# Thunderbolt (disambiguation)

A thunderbolt is a symbolic representation of lightning when accompanied by a loud thunderclap.
Thunderbolt or Thunderbolts may also refer to:

## People and characters
### People

* Bayezid I (fl. 1389-1402), nicknamed Yıldırım ("Thunderbolt"), Ottoman sultan
* Captain Thunderbolt (1833–1870), Australian bushranger
* Georgios Kondylis (1878–1936), nicknamed Keravnos ("Thunderbolt"), Greek general and prime minister
* Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł (1547–1603), prince of the Holy Roman Empire and nobleman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
* Ptolemy Keraunos (fl. 281-279 BC), King of Macedonia
* Thunderbolt Gibbons (fl. 1820), Irish leader of the secret Whiteboys agrarian organization
* Thunderbolt Patterson (born 1941), American professional wrestler
* Thunderbolt, professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

### Fictional characters

* The Thunderbolt, a pulp fiction character created by Johnston McCulley (1883-1958)
* Colonel Volgin, also known as "Thunderbolt", a character in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
* Thunderbolt (DC Comics), a comics character related to the character Johnny Thunder
* Thunderbolt (Marvel Comics), either of two comics characters
* Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt, a Charlton Comics character
* Thunderbolt Ross, a comics character
* Thunderbolt Jaxon, a comics character
* Thunderbolt, a peregrine falcon in the 2024 animated film The Wild Robot

## Places
### U.S. places

* Thunderbolt, Georgia
* Thunderbolt Peak, California
* Thunderbolt Wreck, a dive site off the coast of Florida
* Thunderbolt Trail, a historic backcountry ski trail in Massachusetts

## Arts, entertainment, media
### Literature

* Thunderbolts (comics), a Marvel Comics comic book team
** Thunderbolts (comic book), Marvel Comics comic book titles
* Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt, a Charlton Comics and DC Comics comic book title
* Thunderbolt, a publication of the U.S. National States' Rights Party

### Films

* Thunderbolt (1910 film), an Australian "outlaw" film
* Thunderbolt (1929 film), an American noir film directed by Josef von Sternberg
* Thunderbolt (1947 film), an American World War II documentary
* Captain Thunderbolt (film), 1953 Australian "outlaw" film
* Thunderbolt (1995 film), starring Jackie Chan
* Thunderbolts*, a Marvel Studios film planned for release in 2025
* The Thunderbolt (1912 film), an American short drama film
* The Thunderbolt (1919 film), an American drama film
* Quentin Tarantino's Thunderbolt, the fictitious "original title" of the film Death Proof

### Music

* Thunderbolt (band), a Norwegian heavy metal band

#### Albums

* Thunderbolt (album), by Saxon
* Thunderbolt - A Tribute To AC/DC, see list of AC/DC tribute albums

#### Songs

* "Thunderbolt", a song by Björk from Biophilia
* "Thunderbolt", a song by BWO from Big Science
* "Thunderbolt", a song by Dozer from Madre de Dios
* "Thunderbolt", a song by Saxon from the eponymous album Thunderbolt (album)
* "Thunderbolt", a song by Valensia from Valensia II (also known as K.O.S.M.O.S)

## Military

* Thunderbolt-2000, a Republic of China (Taiwan) Army rocket launcher system
* Thunderbolt, a test bed variant of the M8 Armored Gun System
* SC-76 Thunderbolt, a British bolt-action rifle

### Organizations

* Legio XII Fulminata, a Roman legion named for the Latin word for Thunderbolt
* 11th Armored Division (United States), nicknamed "Thunderbolt"
* Sa'ka Forces (thunderbolt), an Egyptian military commando force
* As-Sa'iqa (thunderbolt), a Palestinian Ba'athist political and military faction
* Al-Saiqa (Libya) (thunderbolt), a special forces unit
* The Thunderbolts, the former aerobatic demonstration team of the Indian Air Force

### Ships

* HMS Thunderbolt, any of several Royal Navy vessels
* USS Thunderbolt, a U.S. Navy patrol ship
* The Thunderbolt, English nickname of the FS Tonnere (L9014) (French: Tonnere, lit. 'Thunder'), a French Navy helicopter carrier amphibious assault tender-carrier-ship

### Aircraft

* Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, an American ground support aircraft
* HESA Saeqeh ("Thunderbolt"), an Iranian fighter aircraft based on the American Northrop F-5
* Mitsubishi J2M Raiden ("Thunderbolt"), a Japanese land-based fighter
* Macchi C.202 Folgore (Italian "thunderbolt"), a WWII Italian fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by Macchi Aeronautica
* Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a United States Army Air Force fighter aircraft
* Saab 37 Viggen, also known as Thunderbolt, a Swedish fighter and attack aircraft

## Roller coasters

* Thunderbolt (Celebration City), in Branson, Missouri
* Thunderbolt (1925 roller coaster), defunct, at Coney Island, New York
* Thunderbolt (2014 roller coaster), at Coney Island, New York
* Thunderbolt (Dreamworld), defunct, in Queensland, Australia
* Thunderbolt (Kennywood), in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
* Thunderbolt (Savin Rock), defunct, in West Haven, Connecticut
* Thunderbolt (Six Flags New England), in Agawam, Massachusetts

## Sports teams

* Windy City ThunderBolts, a Frontier League baseball team in Crestwood, Illinois
* Silver Spring–Takoma Thunderbolts, a Maryland collegiate summer baseball team
* The Thunderbolts, nickname of the Australia national rugby sevens team second team

## Technology

* Thunderbolt (interface), a computer peripheral connector
** Apple Thunderbolt Display, a computer monitor
* HTC ThunderBolt, a cell phone

## Transportation

* Thunderbolt (car), British land speed record holder of the 1930s
* Thunderbolt, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive
* Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt, an experimental automobile built in 1964
* BSA Thunderbolt, a British motorcycle manufactured between 1964 and 1972

## Other uses

* Thunderbolt (siren), an outdoor emergency warning siren
* Love at first sight, often characterized as a "thunderbolt"
* Lampropeltis getula, a snake species also known as thunderbolt