A giant is a being of human appearance, sometimes of prodigious size and strength, common in folklore.
Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters Giants (Marvel Comics), a fictional race of people Giant (Dungeons & Dragons), 1974, a type of fictional character Judge Giant, two fictional characters in the 1977 Judge Dredd comic strip The Giant (Twin Peaks), an inhabitant of The Black Lodge in the 1990s television series Lily Duncan, also known as "Princess Giant", from the 1999 television series Mona the Vampire
Films The Giant (1938 film), a black-and-white Japanese film based on the novel Les Misérables Giant (1956 film), an epic drama film adaptation of Ferber's novel Giant (2009 film), a Uruguayan comedy drama film The Giant (2016 film), a Danish-Swedish drama film Giant (2017 film), a Basque-language Spanish drama film The Giant (2019 film), a French-American film Giant (2025 film), a British sports drama film about boxer Naseem Hamed The Giants (2011 film), a Belgian drama film The Giants (2023 film), an Australian documentary film about environmentalist Bob Brown
Games Giants: Citizen Kabuto, a 2000 third-person shooter game Skylanders: Giants, a 2012 beat-em-up game Giants (Mayfair Games), a 1987 supplement for role-playing games
Literature and periodicals The Giant, an 1871 novel by William Sewell The Giants, a 1905 novel by Cora Baggerly Older The Giant, a 1951 novel by Frederick Manfred Giant, a 1952 novel by Edna Ferber The Giant, a 1954 children's novel by William Pène du Bois The Giants (novel), a 1973 novel by J. M. G. Le Clézio Giants (series), a 1977 science fiction series by James P. Hogan "giANTS", a 1979 short story by Edward Bryant Giants (anthology), a 1985 short story collection Giant (magazine), a 2004 American urban music magazine
Music Albums Giant (Buddy Holly album), 1969 Giants (Dizzy Gillespie album), 1971 The Giant (Dizzy Gillespie album), 1973 The Giants (album), by Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, and Ray Brown, 1974 Giant (The Woodentops album), 1986 Giant (Herman Düne album) or the title song, 2006 Giants (Chicane album) or the title song, 2010 Giants (Evan Craft album) or the title song, 2012 The Giant (Ahab album) or the title song, 2012 Giants (The Stranglers album) or the title song, 2012 Giants (Andreya Triana album) or the title song, 2015 Giants, by Daniel Powter, 2018 Giant (Stray Kids album), 2024
Songs "Giant", by Gentle Giant from Gentle Giant, 1970 "Giant", by Stan Rogers from Fogarty's Cove, 1977 "Giant", by from Soul Mining, 1983 "Giant", by the Matthew Good Band from Beautiful Midnight, 1999 "Giant", by Nebula from Charged, 2001 "Giant", by Vampire Weekend from Contra, 2010 "Giant", by Funeral Party from The Golden Age of Knowhere, 2011 "Giant", by Banks & Steelz from Anything But Words, 2016 "Giant" (Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man song), 2019 "Giant", by Yuqi from A Page, 2021 "Giant", by Stray Kids from Giant, 2024 "Giants" (Bear Hands song), 2013 "Giants" (Dermot Kennedy song), 2020 "Giants", by Helloween from Chameleon, 1993 "Giants", by Imagine Dragons from Mercury – Act 1, 2021 "Giants", by Josh Osho, 2012 "Giants" (Lights song), 2017 "Giants", by One Ok Rock from Eye of the Storm, 2019 "Giants", by Scale the Summit from Carving Desert Canyons, 2009 "Giants", by Sponge from Rotting Piñata, 1994 "Giants" (Take That song), 2017 "Giants", by True Damage, a virtual hip-hop group featuring Becky G, 2019 "Giants", by X Ambassadors from The Reason "The Giant", by Swallow the Sun from Ghosts of Loss, 2005 "The Giant", by Anthrax from Worship Music, 2011
Record labels Giant Records, a former American label, now a Swedish branch of Warner Music Group Giant Records (independent), a former American independent label
Other uses in music The Giant (opera), a c. 1900 opera by Sergei Prokofiev Giant (musical), a 2009 musical adaptation of Ferber's novel Giant (band), a 1987 American rock band
Plays Giant (play), a 2024 play by Mark Rosenblatt
Television The Giants, an unproduced 1960s Doctor Who television serial "The Giant", a 1964 episode of The Mighty Hercules "The Giant" (Bagpuss), a 1974 episode The Giants (TV series), a 1978 Hong Kong drama series "Giants" (Zoboomafoo), a 1999 episode Giant (TV series), a 2010 South Korean historical drama series "Giant" (Halt and Catch Fire), a 2014 episode
