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Titan most often refers to:

• Titan (mythology), a class of deities who preceded the Olympians in Greek mythology
• Titan (moon), the largest moon of the planet Saturn

Mythology

• Helios, Greek sun-deity sometimes referred to as "Titan"

Music

• Titan, working title of Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
• Titan, a 2005 music album by the group 300.000 V.K.
• Titán, a Mexican electronic band

Fiction

Literature

• Titan (Stephen Baxter novel), a science fiction novel
• Titan (John Varley), the first book in the science fiction Gaea Trilogy
• Titan (Bova novel), a novel in Ben Bova's "Grand Tour" series
• The Titan, a novel by Theodore Dreiser
• Titan (Jean Paul), a German early nineteenth century romance novel
• Star Trek: Titan, a series of Star Trek novels
• The Titan (collection), a collection of short stories by P. Schuyler Miller
• Titan (Dune), a group of immortal cymeks in Brian Herbert's and Kevin J. Anderson's book The Butlerian Jihad

Comics

• Titan (Imperial Guard), a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guards in the Marvel Universe
• Titan (DC Comics), the moon of Saturn in the fictional universe of DC Comics
• Titan (Marvel Comics), the moon of Saturn in the fictional universe of Marvel Comics
• Titan (Dark Horse Comics), a superhero turned supervillain in the Dark Horse Comics imprint Comics' Greatest World
• Titan, a New Gods giant from Darkseid's Elite
• Teen Titans, also known as The Teen Titans, a group of DC Comics superheroes
• Titan Books, a publisher of comic reprints

Television

• Titan A.E., an animated sci-fi space adventure movie
• Titans (TV series), starring Casper Van Dien and Yasmine Bleeth
• Titans (Canadian TV series), hosted by Patrick Watson
• Titan, ruler of an undersea people on Stingray (TV series)
• Titan, a Gladiator played by Michael O'Hearn in the 2008 TV series American Gladiators
• Titan, a mecha in the animated series Sym-Bionic Titan
• Titans, an elite counter-insurgency group in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
• Hades, God Titan of the Infershia Pantheon from Mahou Sentai Magiranger
• TV show on Cartoon Network Teen Titans (TV series) where five young teens fight evil

Geography

• Titan, Bucharest, a neighbourhood
• Titan metro station, located in the Titan neighbourhood of Bucharest
• Titan (cave), in Derbyshire, the largest known pitch in the United Kingdom
• The Titan (Fisher Towers), a natural tower near Moab, Utah
• Titan, Murmansk Oblast, a village in Russia
• Titan, Saghar District, Afghanistan

Gaming

• Age of Mythology: The Titans, an expansion pack to the game Age of Mythology
• Titan (1988 computer game), an obscure Arkanoid/Breakout-clone made by Titus
• Titan (Battlefield 2142), huge transport and assault aircraft in Battlefield 2142
• Titan (Blizzard Entertainment project), project name for a massively multiplayer game
• Titan (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons race of Outsiders
• Titan (Final Fantasy character), a summoned beast in the Final Fantasy series
• Titan (game), a fantasy war board game
• Titan (game engine), a game engine developed by Stainless Steel Studios
• Titan Legions, units of giant bipedal war machines in the Warhammer 40,000 game universe
• Titan (world), the Fighting Fantasy Game Books world that was created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone
• Titan, a drug (may also refer to the enemies created by it) in Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Titan, a type of main battle bipedal walker carrying a cannon in the Command & Conquer series
• Titan, one of the 25 unlockable characters in Maxis' Action RPG Darkspore
• Titan, a unit in Supreme Commander (video game)
• Titans, the ancient Gods of Heavy Metal in the game Brütal Legend
• Titans, a class of super-capital ship in EVE Online, a science-fiction multiplayer online role-playing game

Sports

• Acadie-Bathurst Titan, hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
• Gold Coast Titans, Australian rugby league team
• New York Titans, former name of the New York Jets, an American football team
• New York Titans (lacrosse), a team in the National Lacrosse League
• Newport Titans, a rugby league side who play out of Newport, South Wales
• Orlando Titans, a team in the National Lacrosse League
• Tennessee Titans, American football team in the National Football League
• Titans cricket team, the Nashua Titans, a South African cricket team based in Centurion and Benoni
• Ulster Titans, Rugby Union team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Victoria Titans, former professional basketball team from Melbourne in the NBL
• Der Titan, epithet of Oliver Kahn, former German football keeper

Companies

• Titan Aircraft, a company specializing in ultralight aircraft kits
• Titan Airways, a charter airline
• Titan Books, a UK publisher of Titan Magazines graphic novels
• Titan Cement, a Greek multinational company
• Titan Chemical Corp, a producer of olefins and polyolefins
• Titan Corp., a private military contractor
• Titan Industries, an Indian watchmaker
• Titan Media, American pornographic film company
• Titan Salvage, marine salvage and wreck removal company
• Titan Sports, the former parent company of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
• Titan Tire, a U.S. tire manufacturer
• Titan (Transit Advertising Company), a media sales company specializing in Out-of-Home advertising

Vehicles

• Ellipse Titan, a French hang glider
• Titan, a South Devon Railway Gorgon class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive
• Titan (rocket family)
• Titan Clydebank, a cantilever crane located in Clydebank, Scotland
• Cessna 404 Titan II, a small twin-propeller aircraft
• Chevrolet Titan, a cabover tractor-trailer truck by Chevrolet
• Floating crane Titan, a floating crane that operated in Sydney Harbour, Australia
• Leyland Titan (front engined double-decker), a chassis for double-decker buses, made from 1927 to 1970
• Leyland Titan (B15), a double-decker bus, made from 1977 to 1984
• Nissan Titan, a pickup truck
• ST Titan, a Gold Coast tugboat
• Terex Titan, the prototype of a large dump truck
• USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15), a ship in the United States Navy
• Volkswagen Titan, a truck from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

In science and technology

• Kwikset Titan, a former series of enhanced-security locks, renamed Signature Series in the mid-2000s
• Titan beetle, the largest beetle in the Amazon rainforest
• HTC Titan, a smartphone running Windows Phone 7 (7.5 Mango) by HTC
• HTC Titan (Windows Mobile phone), a PDA phone running Windows Mobile (6.0) by HTC
• Titan (computer), prototype Atlas 2 computer developed in the early 1960s
• Titan (supercomputer), a U.S. supercomputer capable of 20 petaflops
• TITAN2D, a software application for simulating granular avalanches
• Titan, a Facebook internal project publicly called Social Inbox
• Titan the Robot, an electronically controlled dance and stage performance costume featured in Big Brother 2010 (UK)
• Titan, an engine test stand series from Horiba
• Titan, a term for a mathematician who proves a Titanic prime coined by Samuel Yates.

Other uses

• Titan, a brand of hockey stick produced by The Hockey Company (CCM)
• Titan (roller coaster), at Six Flags Over Texas
• Titan, a banknote with a nominal value of 100 million Pounds Sterling
• Titan (dog), the world's tallest dog
• A sunflower variety
• HMH-769, United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Titan
• Titan test
• Titán (wrestler), the ring name of a Mexican masked professional wrestler.

See also

• Titán, a Mexican electronic band formed in 1992
• List of sports teams nicknamed Titans
• Titanic (disambiguation)
• Titanium, a chemical element named for the titans of Greek mythology
• Titin, the largest protein known