Mad Dog
Encyclopedia
A mad dog is a dog
suffering from rabies
. Metaphorical use of the term dates to at least 1577, when a strong ale called Madde Dogge is mentioned in Holinshed's Chronicles
. The term is also used to refer to:
Dog
The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...
suffering from rabies
Rabies
Rabies is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals. It is zoonotic , most commonly by a bite from an infected animal. For a human, rabies is almost invariably fatal if post-exposure prophylaxis is not administered prior to the onset of severe symptoms...
. Metaphorical use of the term dates to at least 1577, when a strong ale called Madde Dogge is mentioned in Holinshed's Chronicles
Holinshed's Chronicles
Holinshed's Chronicles, also known as Holinsheds Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, is a collaborative work published in several volumes and two editions, the first in 1577, and the second in 1587....
. The term is also used to refer to:
People
- Johnny AdairJohnny AdairJonathan Adair, better known as Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair is the former leader of the "C Company", 2nd Battalion Shankill Road, West Belfast Brigade of the "Ulster Freedom Fighters" . This was a cover name used by the Ulster Defence Association , an Ulster loyalist paramilitary organisation...
, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary - Mad Dog CollMad Dog CollVincent "Mad Dog" Coll was an Irish mob hitman in 1920s New York City. Coll gained notoriety for the accidental killing of a young child during a mob kidnap attempt.-Early years:...
, Irish-American gangster - Charles GargottaCharles GargottaCharles Gargotta, also known as "Mad Dog", was a Kansas City, Missouri gangster who became a top enforcer for the Kansas City crime family.Born in Kansas City, Gargotta joined the criminal organization of boss John Lazia as a young man...
, nicknamed Mad Dog, Italian-American criminal - Jon Hall (programmer), American computer programmer
- Bob LassiterBob LassiterBob Lassiter, also known as "Mad Dog", was a controversial and highly influential American radio talk show host in the 1980s and '90s...
, American radio talk show host in the 1980s and '90s - Adam MacDougallAdam MacDougallAdam "Mad Dog" MacDougall is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative centre, he has spent the majority of his career at the Newcastle Knights, with whom he won the 1997 and 2001...
, Australian rugby league player - John Madden (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Joe Maddock (rugby union), New Zealand and Bath rugby union player
- Greg MadduxGreg MadduxGregory Alan Maddux , nicknamed "Mad Dog" and "The Professor", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the first pitcher in major league history to win the Cy Young Award for four consecutive years , a feat matched only by Randy Johnson...
, American baseball player - Michael McAnany, American contestant on Madden NationMadden NationMadden Nation is an American reality television show, created as a joint effort between EA SPORTS and ESPN Original Entertainment to take viewers inside the world of Madden NFL, a popular video game with over 10 million players worldwide. The series premiered on December 6, 2005 and is currently...
- Mark MadsenMark MadsenMark Ellsworth "Mad Dog" Madsen is an American assistant coach and former professional basketball player.Madsen played NCAA basketball at Stanford, where he finished his career ranked in the school's career top 10 in blocks and rebounds. In addition, Madsen helped the Cardinal to four NCAA...
American basketball player - James MattisJames MattisJames N. Mattis is a United States Marine Corps general and the current commander of United States Central Command. Having replaced David Petraeus on August 11, 2010, he previously commanded United States Joint Forces Command from November 9, 2007 to August 2010 and served concurrently as NATO's...
, American general - Michael "Mad Dog" Mavridoglou, American musician
- Dominic McGlincheyDominic McGlincheyDominic McGlinchey from Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland was an Irish republican paramilitary with the Irish National Liberation Army .-Background:...
, Irish republican paramilitary - Jay MichaelsJay MichaelsJay "Mad Dog" Michaels is a Canadian broadcaster who co-hosts The Breakfast Show with Mad Dog and Billie on Virgin Radio 999 in Toronto....
