Panther may refer to:

Large cats

Pantherinae Pantherinae is a subfamily within the family Felidae Felidae () is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a felid (). The term "cat" ref ...

, the cat subfamily that contains the genera ''Panthera'' and ''Neofelis'' **'' Panthera'', the cat genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards. *** Jaguar (''Panthera onca''), found in South and Central America *** Leopard (''Panthera pardus''), found in Africa and Asia **** Black panther, a name for the phenotypic genetic variant that forms the black leopard or jaguar * Cougar, a big cat that is not in the subfamily Pantherinae, but is commonly referred to as a panther ** Florida panther, a population of cougar

Art, media, and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Panther'' (film) * ''

The Pink Panther ''The Pink Panther'' is an American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the release of the classic film '' The Pi ...

'', a series of American comedy films mainly starring Peter Sellers * ''Black Panther'' (film), a 2018 superhero movie based on the Black Panther comic books * ''The Panthers'' (miniseries), a miniseries about the origins of the Polynesian Panthers in New Zealand

Video Games

* ''Panther'' (1975 video game), a battle tank-driving game developed for the PLATO system * ''Panther'' (1988 video game), a flight game developed for the Commodore 64 and Atari 800XL/130XE *

Atari Panther The Atari Panther was a cancelled video game console from Atari Corporation that was planned to be the successor to the Atari 7800 and the Atari XEGS. It was developed by the same ex-Sinclair team, Flare Technology, who were previously res ...

, a cancelled video game console, expected to be released in the early 1990s

Other media

* Panther (owarai), Japanese comedy trio * " The Panther (poem)", by Rainer Maria Rilke *

Black Panther (character) Black Panther is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist-coplotter Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in '' Fantastic Four'' #52 ...

, A Marvel Comics character *

Panthers (band) Panthers is an American punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York City. The ''Village Voice'' described them as "groundbreaking dissonant HC ( hardcore) with Rolling Stones swagger." Three members were previously in the hardcore band Orchid. Pant ...

Brands and enterprises

Panther (publisher) Panther Books Ltd was a British publishing house especially active in the 1950s and 1960s, specialising in paperback fiction. It was established in May 1952 by Hamilton's Ltd and titles carried the line "A Panther Book" or "Panther Science Ficti ...

, a publishing house specialising in paperback fiction *

Panther Software is a Japanese video game and software company. Founded in 1987 as Panther Studios Ltd., the company changed its name to Panther Software in 1991. They produced video games for the MSX, Sharp X68000, PlayStation, Dreamcast and Xbox. Video game ...

, a Japanese video game company *

Panther Westwinds Panther Westwinds (commonly known as Panther) was a manufacturer of niche sports cars and luxury cars, based in Surrey, United Kingdom. History Founded in 1972 by Robert Jankel, the Panther company initially manufactured retro-styled cars based ...

, a car manufacturer

People

* Yoshikazu Yahiro, Japanese metal guitarist, known as Panther and formerly as Circuit.V.Panther *

The Panther (Sam Brushell) The Panther was a Mohegan Indian who lived in the Town of Richfield in Otsego County, New York in the beginning to mid 1800s. He was the son of an Indian named Captain John. Biography Brushell's father was known as Captain John; they had a wigwam ...

, Indian who lived in Otsego County, New York in the 1800s *

Anne Panther Anne Panther (born 18 June 1982) is a German FIBA basketball official. In 2016 she became the first woman referee to officiate in the EuroLeague and the only one until the addition of Greek referee Vasiliki Tsaroucha in 2019. Career She spen ...

(birth 1982), German FIBA basketball official *

Clinton Panther Clinton Panther (born 13 February 1991, Port Elizabeth) is a South African field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed with the national team in the men's tournament. He also represented South Africa at the 2014 and 2018 Com ...

(birth 1991), South African field hockey player *

Manny Panther Emmanuel Ugochukwu Ezenwa "Manny" Panther (born 11 May 1984) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for St Johnstone, Partick Thistle, Brechin City, York City, Exeter City, Rushden & Diamonds, Mor ...

