Cannon (disambiguation)

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A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance. It can also refer to the device propelling a human cannonball.

Cannon may also refer to:

Businesses

Cannon (ITT Corporation), a manufacturer of cables, switches and connectors
Cannon (automobile), an automobile produced from 1902–06
Cannon Mills, a textile manufacturer
Cannon Films, a now-defunct motion picture studio
CannonDesign, an architectural firm founded in 1945

Media

Cannon (TV series), a 1971–1976 American TV series
Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon, a comic book
Cannon (comics), a comic book character from Wildstorm

Music

Cannon (band), a post rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, active between 1999 and 2003
Cannons (album), a 2007 album recorded by INO Records artist Phil Wickham
"Cannon" (song), a 1995 single by American pop/rock band Self
Il Cannone Guarnerius, The Cannon, violin made by Giuseppe Antonio Guarneri in 1743
Cannon depth drums, tom-tom and bass drums deeper than power depth
"Cannon", a song by the White Stripes from their self-titled album

Places

The Moon

Cannon (crater)

United Kingdom

Cannons (house), an 18th-century palace built for the Duke of Chandos in Stanmore
Cannon Street, London
- Cannon Street station

United States

Other uses

Cannon (surname)
Cannon, a British/Canadian term for a snooker or billiards shot
Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, US
Cannon bone a bone in the forelimb of a horse
Cannon School, a private school in North Carolina, US
Great Cannon, a Chinese internet censorship tool
Old Jeremiah, British naval gun, affectionately referred to as The Cannon
USS Cannon (DE-99), a World War II United States destroyer
Hail cannon, a shock wave generator claimed to disrupt the formation of hailstones in the atmosphere
Western canon, denotes a body of works traditionally accepted by Western scholars as important in shaping Western culture