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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ343311
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A pilgrim is one who undertakes a religious journey or pilgrimage.

Pilgrim(s) or The Pilgrim(s) may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

Pilgrim (film), a 2000 film starring Ray Liotta

Pilgrim (Arrowverse), a character from the American television series Legends of Tomorrow

"Pilgrim" (Into the Dark), an episode of the first season of Into the Dark

Pilgrims (film), a 2021 crime film by Laurynas Bareisa

Pilgrims, a fictional ethnic group in the film Wing Commander

The Pilgrim (1923 film), a silent film by Charlie Chaplin

The Pilgrim (2014 film), a biographical film about Paulo Coelho

"The Pilgrim" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), a television episode

The Pilgrims (1924 film), a 1924 film by Edwin L. Hollywood

The Pilgrims (2009 film), a 2009 film by Pilgrim Pictures

The Pilgrims (2021 film), a 2021 film by Jerry Newcombe

"Pilgrims" (Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones), a documentary episode

Music

Performers

Pilgrims (band), a Spanish funk-rock band

The Pilgrims (band), an American alternative rock band

Pilgrim, a jazz combo fronted by saxophonist Christoph Irniger

Albums

Pilgrim (Eric Clapton album), 1998

The Pilgrim (Shaun Davey album), 1983

The Pilgrim (Marty Stuart album), 1999

The Pilgrim (Owen Campbell album), 2013

Pilgrim, by Barry McGuire, 1989

Pilgrim, by Ruthie Henshall

The Pilgrim, by Joey Molland, 1992

The Pilgrim, by Larry Gatlin, 1973

Songs

"Pilgrim" (Eric Clapton song), 1998

"Pilgrim" (MØ song), 2013

"Pilgrim", by Uriah Heep from Sweet Freedom, 1973

"Pilgrim", by Scott Walker from Bish Bosch, 2012

"Pilgrim", by Steve Earle from The Mountain, 1999

"Pilgrims", by Widespread Panic from Everyday, 1993

"The Pilgrim", by Iron Maiden from A Matter of Life and Death, 2006

"The Pilgrim", by Sam Roberts from Love at the End of the World, 2008

"The Pilgrim", by Wishbone Ash from Pilgrimage, 1971

"The Pilgrim, Chapter 33", by Kris Kristofferson from The Silver Tongued Devil and I, 1971

"Pilgrim", by Jesse Welles from "Pilgrim", 2025

In print

Pilgrim (Douglass novel) (1998)

Pilgrim (Findley novel) (1999)

Pilgrims (short story collection), a short story collection by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Pilgrim, a periodical begun in 1870 associated with the Old Brethren

The Pilgrim, a 2010 two-issue comic book limited series published by IDW Publishing

Billy Pilgrim, a fictional character in Kurt Vonnegut's 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five

Scott Pilgrim, a fictional character in Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novel series

Pilgrim, a fictional ship in the novel Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen

Other uses in arts and entertainment

The Pilgrim (Marini), a 1939 bronze sculpture by Marino Marini

The Pilgrim, a painting by René Magritte

The Pilgrim (play), a 1621 play by John Fletcher

Pilgrim (Baczkiewicz), a series of radio dramas written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

The Pilgrim (statue), a 1885 bronze statue by John Quincy Adams Ward

Pilgrim (video game), a 1986 text adventure

Pilgrims (video game), a 2019 point-and-click adventure

Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon, a 1997 point-and-click adventure

Churches

Pilgrim Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places

Pilgrim Baptist Church (Saint Paul, Minnesota), United States, on the National Register of Historic Places

Pilgrim Congregational Church (disambiguation)

Pilgrim Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places

Media companies

Pilgrim Pictures, two 20th-century film production companies

Pilgrim Media Group, an American television production company

Pilgrim Radio, a network of radio stations broadcasting a Christian Radio format, covering parts of the Western United States

Schools

United States

The Pilgrim Academy, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey

Pilgrim High School, Warwick, Rhode Island

Pilgrim Lutheran School, Chicago, Illinois

Pilgrim Bible College and Central Pilgrim College, now Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Elsewhere

Pilgrim Theological College, Australia

The Pilgrims' School, a boys' preparatory school and cathedral school in Winchester, Hampshire, England Winchester, Hampshire, England

Sports

Football

Pilgrims F.C., a London-based side which entered the FA Cup during the 1870s and 1880s

The Pilgrims F.C., an early 1900s touring side, which twice visited the United States

Pilgrims F.C., an American side that competed in the 1923–24 National Challenge Cup

Boston United F.C., an English football club nicknamed "The Pilgrims"

Plymouth Argyle F.C., an English football club nicknamed "The Pilgrims"

Other sports

Pilgrims, an early nickname of the Boston Red Sox baseball team

Pilgrim Lacrosse League, a former NCAA Division III men's college lacrosse conference in Massachusetts, United States

Pilgrim Stakes, a Thoroughbred horserace run annually at Belmont Park, Elmont, New York, United States

People

Pilgrim (surname)

Pilgrim (given name)

Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony), English settlers who came to North America on the Mayflower

Canterbury Pilgrims, English colonists who arrived in Canterbury, New Zealand, on one of the First Four Ships

The Pilgrim, a pen name of Australian journalist Theodore Argles (c.

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