Raven (disambiguation)
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Raven may refer to:
[edit] Birds
- Raven, a large black bird in the crow family (Corvidae)
- Raven, often used in the Northern Hemisphere as a synonym for the Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Raven (mythology), a bird in mythology
[edit] People
- Alexander Raven Thomson, a British fascist politician
- Raven Chacon, Navajo composer and artist
- Raven Grimassi, author
- Raven-Symoné, an American actress and singer
- Raven (actress), stage name of American pornographic actress Rachel Vickers
- Raven Riley, an American pornographic actress
- Robert Raven Kraft, an American athlete and runner based in South Beach, Miami, Florida
- Scott Levy, an American professional wrestler who wrestles under the name Raven.
- Peter H. Raven, a professor at Missouri Botanical Gardens & Washington University
- Paul Raven, a british bassist mostly known for his work with the punk/rock band Killing Joke
[edit] Sport
- Baltimore Ravens, a team in the National Football League
- Carleton Ravens, the men's basketball team at Carleton University
- Raven, ring name of Scott Levy (wrestler) (b 1964), an American professional wrestler
[edit] US Military
- USS Raven, several U.S.A. warships have been named Raven
- EF-111A Raven, a U.S. Air Force electronic warfare aircraft derived from the F-111 Aardvark tactical bomber
- RQ-11 Raven, a short-range UAV used by the U.S. military
- Raven, a United States Air Force Electronic Warfare Officer
[edit] Television
- Raven (UK TV series), a British TV series (1977)
- Raven (U.S. TV series), an American TV series (1992-1993)
- Raven (game show), a BBC Scotland children's game show; also the two spin-offs, Raven: The Island and Raven: The Secret Temple
- That's So Raven, an American sitcom television series broadcast on the Disney Channel
[edit] Fictional characters
- Matthew Joseph Cable a superhero in the DC Comics universe who died and became a Raven in The Sandman
- Raven (comics), a superheroine from the Teen Titans series in the DC Comics universe
- Raven Darkholme, a Marvel Comics character also known as Mystique
- Raven (novel), a character - swordmistress and bearer of destiny - in a fantasy novel series by Richard Kirk
- Raven Baxter, title character of the American sitcom television series That's So Raven
- Sir Raven, a fictional character from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
- Mr. Raven, an allegorical figure in George Macdonald's fantasy novel Lilith
- Dmitri "Raven" Ravinoff, an Aleut character in the Neal Stephenson book Snow Crash
- Raven, the lead character in Demonology 101
- Raven (Zoids), an antagonist from Zoids: Chaotic Century/Zoids: Guardian Force
- Vulcan Raven, a character from the Metal Gear Solid videogame
- Duchess Raven Waves, a character from the animated series Lady Lovely Locks
[edit] Computer games
- Raven Software, a computer game developer
- Armored Core: Last Raven, a 2006 computer game
- Raven (Tekken), a character from the Tekken fighting game series (starting from Tekken 5)
- Raven, the driver of the car shadow in the video game Twisted Metal: Black
- Raven, the pseudonym of the fictional character April Ryan in the videogame Dreamfall
- Raven, a character in the game Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword
- Raven, a mercenary AC pilot in the Armored Core series of mecha combat games
- Raven, The Caldari State tier I battleship in EVE Online
[edit] Other
- The Raven (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana
- Raven (mythology), a trickster in Native American mythology of the Pacific Northwest
- Raven Clothing, a brand name UK Gothic clothing business
- Raven's Progressive Matrices, a psychological test to measure intelligence
- Raven, a hair color, specifically black
- Raven class, (1874 - 1892), a class of South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives, steam locomotives
- Raven Society, a student society at the University of Virginia
- "Ravens", an alternative name for the Eucleian Society, a secret student society originally at New York University, founded in 1832
- Raven or corvus, a device used by the Romans in the First Punic War
- Raven paradox, also known as "Hempel's paradox" reveals the problem of induction in logic
- Raven, a city in Virginia at 37.09415 degrees N, 81.86202 degrees W
[edit] Music
Songs
- Raven, a song by an alternative metal Canadian band, Kittie
- Raven, a song by a Japanese band, Do As Infinity
- Raven, a song by The Four Seasons
- Raven, a song by Lisa Marie Presley
- "Ravens", a song by Patti Smith from her album Gone Again
Bands
- Raven (band), a British heavy metal band
- The Ravens, an R&B group
- The Ravyns, a rock band
Record labels
- Raven Records, an Australian record label
- Raven Recording, an American record label
- Ravenous Records, an American record label
[edit] See also
- The Raven (disambiguation)
- The Raven, a narrative poem by the American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe
- Ravenmaster, the Yeoman Warder (or Beefeater) with responsibility for the welfare of Ravens at the Tower of London
- Ravenclaw, one of the houses of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series called Hogwarts Houses
- "Mr. Raven", a song by MC Lars from The Laptop EP, based on Poe's poem
- Le Corbeau (French for "The Raven"), a 1943 French film.