Saxon (disambiguation)
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The Saxons were a confederation of Germanic tribes during the Early Middle Ages, and formed part of the merged group of Anglo-Saxons.
Saxon may also refer to:
Places
United States
- Saxon, California, an unincorporated community
- Saxon, South Carolina, a census-designated place
- Saxon, Washington, an unincorporated community
- Saxon, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Saxon, Wisconsin, a town
- Saxon (CDP), Wisconsin, an unincorporated census-designated place within the town
- Saxon Harbor, a harbor in Wisconsin
Elsewhere
- Saxon, Switzerland, a district of Martigny, canton of Valais
- Saxon River, New Zealand
Arts and entertainment
- Saxon (band), British heavy metal band, formed in 1976
- Saxon (album), 1979 debut album by the band Saxon
- The Saxons, original name of Scottish pop band Bay City Rollers
- Saxon, a song by Chase & Status
- Saxon (film), a 2007 independent British film
- Harold Saxon, pseudonym of an enemy of Doctor Who
- Machinesmith, a fictional Marvel Universe villain born Samuel "Starr" Saxon
People
- inhabitants of three states of Germany: Lower Saxony, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt
- Saxon (surname)
- Saxon (given name)
- Alex Saxon, pen name of Bill Pronzini (born 1943), American writer of detective fiction
- Sky Saxon, a stage name of American rock and roll musician Richard Marsh (1937-2009)
- nickname of Matthew Saxon McEwan, late 19th century Scottish rugby football player
Other uses
- Saxon language (disambiguation), various old and modern languages
- England Saxons, current name of that country's "A" (second-level) men's national rugby union team
- Saxon (horse), an American racehorse who won the 1874 Belmont Stakes
- Saxon (vehicle), British Army armoured personnel carrier
- Saxon Motor Car Company, American car maker from 1914 to 1922
- Saxon (automobile), produced from 1913 to 1923
- Saxon (firework), rapidly spinning, ground based pyrotechnic device
- Saxon XSLT, open-source XSLT and XQuery processor
- Saxon Studio International, London reggae soundsystem
See also
- Transylvanian Saxons (1100-present), Germanic peoples who migrated to Transylvania
- Bruno the Saxon, German chronicler of the eleventh century
- Saxony (disambiguation)
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