# Lion (disambiguation)

The lion is a big cat of the species Panthera leo that inhabits the African continent and one forest in India.
Lion or Lions may also refer to:

## Arts and entertainment
### Films

* Lion (2014 film), a British film directed by Simon P. Edwards
* Lion (2015 film), an Indian Telugu film directed by Satyadev
* Lion (2016 film), an Australian film directed by Garth Davis

### Music
#### Groups

* Lion (band), 1980s American rock band
* Lion, Taiwanese rock band formed in 2016 by Jam Hsiao
* Lions (band), American rock band from Texas formed in 2005
* The Lions (reggae band), L.A. reggae band

#### Albums

* Lion (Elevation Worship album), 2022
* Lion (The Hot Monkey album), 1989
* Lion (Stephen Lynch album), 2012
* Lion (Peter Murphy album), 2014
* Lion (Punchline album), 2018
* Lion (Marius Neset album)
* Lions (album), a 2001 album by The Black Crowes

#### Songs

* "Lion" ((G)I-dle song), a song by (G)I-DLE from Queendom Final Comeback
* "Lion" (Elevation Worship song), a song by Elevation Worship featuring Chris Brown and Brandon Lake, 2022
* "Lion", a Macross Frontier song
* "Lion", a song by Hollywood Undead from their album Notes from the Underground, 2013
* "Lion", a song by Toto from Isolation (Toto album)
* "Lions", from the 1978 Dire Straits album Dire Straits
* "Lions", from the 1984 Tones on Tail album Pop
* "Lions", from the 2008 The Features album Some Kind of Salvation
* "Lions", from the 2009 Tune-Yards album Bird-Brains
* "Lions!', from the 2009 Lights album The Listening
* "Lions", from the 2011 Nothing Til Blood album When Lambs Become Lions
* "Lions", from the 2012 Walk the Moon album Walk the Moon
* "Lions", from the 2013 Adema album Topple the Giants
* "Lions", from the 2014 William Fitzsimmons album Lions
* "Lions", from the 2015 Ben Haenow album Ben Haenow
* "Lions", from the 2016 Coasts album Coasts
* "Lions", from the 2016 Skillet album Unleashed
* "Lions", from the 2017 Chase Rice album Lambs & Lions
* "Lions', by Skip Marley, 2017
* "Lions", from the 2019 Jenny Hval album The Practice of Love
* "Lions", from the 2018 Leon Bridges album Good Thing

### Publications

* Lion (comics), a weekly British comic published from 1952 to 1974
* The Lion (DeMille novel), a 2010 novel by Nelson DeMille
* The Lion (Kessel novel), a 1958 novel by Joseph Kessel
* Lion (magazine), published by Lions Clubs International
* Lion Comics, a Tamil comic book series

### Other arts and entertainment

* Lion (video game), a 1995 computer game
* "The Lion", the first episode of the 1965 Doctor Who serial The Crusade
* Lions (Kemeys), a pair of outdoor 1894 bronze sculptures by Edward Kemeys

## Brands and enterprises

* Lion (Australasian company), a beverage company that operates in Australia and New Zealand
** Bega Dairy & Drinks, formerly known as Lion Dairy & Drinks (when a division of the above)
* Lion (chocolate bar), a chocolate bar
* Lion Air, Indonesia's largest privately run airline
* Lion brand foods, started by D. & J. Fowler Ltd. in Adelaide in the late 19th century
* Lion Brand Yarns, a US manufacturer of yarn
* Lion Brand Stationery, an English stationery company
* Lion Brewery (disambiguation)
* Lion Cereal, a breakfast cereal based on the Lion chocolate bar
* Lion Corporation, a Japanese hygiene and toiletries company
* Lion Ferry, a defunct Swedish ferry company
* Lion Group, a Malaysian company
* Lion Oil, an American company founded in 1922
* Local Investing Opportunity Network
* Lions Clubs International, an international charity/service organisation
* The Lions (agency), Fashion model agency in New York

## Naval vessels

* HMS Lion, any of numerous British Royal Navy ships
* Hired armed cutter Lion, two ships (or possibly one ship) employed by the Royal Navy
* Lion (warship), five warships of the Royal Scottish Navy during the 16th century
* French ship Lion (1804), a French Navy ship of the line
* French destroyer Lion, a 1929 destroyer
* Lion-class destroyer, a cancelled destroyer class of the French Navy

## Places

* Lion, Belgrade, a neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia
* Gulf of Lion, south of France
* Lion Park, a lion wildlife conservation enclosure in Gauteng province, South Africa
* Lion Rock, a hill in Hong Kong
* Lion-sur-Mer, a French commune in the Calvados département
* The Lion (mountain), Tasmania, Australia
* The Lions (peaks), a pair of mountain peaks in British Columbia, Canada
* Shi Islet (Lion Islet), Lieyu, Kinmen (Quemoy), Fujian, Taiwan
* Lions, Friesland, a village in the Netherlands

## People and fictional characters

* Lion (name), a surname and given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with that name
* Lions (surname)
* The Lion, a nickname or epithet; see List of people known as the Lion
* Leo Cantor (1919–1995), American National Football League player nicknamed "the Lion"
* Lennox Lewis (born 1965), British heavyweight boxer nicknamed "the Lion"
* Willie "The Lion" Smith (1893–1973), American jazz pianist
* Lion, a fictional character portrayed by Ajit Khan in the 1976 Indian film Kalicharan

