Raven (disambiguation)

Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus.

• in the Northern Hemisphere a synonym for the Common Raven (Corvus corax)

Raven may also refer to:

Film and television

• Raven (film), an 1996 direct to video film with Burt Reynolds (Jerome Raven Katz), Matt Battaglia (Martin Grant, a.k.a. Duce) and Krista Allen
• Raven (game show), a BBC Scotland children's game show; also the three spin-offs:
  • Raven: The Dragon's Eye
  • Raven: The Island
  • Raven: The Secret Temple
• Raven (UK TV series), a 1977 British TV series
• Raven (U.S. TV series), a 1992–1993 American TV series

Characters

• Raven, a character portrayed by Angela Featherstone in the suspense/thriller film Soul Survivors
• Raven McCoy, the name of Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) in the TV series pilot "Fox Force Five" in Pulp Fiction
• Marion Ravenwood, from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• Raven Baxter, title character of the American sitcom television series That's So Raven
• Raven, the main character in the 1997 HBO animated series Spicy City

Games

• Raven Software, a computer game developer
• Raven, a character in the Fire Emblem (video game) series
• Raven (Tekken), a character from the Tekken fighting game series (starting from Tekken 5)
• Vulcan Raven, a Metal Gear character introduced in Metal Gear Solid
• Raging Raven, a Metal Gear character introduced in Metal Gear Solid 4
• The Raven, the main villain in the Zynga game Empires & Allies

Military and naval

• EF-111A Raven, a United States Air Force electronic warfare aircraft derived from the F-111 Aardvark tactical bomber
• HMS Raven, the name of 14 ships and a shore establishment of the British Royal Navy
• Hiller OH-23 Raven, a three-place, light observation helicopter used by the U.S. Army
• Raven or corvus, a device used by the Romans in the First Punic War
• Raven Forward Air Controllers , were fighter pilots used in a covert operation in conjunction with the CIA in Laos during the Vietnam War
• RQ-11 Raven, a short-range UAV used by the U.S. military
• USS Raven, the name of several United States Navy ships
  • USS Julius A. Raven (APD-110), a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946

People

• Raven-Symoné (born 1985), an American actress and singer
• Raven (drag queen) (born 1979), an American drag queen, reality TV contestant, and runner-up on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2
• Raven (wrestler) (born 1964), the best-known in-ring persona of American professional wrestler Scott Levy
• Raven (given name), a unisex given name in the English language
• Raven (surname)
• Cliff Raven, American tattoo artist and pioneer in safe techniques

Publications

Books

• Mr. Raven, an allegorical figure in George Macdonald's fantasy novel Lillith
• Raven, a novel by Stanley Morgan
• Raven (book), a by Tim Reiterman detailing the history of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple
• Raven (fantasy series), a fantasy series by Richard Kirk (pseudonym of Robert Holdstock and Angus Wells)
• Raven, a 1993 horror novel by Charles L. Grant
• Dmitri "Raven" Ravinoff, an Aleut character in the Neal Stephenson book Snow Crash
• "Raven," a character in Graham Greene's 1936 novel A Gun for Sale

Comics/anime/manga

• Raven (comics), a superheroine from the Teen Titans series in the DC Comics universe
• Matthew Cable, a DC Comics character who died and became a Raven in the Vertigo series The Sandman
• Raven Darkhölme, alter ego of the Marvel Comics character Mystique
• Raven (Ace Comics), a superhero who first appeared in 1940
• Raven (Zoids), an antagonist from the Zoids: Chaotic Century/Zoids: Guardian Force anime series
• Raven, a member of Tower Comics' T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
• Raven, alias of the character, Gilbert Nightray, in the manga and anime series Pandora Hearts
• Raven, the lead character in the online graphic novel, Demonology 101
• Raven Hex, occasional antagonist in the comic book series Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
• Raven, the Native American fable who accompanies Jack Horner in the Jack of Fables comic series
• Duchess Raven Waves, a character from the animated series Lady Lovely Locks

Music

• Raven Records, an Australian record label

Songs

• "Mr. Raven", a song by MC Lars from The Laptop EP, based on Poe's poem
• "The Three Ravens", traditional ballad
• "Raven's Land", a song by Voltaire from The Devil's Bris

Bands

• Raven (band), a British heavy metal band
• The Ravens, an R&B group
• The Ravyns, a rock band

Organizations

• 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

Places

United States

• Raven, Illinois, an unincorprated community
• Raven, Virginia, a census-designated place

Sports

• Baltimore Ravens, a team in the National Football League
• Carleton Ravens, the men's basketball team at Carleton University
• Vancouver Ravens, a team that used to play in the National Lacrosse League

Other

• Raven, a vector editor which is part of Aviary (application suite)
• Raven, a hair color, specifically black
• Raven (mythology), a trickster in Native American mythology of the Pacific Northwest
• Raven Arms MP-25, a pocket pistol in .25 ACP
• Raven class, (1874–1892), a class of South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives, steam locomotives
• Raven paradox, also known as "Hempel's paradox" reveals the problem of induction in logic
• Raven's Progressive Matrices, a psychological test to measure intelligence

See also

• The Raven (disambiguation)
• Ravens (disambiguation)