(birth 1984), Scottish former footballer

Political groups

* Black Panther Party, a Black nationalist organization *

Black Panthers (Israel) The Black Panthers ( he, הפנתרים השחורים, translit. ''HaPanterim HaShkhorim'') were an Israeli protest movement of second-generation Jewish immigrants from North Africa and Middle Eastern countries. It was one of the first organiz ...

, an Israeli protest movement * Dalit Panthers, revolutionary anti-caste organization founded by dalits in Maharashtra, India *

Gray Panthers The Gray Panthers are a series of multi-generational local advocacy networks in the United States which confront ageism and many other social justice issues. The organization was formed by Maggie Kuhn in response to her forced retirement from th ...

, an American organization promoting senior citizens' rights *

Polynesian Panthers The Polynesian Panther Party (PPP) was a revolutionary social justice movement formed to target racial inequalities carried out against indigenous Māori and Pacific Islanders in Auckland, New Zealand. Founded by a group of young Polynesians on 16 ...

, political group in New Zealand *

White Panther Party The White Panthers were an anti-racist political collective founded in November 1968 by Pun Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair. It was started in response to an interview where Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, w ...

, a political collective founded to support the Black Panthers

Science and technology

* PANTHER (Protein ANalysis THrough Evolutionary Relationships), a biological database of gene/protein families * DR DOS "Panther", the code-name of Novell's Novell DOS 7 * Mac OS X Panther, an operating system

Sports

Professional and amateur sports

Basketball

* GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück, a German women's basketball team * Helsinki Panthers, a basketball club from Helsinki, Finland * ''Les Panthères'', nickname for Gabon's national basketball team. * Soweto Panthers, a South African basketball team

Ice hockey

* Augsburger Panther, a DEL ice hockey team *

ERC Ingolstadt ERC Ingolstadt (''Eishockey-und-Rollschuh club'', ) is a German professional ice hockey club that plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Commonly known as the Panthers, the team plays its home games at the Saturn Arena in Ingolstadt. History ...

aka ''The Panthers'', a German ice hockey team in the DEL *

Embrun Panthers The Embrun Panthers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Embrun, Ontario. They play in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League. Prior to 2017, the Panthers were members of the National Capital Junior Hockey League. History Founded in ...

, an Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League team * Florida Panthers, an American professional ice hockey team based in Miami, Florida, that competes in the NHL * Nottingham Panthers, an ice hockey club in the EIHL

Rugby

* Blackpool Panthers, an English rugby league team *

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrit ...

, a rugby league team in the NRL *

Wests Panthers The Western Suburbs Panthers, often simply referred to as Wests for short, are a rugby league club based in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The club is the oldest in the QRL and despite absences from the top grade in rec ...

, an Australian rugby league team * Western Panthers Rugby Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Other sports

Carolina Panthers The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. ...

, an American professional football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that competes in the NFL and is in the NFC South division *

Düsseldorf Panther The Düsseldorf Panther are an American football team from Düsseldorf, Germany. The club is the oldest extant American football club in Europe, having been formed on 1 May 1978.Michigan Panthers The Michigan Panthers were a professional American football team based in the Detroit, Michigan area. The Panthers competed in the United States Football League (USFL) as a member of the Western Conference and Central Division. The team played i ...

, a former professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan, that competed in the now-defunct United States Football League * South Adelaide Football Club (Panthers), an Australian Rules football team in the SANFL * ''The Panthers'', nickname for Panionios, a sports club in Athens * ''Red Panthers'', nickname for Belgium women's national field hockey team

College and university sports

* Eastern Illinois Panthers, Eastern Illinois University *

Florida Tech Panthers The Florida Tech Panthers are the athletic teams that represent the Florida Institute of Technology, located in Melbourne, Florida, in intercollegiate athletics at the Division II level of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), competin ...

, Florida Institute of Technology * FIU Golden Panthers, Florida International University *

Georgia State Panthers The Georgia State Panthers are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent Georgia State University, located in Atlanta, Georgia. Almost all GSU teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as me ...

, Georgia State University *

Middlebury Panthers The Middlebury Panthers are the 31 varsity teams of Middlebury College that compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The Panthers lead the NESCAC in total number of national championships, having won 34 team titles since the c ...

, Middlebury College * Milwaukee Panthers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee *

Northern Iowa Panthers The Northern Iowa Panthers are the athletic teams of the University of Northern Iowa. The university is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and competes in NCAA Division I (Division I FCS in football). History The school's mascot is t ...

