Golden Boy Explained

Golden Boy or The Golden Boy may refer to:

Artwork

• Golden Boy (AT&T) or Spirit of Communication, a 1914 statue and symbol of AT&T
• Golden Boy (Manitoba), a 1918 statue on the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building
• Golden Boy of Pye Corner, a monument in Smithfield, London

Books and comics

• Golden Boy (manga), a 1992 series adapted into a 1995 anime and 2010 spinoff manga
• Golden Boy (novel), a 2013 novel by Abigail Tarttelin
• Golden Boy (Wild Cards), a superhero from the Wild Cards book series
• Golden Boy (DC Comics), a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe
• Sandy Hawkins, or Sandy the Golden Boy, a character in the DC Comics Universe

Film, theatre, and television

• Golden Boy (1925 film), a German silent film
• Golden Boy (play), a 1937 play by Clifford Odets
  • Golden Boy (1939 film), a film adaptation of Odets' play
  • Golden Boy (musical), a 1964 musical version of Odets' play
• "Golden Boy", a T-shirt in the 1994 Seinfeld episode "The Marine Biologist"
• Golden Boy (American TV series), a 2013 crime drama
• A Golden Boy, a 2014 Italian film
• Golden Boy (New Zealand TV series), a 2019 comedy series
• Golden Boy (South Korean TV series), a 2024 romantic comedy series
• "Golden Boy", a 2007/2008 episode of All Grown Up!
• "Golden Boy", an episode of Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
• Yalı Çapkını, a 2022 Turkish drama series

Music

• Golden Boy (electronic musician) (born 1968), musician/artist who played with Miss Kittin

Albums

• Golden Boy (Art Blakey album), 1963
• Golden Boy (Quincy Jones album), or the title song, 1964
• Golden Boy (Sin with Sebastian album), or the title song (see below), 1995
• Golden Boy, by Kojo Funds

Songs

• "Golden Boy" (Kylie Minogue song), 2014
• "Golden Boy" (Nadav Guedj song), 2015
• "Golden Boy" (Sin with Sebastian song), 1995
• "The Golden Boy", by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé, 1988
• "Golden Boy", by Godley & Creme from The History Mix Volume 1, 1985
• "Golden Boy," by Greg Dulli from Amber Headlights, 2005
• "Golden Boy", by the Mountain Goats from Ghana, 1999
• "Golden Boy", by Natalie Merchant from Motherland, 2001
• "Golden Boy", by Primus from Brown Album, 1997
• "Golden Boy", written by Sam Spence

People with the nickname

• Ivor Allchurch (1929–1997), Welsh football player
• Oscar De La Hoya (born 1973), boxer
• Badr Hari (born 1984), Moroccan-Dutch K-1 kickboxer
• Stephen Hendry (born 1969), Scottish professional snooker player
• Paul Hornung (1935–2020), American football player
• Donny Lalonde (born 1960), retired boxer
• Fred Lorenzen (born 1934), NASCAR driver
• Wilf Mannion (1918–2000), England and Middlesbrough F. C. footballer 1930s to 1950s
• Diego Maradona (1960–2020), Argentine footballer
• Gianni Rivera (born 1943), Italian footballer, 1969 European Footballer of the Year (Ballon D'Or)
• Arnold Skaaland (1925–2007), American former professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager
• Francesco Totti (born 1976), Italian footballer

Other uses

• Golden Boy (award), a European football award
• Golden Boy Promotions, a boxing and martial arts promotion company founded by Oscar De La Hoya
• Golden Boy, a rimfire rifle from Henry Repeating Arms

See also

• Golden Girl (disambiguation)
• Golden Boys (disambiguation)
• Bangaru Babu (disambiguation), Indian films so titled