Valiant may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Film

* ''The Valiant'' (1929 film), 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 * 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 a phrase made popular through its use in the title sequence of the original 1966–1969 ''Star Trek'' science fiction television series, describing the mission of the starship ''Enterprise''. The complete int ...

Music

* Vince Vance & the Valiants, an American country pop and rock and roll musical group *

Valiant Records Valiant Records was an independent record label distributed in the 1960s by Warner Bros. Records (and briefly by Four Star Television). The label was sold to Warner Bros. in 1967. History Valiant Records was formed in 1960 in California, by ...

, 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 first incarnation of which 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 ...

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

Fictional characters

* Valiant (Caminhos do Coração), 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 s ...

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Eddie Valiant Eddie Valiant is a fictional character and the 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?'', E ...

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

Plays

* ''The Valiant'' (play), a 1924 one-act stage play

People

* James Valiant (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 "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant. Early life Fanning was born in Tullahoma, Tennessee as the youngest of five children of James and Effie Fann ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Compute ...

(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

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 Second World War that only reached the prototype stage. It was intended to meet a specification for a well-armoured, light-medium tank, for use against Japanese forces in the ...

, a British Second World War tank design *

Vickers 131 Valiant The Vickers Type 131 Valiant was a British general-purpose biplane produced by Vickers Limited, Vickers in 1927, with the intention of replacing the Royal Air Force's Airco DH.9As, but was unsuccessful, with only a single example built, which ...

, a British biplane bomber *

Vickers Valiant The Vickers Valiant was a British high-altitude jet bomber designed to carry nuclear weapons, and in the 1950s and 1960s was part of the Royal Air Force's " V bomber" strategic deterrent force. It was developed by Vickers-Armstrongs in respon ...

, 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 th ...

, a World War II-era basic trainer aircraft built for the United States Army Air Corps * Project Valiant, a cancelled Indian secret ballistic missile project * Valiants Memorial, a military memorial in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Vehicles

* , a customs cutter of the UK Border Agency * Plymouth Valiant, an automobile manufactured by the Plymouth division of Chrysler Corporation from 1960 to 1976 * Chrysler Valiant, an automobile manufactured by Chrysler Australia from 1962 to 1981 * Velocette Valiant, a British motorcycle made by Velocette

Other uses

* The Valiants, nickname of the British football club Port Vale F.C. * Los Angeles Valiant, a professional esports team