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[edit] Mythology
- Titan (mythology), a class of deities who preceded the Olympians in Greek mythology
- Helios, Greek sun-deity sometimes referred to as "Titan"
[edit] People
- Titan of Brescia, 6th century saint
[edit] Music
- Symphony No. 1 (Mahler), nicknamed "Titan"
- Titán, the Mexican band
[edit] Science
- Titan (moon), largest satellite of the planet Saturn
- Titan beetle, the largest beetle in the Amazon rainforest
[edit] Military
- USS Titan (AGOS-15), a ship in the United States Navy
- Titan (rocket family)
- On 4 September] 1940, HMCS St. Laurent (H83) rescued 89 survivors of the British merchant ship Titan which had been torpedoed by U-47 80 nautical miles (148 km) southwest of Rockall.
- HMH-769 - United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Titan.
[edit] Fiction
- Titan (Imperial Guard), a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guards in the Marvel Universe
- Titan (DC comics), the moon of Saturn, as depicted in the fictional universe of DC Comics
- Titan (Marvel Comics), the moon of Saturn, as depicted in the fictional universe of Marvel Comics
- Titan A.E., an animated sci-fi space adventure movie
- Titan (Stephen Baxter), a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
- Titan (John Varley), the first book in the Gaea Trilogy, by science fiction author John Varley
- Titans (comics), also known as The Teen Titans, a group of DC Comics superheroes
- Titan (Comics Greatest World), a superhero turned supervillain in the Dark Horse Comics imprint Comics' Greatest World
- Titan (Dune), a group of immortal cymeks in Brian Herbert's and Kevin J. Anderson's book The Butlerian Jihad
- USS Titan (Star Trek), a Starfleet ship in Star Trek
- Titans (TV series), starring Casper Van Dien and Yasmine Bleeth
- Titan (Ben Bova), a novel in the "Grand Tour" series
- Titans, an elite counter-insurgency group in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
- Hades God Titan of the Infershia Pantheon from Mahou Sentai Magiranger
- Two dinosaurs called the Titans that were going to be in the movie Terror of Mechagodzilla, but they didn't make it into the movie.
- Titan, a fictional planet of the Warhammer 40,000 computer game
[edit] Finance
- Titan Bank Note - A Bank of England £100,000,000 bank note, of which there are only 40 in existence.
[edit] Geography
- Titan, Bucharest, a neighbourhood
- Titan metro station, located in the Titan neighbourhood of Bucharest
- Titan (cave), in Derbyshire, the largest known pitch in the United Kingdom
[edit] Gaming
- Titan (game), a fantasy war board game
- Titan (world), the Fighting Fantasy Game Books world that was created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone
- Titan (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons race of Outsiders
- Titan (Warhammer 40,000), massive walking war-engines armed with powerful weapons
- Titans (Warcraft), a race of beings that shape worlds in order to encourage the development of sentient life
- Titan (game engine), a game engine developed by Stainless Steel Studios
- Titan (1989 computer game), an obscure Arkanoid/Breakout-clone made by Titus
- Titan (Final Fantasy character), a summoned beast in the Final Fantasy series
- Age of Mythology: The Titans, an expansion pack to the game Age of Mythology
- The titan reactor on explorer-class science vessels in the science-fiction series StarCraft.
- Titan, the strongest upgraded unit of the Tower town in the Heroes of Might and Magic series
- Titans, the largest ship class in EVE Online
- Titans, huge transport and assault vehicles in Battlefield 2142
- Titan, GDI's Medium Battle Mechanized Walker in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
- Crash of the Titans, a Crash Bandicoot game.
- Titans (Crash of the Titans) The lead enemies in the video game Crash of the Titans.
- Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 Titan, aka Oscar, is Raccon City's zombified elephant. Infected with the T-virus, due to the outbreak of Umbrella's viral experiment.
[edit] Sports
- Acadie-Bathurst Titan, hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
- Gold Coast Titans, Australian rugby league team
- Titans cricket team, the Nashua Titans, a South African cricket team based in Centurion and Benoni
- Tennessee Titans, American football team in the National Football League
- New York Titans, former name of the New York Jets, an American football team
- New York Titans (NLL), a team in the National Lacrosse League
- California State University, Fullerton's athletic teams, nicknamed "The Titans"
- The St. John's Jesuit High School and Academy Titans, in Toledo, Ohio
- The Syracuse High School Titan's located in Syracuse, Utah
- Wichita South High School whose mascot is the Titan.
[edit] Companies and products
- Chevrolet Titan, a cabover tractor-trailer truck made by Chevrolet from 1968-1988
- Leyland Titan (B15) and Leyland Titan, Leyland's double-deck buses
- Nissan Titan, a full-size pickup truck for the North American market
- Titan Aircraft, a company specializing in ultralight aircraft kits
- Titan Airways, a charter airline
- Titan Books, a UK publisher of graphic novels
- Titan Cement, an international cement company.
- Titan Corporation, a private military contractor
- Titan Industries, an Indian watchmaker
- TITAN2D, software application; a numerical code for simulating granular avalanches.
- Titan (roller coaster), at Six Flags Over Texas, produced by Giovanola
- Titan (computer), prototype Atlas 2 computer developed in the early 1960s
- Titan, a South Devon Railway Gorgon class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive
- Terex Titan 33-19, largest dump truck in the world, one-of-a-kind, parked in Sparwood, BC, Canada
- Titan Sports, the former parent company of World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc, now World Wrestling Entertainment Inc
[edit] See also
- Titanium, a light, strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant metal
- Titanic (disambiguation)
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