Bison is a taxonomic group containing six species of large even-toed ungulates, among them the extant American bison and European bison (the wisent).

Bison or Bisons may also refer to:

Places in the United States Bison, Kansas, a city Bison, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community Bison, South Dakota, a town Bison, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Bison Township, Perkins County, South Dakota, a township

People Surname Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (1762–1844), Italian painter

Nickname or ring name Béla I of Hungary (1016–1063), King of Hungary nicknamed "the Bison" Bison Dele (1969–2002, né Brian Carson Williams; presumed dead 2002), American professional basketball player Matt Kemp (born 1984), American baseball player nicknamed "The Bison" Bison Smith, ring name of American professional wrestler Mark Smith (1973–2011)

Arts and entertainment Fictional characters Bison (comics), a Marvel comic book supervillain M. Bison, the main antagonist in the Street Fighter franchise Balrog (Street Fighter), known as Mike Bison or M. Bison in Japan, a character in the Street Fighter video game series Bison, nickname of the protagonist of Bison Kaalamaadan, a 2025 Indian Tamil-language film

Music Bison (indie folk band), an American band Bison (metal band), a Canadian band "Bison" (song), by The Fireman

Other arts and entertainment Bison (novel), 2014, by Patrick Grainville Bison (sculpture), a c. 1960 work by an unknown artist in Eugene, Oregon, US Bison (Siemering), a 1902 work by Rudolf Siemering in Berlin, Germany Bison (2014 film), a Canadian short film

Businesses BISON, a collaboration between a group of computer companies (Bull, ICL, Siemens, Olivetti, and Nixdorf) that subsequently became X/Open Bison Transport, a Canadian transportation and warehousing Bison Radio Network, which broadcasts North Dakota State Bison athletics Bison Company, Bison Life Motion Pictures, or Bison 101 Company, an early 20th century film studio that became part of Universal Studios Bison industrialised building system, a precast concrete building system used in high rise flats, developed by Bison Manufacturing Ltd, Dartford, Kent

Military 15 cm sIG 33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf B, sometimes called the Sturmpanzer I Bison, a German self-propelled heavy infantry gun of World War II 15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf), sometimes called the Sturmpanzer II Bison, a German self-propelled heavy infantry gun of World War II Avro Bison, a biplane spotter aircraft Bison (armoured personnel carrier), a Canadian fighting vehicle Bison Mobile Pillbox, a British improvised mobile pillbox of 1940 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Bison, an upgrade variant of the MiG-21bis fighter jet for the Indian Air Force Myasishchev M-4, a Soviet Cold War-era strategic bomber, NATO reporting name Bison Operation Bison (Jammu & Kashmir 1948), an Indian Army assault in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948 Opération Bison, the French military operation in Chad in 1969–1972 PP-19 Bizon or bison, a Russian submachine gun Bison, a French Guépard-class destroyer sunk in 1940 during the Norwegian campaign

Sports teams

Professional Basingstoke Bison, an ice hockey club from the UK Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne, a French ice hockey team based in Neuilly-sur-Marne Boulder Junior Bison, a junior A ice hockey team in Boulder County, Colorado Bristol Bisons RFC, an English rugby union team Buffalo Bisons (disambiguation), numerous Buffalo, New York, teams (baseball, basketball, football and hockey) Granby Bisons, a junior ice hockey team in Granby, Quebec, Canada, since renamed Kentucky Bisons, an American Basketball Association team Loimaa Bisons, a Finnish basketball team in Loimaa, Finland Okotoks Bisons, a junior B ice hockey team in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada Bisons, a former name of the Mid-Missouri Mavericks, a defunct minor league baseball team Wainwright Bisons, a junior B ice hockey team in Wainwright, Alberta

Collegiate Bucknell Bison, the athletic teams of Bucknell University Howard Bison and Lady Bison, the teams of Howard University, Washington, DC North Dakota State Bison, the teams of North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota Bison Sports Arena Bisons, the teams of Gallaudet University, Washington, DC Bisons, the teams of Harding University, Arkansas Bisons, the teams of Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee Bisons, the teams of Nichols College, Dudley, Massachusetts Bisons, the teams of Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma Manitoba Bisons, the athletic teams of the University of Manitoba, Canada

Technology GNU bison, a parser generator that is part of the GNU project Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network (BiSON)

Vehicles Chevrolet Bison, heavy duty trucks manufactured between 1977 and 1988 Cosmos Bison, an ultralight aircraft

See also Bizon (disambiguation) Bisone, a frazione of the Italian commune of Cisano Bergamasco