Lone Wolf

A lone wolf is a wolf not belonging to a pack. As a trope, it refers to an individual who prefers to operate alone.

Lone wolf or Lone Wolf, or The Lone Wolf may also refer to:

Literature

• Lone Wolf, a book by Kathryn Lasky, part of the series called Wolves of the Beyond
• The Lone Wolf, a 1914 novel by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Lone Wolf (character) or Michael Lanyard, a character in a series of detective books by Louis Joseph Vance
• “Lone Wolf”, the field name of fictional character John Rambo
• Lone Wolf, a book by Maryanne Vollers about bomber Eric Robert Rudolph
• Lone Wolf (gamebooks), a series of gamebooks created by Joe Dever
• Lone Wolf (Jabotinsky biography), a 1996 biography of Ze'ev Jabotinsky
• Lone Wolf (Muchamore novel), 2014
• Lone Wolf (Picoult novel), 2012

Music

• Lone Wolf (Hank Williams Jr. album), 1990
• Lone Wolf (Michael Martin Murphey album), 1978
• "Lone Wolf", a song by Eels from Shootenanny!
• "Lone Wolf", a song by Eric Church from Heart & Soul
• "Lone Wolf", a song by Corey Hart from Young Man Running
• "Lone Wolf", the theme tune for videogame character Guile
• "Lone Wolf", a song by Judas Priest from Firepower
• Lone Wolf Management, a record label run by Karl Wolf
• "Lonewolf", a song by Running Wild from Blazon Stone

People

• Lone Wolf [the Elder] (1820–1879), Guipago, last Principal Chief of the Kiowa tribe
• Lone Wolf the Younger (c. 1843–1923), Kiowa leader
• Lone Wolf, the Blackfoot name of artist Hart Merriam Schultz
• Ted Lone Wolf (fl. 1922–1923), American football player
• The Lone Wolf, Scott Hall, American professional wrestler
• Lone Wolf, nickname of Baron Corbin, American professional wrestler

Film, TV, and games

• Lone Wolf, a masked character in the video game, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
• The Lone Wolf, a 1917 American silent film based on the 1914 novel of the same name by Louis Joseph Vance
• The Lone Wolf (1924 film), another adaptation of the Vance novel
• The Lone Wolf (1952 film), a Mexican western film directed by Vicente Oroná
• Lone Wolf (1978 film), a Soviet film
• Lone Wolf (2021 film), an Australian science fiction drama thriller film
• The Lone Wolf (TV series), a 1954 television series based on Vance’s character, featuring Louis Hayward

Other uses

• Lone Wolf, Oklahoma
• Lone wolf attack, a mass murder planned and committed by a single person

See also

• Joe Dever's Lone Wolf, 2013 video game
• Lone Wolf and Cub, a 1970 Japanese graphic novel
• Lone Wolf McQuade, a 1983 film starring Chuck Norris
• Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, a United States Supreme Court case