Technology

• Thor (satellite)
  Thor (satellite)
  Thor is a family of satellites designed, launched and tested by Hughes Space and Communications for British Satellite Broadcasting , and were used for Britain's Direct Broadcast Service. Thor is owned by Telenor...
  
   (previously known as Marcopolo), a satellite constellation owned by Telenor
• CST Thor
  CST Thor
  The CST Thor series of personal computers were Sinclair QL-compatible systems designed and produced by Cambridge Systems Technology during the late 1980s.- Thor PC :...
  
  , a series of personal computers designed by Cambridge Systems Technology
• THOR, a type of crash test dummy, see Crash test dummy#Hybrid's successors
• Thor-CD
  Thor-CD
  Thor-CD was a recordable CD format proposed in 1988 by Tandy , that was never released in commercial version.At the time Tandy proposed the new format, CDs were mostly used for digital music, but not for other digital data...
  
  , a recordable CD format proposed in 1988 by Tandy bur never released in commercial version
• Thor (rocket family), a space launch vehicle derived from the PGM-17
• Bristol Thor
  Bristol Thor
  The Bristol Thor was a 16" diameter ramjet engine developed by Bristol Aero Engines for the Bristol Bloodhound anti-aircraft missile....
  
  , ramjet engine used on the Bristol Bloodhound missile
• Thor Power Tool Company, a defunct automobile maker in Aurora, Illinois
• Thor Industries
  Thor Industries
  Thor Industries, Inc. is a manufacturer of recreational vehicles and mid-sized commercial buses.-History:Thor Industries, Inc., was founded on August 29, 1980, when Wade F. B. Thompson and Peter B. Orthwein acquired Airstream. The name "Thor" combined the first two letters of each entrepreneur's...
  
   worlds largest manufacturer of recreational vehicles
• Thor washing machine
  Thor Washing Machine
  The Thor washing machine was the first electric clothes washer sold commercially in the United States. Produced by the Chicago-based Hurley Electric Laundry Equipment Company, the 1907 Thor is believed to be the first electrically powered washer ever manufactured, crediting Hurley as the inventor...
  
  , the first electric clothes washer sold commercially in the United States

Music

• Jon Mikl Thor
  Jon Mikl Thor
  Jon Mikl Thor , is a bodybuilding champion, actor, songwriter, screenwriter, historian, vocalist and musician....
  
   (born 1955), Canadian heavy metal singer and bodybuilder
• Thor Salden
  Thor Salden
  Thor Salden from Schoten was the winning contestant in the Belgian pre-selections of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 and he represented Belgium in the international final on 2 December 2006 in Bucharest, Romania where he reached seventh place in a field of fifteen...
  
   (born 1997), Belgian singer
• Thor (singer)
  Thor (singer)
  -Biography:Born in Panabo City, Davao del Norte, he was a choirboy who began singing professionally at the age of nineteen. He graduated from Ateneo de Davao University before trying his luck in Manila with his band, Extreme Mix, now known as Myxtreme...
  
   (born 1982), Filipino singer, performer & songwriter
• Thor (Hazael album), 1994
• Thor (Wizard album)
  Thor (Wizard album)
  Wizards 8th studio album, released January 31st 2009, by Massacre Records. A concept album about the Norse mythology and the god of thunder, Thor...
  
  , 2009
• Thor (band)
  Thor (band)
  Thor is a heavy metal band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Biography:Thor started out out as a concept band in 1973. They were first called "Centaur" and then "Mikl Body Rock". These entities were the brainchild of Jon Mikl Thor, a vocalist, musician and body building champion who won...
  
  , a Canadian heavy metal band

Other

• Thor (comics)
  Thor (comics)
  Thor has appeared as a character in various comics over the years, appearing in series from a range of publishers.-Marvel Comics:Thor is a Marvel Comics superhero, based on the thunder god of Norse mythology...
  
  , various characters
• Thor (Marvel Comics)
  Thor (Marvel Comics)
  Thor is a fictional superhero who appears in publications published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby....
  
  , most notable comic book character with this name
• Thor (film)
  Thor (film)
  Thor is a 2011 American superhero film based on the comic book character of the same name published by Marvel Comics. It is the fourth film released as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe...
  
  , a 2011 American live-action superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character
  • Thor (soundtrack)
    Thor (soundtrack)
    Thor: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the Marvel Studios film of the same name, based on the character created by Marvel Comics. The music was composed by Patrick Doyle, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Buena Vista Records announced the details for the...
    
