Cannonball
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Cannonball can refer to:
- Round shot, ammunition for a cannon
- Cannonball (Transformers) - Name of the Decepticon space pirate in the Transformers toy line.
- Experiment 520, a character from Disney's Lilo & Stitch: The Series
- Sam "Cannonball" Guthrie, a Marvel Comics character best known as a member of X-Force
- Julian Cannonball Adderley, a jazz alto saxophonist
- Erwin G. "Cannon Ball" Baker, (1882-1960), who travelled across the USA several times. In his honor, the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash (aka "The Cannonball Run") was created. The man and the race have inspired several films:
- Cannonball (film) (1976)
- The Gumball Rally (1976)
- The Cannonball Run (1981)
- Cannonball Run II (1984)
- Speed Zone!
- Cannonball Run World Event Street Race Event
- Frank "Cannonball" Richards, a vaudeville performer whose act involved being shot in the gut with a cannonball
- A 2001 American television program, Cannonball Run 2001
- Cannonball (TV series), a Canadian-made TV series about two truck drivers, produced in 1958-59 and syndicated in the U.S. in 1959-60
- "Cannonball" is a hit song by The Breeders from their album Last Splash
- "Cannonball" is a song by Supertramp from their album Brother Where You Bound
- A diving technique in swimming
- The Cannonball an Illinois Central passenger train routing between Chicago and New Orleans, now designated in modern times as the City of New Orleans
- The Cannonball, a seasonal train operated by the Long Island Rail Road
- Cannonball, a song by Damien Rice from his 2002 album O
- Cannonball (comics)
- Cannonball, an album by Pat Green
- Galileo's Cannonball, the first episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple
