Hangman most often refers to:
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Executioner, a person who carries out a death sentence by hanging
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Hangman (game), a game of guessing a word or phrase one letter at a time
Hangman may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Comics
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Hangman (DC Comics), an enemy of Batman
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Hangman (Marvel Comics), the name of a couple of different characters in the Marvel Universe
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Hangman (Archie Comics), a number of Archie Comics superheroes
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Hangman Comics, a Golden Age MLJ/Archie Comics imprint comics title featuring the Hangman
Films
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The Hangman (1928 film), a German silent film
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The Hangman (1959 film), an American Western directed by Michael Curtiz
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Hangman, a 2001 television film featuring Mädchen Amick and Lou Diamond Phillips
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The Hangman (2005 film), an Indian film starring Om Puri and Shreyas Talpade
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Hangman (2015 film), a British found-footage film starring Jeremy Sisto
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Hangman (2017 film), an American crime thriller film starring Al Pacino
Literature
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"The Hangman" (poem), a 1954 children's poem by Maurice Ogden, and a 1964 animated short based on the poem
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Hangman, a 2000 novel by Michael Slade
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"Hangman", a short story by David Drake in his 1979 collection Hammer's Slammers
Songs
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"Hangman", by Black Stone Cherry from Kentucky, 2016
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"Hangman", by Chapman Whitney from Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers, 1974
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"Hangman", by Cory Marks from Sorry for Nothing Vol. 2, 2025
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"Hangman", by Dave, 2018
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"Hangman", by Krokus from Hellraiser, 2006
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"Hangman", by Queen from their debut album's deluxe edition, 2024
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"The Maid Freed from the Gallows", a folk song sometimes given the title "Hangman"
Other
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Hangman (video game), a 1978 game for the Atari 2600 based on the guessing game
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The Hangman (roller coaster), a 1990s roller coaster at Opryland USA in Nashville, Tennessee
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Hangman Books, a British independent small press, and associated film and record projects
Places
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Hangman cliffs, on the north coast of Devon, England
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Hangman Island, in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, US
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Hangman Creek, or Latah Creek, in Washington and Idaho, US
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Hangman Creek, a tributary of the White Salmon River via Gilmer Creek; see List of rivers of Washington (state)
People
Nickname
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Henry Hawley ("Hangman Hawley") (c. 1679–1759), British Army lieutenant general
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Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942), German Nazi, one of the main architects of the Holocaust
Ring name
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Hangman Hughes (born 1974), Canadian professional wrestler
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Bobby Jaggers (1948–2012), American professional wrestler
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Gene LeBell (1932–2022), American martial artist, professional wrestler, stunt performer, and actor
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Adam Page (born 1991), American professional wrestler
See also
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Hangmen (disambiguation)
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Hang (disambiguation)
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Hanging tree (disambiguation)
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The Hanged Man (disambiguation)
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Hanging man (candlestick pattern), a type of pattern on a market pricing graph
