Wikipedia / Sampson
Wikipedia / Sampson
Sampson may refer to:
Military
, several Royal Navy ships
, several US Navy ships
Sampson-class destroyer, a World War I US Navy class
Sampson Air Force Base, near Seneca Lake, New York, closed in 1956
SAMPSON, a multi-function radar system for warships
Sampson Medal, a military decoration of the United States Navy
Places
Australia
Sampson Flat, South Australia, a locality
Byzantine Empire
Alternative Greek name in the 13th century CE for Priene, after the biblical hero
United States
Sampson City, Florida, an unincorporated community
Sampson's Island (Massachusetts), an uninhabited barrier island
Sampsons Pond, Carver, Massachusetts
Sampson, Missouri, an unincorporated community
Sampson State Park, Seneca County, New York, at one time Sampson Air Force Base
Sampson, Wisconsin, a town
Sampson, Oconto County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Other places
Saint Sampson, Guernsey, a parish of Guernsey, Channel Islands
St Sampson, Cornwall, a civil parish in England
People
Sampson the Hospitable (6th century), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches
Sampson (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
Sampson (given name), a list of historical and Biblical figures and fictional characters
Other uses
Sampson (automobile), American automobile manufactured in 1904
Sampson (horse), a shire horse that is the tallest horse on record
Sampson, an American merchant ship involved in the 1793 Sampson Incident
Locomotive Sampson, built 1855, one of the four South Devon Railway Tornado class steam locomotives
SS Admiral Sampson, an American-flagged cargo and passenger steamship, 1898–1914
St Sampson's Church, Golant, Cornwall, England
, an English vessel in 1527