ...

, a 19-foot one-design sloop-rigged sailing dinghy designed in 1938 for three-man class racing * HMS ''Lightning'', the name of several Royal Navy ships

Other uses

* Lightning, the mascot of Middle Tennessee State University * Advising Platform Lightning, a military base in Afghanistan operated by NATO * 78th Infantry Division (United States) or Lightning