Valiant may refer to:

People

James Valiant James Valiant (17 July 1884 – 28 October 1917) was an English cricketer. Valiant's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born in Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire. The son of a Liverpool butcher, Valiant played Second XI cricke ...

(1884–1917), English cricketer * The Valiant Brothers, a professional wrestling tag team of storyline brothers ** Jerry Valiant, a ring name of professional wrestler John Hill (1941-2010) **

Jimmy Valiant James Harold Fanning (born August 6, 1942) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Jimmy Valiant. Early life Fanning was born in Tullahoma as the youngest of five children of James and Effie Fanning. He later incorpo ...

, a ring name of professional wrestler James Harold Fanning (born 1942) **

Johnny Valiant John L. Sullivan (born Thomas Sullivan; November 25, 1946 – April 4, 2018) was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name, Johnny Valiant. He competed in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which be ...

, a ring name of professional wrestler Thomas Sullivan (1946–2018) *

Leslie Valiant Leslie Gabriel Valiant (born 28 March 1949) is a British American computer scientist and computational theorist. He was born to a chemical engineer father and a translator mother. He is currently the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Compu ...

(born 1949), British computer scientist and computational theorist *

Valiant Swart Valiant Swart (born Pierre Nolte, 25 November 1965), is a South African musician, Afrikaans folk rock singer-songwriter, and actor from Wellington. Career Born in Wellington, he resided in Stellenbosch. In 1977, at 11 years old, Valiant was giv ...

, South African Akrifaans folk singer born Pierre Nolte in 1965

Fictional characters

* Valiant (Caminhos do Coração), a character in the Brazilian soap opera ''Caminhos do Coração'' * Valiant, the title character of the comic strip ''

Prince Valiant ''Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur'', often simply called ''Prince Valiant'', is an American comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stretc ...

'' *

Eddie Valiant Eddie Valiant is the main protagonist of the novel ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'', and the film adaptation, ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''. ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'' In the original novel ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'', Eddie Valiant is a fict ...

, one of the main characters in ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'' and its film adaptation, ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''

Places

Valiants Memorial The Valiants Memorial (french: Monument aux Valeureux) is a military monument located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It commemorates fourteen key figures from the military history of Canada. Dedicated by Governor General Michaëlle Jean on 5 November ...

, a military memorial in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Military

* , various Royal Navy ships * , the first fully British class of nuclear fleet submarines * ''Valiant''-class ship of the line, two Royal Navy sailing ships * , various United States Navy ships * , a United States Coast Guard cutter * ''Valiant''-class harbor tug, a class of US Navy yard tugboats that entered service in 2009 *

Valiant tank The Tank, Infantry, Valiant (A38) was a British tank design of the World War II, Second World War that only reached the prototype stage. Intended to meet the specification for a lightweight but heavily armoured tank for use in the war in the F ...

, a British Second World War tank design * Vickers 131 Valiant, a British biplane bomber * Vickers Valiant, a British jet bomber *

Vultee BT-13 Valiant The Vultee BT-13 Valiant is an American World War II-era basic (a category between primary and advanced) trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps, and later US Army Air Forces. A subsequent variant of the ...

, a World War II-era basic trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps *

Project Valiant Project Valiant was one of two early liquid-fueled missile projects developed by India, along with Project Devil in the 1970s. The goal of Project Valiant was to produce an intercontinental ballistic missile. Although discontinued in 1974 without ...

, a cancelled Indian secret ballistic missile project

Vehicles

* , a customs cutter of the UK Border Agency *

Plymouth Valiant The Plymouth Valiant (first appearing in 1959 as simply the Valiant) is an automobile which was marketed by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation in the United States from the model years of 1960 through 1976. It was created to give t ...

, an automobile manufactured by the Plymouth division of Chrysler Corporation from 1960 to 1976 *

Chrysler Valiant Stellantis North America (officially FCA US and formerly Chrysler ()) is one of the " Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the American subsidiary of the multinational automotiv ...

, an automobile manufactured by Chrysler Australia from 1962 to 1981 *

Velocette Valiant The Velocette Valiant was a British motorcycle produced by Velocette from 1957 to 1963. Launched at the 1956 Earl's Court Motorcycle Show, the Valiant had a 192 cc (11.7cu in) flat-twin engine but was expensive and criticized for its ...

, a British motorcycle made by Velocette

Fictional vehicles

* USS ''Valiant'', the initial but discarded name of USS ''Defiant'', in the ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' series * USS ''Valiant'', a spaceship in the ''Star Trek'' second pilot episode "

Where No Man Has Gone Before "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is the third episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series, ''Star Trek''. Written by Samuel A. Peeples and directed by James Goldstone, it first aired on September 22, 1966. In t ...

Film

* ''The Valiant'' (1929 film), a part-talkie movie starring Paul Muni * ''The Valiant'' (1962 film), directed by Roy Ward Baker * ''Valiant'' (film), a 2005 film about British homing pigeons

Television

* "Valiant" (''Merlin''), second episode of the British television series ''Merlin'' * "Valiant" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), an episode of the American television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and a starship in the episode

Music

* Vince Vance & the Valiants, an American country pop and rock and roll musical group * Valiant Records, a 1960s independent record label acquired in 1965 by Warner Bros.

Literature

Valiant Comics Valiant Comics is an American comic books, comic book publisher. The company was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter along with lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky. In 1994, the company was sold to Acclaim E ...

, a comic book publisher * ''Valiant'' (comics), British comic published between 1962 and 1976 * '' Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie'', a 2005 urban fantasy novel by Holly Black

Other uses

* ''The Valiant'' (play), a 1924 one-act stage play * The Valiants, nickname of the British football club

Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley of ...

Los Angeles Valiant Los Angeles Valiant (stylized as VΛLIΛNT) is an American professional ''Overwatch'' esports team representing the city of Los Angeles, California, although the team is operated in China. Valiant compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a memb ...

, professional esports team of the

Overwatch League The Overwatch League (OWL) is a professional esports league for the video game ''Overwatch'', produced by its developer, Blizzard Entertainment. The Overwatch League follows the model of other traditional North American professional sporting le ...