Caveman (disambiguation)

Last updated April 13, 2025

A caveman is a popular stylized characterization of how early humans or hominids looked and behaved. A cave dweller is a real human being who lives in a cave or under a cliff.

Characters

Caveman (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), a character from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
GEICO Cavemen, characters in a series of commercials and a short-lived television program
Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Saturday Night Live character played by Phil Hartman
Caveman, nickname given to Stanley Yelnats IV from Holes (novel)

Computer games and applications

CAVEman, a 4D high-resolution model of a functioning human elaborated by University of Calgary
Caveman Ughlympics , a 1988 computer game ported for NES (like Caveman Game )
Caveman (skateboarding), a skateboarding trick

Film and TV

The Caveman (1915 film), a lost 1915 silent film comedy
The Caveman (1926 film), a 1926 film
Caveman (film), a 1981 film featuring Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach and Dennis Quaid
Cavemen (film), a 2013 American comedy film
Cavemen (TV series), a television series on ABC network
Cavemen (Misseri Studio), a Russian segment of Sesame Street

Music

Caveman (American band), an American indie rock band
The Cavemen (band), a Nigerian highlife band
Caveman (group), a British hip hop group
"Caveman", the fifteenth movement of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 2003 album
Caveman, a song by The Cockroaches from the 1988 album: Fingertips

Nicknames

People

"L'Homme des Cavernes" (fr. "The Caveman"), nickname for Sébastien Chabal, a French rugby union player
"Caveman", nickname for Don Robinson
"The Caveman", nickname for Kevin Shirley, a South African music producer
Jonathan "Caveman" Williams, victim of the John McDonogh High School shooting

Schools in the United States

Carlsbad High School (Carlsbad, New Mexico)
Grants Pass High School, Oregon
Mishawaka High School, Indiana

Other uses

Maropeng Cavemen, South Africa field hockey club