Nighthawk (disambiguation)

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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), 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, a music label
• Nighthawks Orchestra, 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
• Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks, American jazz and swing band
• Nighthawks at the Diner, the third studio album by Tom Waits

Sports

• Night Hawk (lacrosse), 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
• Night Hawk (horse), a Thoroughbred horse
• Guelph Nighthawks, a basketball team in the Canadian Elite Basketball League
• Nighthawk (cricket), a variant of the Nightwatchman in cricket
  • Stuart Broad, England cricketer

Aviation

Aircraft

• Supermarine Nighthawk, a 1917 prototype quadraplane fighter
• Nighthawk, a sailplane variant of the Bowlus SP-1 Paperwing glider, designed in 1928
• Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, 1980s stealth military aircraft

Squadrons

• The Nighthawks, nickname of the HMX-1 U.S. Marine Corps helicopter Squadron
• 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron of the Canadian Air Force originally set up as the British RAF's No. 409 Nighthawk Squadron

Other

• Honda Nighthawk, a motorcycle line
• Nighthawk Custom, a firearm company based in Berryville, Arkansas
• Nighthawk (roller coaster), at Carowinds amusement park
• Nighthawk, Washington, an unincorporated community in the U.S. state
• Nighthawk, the common name of Apocordulia macrops, a species of Australian dragonfly
• Nighthawk, A series of Networking Products Manufactured By Netgear

See also

• Nighthawking, illegal metal-detecting