A highwayman was a criminal who robbed travelers on the road.

Highwayman, highwaymen, or highway men may also refer to:

People

  • The Highwaymen (country supergroup), a 1985–1995 country music supergroup
  • The Highwaymen (folk band), a 1960s collegiate folk band
  • The Highwaymen (landscape artists), a group of 20th-century African-American landscape painters from Florida

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

  • Highwaymen (film), a 2004 film
  • The Highwayman (1951 film), a 1951 film
  • The Highwaymen (film), a 2019 film

Literature

  • The Highway Men (MacLeod novel), a 2006 novella by Ken MacLeod
  • "The Highwayman" (poem), a 1906 poem by Alfred Noyes
  • "The Highwayman", a short story by Lord Dunsany later made into a short film
  • The Highwayman, a 1962 novel by Sylvia Thorpe
  • The Highwayman, a 1955 novel by Noel Gerson
  • The Highwayman, a 1955 novel by Frank Gruber (writer)
  • The Highwayman, a 1996 novel by Madeline Harper
  • The Highwayman (novel), a 2004 novel by R. A. Salvatore

Comics

  • The Highwayman, a comic book adaptation of Salvatore's novel by Matthew Hansen
  • The Highwaymen, a limited series comic book by Lee Garbett

Music

Albums

  • Highwayman (The Highwaymen album) (aka Highwayman 1), 1985, from the country music supergroup; including a cover of the Jimmy Webb song
  • Highwayman 2 (The Highwaymen album), 1990; from the country music supergroup
  • Highwayman (Glen Campbell album), including a cover of the Jimmy Webb song
  • The Highwayman, 1960, from the folk music group The Highwaymen

Songs

  • "Highway Man", a song by Hoffmaestro & Chraa
  • "Highwayman" (song), a song by Jimmy Webb
  • "Highwayman", a song by Brotherhood of Man from Images
  • The Highwayman, an operetta by Reginald De Koven and Harry B. Smith
  • "The Highwayman", a song by Loreena McKennitt from The Book of Secrets, based on the Noyes poem (see above)
  • "The Highwayman", a song by Phil Ochs from I Ain't Marching Anymore, based on the Noyes poem
  • "The Highwayman", a song by Stevie Nicks from Bella Donna
  • "The Highwayman", a song by The White Buffalo from The Highwayman Single

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • Highwayman, a vehicle in the video game Fallout 2
  • The Highwayman (musical), an Australian musical comedy by Edmond Samuels
  • The Highwayman (TV series), a short-lived (1987–1988) American action-adventure series starring Sam J. Jones

Other uses

  • B5470 road, in Cheshire, England; referred to as The Highwayman after a roadside pub
  • Highwaymen Motorcycle Club, an American motorcycle club
  • Highwayman's hitch, a type of quick-release knot