title: Strider
text: # Strider
  
  Strider may refer to:
  
  ## Literature
  
  * Strider, standard English title of Leo Tolstoy's novella Kholstomer
  * Strider (novel), a juvenile fiction novel by Beverly Cleary
  * Strider, an alias of Aragorn, a character from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
  * Strider, a giant mecha (walking vehicle) in Stanisław Lem's 1987 novel Fiasco
  * Dave and Dirk Strider, fictional characters from the webcomic Homestuck
  
  ## Manga and video games
  
  * Strider Hiryu, a manga and video game character who has starred in the following titles
     * Strider (1988 manga), a 1988 manga by Moto Kikaku
     * Strider (1989 arcade game), a 1989 action game by Capcom
     * Strider (1989 NES video game), a different 1989 game starring the same character
     * Strider II (1990 video game), sequel to the arcade game by Tiertex
     * Strider 2 (1999 video game), sequel to the 1989 arcade game by Capcom
     * Strider (2014 video game), a new game in the series developed by Double Helix Games and Capcom
  * Strider, a type of Combine machine/bio-engineered creature from the Half-Life video game universe
  * Strider, an agility-based vocation in the Dragon's Dogma video games
  * Strider Squadron, the player's fighter squadron in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
  * Strider, a mob found in the nether dimension in Minecraft
  
  ## People
  
  * Burns Strider (born 1966), American consultant, lobbyist and former political aide
  * Marjorie Strider (1931–2014), American painter and sculptor performance
  * Spencer Strider (born 1998), American baseball pitcher
  * Tinchy Stryder (born 1986), Ghanaian-British rapper and singer-songwriter
  
  ## Other
  
  * Strider Wildlife Management Area, in Maryland
  * Strider Farm, West Virginia, a site of frequent fighting during the American Civil War
  * Strider Knives, a knife production company
     * Strider SMF, a knife developed by the company for the U.S. Marine Corps
  * Alexander Strider, a bus manufactured by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders
  