Swan (disambiguation)
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A swan is a bird of the genus Cygnus.
Swan may also refer to:
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[edit] Sport
- Swan United FC, a football club based in Swan Valley, Australia
- Swan Districts Football Club, an Australian rules football club based in Bassendean, Australia
- Swan, a piece of snooker equipment
[edit] Music and dance
- Swan (album), a 2011 album by Unwritten Law
- Swans (band), a post-punk group
- The Swan (ballet), better known as The Dying Swan
- Swan Records, a pop record label
- Swan Records (jazz label)
- Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns), a movement of the musical suite The Carnival of the Animals
[edit] Ships and boats
- HMAS Swan, the name of several Royal Australian Navy ships
- HMS Swan, the name of several British Royal Navy ships
- USS Swan, the name of several United States Navy ships
- Nautor's Swan, a line of Finnish luxury sailing yachts
- Swan boat (racing)
- Swan Boats (Boston, Massachusetts), a fleet of pleasure boats
- Swan Hellenic, a cruise line
- Swan Hunter, a shipbuilding company
[edit] Media and entertainment
- Swan (manga), by Ariyoshi Kyoko
- Swan (film), a 2011 film
- The Swan (film), a 1956 remake of a 1925 film of the same title
- The Swan (TV series)
- "The Swan" (short story), by Roald Dahl
- The Swan (theatre), in London, England
- Swan Theatre (Stratford), England, a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company
- Bella Swan, a Twilight character
- SwanCon, a science fiction convention
- The Swan, a play by Ferenc Molnár
- Swan, a character in The Warriors
- The Swan, a DHARMA Initiative station in the television show Lost
- Swan, a television ident for BBC Two first aired in early 1998. (See BBC Two '1991-2001' idents)
[edit] Science and mathematics
- Swan diagram, an economics model
- Swan's theorem, a concept in mathematics
- Comet SWAN (disambiguation), the name of several comets
- Solar Wind ANisotropies, an instrument of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
- State Wide Area Network, in the National e-Governance Plan of India
[edit] People
- Justine Joli (born 1980), adult model and actress, stage name Swan
- Anni Swan (1875–1958), Finnish writer
- Astrid Swan (born 1982), Finnish musician and singer
- Carole Swan, Canadian public servant, President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Guy C. Swan III, U.S. Army major general
- Isabel Swan (born 1983), Brazilian sailor
- James Swan (boxer) (born 1974), Australian boxer
- James Swan (mayor of Brisbane)
- James D. Swan, American politician
- James G. Swan (1818–1900), U.S. Indian agent
- Jeremy Swan (1922–2005), Irish cardiologist
- John Swan (born 1952), Australian rock singer, better known as Swanee
- Joseph Swan (1828–1914), English physicist and chemist
- Richard Swan, American mathematician
- Wayne Swan (born 1954), Australian politician
- Dennis Swanberg, Christian comedian and pastor
[edit] Places
- City of Swan, Perth, Australia
- Division of Swan, an electoral district based on the surrounding area
- Swan, Iowa, United States
- Swan, Texas, United States
- Swan Township, Holt County, Nebraska, United States
- The Swan, County Laois, Ireland
[edit] Other uses
- Swan (rolling papers)
- Swan Bells, a set of bells in Perth, Australia
- Swan Boats (Walt Disney World), a ride
- Swan Electronics, a radio gear manufacturer
- Swan Goose, a type of goose
- Swan mussel, a type of mollusk
- Swan (nuclear explosive), a prototype thermonuclear primary
- Swan Soap
- Red Swan (disambiguation)
- Swedish Automobile, Dutch-Swedish automobile company
- Walt Disney World Swan, a resort hotel
- Erasmusbrug, a bridge in Rotterdam nicknamed "The Swan"
- Flag of the Nordic Council, the Swan symbol and logo for the Nordic co-operation
[edit] See also
- Swann (disambiguation)
- Zwan, an American alternative rock band
- Swan Bay
- Swan Coastal Plain
- Swan Hill, Victoria
- Swan Island (disambiguation)
- Swan Lake (disambiguation)
- Swan Pond, West Virginia
- Swan Range
- Swan River (disambiguation)
- Swan Township (disambiguation)
- Swan Valley (disambiguation)
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