, Canadian broadcast personality - Lewis MoodyLewis MoodyLewis Walton Moody MBE is an English rugby union rugby player who currently plays for Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. He is renowned for his commitment to the physical aspects of the game....
, English Rugby Player - Robbie Muir (footballer)Robbie Muir (footballer)Robbie "Mad Dog" Muir is a former part-Indigenous Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
, Australian Australian-rules footballer - Emanuel PogatetzEmanuel PogatetzEmanuel Pogatetz is an Austrian footballer who currently plays for Hannover 96 as a defender.- Club career :Pogatetz's career started at Sturm Graz before going to Kärnten and later to Bayer Leverkusen...
, Austrian football (soccer) player - Chris RussoChris RussoChristopher Michael Russo , known as the "Mad Dog," is an American sports radio personality who is best known as the former co-host of the widely popular Mike and the Mad Dog sports radio show with Mike Francesa, which was broadcast on WFAN in New York City and simulcast on the YES Network...
, American sports radio personality - Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky, American executed murderer
- Maurice VachonMaurice VachonMaurice Vachon is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name "Mad Dog" Vachon. He is the brother of wrestlers Paul and Vivian Vachon, and the uncle of wrestler Luna Vachon...
, French-Canadian wrestler - Raymond Wong (politician), Hong Kong politician
- David C. Dolby, US Army Medal of Honor Recipient
- Muammar GaddafiMuammar GaddafiMuammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a...
, former leader of LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.... - Rachel 'Mad Dog' Malloch
- Josh Doran, Internet comedian
- Jim MandichJim MandichJames Michael "Mad Dog" Mandich was a professional American football tight end with the Miami Dolphins. Mandich was an All-American at the University of Michigan. In 2004 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. As color commentator for the Miami Dolphins , he was teamed with Jimmy...
, former NFL tight end
Fiction
- Mad Dog, a character from the movie "Ong Bak", starring Tony Jaa.
- Brad 'Mad Dog' Cox, local nutcase
- Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, a character from the movie Back to the Future Part III
- Mad Dog (Hard Boiled), a character from the John Woo film Hard BoiledHard BoiledHard Boiled is a 1992 Hong Kong action film directed by John Woo. The film stars Chow Yun-fat as Inspector "Tequila" Yuen, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai as Tony, an undercover cop, and Anthony Wong as Johnny Wong, a leader of criminal triads. The film features Tequila, whose partner is killed in a tea...
- Mad Dog RassitanoMad Dog RassitanoMad Dog Rassitano is a Marvel Comics fictional character that first appeared in The Mighty Thor #426 . Mad Dog was created by Pittsburgh artist Ron Frenz.- First incarnation :...
, a bounty hunter and former SWAT team member in the Marvel Universe - Mad Dog (comics)Mad Dog (comics)Mad-Dog is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe.-Publication history:His first appearance is in Miss America Comics #2 . His first appearance as Buzz Baxter in modern comics was in Amazing Adventures #13 , and his first appearance as Mad-Dog was in Defenders vol...
, an assassin in the DC Universe - Mad Dog (TV series) TV series
- Johnny Mad Dog (Film)Johnny Mad DogJohnny Mad Dog is a 2008 French/Liberian film directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, based on the novel Johnny Chien Méchant by the Congolese author Emmanuel Dongala, and starring Christopher Minie, Daisy Victoria Vandy, Dagbeh Tweh, Barry Chernoh, Mohammed Sesay and Joseph Duo.It follows a group of...
A film character from the film by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire - Mad Dog Branzillo, a character from the book A Swiftly Tilting PlanetA Swiftly Tilting PlanetA Swiftly Tilting Planet is a 1978 science fiction novel by Madeleine L'Engle, part of the Time Quartet. In it, Charles Wallace Murry, an advanced and perceptive child in A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door, has grown into adolescence...
by Madeleine L'Engle - Tim Johnson, a character from To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature...
by Harper Lee - Captain "Mad Dog" Siska (Keenan WynnKeenan WynnKeenan Wynn was an American character actor. His bristling mustache and expressive face were his stock in trade, and though he rarely had a lead role, he got prominent billing in most of his film and TV parts....
