Excelsior may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Literature and poetry

* "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * "Excelsior", an 1877 picture book in verse by

Bret Harte Bret Harte ( , born Francis Brett Hart, August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a caree ...

, published as an advertisement for the Sapolio soap brand * ''Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee'', a 2002 biography by

Stan Lee Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book author, writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Comics which later bec ...

and George Mair * ''Excelsior'' (Macedonski), a book of poems by Alexandru Macedonski * ''Excelsior: Forged in Fire'', a 2007 ''Star Trek'' novel by

Andy Mangels Andy Mangels (born December 2, 1966) is an American science fiction author who has written novels, comic books, and magazine articles, and produced DVD collections, mostly focusing on media in popular culture. As an openly gay man,Paul Morand Paul Morand (13 March 1888 – 24 July 1976) was a French author whose short stories and novellas were lauded for their style, wit and descriptive power. His most productive literary period was the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s. He was m ...

* ''Excelsior'', a 1988 novel by Randall Silvis * ''The Excelsior'', a 1919 novel by H. B. Marriott Watson * "Excelsior" (short story), a 1948 short story by P. G. Wodehouse * "Excelsior" (Whitman), a poem by Walt Whitman

Music

Excelsior Recordings Excelsior Recordings is an independent record label located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The label has over 400 releases. History Excelsior was founded by Ferry Roseboom and Frans Hagenaars under the name "Nothing Sucks Like Electrolux", releasi ...

, a record label from the Netherlands *

Excelsior Brass Band The Excelsior Brass Band was a brass band from New Orleans active between 1879 and 1931. It was one of the earliest recognized brass bands on the New Orleans jazz scene. The Excelsior was founded in 1879 by Théogène Baquet, who led it until ...

, an 1879-1931 brass band from New Orleans * "Excelsior", a setting of Longfellow's poem to music by

Michael William Balfe Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially ''The Bohemian Girl''. After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began to co ...

* "Excelsior!", a concert overture by

Wilhelm Stenhammar Carl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar (February 7, 1871 – November 20, 1927) was a Swedish composer, conductor and pianist. Biography Stenhammar was born in Stockholm to and . His brother was the architect Ernst Stenhammar. He received his first m ...

* ''Excelsior'' (Steven Page album), 2022 * ''Excelsior'' (Slauson Malone 1 album), 2023 * "Excelsior", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins from '' Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts'', 2023

Science fiction

Excelsior (comics) Loners (originally named Excelsior) are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published Marvel Comics. They first appeared in the pages of '' Runaways''. The group consists of a Los Angeles–based support group for former teenage su ...

, in ''Runaways'', a support group for former teenage superheroes * USS ''Excelsior'', a Federation starship first seen in the movie '' Star Trek III: The Search for Spock''

Journals and newspapers

* ''

Excélsior ''Excélsior'' is a daily newspaper in Mexico City. It is the second-oldest paper in the city after ''El Universal (Mexico City), El Universal'', printing its first issue on March 18, 1917. The newspaper's headquarters are located at Avenida Buc ...

'', a newspaper published in Mexico City * ''

Daily Excelsior The ''Daily Excelsior'' is an English-language newspaper published in Jammu, a city in the Indian union territory Among the states and union territories of India, a Union Territory (UT) is a region that is directly governed by the Govern ...

'', a newspaper published in Jammu and Kashmir

Other arts and entertainment

* ''

Excelsior! ''Excelsior!'', released in the United Kingdom as ''The Prince of Magicians'', is a 1901 French silent comedy trick film, directed by Georges Méliès Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( , ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magi ...

'', 1901 short film *

TV Excelsior TV Excelsior was a Brazilian television network founded by Mário Wallace Simonsen on July 9, 1960, in São Paulo, São Paulo. Its last broadcast happened on September 30, 1970, when the Brazilian military dictatorship put an abrupt end to i ...

, a defunct Brazilian television network * ''Excelsior'', an 1881 ballet by

Luigi Manzotti Luigi Manzotti (2 February 1835 – 15 March 1905) was an Italian mime dancer and choreography, choreographer.''Oxford Dictionary of Dance'' (2004) Oxford University Press Born in Milan, Manzotti created his first ballet in 1858, and his subseq ...

Excelsior Wet Plate Camera The Excelsior Wet Plate Camera is a type of wet plate camera invented by August Semmendinger, one of the first manufacturers of wet plate photography. Excelsior cameras were manufactured in both New York City and Fort Lee, New Jersey starting in ...

, an early camera model used in the collodion process of photography

Mottos and catchphrases

* "Excelsior" (motto), official motto of the state of New York * "Excelsior!", catchphrase of

, who often used it at the end of his "Stan's Soapbox" column in Marvel Comics * "Excelsior", sign-off of Detroit radio personality Mark Scott * "Excelsior", motto of the Finnish Army's

Special Jaegers The Utti Jaeger Regiment (, () Special jaegers) is the Finnish Army training and development centre for special forces and helicopter operations in charge of the Army Special Forces Unit and the Special Forces Qualification Course. Function Reg ...

