A cannonball is round shot ammunition for a cannon.

Cannonball or cannon ball may also refer to:

Biology

  • Couroupita guianensis, a species of evergreen tree commonly called the cannonball tree
  • Sphaerobolus, a genus commonly known as the cannonball fungi
  • Cannonball jellyfish, a species of jellyfish

Film and television

  • Cannonball (film), a 1976 film inspired by "Cannon Ball" Baker
  • Cannonball (TV series), a TV show about two truck drivers, produced in Canada in 1958–59 and syndicated in the U.S. in 1959–60
  • Cannonball (Australian game show)
  • Cannonball (British game show)
  • Cannonball (American game show)
  • "Cannonball", a 2003 episode of Lilo & Stitch: The Series
  • Hooterville Cannonball, a fictional train in the television series Petticoat Junction

Music

Albums

  • Cannonball (album), by Pat Green, 2006
  • Cannonball!!!, by Bleubird<!-- not Bluebird -->, 2012

Songs

  • "Wabash Cannonball", American folk song
  • "Cannonball" (The Breeders song), 1993
  • "Cannonball" (Damien Rice song), 2002; covered by Little Mix, 2011
  • "Cannonball" (Duane Eddy song), 1958
  • "Cannonball" (Lea Michele song), 2013
  • "Cannonball" (Showtek and Justin Prime song), 2013
  • "Cannonball" (Skylar Grey song), 2015
  • "Cannonball" (Supertramp song), 1985
  • "Cannonball" (Tom Dice song), 2017
  • "Cannonball", by Alestorm from Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum, 2022
  • "Cannonball", by Avril Lavigne from Love Sux, 2022
  • "Cannonball", by Brandi Carlile from The Story, 2007
  • "Cannonball", by Dog Eat Dog, 2005
  • "Cannonball", by Five Iron Frenzy from The End Is Near, 2004
  • "Cannonball", by Grouplove from Big Mess, 2016
  • "Cannonball", by Gudda Gudda, featuring Drake, 2009
  • "Cannonball", by ZZ Ward from The Storm, 2017

People and characters

  • Cannonball (nickname), a list of people
  • Cannonball (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character associated with the X-Men
  • Cannonball, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
  • Cannonball (Transformers), a Decepticon space pirate in the Transformers toy line
  • Cannonball (Experiment X-520), a character in the Lilo & Stitch franchise

Places

  • Cannon Ball, North Dakota, a city
  • Cannonball River, a tributary of the Missouri River
  • Cannonball Cliffs, Alexander Island, Antarctica

Trains

  • The Cannon Ball, a Boston & Maine Railroad train from Boston to Plymouth, New Hampshire
  • The Cannonball (LIRR train), a seasonal train operated by the Long Island Rail Road along its Montauk Branch
  • The Cannonball (Milwaukee Road train), the nickname for a commuter train operated by the Milwaukee Road from Watertown to Milwaukee, Wisconsin until 1972
  • The Cannon Ball, a train operated by the Norfolk & Western Railway with the Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, from New York to Norfolk, Virginia
  • The Wabash Cannon Ball (train), a Wabash Railroad train operating 1950 to 1971

Other uses

  • Cannonball (diving), a diving maneuver
  • Cannonball (missile), originally intended to be a US Navy anti-ship missile, later developed as an anti-tank missile
  • Cannonball (novel), a novel by Joseph McElroy
  • Cannonball Musical Instruments, a Salt Lake City-based musical instrument manufacturer
  • Cannon Ball roller coaster, a wooden roller coaster at Lake Winnepesaukah, Georgia/Tennessee border
  • Cannonball problem, a mathematical problem
  • Cannon Ball Route, an early auto route between Kansas City and Chicago
  • Operation Cannonball, a Central Intelligence Agency operation
  • Cannonball Motorcycle Club, an outlaw motorcycle club in Finland
  • Kanonball, a mod for the video game Half-Life, see List of GoldSrc mods
  • Cannonball (short story), a science-fiction short story by Liu Cixin

See also

  • Wabash Cannonball (disambiguation)
  • Cannonball Run (disambiguation)
  • Cannon & Ball, a British comedy double act