Excelsior may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Literature and poetry

"Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Excelsior", an 1877 picture book in verse by Bret Harte, published as an advertisement for the Sapolio soap brand

Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee, a 2002 biography by Stan Lee and George Mair

Excelsior (Macedonski), a book of poems by Alexandru Macedonski

Excelsior: Forged in Fire, a 2007 Star Trek novel by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin

Excelsior, a 1928 novella by Paul Morand

Excelsior, a 1988 novel by Randall Silvis

The Excelsior, a 1919 novel by H. B. Marriott Watson

"Excelsior" (short story), a 1948 short story by P. G. Wodehouse

"Excelsior" (Whitman), a poem by Walt Whitman

Music

Excelsior Recordings, a record label from the Netherlands

Excelsior Brass Band, an 1879-1931 brass band from New Orleans

"Excelsior", a setting of Longfellow's poem to music by Michael William Balfe

"Excelsior!", a concert overture by Wilhelm Stenhammar

Excelsior (Steven Page album), 2022

Excelsior (Slauson Malone 1 album), 2023

"Excelsior", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins from Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts, 2023

Science fiction

Excelsior (comics), in Runaways, a support group for former teenage superheroes

USS Excelsior, a Federation starship first seen in the movie Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Journals and newspapers

Excélsior, a newspaper published in Mexico City

Daily Excelsior, a newspaper published in Jammu and Kashmir

Other arts and entertainment

Excelsior!, 1901 short film

TV Excelsior, a defunct Brazilian television network

Excelsior, an 1881 ballet by Luigi Manzotti

Excelsior Wet Plate Camera, an early camera model used in the collodion process of photography

Mottos and catchphrases

"Excelsior" (motto), official motto of the state of New York

"Excelsior!", catchphrase of Stan Lee, who often used it at the end of his "Stan's Soapbox" column in Marvel Comics

"Excelsior", sign-off of Detroit radio personality Mark Scott

"Excelsior", motto of the Finnish Army's Special Jaegers

"Excelsior", mantra of Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Jr. in the 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook

"Excelsior!", motto of the fictional Weldon Institute in Jules Verne's Robur the Conqueror

"Excelsior!", one of the catchphrases of Martin Prince, Jr., a recurring character in The Simpsons

"Excelsior, you fathead!", a catchphrase of former radio personality Jean Shepherd

Sports

Association football

Excelsior '31, Rijssen, Netherlands

Excelsior AC, a Haitian association football club

Excelsior AC Roubaix, a French association football club

Excelsior Maassluis, a football club from Maassluis, Netherlands

Excelsior Mouscron, a former Belgian association football club

Excelsior Rotterdam, a Dutch association football club

Excelsior Stadium, the home of Airdrie United F.C. of the Scottish Football League Second Division

AS Excelsior, an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion Island

Birmingham Excelsior F.C., a defunct English association football club

F.C. Excelsior, Mexican football club that plays in the Segunda División Profesional

SV Excelsior, a Surinamese association football club

SS Excelsior (football club), a club from Réunion Island established in 1940

Excelsior Mariaburg, a Belgian football club

Other sports

Excelsior Stakes previously the Excelsior Handicap, an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually

Excelsior Rugby Club, an amateur rugby club in New Zealand

Excelsior of Brooklyn, an amateur baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York