## Sports
### American colleges

* Arkansas–Fort Smith Lions, at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith
* Columbia Lions, the intercollegiate athletic program of Columbia University
* Lincoln University Lions, at Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
* Lindenwood Lions, of Lindenwood University, located in St. Charles, Missouri
* Loyola Marymount Lions, the intercollegiate athletic program of Loyola Marymount University
* Missouri Southern Lions, at Missouri Southern State University
* New Jersey Lions, at the College of New Jersey
* North Alabama Lions, at the University of North Alabama
* Piedmont University Lions, at Piedmont University in Georgia, USA
* Southeastern Louisiana Lions, the intercollegiate athletic program of Southeastern Louisiana University
* Texas A&M–Commerce Lions, at Texas A&M University–Commerce

### Association football
#### Africa

* East End Lions F.C. in the Sierra Leone National Premier League
* Morocco national football team, nicknamed the Atlas Lions
* Nathi Lions F.C., a South African football club

#### Asia

* Iraq national football team, nicknamed the Lions of Mesopotamia
* Lions F.C., a Philippine club
* Singapore national football team or the Lions
* Young Lions FC, an under-23 soccer team from Singapore

#### Europe

* Bulgaria national football team, also known as the Bulgarian Lions
* Livingston F.C., a Scottish football team nicknamed "The Lions"
* Millwall F.C., an English football team known as the Lions
* Sannat Lions F.C., a football club in Malta

#### Elsewhere

* Columbus Lions, a charter member of the World Indoor Football League
* Queensland Lions FC or "Lions FC", Australian soccer club formerly known as the "Brisbane Lions"

### Australian rules football

* Brisbane Lions, a team in the AFL
* Fitzroy Football Club, a team formerly in the AFL, nicknamed Lions (1957–1996)
* Huonville Lions, a club currently playing in the Southern Football League
* North London Lions, a team based in London
* Subiaco Football Club, a team in the WAFL
* Suncoast Lions Football Club, a feeder club for the Brisbane Lions

### Baseball

* Saitama Seibu Lions, a Japanese baseball team
* Samsung Lions, a Korean baseball team
* Tianjin Lions, a Chinese baseball team
* Uni-President Lions, a Taiwanese baseball team

### Basketball

* Lions de Genève, from Switzerland
* London Lions (basketball), from Great Britain
* PS Karlsruhe Lions, from Germany
* San Beda Red Lions, from the Philippines
* Traiskirchen Lions, from Austria
* Zhejiang Lions, from China

### Cricket

* Highveld Lions, a South African cricket team
* Surrey Lions, English county's Twenty20 and Pro40 team

### Gridiron football

* BC Lions, a Canadian football team
* Detroit Lions, an American football team
* New Yorker Lions, an American football team from Braunschweig, Germany

### Handball

* Limburg Lions, a handball team in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands

### Ice hockey

* Finland men's national ice hockey team or the Lions
* LHC Les Lions, an ice hockey team in Lyon, France

### Rugby league

* England national rugby league team, also known as the Lions
* Great Britain national rugby league team or the Lions
* Mount Albert Lions, a rugby league club in New Zealand
* Swinton Lions, a British rugby league club

### Rugby union

* British & Irish Lions, a rugby union team representing the British Isles in international competitions
* Golden Lions, a South African provincial rugby union that operates the Lions (United Rugby Championship)
* Lions (United Rugby Championship), a South African professional rugby union team competing in the United Rugby Championship
* Rugby Lions, an English rugby union club based in the town of Rugby, England

### Speedway

* Leicester Lions, a British speedway team
* Oxford Lions, a British Speedway team based in Oxford, England

## Technology

* LION (cipher), an encryption algorithm
* LION (cable system), a submarine telecommunications cable linking Madagascar, Réunion, and Mauritius
* OS X Lion, a version of Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers

## Transport
### Vehicles

* Lion (automobile), built in Adrian, Michigan, United States, from 1909 to 1912
* British Rail D0260, a prototype diesel locomotive
* Leyland Lion PSR1, a single-deck bus manufactured between 1960 and 1967
* LMR 57 Lion, an 1838 early British steam locomotive
* South Devon Railway Eagle class, a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive
* Stourbridge Lion, an early US steam locomotive built in Britain
* The Lion (locomotive), an 1840 steam locomotive on the United States National Register of Historic Places

### Vessels

* Lion, a ship of the Third Supply fleet to Virginia colony in 1609
* MS European Mariner, also known as MS Lion, a ferry
* Lion (1796 ship)

### Other transport

* Napier Lion, an aircraft engine whose first prototypes were built in 1917

## Other uses

* Lion (Boy Scouts of America), an achievement level
* Lion (coin), a 15th-century Scottish coin
* Lion (color)
* Lion (heraldry), a common charge
* Leo the Lion (MGM), a mascot of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and some of its affiliates
* Leo (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac, known as 'the lion'
* Leo (astrology), astrological sign of the zodiac, known as 'the lion'