, University of Northern Iowa * Panamerican University Panthers, Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City, Mexico) * Penn State Nittany Lions, Pennsylvania State University *

Pittsburgh Panthers The Pittsburgh Panthers, commonly also referred to as the Pitt Panthers, are the athletic teams representing the University of Pittsburgh, although the term is colloquially used to refer to other aspects of the university such as alumni, facu ...

, University of Pittsburgh * USPF Panthers, University of Southern Philippines Foundation (Cebu City, Philippines)

High school sports

* Permian Panthers, the high school football team featured in H.G. Bissinger's book ''Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream'' (1990) * Barnsdall Panthers, Barnsdall High School, Barnsdall, Oklahoma * Cedar Grove Panthers, Cedar Grove High School, Cedar Grove, New Jersey * Chapman Panthers, Chapman High School (Inman, South Carolina) * Colleyville Heritage Panthers,

Colleyville Heritage High School Colleyville Heritage High School (CHHS) is a public secondary school in Colleyville, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The school is a part of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District and serves freshmen through senior students i ...

(Colleyville, Texas) * Cypress Lake Panthers,

Cypress Lake High School Cypress Lake High School Center for the Arts is a secondary school located in Fort Myers, Florida. Cypress Lake High School is a high school in the South Zone specializing in five arts programs: Music, Dance, Media, Theatre, and Visual arts. Cyp ...

(Fort Myers, Florida) * Edgemont Panthers, Edgemont Junior - Senior High School, Scarsdale, New York * Glencoe Panthers, Glencoe High School (Oklahoma) * Hillcrest Panthers, Hillcrest High School (Dallas) * Lake City Panthers, Lake City High School (Lake City, South Carolina) * Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers,

Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary is a public high school in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and is part of School District 36 Surrey. In September 1993, staff and students from Cloverdale Junior Secondary and Lord Tweedsmuir Se ...

* Middle Township Panthers,

Middle Township High School Middle Township High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Middle Township Public Schools. In ...

, Cape May Courthouse, New Jersey * Midlothian Panthers, Midlothian High School (Texas) * Morehead Panthers,

John Motley Morehead High School John Motley Morehead High School is a public high school located in Eden, North Carolina, serving students in the ninth through twelfth grade. Morehead High School is a part of the Rockingham County Schools school district. History The school op ...

, Eden, North Carolina * Palmetto Panthers, Miami Palmetto High School * Parkdale Panthers,

Parkdale High School Parkdale High School (PHS) is a public high school located in Riverdale Park, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Enrollment was 2,354 students in grades nine through twelve as of 2020. Park ...

* Pine View Panthers, Pine View High School * Pitman Panthers,

Pitman High School Pitman High School is a comprehensive community public high school in Pitman, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Pitman School District. As of ...

, Pitman, New Jersey * Point Pleasant Boro Panthers, Point Pleasant Borough High School, Point Pleasant, New Jersey * Redmond Panthers,

Redmond High School (Oregon) Redmond High School is a public high school in Redmond, Oregon, United States. Notable alumni * Les AuCoin, former U.S. congressman * Maarty Leunen, basketball player * Tom McCall, Oregon governor 1967–1974 * Arthur Tuck, athlete * Jed Weaver ...

* Springboro Panthers, Springboro High School * Spring Lake Park Panthers, Spring Lake Park High School Blaine, Fridley, and Spring Lake Park, Minnesota * Sterlington Panthers, Sterlington High School, Sterlington, and Monroe, Louisiana * The Panthers,

Browning School The Browning School is an independent school for boys in New York City. It was founded in 1888 by John A. Browning. It offers instruction in grades kindergarten through 12th grade. The school is a member of the New York Interschool consortium. ...

, New York, NY * Reitz High Panthers, FJ Reitz High School, Evansville, Indiana * Modesto High Panthers, Modesto High School, Modesto, California

Transportation

Aircraft

Eurocopter AS565 Panther The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) AS565 Panther is the military version of the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin medium-weight multi-purpose twin-engine helicopter. The Panther is used for a wide range of military roles, including combat assault, f ...

