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Goliath was a giant famous for his battle with David as described in the Hebrew Bible.

Goliath may also refer to:

People with the name

• Matumona Lundala (born 1972), an Angolan football player nicknamed "Goliath"
• Matt Parkinson (comedian), one of the Chasers on The Chase Australia nicknamed "Goliath"

Arts, entertainment, and media

Biology

• Goliath, a cultivar of Magnolia grandiflora
• Atlantic goliath grouper, a species of fish found in the Atlantic Ocean
• Eurycnema goliath, a species of stick insect found in Australia
• Goliath birdeater, largest spider in the world native to the rain forest regions of northern South America
• Goliath coucal, a cuckoo endemic to Indonesia
• Goliath frog, an African frog of genus Conraua
• Goliath heron, a very large wading bird found in sub-Saharan Africa, with smaller numbers in Southwest and South Asia
• Goliath imperial pigeon, a bird endemic to New Caledonia
• Goliath shrew, a mammal
• Goliathus or Goliath beetle, a genus of large insects
• Pacific goliath grouper, a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean
• Goliath tiger fish

Roller coasters

• Goliath (La Ronde), a hypercoaster in Montreal, Québec, Canada
• Goliath (Six Flags Great America), a wooden roller coaster in Gurnee, Illinois
• Goliath (Six Flags Fiesta Texas), an inverted roller coaster in San Antonio, Texas
• Goliath (Six Flags Magic Mountain), a hypercoaster located in California, United States
• Goliath (Six Flags New England), an inverted boomerang roller coaster located near Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
• Goliath (Six Flags Over Georgia), a hypercoaster located in Georgia, United States
• Goliath (Walibi Holland), a roller coaster in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
• Magic Flyer (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain formerly named Goliath Jr.

Technology and transport

• Goliath (company), a German car brand of the Borgward group
• Goliath (locomotive), one of the four South Devon Railway Tornado class steam locomotives
• Goliath (Mangalia), a crane in Mangalia, Romania
• Goliath (Rosyth), a crane in Rosyth Dockyard, Scotland
• Goliath, one of Erickson Air-Crane's Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane heavy-lift helicopters
• Farman F.60 Goliath, the first long-distance passenger airliner
• Goliath tracked mine, a remote-controlled tracked explosive device used by the German Army during World War II
• Goliath transmitter, a VLF-transmitter of the German Navy in World War II
• HMS Goliath, the name of several British Royal Navy ships
• LVT(U)X2 Goliath, late 1950s US Navy amphibious tracked utility landing craft, manufactured by Pacific Car and Foundry
• Samson and Goliath (cranes), twin shipbuilding gantry cranes in Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• USS Goliath, a U.S. monitor also called USS Catskill (1862)

Other uses

• Goliath (betting), a type of bet covering eight selections
• Goliath, a traditionally craft-brewed ale produced by the UK Wychwood Brewery
• Goliath Books, a publisher of art and photography books
• Goliath language, a Papuan language of West Papua

See also

• All pages with titles containing Goliath
• All pages with titles beginning with Goliath
• David and Goliath (disambiguation)