* "Excelsior", mantra of Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr. in the 2012 film ''

Silver Linings Playbook ''Silver Linings Playbook'' is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell. The film is based on Matthew Quick's 2008 novel '' The Silver Linings Playbook''. It stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawre ...

'' * "Excelsior!", motto of the fictional Weldon Institute in Jules Verne's ''

Robur the Conqueror ''Robur the Conqueror'' () is a science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1886. It is also known as ''The Clipper of the Clouds''. It has a sequel, '' Master of the World'', which was published in 1904. Plot summary The story begins ...

'' * "Excelsior!", one of the catchphrases of Martin Prince, Jr., a recurring character in ''The Simpsons'' * "Excelsior, you fathead!", a catchphrase of former radio personality

Jean Shepherd Jean Parker "Shep" Shepherd Jr. (July 26, 1921 – October 16, 1999) was an American storytelling, storyteller, humorist, radio and TV personality, writer, and actor. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film ''A Christm ...

Sports

Association football

Excelsior '31 Sportvereniging Excelsior '31 is a football club from Rijssen, Netherlands. It was founded on 31 May 1931. It plays Hoofdklasse since 2014, when it relegated from the Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the f ...

, Rijssen, Netherlands * Excelsior AC, a Haitian association football club *

Excelsior AC Roubaix Excelsior Athlétic Club was a French association football team playing in the city of Roubaix, Nord. History The team was founded in 1928 in a merger between Football Club de Roubaix and Excelsior Club de Tourcoing. In 1932, the team turne ...

, a French association football club *

Excelsior Maassluis Excelsior Maassluis is a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands, founded in 1918. The club's home ground is the 5,000 capacity arena known as Sportpark Dijkpolder. History Excelsior won the Hoofdklasse of 2013 and became champions of the T ...

, a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands * Excelsior Mouscron, a former Belgian association football club *

Excelsior Rotterdam Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste Divisie in the 2024– ...

, a Dutch association football club *

Excelsior Stadium The Excelsior Stadium, officially The Albert Bartlett Stadium, is a football stadium in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Airdrieonians of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). Since the 2021–22 season ...

, the home of Airdrie United F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division *

AS Excelsior Association Sportive de l'Excelsior is an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion. Stadium The club plays its home matches at Stade Raphaël Babet, which has a maximum capacity of 2,130. Achievements * Réunion Premier League: 3 :: ...

, an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion Island *

Birmingham Excelsior F.C. Birmingham Excelsior Football Club was an English association football, football club with a claimed foundation date of 1874. History The club emerged from an athletics club founded in 1869, which in turn was related to the Excelsior Works in Bir ...

, a defunct English association football club * F.C. Excelsior, Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional *

SV Excelsior SV Excelsior is an amateur football (soccer), football club from the Commewijne District town of Meerzorg, Suriname. The club was founded in 1918 and spent most of its tenure in the top flight of Surinamese football. Recently, the club had bee ...

, a Surinamese association football club *

SS Excelsior (football club) Association Sportive de l'Excelsior is an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion. Stadium The club plays its home matches at Stade Raphaël Babet, which has a maximum capacity of 2,130. Achievements * Réunion Premier League: 3 :: ...

, a club from Réunion Island established in 1940

Other sports

Excelsior Stakes The Excelsior Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. A Listed event for three-year-olds and up, it is contested over a distance of one-and-o ...

previously the Excelsior Handicap, an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually * Excelsior Rugby Club, an amateur rugby club in New Zealand *

Excelsior of Brooklyn The Brooklyn Excelsiors were an amateur baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 1854, the Excelsior ballclub featured stars such as Jim Creighton, Asa Brainard, and Candy Cummings. The team is known for originating the "Br ...

, an amateur baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York *

New York Excelsior The New York Excelsior (often stylized as NYXL) was an American professional Overwatch (video game)#Esports, ''Overwatch'' esports team based in New York City, New York. The Excelsior competed in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the leag ...

, an American professional Overwatch eSports team based in New York City, New York * Brampton Excelsiors (disambiguation)

Schools

Excelsior Academy Excelsior Academy is a mixed all-through school and sixth form. It was opened in September 2008 as a replacement for the Westgate Community College and is situated in the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. The academy was origi ...

, a school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England *

Excelsior College Excelsior University is a private online university in Albany, New York. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and comprises three schools: the school of undergraduate studies, the school of graduate studies, and the school of nursing ...

