Bumper or Bumpers may refer to:

People

Betty Bumpers Betty Lou Bumpers (née Flanagan; January 11, 1925 – November 23, 2018) was an American politician, advocate for childhood immunizations, and world peace activist, who served as the First Lady of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975. Together, she and Ro ...

(1925-2018), American activist, First Lady of Arkansas, wife of Dale Bumpers *

Dale Bumpers Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. He w ...

(1925–2016), American politician, governor of Arkansas and senator *

Bumper Robinson Larry Clarence "Bumper" Robinson II is an American actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Damas in ''Jak 3'', Bumblebee and Blitzwing on '' Transformers: Animated'' Rook Blonko and various other characters in '' Ben 10: Omniverse'', and Fa ...

(born 1974), American actor and voice actor * Bumper Tormohlen (1937–2018), American National Basketball Association player and coach

Arts and entertainment

* ''Bumpers'' (album), a rock music sampler by Island Records * "Bumper", a song by Julio Voltio *

Bumper (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a commercial bumper, ident bumper, or break-bumper (often shortened to bump) is a brief announcement, usually two to fifteen seconds in length that can contain a voice over, placed between a pause in the program and its commerc ...

, a short transitional segment * Bumper, a type of obstacle in pinball * ''Hit and Run'' (2009 film), a horror film also known as ''Bumper'' * Bumper, a bulldog in the American comic strip '' The Middletons'' * Bumper the Badger, a character in the video game ''

Diddy Kong Racing ''Diddy Kong Racing'' is a 1997 kart racing game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64. The game revolves around Diddy Kong and his friends' attempt to defeat the intergalactic antagonist, a wizard pig named Wizpig, through win ...

Technology and transportation

Bumper (car) A bumper is a structure attached to or integrated with the front and rear ends of a motor vehicle, to absorb impact in a minor collision, ideally minimizing repair costs. Stiff metal bumpers appeared on automobiles as early as 1904 that had a ...

, a part for absorbing impact *

Buffer stop A buffer stop, bumper, bumping post, bumper block or stopblock (US), is a device to prevent Railroad car, railway vehicles from going past the end of a physical section of Track (rail transport), track. The design of the buffer stop is dependen ...

or bumper, a stopping device on railroads *

RTV-G-4 Bumper The RTV-G-4 Bumper was a sounding rocket built by the United States. A combination of the German V-2 rocket and the WAC Corporal sounding rocket, it was used to study problems pertaining to two-stage high-speed rockets. The Bumper program launche ...

, an American sounding rocket * Bumper (company), fintech platform

Other uses

* , a US Navy submarine * Two game fish in the family Carangidae: ** Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus) ** Pacific bumper (Chloroscombrus orqueta) *

Bumper race National Hunt flat races, informally known as bumper races, are a type of flat racing but run under National Hunt racing rules in Britain and Ireland. National Hunt flat races were created on 15 July 1891 when a conference between the stewards of ...

, a type of horse race * Crib bumper, a cushion in an infant bed *

Bumper knot In fishing, a bumper knot (also known as a bait loop or egg loop) can be used to secure soft or loose bait, including clusters of eggs, to a hook. Instructions The first suggestion for tying the bumper knot is to always keep the loops tight. I ...

, used in fishing to secure bait * , an early type of self-winding mechanism in automatic watches

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