A sunbeam, in meteorological optics, is a beam of sunlight that appears to radiate from the Sun's position. Sunbeam may also refer to: Entertainment Sunbeam (album), a 1978 album by The Emotions Sunbeam (band), a German electronic band "Sunbeam" (song), a 2020 song by Kian Ponygon and Kafk Sunbeam, characters in Zatch Bell! Biology Xenopeltidae, in Southeast Asia, commonly called the sunbeam snakes Curetis, a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies commonly called the sunbeams Aglaeactis, a genus of hummingbirds commonly called sunbeams Business Sunbeam Australia, an Australian appliance/consumer products manufacturer founded in 1902 Sunbeam Bread, a franchised brand of white bread Sunbeam Cycles, British manufacturer of cycles, bicycles and motorcycles Sunbeam Motor Car Company, British automobile manufacturer Sunbeam Products, an American appliance/consumer products manufacturer founded in 1897 Sunbeam Television, an American television station owner Naval and military USS Sunbeam III (SP-251), a US Navy patrol vessel, 1917 to 1919 Operation Sunbeam, four nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site in 1962 Places Sunbeam, Colorado, an unincorporated community Sunbeam, Illinois, an unincorporated community Sunbeam, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Sunbeam, a neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida Transportation Sunbeam Motor Car Company, a British maker of cars Chrysler Sunbeam, a 1977 hatchback automobile Sunbeam Talbot, a British sporting car manufacturer from 1938 Sunbeam Cycles, a brand made by John Marston Ltd. of Wolverhampton, UK Sunbeam S7 and S8, a brand of motorcycles BSA Sunbeam, a motor scooter Sunbeam 1000 hp, holder of the first land speed record of greater than 200 mph Sunbeam (locomotive), a member of the Great Western Railway Sun Class of locomotives Sunbeam (passenger train), a passenger train operated from 1925 to 1955 between Houston and Dallas Sunbeam, a British luxury yacht launched in 1874 Other Yohkoh, sunbeam in Japanese, a solar observing space probe See also Beam (disambiguation) The Sunbeam (disambiguation)