Brands and enterprises Giant Bicycles, bicycle maker GIANT Company Software, internet security developer Giant Food (disambiguation) Giant Hypermarket, a retail chain in Southeast Asia Giant Industries, a defunct oil company and convenience store chain in the U.S. Southwest now succeeded by Speedway Grenoble Innovation for Advanced New Technologies (GIANT), an innovation campus in Polygone Scientifique in Grenoble, France
People Giant Baba and Baba the Giant, two of the ring names of Japanese professional wrestler Shohei Baba (1938–1999) André the Giant (1946–1993), French wrestler and actor Giant Haystacks (1947–1998), a ring name of English professional wrestler Martin Austin Ruane (1946–1998) Giant Silva, a ring name of Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial arts fighter, and wrestler Paulo César da Silva (born 1963) Giant González, a ring name of Argentine professional wrestler Jorge González (1966–2010) The Giant (wrestler) (born 1972), a ring name of American wrestler Paul Wight Paulo da Silva (born 1980), Paraguayan football player nicknamed "Giant" Ryan Wedding (born 1981), Canadian drug trafficker nicknamed "Giant"
Places in the United States Giant, Richmond, California, a former unincorporated community Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California Giant Rock, Mohave Desert, California Giant Springs, near Great Falls, Montana Giant Mountain, New York Giant Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Sports Teams Asia Lotte Giants, a South Korean baseball team Yomiuri Giants, a Japanese baseball team Gujarat Giants (disambiguation), various sports teams in Gujarat, India Gulf Giants, an Emirati cricket team, affiliated with Gujarat Giants of WPL
Australia Gold Coast-Tweed Giants, a rugby league team Goldfields Giants, a State Basketball League team Greater Western Sydney Giants, an Australian Football League team nicknamed the "Giants"
Europe Antwerp Giants, a Belgian basketball club Bayer Giants Leverkusen, a German basketball club Belfast Giants, an Irish EIHL ice hockey team Dortmund Giants, an American football club from Dortmund, Germany Giants Bolzano, an American football club competing in the Italian Football League Huddersfield Giants, an English rugby league team competing in Super League Manchester Giants, a British Basketball League team SG ART Giants Düsseldorf, a German basketball team
North America Jacksonville Giants, a minor league basketball team Fort McMurray Giants, a baseball team in the Western Canadian Baseball League New York Giants (disambiguation), in various sports and eras New York Giants, a National Football League team San Francisco Giants, a Major League Baseball team Arizona League Giants, their AZL minor league affiliate San Jose Giants, their High-A minor league affiliate Vancouver Giants, a Western Hockey League team
Negro league baseball Bacharach Giants, Atlantic City, New Jersey Baltimore Elite Giants Brooklyn Royal Giants Chicago Giants Chicago Columbia Giants Chicago Union Giants Chicago American Giants Cleveland Giants Cuban Giants, Trenton, New Jersey Harrisburg Giants Illinois Giants Leland Giants, Chicago, Illinois Lincoln Giants, New York City Page Fence Giants, Adrian, Michigan Philadelphia Giants St. Louis Giants
Other uses in sports Giant (gymnastics), an artistic gymnastics skill Giant Center, an arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States Giants Gaming, a Spanish/European eSports team
Other uses GIANT AntiSpyware, a software application Giant Mine, a gold mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada S-300V "Antey-300" (NATO reporting name SA-12B "Giant") Giants (esotericism), in esoteric and occult teachings, beings who live on spiritual, etheric and physical planes of existence Giant, a nickname for a Bank of England £1,000,000 note Giant, callsign of Atlas Air, an airline
See also
Giant planet, a type of planet Giant star, a type of star Supergiant (disambiguation) Processional giant, costumed tall figures Eddie Carmel (1936–1972), Israeli-born entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant" and "The Happy Giant" Project Riese (German for "giant"), the code name for a construction project of Nazi Germany (1943–45) Geant (disambiguation) Gigantism