A splinter is a sharp fragment of material, usually wood, metal, or fibreglass.

Splinter may also refer to:

People

  • Splinter Johnson (1920–2002), American basketball player
  • Tracy Splinter (born 1971), German-South African writer who has been missing since 2016

Literature

  • Splinter (novel), a 2007 science fiction novel by British writer Adam Roberts
  • Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, a 2024 memoir by Leslie Jamison

Entertainment

  • Splinters (revue), a British revue first staged in the First World War

Film and television

Film

  • Splinter (2006 film) by director Michael D. Olmos
  • Splinter (2008 film), a horror film
  • Splinters (1929 film), a UK musical comedy film based on the 1915 revue
  • Splinters in the Navy (1931), a sequel to the 1929 film
  • Splinters in the Air (1937), a sequel to the 1929 film
  • Splinters (2018 film), a Canadian drama film
  • Splinters (2020 film), an Argentine documentary film

Television

  • "Splinter" (12 Monkeys), a 2015 episode
  • "Splinter" (Smallville), a 2005 episode
  • "Splinter" (The Walking Dead), a 2021 episode
  • “Splinter” (SpongeBob SquarePants), a 2008 episode

Music

  • Splinter (band), an English 2-men band
  • Splinter (Sneaker Pimps album) (1999)
  • Splinter (The Offspring album) (2003)
  • "Splinter", a song by Sevendust from album Cold Day Memory (2010)
  • Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind), an album by Gary Numan (2013)
  • "Splinter", a song by Man Overboard from Heavy Love (2015)

Fictional characters

  • Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), a character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
  • Splinter, an insect-like creature in the Nintendo game Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
  • Splinter, Woody Woodpecker's niece

Other

  • Splinter group, a smaller division, cell, or faction that has split off from a larger organization or movement
  • Splinter, in contract bridge, a splinter bid meaning a suit with one card or no cards
  • Splinter News, a news and opinion website
  • One of the word or morpheme fragments making up a blend word
  • Splinter (political party), a Dutch political party
  • Splinter pattern camouflage

See also

  • Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (1406–1486), Italian painter known as Lo Scheggia ("the Splinter")
  • Splint (disambiguation)