Sun (disambiguation)

Not to be confused with son.

Sun or The Sun may refer to:

• The Sun, in astronomy, the star in our solar system
  • Articles related to that star and its uses also include:
  • List of Solar Cycles
  • List of Solar System bodies formerly regarded as planets
  • Formation and evolution of the Solar System
  • The Sun in human culture
  • Solar deity
  • Sun (astrology), for its astrological significance
• Sun Microsystems, a computer system, storage and software company
• A parent star of another solar system as well
• The Sun (Tarot card), a trump or "Major Arcana" card
• The Sun (film), 2005 film about Emperor Hirohito meeting General Douglas MacArthur
• "The Sun", the name of a public house
• Sun, a traditional Japanese measure of length, corresponding to the Chinese cun
• the Phoenix Suns

Newspapers

• The Sun (newspaper), a British tabloid, the largest English-language newspaper by circulation
• The Sun Daily, a Chinese language-newspaper in Hong Kong
• The Sun (Lowell), a newspaper in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
• The Sun (Hummelstown), a newspaper in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA
• The Sun (Malaysia), a major English-language newspaper in Malaysia
• The Sun (San Bernardino), a daily newspaper in San Bernardino, California, USA
• Sun (supermarket tabloid), a United States supermarket tabloid
• Sun Herald, a daily newspaper in the Gulf Coast of the United States
• The Baltimore Sun, a major broadsheet newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• Kitsap Sun, a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Washington, USA
• The New York Sun, a broadsheet newspaper in New York City, USA
• Vancouver Sun, a daily newspaper in British Columbia, Canada
• Chicago Sun-Times, a daily newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Herald Sun, a newspaper in Melbourne, Australia
• The Sun-Herald, a Sunday tabloid newspaper in Sydney, Australia
• The Sun Magazine, a nonprofit literary magazine at UNC-Chapel Hill
• The Sun (Sheridan), a newspaper covering Sheridan, Oregon, USA
• The Las Vegas Sun, a daily newspaper in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Historical newspapers

• The Sun News-Pictorial, a former tabloid in Melbourne, merged with The Herald to become The Herald Sun
• The Sun (Rangoon) (Thuriya), a Burmese language newspaper published from 1915 to 1954
• The New York Sun (historical), a newspaper unrelated to the present-day New York Sun

Canadian newspapers owned by Sun Media

• Calgary Sun of Calgary, Alberta
• Edmonton Sun of Edmonton, Alberta
• Ottawa Sun of Ottawa, Ontario
• Toronto Sun of Toronto, Ontario
• Winnipeg Sun of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Fictional newspapers

• The Sun, a tabloid newspaper in One Life To Live

Other organizations, companies, and products

• Connecticut Sun, a Women's National Basketball Association team
• Sunoco, The Sun Company, previously the Sun Oil Company of Ohio
• Sun (cleaning product), for use in Dishwashers
• The Sun (insurance), a company founded in 1710, now part of Royal & SunAlliance
• Sunstone Circuits, a PCB manufacturer
• Sun Media
• The Sun (magazine)
• Soul of the Ultimate Nation, or Soul of the Ultimate Nation, is a MMORPG game developed and published by Webzen.
• Sun Microsystems, an IT company

People named Sun

• Sun (surname), a Chinese family name
• Ho Yeow Sun, a Singaporean pop singer famous in Asia and the United States
• Sun Myung Moon
• Sun Jihai (b. 1977), a Chinese soccer player
• Stefanie Sun (b. 1978), a Singaporean pop singer
• Sun Tzu (6th century BC), a military general of the State of Wu and author of The Art of War
• Sun Wukong, often referred to as the Monkey King, central character of the Journey to the West
• Sun Yat-sen (1866 – 1925), Chinese revolutionary leader
• Zhi-Wei Sun (b. 1965), Chinese mathematician
• Sun Ra (1914 - 1993), jazz musician

Prominent figures during the Three Kingdoms period

• Sun Jian (155 – 191), military general loyal to the emperor of the Han Dynasty
• Sun Ce (175 – 200), son of Sun Jian and a rising warlord in southeastern China
• Sun Quan (182 – 252), younger brother of Sun Ce and the first emperor of the Kingdom of Wu
• Sun Xiu (235 – 264), third emperor of the Kingdom of Wu
• Sun Hao, final emperor of Wu
• Sun Liang, emperor of Wu
• Sun Shangxiang (184 – ?), daughter of Sun Jian, married to Liu Bei (founder of the Kingdom of Shu)

Fictional characters

• Sun Kwon of the TV series Lost
• Aeryn Sun and her mother Xhalax Sun of the TV series Farscape
• The Sun, a boss from The House of the Dead III
• Spinel Sun from Cardcaptor Sakura

Vehicle classes

• Sun class, a class of cruise ships
• GWR Sun Class, a class of steam locomotives

Music

• The Sun (band), a rock and roll group from Columbus, Ohio
• Tanel Padar & The Sun, a rock band from Estonia
• Sun Records, a record label
• Sun International Records, a record label
• "Sun", a song by Lamb from their album Between Darkness and Wonder
• Sun (R&B band), band that was active mainly during the late 1970s
• Sunn O))), a band whose name is pronounced 'sun'
• The Sun (Cat Empire album), a 2002 album by The Cat Empire
• The Sun (Fridge album), a 2007 album by Fridge
• "The Sun" or "Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)", a song by Tom Glazer, popularized by They Might Be Giants
• "The Sun", a song by Pop/Rock band Maroon 5 from their album Songs about Jane.
• The Sun (FanFan album), an album by FanFan.

Acronym, code

• The SUN study (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) : Spanish scientific epidemiological research.
• Scientific Users Nineteenhundred (SUN), the users group of ICT/ICL 1900 Computers
• SUN-TV (株式会社サンテレビジョン), a TV station in Japan
• CKXT-TV, a TV station in Toronto, Ontario which is branded as SUN TV
• Friedman Memorial Airport
• Sunset Railway (reporting mark SUN)
• In mathematics, SU(n) denotes the special unitary group of degree n.