) – a Chicago police officer from the television series Kolchak: The Night StalkerKolchak: The Night StalkerKolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter — Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin — who investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly ones law... - Sgt. Mick Belker (Bruce WeitzBruce WeitzBruce Peter Weitz is an American actor. He is perhaps best-known for his role as Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the 1980s TV series Hill Street Blues for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1984.-Early life:Weitz was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son...
) - a detective sometimes referred to as 'Mad Dog' due to his habits of growling and biting like a dog from the television series Hill Street BluesHill Street BluesHill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...
Music
- Mad Dog (album)Mad Dog (album)Mad Dog is the fourth solo album by John Entwistle, bassist for The Who. His last solo album for the next six years, it is often referred to by fans as "The Son of Rigor Mortis" due to the early rock 'n' roll feel both possess.-Original tracks:...
, by John Entwistle - a song by America from Holiday (American album)Holiday (America album)Holiday is the fourth original studio album by American folk rock band America, released by Warner Bros. Records in June 1974 . The album was produced in London by noted Beatles producer George Martin....
- a song by Deep Purple from The House of Blue LightThe House of Blue LightThe House of Blue Light is the twelfth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1987. It is the second recording by the re-formed Mark II lineup....
- a song by Pentagram from Sub-BasementSub-BasementSub-Basement is the fifth album by Pentagram. It was released in 2001 by Black Widow Records out of Italy. Joe Hasselvander plays all the instruments while Bobby Liebling provides all lead and backing vocals...
Other
- Scutellaria laterifloraScutellaria laterifloraScutellaria lateriflora, also known as Blue Skullcap, Hoodwort, Virginian Skullcap, Mad-dog Skullcap is a hardy perennial herb native to North America. It is a member of the mint family. It has an upright habit, growing 60 to 80 centimeters in maximum height. It is a wetland-loving species and...
, plant commonly known as mad-dog skullcap - Mad Dog (oil platform)Mad Dog (oil platform)Mad Dog is the name of a SPAR oil platform operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. It became operational in 2005, and is one of a new breed of oil drilling platforms that tap oil reserves deep beneath offshore waters....
, in the Gulf of Mexico - MD 20/20Mogen DavidMogen David is a company based in Westfield, New York, which makes wines, including the fortified wine MD 20/20. Mogen David is the Yiddish pronunciation of the Hebrew Magen David which directly means the shield of David, but in English it is more commonly referred to as the six-pointed Star of...
, a low-end fortified wineLow-end fortified wineLow-end fortified wine is an inexpensive fortified wine that typically has an alcohol content between 13% and 20% ABV. These inexpensive wines usually contain added sugar, artificial color, and artificial flavor.- Brands :... - nickname of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80, a medium-range single-aisle commercial jet
- either of the following Contra (series) characters:
- the name given to the character Bill Rizer in the American localization of Contra (video game) and Super ContraSuper Contrais a Run and Gun-style action game produced by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in . It is the sequel to the original Contra and the second game in the Contra series released for the arcades. Like in the original game, the game centers on soldiers Bill Rizer and Lance...
for the Nintendo Entertainment System - a new character with that name in Contra 4Contra 4Contra 4 is a 2D action game for the Nintendo DS and the eleventh original installment in the Contra series. The game was released in North America on November 13, 2007...
for the Nintendo DS- a heavy Battlemech in the BattleTechBattleTechBattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2000, and owned since 2003 by Topps. The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech by Jordan Weisman and L...
series. It is also known as the Vulture. - Madd Dogg, a character played by Ice-T in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- the mascot of the Northeastern University Rugby ClubNortheastern University Rugby ClubThe Northeastern University Rugby Football Club is a college rugby union team representing Northeastern University, competing in East Coast Rugby Conference and governed by USA Rugby...
- a heavy Battlemech in the BattleTech