Merlin (disambiguation)

Merlin is a wizard in Arthurian legend.

Merlin may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

• Merlin (2008 TV series), BBC One series also known as The Adventures of Merlin, starring Colin Morgan and Bradley James
• Merlin (miniseries), a 1998 NBC miniseries starring Sam Neill
• Merlin: The Quest Begins (1998), a TV film featuring Jason Connery
• Merlin: The Return, a 2000 film
• Mr. Merlin, a TV Series 1981–1982
• Merlin (2018 film), an Indian film

Fictional characters

• Merlin (DC Comics), a half-demon sorcerer
• Merlin (Marvel Comics), the name of several characters
• Merlin the Magician (comics), a Quality Comics character
• Myrddin Wyllt, also known as Merlin Sylvestris, a figure in medieval Welsh legend

Video gaming

• Merlin (console), a handheld electronic game by Parker Brothers
• Merlin, a Game Boy Color game by RFX Interactive

Literature

• Merlin, a pen name used by poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
• Merlin (literary magazine), published in Paris between 1952 and 1954
• Merlin (poem), by Robert de Boron
• Merlin (Robinson), a dramatic narrative poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson
• Merlin, a novel by Robert Nye
• Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy, a novel series

Music

• Merlin (Albéniz), English-language opera by Isaac Albéniz
• Merlin (Goldmark), German-language opera by Karl Goldmark 1886
• Merlin (musical), a 1983 Broadway musical
• Merlin (metal band), a Russian death metal band
• Merlin, a band formed by Dino Merlin
• Merlin (rapper), a 1980s/90s UK hip hop artist
• Merlin Network, a nonprofit organization for independent music
• Merlin (Kayak album), a 1981 album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak
  • Merlin – Bard of the Unseen (2003), a new version of side 1 of the above album
• Merlin Rhys-Jones, guitarist and lyricist on the Ian Dury and the Blockheads album Mr. Love Pants
• Merlin (Merlin album), by the band Merlin

Places

• Merlin, Ontario, Canada, a small farming community
• Merlin, California, United States, an unincorporated community
• Merlin, Oregon, United States, an unincorporated community
• Merlin diamond mine, Australia
• 2598 Merlin, an asteroid

People

• Merlin (given name)
• Merlin (surname)
• Merlin, a pen name used by poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)

Science and technology

Aerospace

• Rolls-Royce Merlin, a British Second World War fighter and bomber aircraft engine
• AgustaWestland AW101, Merlin, a military helicopter
• Blue Yonder Merlin, an ultralight airplane
• Hick Merlin, a British sailplane which first flew in 1936
• Merlin (rocket engine family), developed by SpaceX
• Miles Merlin, a 1930s British monoplane
• Seedwings Europe Merlin, an Austrian hang glider design
• Swearingen Merlin, a twin turboprop business aircraft
• TechProAviation Merlin 100, Czech homebuilt aircraft design

Biology

• Merlin (bird), a species of falcon
• Merlin (protein), a cytoskeletal protein
• Merlin Bird ID, a mobile app for bird identification

Computing and telecommunications

• Merlin (assembler), a popular assembler for the Apple II family and Commodore 64/128
• Merlin (database), a database run by the Metropolitan Police Service
• Merlin M4000, a personal computer sold by British Telecom in the 1980s
• Merlin, a first-generation computer developed in 1956 by Brookhaven National Laboratory
• OS/2 Warp, version 4 (previously codenamed "Merlin"), an operating system mostly developed by IBM
• Merlin, the Office Assistant from Microsoft Office
• Merlin, the code-name of Novell's PalmDOS, a successor to DR-DOS 6.0
• AT&T Merlin, a telephone system
• IBM "Merlin" hard disk drives, see History of IBM magnetic disk drives § IBM 3330

Other

• MERLIN, an array of radio telescopes
• Merlin, a brand of garage door openers, part of the Chamberlain Group
• MERLIN reactor, a nuclear reactor in the United Kingdom
• MERLIN (refrigerator), a storage freezer on the International Space Station

Business

• Merlin Airways, an airline based in the United States
• Merlin (bicycle company), a manufacturer specializing in custom models
• Merlin Entertainments, an operator of amusement parks and other attractions
• Merlin Express, a cargo airline based in Puerto Rico
• Merlin Publishing, produced soccer trading cards and stickers in the 1990s before being taken over by Topps in 1995
• Project Merlin, an agreement between the British Government and the four major high street banks in the United Kingdom covering aspects of banking activity
• The Monmouthshire Merlin, a 19th-century Welsh newspaper – see Monmouthshire Beacon

Royal Navy

• HMS Merlin, the name of several Royal Navy ships
• Merlin-class sloop, a class of Royal Navy wooden sloops built between 1743 and 1746

Unclassified

• Medical Emergency Relief International, a charity
• Operation Merlin, an alleged CIA covert operation in 2000 to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions
• Crailsheim Merlins, a German professional basketball team
• AEC Merlin, type of single-deck bus used in London between 1966 and 1981

See also

• Merlyn (disambiguation)
• Marlin