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Highlander may refer to:

In regional cultures

• Highlander, a Gael or a person from the Scottish Highlands
  • the Highlander statue on the monument at Glenfinnan
  • the Highlander statue on the 51st (Highland) Division Monument at Beaumont-Hamel, in France
• Montañés, lit. "Highlanders", a term sometimes used to denote the people of Cantabria in northern Spain
• Gorals, lit. "Highlanders", a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia
• Malësor or Malok, lit. "Highlander" is a term used for a person from Malësia (Highlands) in Albania
• Highlanders (горцы), term for the people of the North Caucasus
• Merina people, an ethnic group from the central plateau of Madagascar
• Degar, or Montagnards, various ethnic groups in the highlands of Vietnam
• Pahari people, various ethnic groups from the Himalayas.
• Highlander, a term sometimes used by Ethiopian and Eritrean lowlanders for a person from the Ethiopian Highlands
• Highlanders, or "Southern Highlanders," sometimes used to denote the mountain people of Southern Appalachia in the eastern United States

In schools

• Highlander Research and Education Center, a leadership training school and cultural center located in Tennessee, known for its support of the labor and civil rights movements

In publications

• The Highlander, a book written by James Macpherson
• The Highlander (newspaper), a Gaelic language political newspaper based in Scotland
• The Highlander, a newspaper based in Marble Falls, Texas
• The Highlander, a newspaper based in Highlands, North Carolina
• The Highlander, the student newspaper of the University of California, Riverside
• The Highlander, the student newspaper of Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas

In the media

• Highlander (franchise), a franchise of films, television series and other media, including:
  • Films:
    • Highlander (film) the first film in the franchise, released in 1986
    • Highlander II: The Quickening, released in 1991
    • Highlander III: The Sorcerer, also known as "Highlander III: The Final Dimension", released in 1994
    • Highlander: Endgame, released in 2000 and set after the TV series
    • Highlander: The Source, released in 2007
    • Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, a 2007 spin-off animated film
  • Television series:
    • Highlander: The Series (1992-1998), a spin-off television series based on the film
    • Highlander: The Raven (1998-1999), a spin-off television series based on the previous series
    • Highlander: The Animated Series
  • Highlander novels and comic books
  • Games:
    • Highlander (video game), a 1986 one-on-one sword fighting ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 game
    • Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods, a 1995 video game for the Atari Jaguar CD
    • Highlander: The Card Game, a collectible card game originally produced by Thunder Castle Games, reintroduced by Le Montagnard Inc
    • Highlander: The Game, a canceled video game based on the Highlander franchise
• Highlander, a competitive format of Team Fortress 2
• Highlander (Bakufu Slump album)

In the military

• Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), a regiment of the British Army's Scottish Division
• The Highland regiments, a repertoire of regiments formed of or following Highlander Regiments tradition
• HMS Highlander (H44), a Royal Navy H-Class Destroyer that served in World War II
• Highlanders 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, a light armored United States Marine Corps Battalion based out of MCB Camp Pendleton, California.

In sports

• Cairn University Highlanders, the sports teams of the college in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
• Radford Highlanders, the sports teams (most of which compete at the NCAA Division 1 level), fans, students and alumni of Radford University, in southwest Virginia, US
• Highland Football League one of three senior non-league football (soccer), leagues in Scotland
• The Highlanders, a Scottish cricket franchise in the North Sea Pro Series
• Highlanders (rugby union), a rugby union team in based in Dunedin, New Zealand that participates in the Super Rugby competition
• The Highlanders (professional wrestling) (born 1976), tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
• Highlanders F.C., a Zimbabwean football (soccer) club
• Mbabane Highlanders F.C., a Swazi football (soccer) club
• NJIT Highlanders, the teams (NCAA Division 1 level), students, alumnae/alumni and fans of the New Jersey Institute of Technology
• The New York Highlanders, a baseball team which would later become the New York Yankees
• University of California, Riverside Highlanders, who sports teams compete in NCAA Division 1 (Big West Conference)
• Houghton College Highlanders, whose teams compete in NCAA Division III (Empire 8 Conference)
• The Highlander Mountain Marathon, an annual two-day orienteering event in Scotland
• Cape Breton Highlanders, a NBL Canada team
• High school, preparatory and other secondary schools
  • Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
  • Herricks High School
  • Homestead High School (Mequon, Wisconsin)
  • LHPS Highlanders, the athletics teams fielded by Lake Highland Preparatory School
  • MacArthur High School (Lawton, Oklahoma)
  • Thomas McKean High School, Wilmington, Delaware
  • Northwestern Regional High School
  • Oak Hills High School
  • Rochester Adams High School
  • West Morris Central High School
  • Howell High School (Howell, Michigan)
  • Doherty Memorial High School
  • Glenvar High School
  • Northern Highlands Regional High School

In vehicles

• AirLony Highlander, a Czech ultralight biplane
• Toyota Highlander, a sport utility vehicle
• H1ghlander, an autonomous vehicle created by Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team for the DARPA Grand Challenge
• Highlander (dinghy), a dinghy class sailboat manufactured by Allen Boat Company
• MV Highlanders, Canadian ferry

Animals

• Highlander cat, hybrid domestic cat.

See also

• Highland (disambiguation)

• Disambiguation pages