    
• Thor (Comico Comics)
  Thor (Comico Comics)
  Thor is a fictional character in the Comico comic book series Elementals. He was created by Bill Willingham and first appeared in Elementals #23 .-Biography:Thor is the Norse god of thunder. He lives in an underground house on Earth's Moon...
  
  , a fictional character in the Comico comic book series Elementals
• Phecda Gamma Thor, a character from the anime, Saint Seiya
• Thor (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), a character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Thor (Stargate), an extraterrestrial alien character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
• Thor - The Edda Chronicles
  Thor - The Edda Chronicles
  Legends of Valhalla: Thor is an upcoming CGI animated comedy feature film co-produced by CAOZ, Ulysses and Magma Films. It is based on stories about Thor, the god of thunder from Norse mythology.- External links :* at Animation World Network...
  
  , an animated feature scheduled for December 2010
• a playable character in the video game Gauntlet
  Gauntlet (arcade game)
  Gauntlet is a fantasy-themed hack and slash 1985 arcade game by Atari Games. It is noted as the first class-based multiplayer game. Released during the emergence of popularity of other role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, the game was a sensation, being one of the first true dungeon crawl...
  
  
• Thor, a Terran "Ultimate Heavy-assault Mech unit" in Starcraft 2
• Thor Lundgren, a character on Nurse Jackie
  Nurse Jackie
  Nurse Jackie is an American series that premiered on June 8, 2009, on Showtime, Movie Central and The Movie Network.The series stars Edie Falco as the title character Jackie Peyton, an emergency room nurse at All Saints' Hospital in New York City...
  
  , played by actor Stephen Wallem
• Almighty Thor
  Almighty Thor
  Almighty Thor is a fantasy action film by The Asylum loosely based on Norse mythology, which premiered on the Syfy cable network on May 7, 2011 and was released on DVD on May 10, 2011 in the United States. The film is directed by Christopher Ray and is a mockbuster intending to "cash in" on the...
  
  , a 2011 direct-to-DVD film, loosely based on Norse mythology

By forename

• Thor Nis Christiansen
  Thor Nis Christiansen
  Thor Nis Christiansen was a serial killer from Solvang, California. He committed his first three murders in late 1976 and early 1977, killing young women of similar appearance from Isla Vista, California...
  
   (1957–1981), serial killer in California, USA
• Thor Halvorssen Hellum
  Thor Halvorssen Hellum
  Thor Halvorssen Hellum —commonly known as Thor Halvorssen—is a Venezuelan-Norwegian businessman who served as CEO and President of the Venezuelan state-owned telephone company, CANTV and later as Special Commissioner for International Narcotic Affairs in the administration of President Carlos...
  
   (born 1943), Venezuelan-Norwegian businessman and ambassador
• Thor Halvorssen Mendoza (born 1976), human rights advocate and film producer
• Thor Hansen
  Thor Hansen
  Thor Harald Hansen is a professional poker player. He was recruited by Larry Flynt to play poker for him after Hansen played against him in Las Vegas in the mid 1990s. He has two WSOP braclets, one from the 1988 WSOP in Seven-card stud, and then later in Deuce to Seven Lowball in the 2002 WSOP...
  
   (born 1947), Professional Poker Player and 2 time World Series of Poker Bracelet Winner
• Thor Henning
  Thor Henning
  Thor Henning was a Swedish breaststroke and freestyle swimmer. He won a total of four medals in swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics, 1920 Summer Olympics and 1924 Summer Olympics....
  
   (1894–1967), Swedish Olympic medalist in swimming
• Thor Heyerdahl
  Thor Heyerdahl
  Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands...
  
   (1914–2002), Norwegian explorer
• Thor Hushovd
  Thor Hushovd
  Thor Hushovd is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer riding . He has signed for from 2012 onwards. He is known for sprinting and time trialing and is the 2010 Norwegian and world road champion. He is the first Norwegian to lead the Tour de France, and first Scandinavian to win the road...
  
   (born 1978), Norwegian professional road bicycle racer
• Thor Longus (died 12th-century), 12th century Anglian noble, active in Scotland
• Thor of Tranent
  Thor of Tranent
  Thor of Tranent, also known as Thor, son of Sveinn or Thor, son of Swain , Lord of Tranent and Sheriff of Lothian, was a landlord and chieftain active in Lothian in the reign of King David I of Scotland...
  