, in Albany, New York * Excelsior, a common high school and grammar school name **

Excelsior High School (Norwalk, California) Excelsior High School, originally named Excelsior Union High School, was founded in 1903 and located on Walnut Street in Norwalk, California. The current campus was built in 1924. The campus sustained substantial damage to the administration ...

(1903–1981) ** Excelsior Public School (Excelsior, Minnesota) (1904–1964) ** Excelsior School, a non-denominational school in

Pasadena, California Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commerci ...

** Excelsior High School,

Washougal, Washington Washougal ( ) is a city in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 17,039 as of the 2020 census. Etymology The name Washougal originated from a Chinookan term of disputed meaning that was recorded by fur trader Alexander R ...

Hotels and restaurants

* Excelsior (restaurant), a former restaurant located in Hotel de l'Europe, Amsterdam * Excelsior, a common hotel name **

Hotel Excelsior Hotel Excelsior was a hotel in Berlin, Germany. It occupied number 112/113, Königgrätzer Straße (today's Stresemannstrasse) on Askanischer Platz in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg. It was one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in Europ ...

, Berlin (1908–1945) **

Hôtel Excelsior The or Excelsior Hotel is a hotel constructed 1914–1916 by Hippolyte Delaporte in Casablanca, Morocco. Along with the department store , it is one of the architect's first works in the city. The hotel is located at United Nations Square (Casab ...

, Casablanca (est. 1916) **

Excelsior Hotel Ernst The Excelsior Hotel Ernst is a historic hotel established in 1863 in Innenstadt, Cologne, Germany, adjacent to Cologne Cathedral. History The Hotel Ernst opened on 16 May 1863. It was built by Carl Ernst, who sold the hotel to Friedrich Krach ...

, Cologne (est. 1863) ** The Excelsior (Hong Kong), a former hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Places

Canada

* Excelsior, Alberta * Rural Municipality of Excelsior No. 166, Saskatchewan

South Africa

Excelsior, Free State Excelsior is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. It was formed by farmers in 1910 who wanted a town which was closer to them than Winburg and Ladybrand. The farmers had to decide on which farm the town will be establ ...

United States

* Excelsior, California, former name of

Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California Meadow Lake (previously: Excelsior; Summit City) was a historic mining town in Nevada County, California. It was located on the southwest shore of Meadow Lake, about 18 miles northwest of Truckee as the crow flies. Situated at an elevation of ...

* Excelsior, Georgia * Excelsior (Oak Ridge, Louisiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana *

Excelsior, Minnesota Excelsior ( ) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. A western suburb of the Twin Cities, Excelsior is about southwest of downtown Minneapolis. Its population was 2,414 as of the 2020 census. Excelsior's commercial district ...

* Excelsior, Missouri * Excelsior, Atchison County, Missouri * Excelsior, Nevada * Excelsior, West Virginia (disambiguation) ** Excelsior, McDowell County, West Virginia ** Excelsior, Upshur County, West Virginia ** Excelsior, Webster County, West Virginia * Excelsior, Wisconsin (disambiguation) ** Excelsior, Richland County, Wisconsin ** Excelsior, Sauk County, Wisconsin * The

Excelsior District, San Francisco The Excelsior District is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. Location The Excelsior District is located along Mission Street, east of San Jose Ave, south of Interstate 280 Southern Fwy, west of John McLaren Park, and somewhat north of ...

, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California *

Excelsior Geyser Excelsior Geyser Crater, formerly known as Excelsior Geyser, is a dormant fountain-type geyser in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Excelsior was named by the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871. Descripti ...

in the Middle Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming *

Excelsior Mountain (Yosemite) Excelsior Mountain is the 21st-highest mountain in Yosemite National Park, on the northeastern border of Yosemite. It is the next high peak, north of Mount Conness. Excelsior Mountain is mostly made of rust-colored metamorphic rock, similar to ...

, in Yosemite National Park *

Excelsior Mountains The Excelsior Mountains are located in western Nevada in the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of ...

, in western Nevada in the United States *

Excelsior Springs Excelsior Springs is a city in Clay County, Missouri, Clay and Ray County, Missouri, Ray counties in the U.S. state of Missouri and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The population was 10,553 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census ...

, Missouri * Excelsior Township, Michigan

Transportation

* Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle (Belle Plaine, MN), founded in 1993 * Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company (Chicago, IL), a U.S. motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931 **

Henderson Motorcycle Henderson was a manufacturer of in-line 4-cylinder motorcycles from 1912 until 1931. They were the largest and fastest motorcycles of their time, and appealed to both sport riders and police departments. Police favored them for traffic patrol be ...