, the helicopter based on the Eurocopter Dauphin *

Grumman F9F Panther The Grumman F9F Panther is one of the United States Navy's first successful carrier-based jet fighters, as well as Grumman’s first jet fighter. A single-engined, straight-winged day fighter, it was armed with four cannons and could carry a wi ...

, a jet fighter used by the US Navy in the Korean War * PANTHER, the callsign for

Falcon Air Express Falcon Air Express was a charter airline which was based in Miami, Florida, United States. Falcon Air turned in its certificate to the FAA on June 5, 2015, following the loss of a contract with the US Department of Justice and mounting debt. Falc ...

* Rotec Panther, an ultralight aircraft *

Armstrong Siddeley Panther The Armstrong Siddeley Panther was a 27-litre 14-cylinder twin-row air-cooled Radial engine, radial aero engine developed by Armstrong Siddeley. It was originally named the Jaguar Major.Lumsden 2003, p.72. Applications * Armstrong Whitworth A ...

, a British aero-engine

Land transportation

* Panther (car-boat), an amphibious vehicle * Panther (motorcycle) * Chevrolet Panther, codename for the 1960s car that would eventually become the

Chevrolet Camaro The Chevrolet Camaro is a mid-size American automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, classified as a pony car. It first went on sale on September 29, 1966, for the 1967 model year and was designed to compete with the Ford Mustang. The Camaro ...

De Tomaso Pantera The De Tomaso Pantera is a mid-engine sports car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer De Tomaso from 1971 to 1992. Italian for "Panther", the Pantera was the automaker's most popular model, with over 7,000 manufactured over its twenty-ye ...

, an Italian sports car *

Ford Panther platform The Ford Panther platform was an automobile platform that was used by Ford Motor Company from the 1979 to 2012 model years. Following the downsizing of the General Motors B-bodies and C-bodies by two years, the Panther platform marked the e ...

, a sedan automobile platform * Isuzu Panther, a multi-purpose vehicle *

Leyland Panther The Leyland Panther was a rear-engined single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Leyland between the years 1964 and 1972. A version with a smaller engine was released as the Leyland Panther Cub. History The Leyland Panther was introduced in ...

, a 1960s British single-deck bus *

Plaxton Panther The Plaxton Paragon and Plaxton Panther are closely related designs of coach bodywork built by Plaxton in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, since 1999,Millar, Alan (2007) ''Bus & Coach Recognition'' : Ian Allan Ltd., and still in producti ...

, a coach body *

, a car manufacturer

Military

Iveco LMV Iveco LMV (Light Multirole Vehicle) is a 4WD tactical vehicle developed by Iveco, and in service with several countries. After its adoption by the Italian Army as the ''Veicolo-Tattico-Leggero-Multiruolo'' (VTLM) ''Lince'' ("Light tactical multi ...

, a small armoured vehicle supplied to the British Army branded as the BAE Panther *

Panther tank The Panther tank, officially ''Panzerkampfwagen V Panther'' (abbreviated PzKpfw V) with ordnance inventory designation: ''Sd.Kfz.'' 171, is a German medium tank of World War II. It was used on the Eastern and Western Fronts from mid-1943 to ...

, a medium tank used by Germany in World War II * RG-33, Medium Mine Protected Vehicle, supplied to the US Army as the BAE Panther *

K2 Black Panther The K2 Black Panther (Hangul: K2 '흑표'; Hanja: K2 '黑豹') is a South Korean main battle tank designed by the Agency for Defense Development and manufactured by Hyundai Rotem. The tank was designed to meet the strategic requirements of the R ...

, main battle tank for Korean forces *

Panther KF51 The Panther KF51 is a German main battle tank (MBT) that is under development by Rheinmetall Landsysteme (part of Rheinmetall's Vehicle Systems division). It was unveiled publicly at the Eurosatory defence exhibition on 13 June 2022. KF is short ...

, prototype fourth generation main battle tank.

Ships

* , the name of at least five ships of the Royal Navy * , a German gunboat, which sparked the Agadir Crisis in 1911 * SMS ''Panther'' (1885), an Austro-Hungarian torpedo cruiser * , an Italian ferry in service 1962-68 * , two vessels of the United States Navy * German torpedo boat ''Panther'' (1940), a German torpedo boat of World War II

Other uses

* Panther, Daviess County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community