  , 12th century Anglian Sheriff of Lothian, Scotland

By middle name

• Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson
  Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson
  Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson , known internationally as Thor Bjorgolfsson, is an Icelandic businessman and entrepreneur, and former chairman of the financial firm Straumur-Burðarás and chairman of investment firm Novator Partners.He has been declared "Iceland's first billionaire", and was ranked as...
  
   (born 1967), Icelandic businessman and entrepreneur

Places

• le Thor
  Le Thor
  Le Thor is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It has an attractive Romanesque church, Notre-Dame-du-Lac.-External links:*...
  
  , a town in southern France
• Mount Thor
  Mount Thor
  Mount Thor, officially gazetted as Thor Peak, is a mountain with an elevation of 1,675 m located in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The mountain is located northeast of Pangnirtung and features the Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at , with an average angle of 105...
  
  , Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Thor, Iowa
  Thor, Iowa
  Thor is a city in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 174 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Thor is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  , a small town in the United States
• Thor's Cave
  Thor's Cave
  Thor's Cave is a natural cavern located at in the Manifold Valley of the White Peak in Staffordshire, England. It is classified as a Karst cave...
  
  , in the English Peak District

Science

• Thor (volcano)
  Thor (volcano)
  Thor is an active volcano on Jupiter's moon Io. It is located on Io's anti-Jupiter hemisphere at . A major eruption with high thermal emission and a large, volcanic plume was observed during a Galileo flyby on August 6, 2001, when the spacecraft flew through the outer portions of the plume...
  
  , an active volcano on Jupiter's moon Io
• Thor (genus), a genus of shrimp known to include six species, including Thor amboinensis
  Thor amboinensis
  Thor amboinensis is a species of shrimp found across the Indo-West Pacific and in parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It lives on corals, sea anemones and other animals in shallow reef communities....
  
  
• Thorium
  Thorium
  Thorium is a natural radioactive chemical element with the symbol Th and atomic number 90. It was discovered in 1828 and named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder....
  
  , an element
• THOR
  Thor
  In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and also hallowing, healing, and fertility...
  
  , a digital modulation

War

• German auxiliary cruiser Thor
  German auxiliary cruiser Thor
  Thor was an auxiliary cruiser of the German Kriegsmarine in the Second World War, intended for service as a commerce raider. Also known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 10; to the Royal Navy she was Raider E...
  
  , a German surface raider in the Second World War
• PGM-17 Thor
  PGM-17 Thor
  Thor was the first operational ballistic missile of the U.S. Air Force . Named after the Norse god of thunder, it was deployed in the United Kingdom between 1959 and September 1963 as an intermediate range ballistic missile with thermonuclear warheads. Thor was in height and in diameter. It was...
  
  , an American intermediate range ballistic missile
• HNoMS Thor
  HNoMS Thor
  HNoMS Thor was a monitor built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1871. She was decommissioned in 1918, long after her heavy guns were outdated. She was considered an improvement on the Skorpionen class of monitors, with heavier armour and a wider beam....
  
  , Royal Norwegian Navy warships named after the Norse god of thunder
• HMS Thor
  HMS Thor
  Thor has been the name of one ship of the Swedish Navy and one submarine of the Royal Navy., was a Swedish coastal defence ship that was launched on 7 March 1898....
  
  
• Project Thor, a theoretical orbital weapons system designed to launch a kinetic bombardment
• Thor, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War
• THOR/Multi Mission System (MMS), a British Army vehicle mounted Starstreak missile
  Starstreak missile
  Starstreak is a British short range surface-to-air missile manufactured by Thales Air Defence , in Belfast. It is also known as Starstreak HVM where HVM stands for "High Velocity Missile". After launch the missile accelerates to approximately Mach 3.5, at which point it launches three laser beam...
  
   launcher

See also

• Bobby Nystrom, nicknamed "Thor", NHL ice hockey player
• Thor Equities
  Thor Equities
  Thor Equities, LLC, is a real estate development and investment firm founded by Joseph Sitt based in New York City that specializes in revitalizing and adding value to urban properties in high density areas. The company owns the historic Palmer House Hilton in Chicago and much of the ocean front...
  
  , a private equity corporation in New York City
• Thaw (disambiguation)