, a division of the above company from 1919 to 1931 ** Excelsior Super X, a motorcycle made by the above company from 1925 to 1931 * Motorwagenfabrik Excelsior, a Swiss car maker in business between 1896 and 1919 *

Compagnie Nationale Excelsior Compagnie Nationale Excelsior, more simply known as Excelsior, was a Belgian car manufacturer established by Arthus de Coninck in Brussels in 1903. The company first started to manufacture cars in 1904. The first models were powered by a two- o ...

, a Belgian car manufacturer existing between 1904 and 1932 *

Excelsior Motor Company Excelsior, based in Coventry, was a British bicycle, motorcycle and car maker. They were Britain’s first motorcycle manufacturer, starting production of their own ‘motor-bicycle’ in 1896. Initially they had premises at Lower Ford Stree ...

, a British bicycle, motorcycle and car maker **

Excelsior Manxman The Manxman was a motorcycle designed and built by H. J. Hatch and Eric Walker of the Excelsior Motor Company in Tyseley, Birmingham. Although it never won the Isle of Man TT, the Manxman was a very popular and reliable motorcycle which was succ ...

, a motorcycle made by the above company * Xcelsior (bus), a transit bus manufactured by New Flyer Industries *

Excelsior tank The Tank, Heavy Assault, A33 (Excelsior) was a British experimental heavy tank based on the Cromwell (A27) design developed in the Second World War. It was developed when there were concerns as to performance of the Churchill tank. Developme ...

, a British experimental heavy assault tank * St Croix Excelsior, ultralight aircraft * ''Excelsior'', a prototype Spaceship Neptune high altitude balloon gondola by

Space Perspective Space Perspective is a private American aerospace manufacturer which is building crewed high-altitude balloons for Mesosphere, near space tourism. The company, heaquartered in Titusville, Florida, Titusville, Florida, is developing Spaceship Ne ...

Excelsior (smack) ''Excelsior'' is an authentically restored fishing smack of the Lowestoft fishing fleet and a member of the National Historic Fleet. She was built by John Chambers of Lowestoft in 1921 and worked until 1936 before being converted into a motor ...

, the last surviving fishing smack of the Lowestoft fishing fleet and a member of the National Historic Fleet * ''SS Excelsior'' (ship), one of several steam-powered ships named Excelsior

Nature

* ''

Fraxinus excelsior ''Fraxinus excelsior'', known as the ash, or European ash or common ash to distinguish it from other types of ash, is a flowering plant species in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native throughout mainland Europe east to the Caucasus and Alb ...

'', the scientific name for the European ash tree * Excelsior eight-eight (''Callicore excelsior''), a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in South America * '' Acraea excelsior'', a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in eastern Africa

Typefaces

* "Excelsior", the American term for a three- point font size *

Excelsior (typeface) The Legibility Group is a series of serif typefaces created by the American Mergenthaler Linotype Company and intended for use in newspapers on Linotype's hot metal typesetting system. They were developed in-house by Linotype's design team, led by ...

, a serif typeface well-suited to newsprint

Other uses

Excelsior (chess problem) "Excelsior" is one of Sam Loyd's most famous chess problems, originally published in ''London Era'' in 1861. In 1867, it participated together with five other problems as a set in an international problem tournament. The motto for the full set was ...

, a chess problem by Sam Loyd * Excelsior Amusement Park, located on Lake Minnetonka in the town of Excelsior, Minnesota *

Excelsior Brigade The Excelsior Brigade was a military unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Mainly composed of infantry regiments raised in the state of New York (state), New York primarily by former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Re ...

, a New York infantry brigade in the Union Army in the American Civil War *

Excelsior Diamond The Excelsior Diamond is a gem-quality diamond, and was the largest known diamond in the world from the time of its discovery in 1893 until 1905, when the Cullinan Diamond was found. It was found on June 30, 1893, at the Jagersfontein Mine in S ...

, a famous diamond, once the largest known *

Excelsior JET Excelsior JET is a now-defunct proprietary Java SE technology implementation built around an ahead-of-time (AOT) Java to native code compiler. The compiler transforms the portable Java bytecode into optimized executables for the desired hardware a ...

, a Java compiler *

Project Excelsior Project Excelsior was a series of parachute jumps made by Joseph Kittinger of the United States Air Force in 1959 and 1960 from helium balloons in the stratosphere. The purpose was to test the Beaupre multi-stage parachute system intended to be ...

, a high-altitude skydiving project in the 1950s *

Wood wool Wood wool, known primarily as excelsior in North America, is a product made of wood slivers cut from logs. It is mainly used in packaging, for cooling pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as swamp coolers, for erosion control mats, and ...

, commonly known as excelsior, a packing material

Arts and entertainment

Literature and poetry

Music

Science fiction

Journals and newspapers

Other arts and entertainment

Mottos and catchphrases

Sports

Association football

Other sports

Schools

Hotels and restaurants

Places

Canada

South Africa

United States

Transportation

Nature

Typefaces

Other uses

See also