Hannibal is a latinization (, ''Hanníbas'') of the Carthaginian

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is Gracious". Its continued use in later times and cultures ever since is caused mainly by the historical fame of the Carthaginian leader

Hannibal Hannibal (; ; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Punic people, Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Ancient Carthage, Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. Hannibal's fat ...

, who commanded its forces during the

Second Punic War The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of Punic Wars, three wars fought between Ancient Carthage, Carthage and Roman Republic, Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For ...

. "Hannibal" may refer to:

Carthaginians

(247–183/182 BC), general who fought the Roman Republic in the Second Punic War * Hannibal Gisco (died 258 BC), military commander in the First Punic War * Hannibal Mago (died 406 BC), shofet (magistrate) of Carthage in 410 BC * Hannibal Monomachus, friend and staff officer of the Second Punic War general Hannibal * Hannibal the Rhodian, ship captain during the siege of Lilybaeum in the First Punic War * Hannibal (Mercenary War) (died 238 BC), general during the Mercenary War

Others

* Hannibal Mejbri (born 2003), Tunisian footballer * Hannibal Buress (born 1983), American comedian from Chicago * Hannibal Day (1804–1891), Union army officer during the American Civil War * Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi *

Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American politician and diplomat who was the 15th vice president of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republi ...

(1809–1891), Abraham Lincoln's first vice president * Hannibal Kimball (1832–1895), American entrepreneur * Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur (1788–1861), Australian colonist, politician, businessman and wool pioneer * Hannibal Navies (born 1977), American National Football League player * Hannibal Potter (1592–1664), English clergyman and President of Trinity College, Oxford * Hannibal Price (1841–1893), Haitian diplomat and author * Hannibal Sehested (council president) (1842–1924), Danish Council president * Hannibal Sehested (governor) (1609–1666), Danish Governor of Norway * Hannibal Valdimarsson (1903–1991), Icelandic politician

Fiction

* Hannibal King, Nightstalker and Vampire Hunter in Blade Trinity and The Tomb of Dracula comics. * Hannibal Lecter, cannibal * John "Hannibal" Smith, leader of the A-Team

Carthaginians

Others

Fiction

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