A Spartan is a person from the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta.
The word may also refer to the following:
People Roderick Bradley, who competes as "Spartan", a gladiator in the UK TV series Gladiators Andrey Koreshkov (born 1990), Russian mixed martial artist nicknamed "Spartan" Vinicius Queiroz (born 1983), Brazilian mixed martial artist nicknamed "Spartan"
Places Spartan, Kempton Park
Entertainment Fictional characters SPARTAN Program, supersoldiers in the Halo series of games Spartan (comics), a Wildstorm comic book character John Diggle, a character in the TV series Arrow codenamed "Spartan" Other uses in entertainment Spartan (book), a 1988 novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi Spartan (film), 2004 American film written and directed by David Mamet Spartan (video game), a 2004 computer game Spartan: Total Warrior, a 2005 console-based video game Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge, sports entertainment TV show based on the Spartan race obstacle challenge "Spartan" (Arrow episode), 2019 "Spartan", episode 15 of the French 2013 series Code Lyoko: Evolution
Sports Spartan race, a type of obstacle-based race Spartans, runners who have completed 10 Melbourne Marathons Collegiate varsity teams Case Western Reserve Spartans Castleton Spartans, Vermont State University Dubuque Spartans, University of Dubuque Michigan State Spartans Missouri Baptist Spartans Norfolk State Spartans San Jose State Spartans Tampa Spartans, University of Tampa USC Upstate Spartans, University of South Carolina Upstate UNC Greensboro Spartans, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Football (soccer) teams Hamrun Spartans F.C. The Spartans F.C. Blyth Spartans A.F.C. Blacktown Spartans FC
Transport and military
Aviation Alenia C-27J Spartan, military tactical transport aircraft Spartan Aircraft Company, American firm Spartan 8W Zeus Spartan 12W Executive Spartan C2 Spartan C3 Spartan C4 Spartan C5 Spartan NP Spartan Executive Spartan Aircraft Ltd, British firm Simmonds Spartan Spartan Arrow Spartan Three Seater Spartan Cruiser Spartan Clipper Spartan Microlights, an American aircraft manufacturer Spartan DFD Aerotome, an American ultralight aircraft Spartan DFS Paramotor, an American ultralight aircraft Spartan DFS Trike, an American ultralight aircraft Spartan BP Parawing, an American ultralight aircraft Simmonds Spartan, 1920s British biplane
Land vehicles Spartan Motors, manufacturer of fire fighting vehicles FV103 Spartan, British armoured personnel carrier Streit Group Spartan APC, light armoured vehicle, built in Canada and Ukraine Spartan Cars, a British kit car maker
Ships , various British Royal Navy ships , a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919 , a railroad car ferry on Lake Michigan formerly operated by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O)
Ballistics LIM-49 Spartan, American anti-ballistic missile
Other meanings Spartans (Greek political party), an ultranationalist party in Greek politics Spartan (extinct dog breed) Spartan (chemistry software), a molecular modeling and computational chemistry application Spartan (apple), an apple cultivar developed in 1926 Spartan (typeface), a geometric sans-serif typeface Spartan or Project Spartan, the codename of the Microsoft Edge Legacy web browser Spartan Alphabet, in fingerspelling The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps, an Open Class drum and bugle corps from Nashua, New Hampshire Spartan Communications, a company based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, that was purchased by Medi Xilinx Spartan, a family of integrated circuits Station power, articulation, thermal, and analysis (SPARTAN) Flight Controller, for the International Space Station
See also Sparta (disambiguation)