Angel of Death

See also: Angels of Death (disambiguation)

Angel of Death may refer to:

Religion

Hebrew Bible

• Destroying angel (Bible), the angel of Passover, the destroying angel of 2 Samuel 24

Later Judaism

• Michael (archangel), carries Adam to his grave in some texts
• Gabriel – angel of death over kings
• Samael^{[citation needed]}
• Sariel^{[citation needed]}

Christianity

• Destroying angel (Bible), Abaddon in Hebrew or Appollyon in Greek in Revelation
• Michael (archangel), in some church traditions
• Santa Muerte

Islam

• Azrael^{[citation needed]}

Fiction

• Angel of Death (film), a 2009 crime thriller film
• Angel of Death (novel), by Jack Higgins
• Angel of Death, a novel by Alane Ferguson
• Angel of Death (web series), American thriller
• Broken Sword: The Angel of Death, computer game
• "The Angel of Death" (Robin Hood), British TV series episode
• The Angel of Death, a short story by Michael Shea
• The Angels of Death, a neo-nazi biker gang in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.

Music

• Angel of Death, a live album by Angel Witch
• "Angel of Death" (song), by Slayer
• "Angel of Death" (Thin Lizzy song)
• Angel of Death, song by Hawkwind
• Angel of Death, song by Immortal Technique

People

People nicknamed include:

• David Sheldon (1953–2007), American professional wrestler
• Alfredo Astiz (born 1951), El Ángel Rubio de la Muerte – "Blond Angel of Death", Argentine Navy officer

Those as medical professionals include:

• Beverley Allitt (born 1968), English nurse who murdered four child patients in Lincolnshire, UK
• Kristen Gilbert (born 1967), American nurse who murdered four patients in Massachusetts, USA
• Donald Harvey (born 1952), American orderly and convicted serial killer who claims to have murdered 87 people, mainly in Kentucky and Ohio, USA
• Josef Mengele (1911–1979), (German: Todesengel), German SS officer and Nazi concentration camp doctor
• Irma Grese (1923-1945), German SS officer and Nazi concentration camp guard

Other uses

• Angel of Mercy, a caregiver who intentionally harms or kills persons under his care
• The Angel of Death, a Pre-Raphaelite painting by Simeon Solomon
• AC130, a military aircraft sometimes nicknamed "Angel of Death"
• Angel of Death (criminology), a type of serial killer, also sometimes called an Angel of Mercy
• Amanita ocreata, a poisonous mushroom
• A spell used in the strategy game: Populous: The Beginning
• In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, a Space Marine can usually be referred to as an Angel Of Death.
• The Angel of Death as seen on the WB series Charmed.

See also

• Angel (disambiguation)
• Angels of Death (disambiguation)
• Death (disambiguation)
• Death (personification)
• Death angel (disambiguation)