Messenger

A messenger or courier is a person or thing that carries a message.

Messenger or Messengers may also refer to:

People

• Messenger (surname)
• Bicycle messenger, a bicyclist who transports packages through cities
• Messenger-at-arms, an officer of the Scottish Court of Session
• Messenger of the Court, a court officer responsible for carrying communications and executing other orders
• Muhammad and other prophets in Islam, who were known as Messengers of Allah (God)

Science and technology

Biology and chemistry

• Chemical messenger, such as a hormone or neurotransmitter, a molecule used for cellular signalling
• Messenger RNA (mRNA), RNA that carries information from DNA to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in a cell

Electronics and computing

• Instant messenger, a tool for online text communication
• Facebook Messenger, an instant messaging service by Facebook
• Microsoft Messenger service, an instant messaging service by Microsoft
• Windows Live Messenger, the client for said service, formerly named MSN Messenger
• Windows Messenger, another predecessor of the above client
• Windows Messenger service, a networking component of earlier versions of Microsoft Windows

Transport

• MESSENGER, a NASA probe to Mercury launched in 2004
• Messenger, a tool attached to a capstan used to raise the anchor cables on 17th–19th century sailing ships
• Miles Messenger, a British 1940s liaison aircraft
• Messenger (sternwheeler), a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
• Verville-Sperry M-1 Messenger 1921 American biplane.

Literature

• Messenger (novel), a 2004 novel written by Lois Lowry
• The Messenger (Silva novel), a 2006 novel by Daniel Silva
• The Messenger (Zusak novel), a 2002 novel by Markus Zusak
• The Messenger, a 2001 fantasy novel by Douglas Niles

Periodicals

• Fort Dodge Messenger, a newspaper printed in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States
• Messenger (magazine), a Mormon fundamentalist publication
• Messenger Newspapers, a group of newspapers in Adelaide, South Australia
• The Messenger (astronomical magazine) is a quarterly astronomical journal published by the European Southern Observatory
• The Messenger (magazine), a monthly magazine associated with the Harlem Renaissance
• The Missionary Messenger, a journal of the British Methodist Episcopal Church in Toronto, Canada
• The Messenger (Mount Airy, North Carolina), a U.S. newspaper published in Mount Airy, North Carolina
• Il Messaggero ("The Messenger"), a newspaper based in Rome, Italy

In film and television

• Mohammad, Messenger of God, a 1977 film directed by Moustapha Akkad, chronicling the life and times of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, a 1999 film directed by Luc Besson and starring Milla Jovovich
• "Messenger", an episode of Power Rangers SPD
• The Messenger (1918 film), a film starring Oliver Hardy
• The Messenger (1937 film), directed by Raymond Rouleau
• The Messenger (1986 film), a film directed by Fred Williamson
• Messengers (film), a 1999 Japanese film by Yasuo Baba
• The Messenger (2008 film), a film by Çağan Irmak
• The Messenger (2009 film), a film by Oren Moverman
• The Messenger (2015 horror film), a horror film directed by David Blair
• The Messenger (2015 documentary film), a documentary film directed by Su Rynard
• The Messengers (film), 2007 horror film directed by the Pang Brothers
  • Messengers 2: The Scarecrow, 2009 direct-to-video film, a prequel to 2007 film The Messengers
• The Messengers (TV series), a 2015 American television series

In music

• Messenger Records, a record label
• The Messenger, piano composition by Valentyn Sylvestrov

Groups

• The Messengers (producers), a musical songwriting and production duo
• The Messengers Choir, East African gospel group based in the United States
• Paul Kelly and the Messengers, an Australian rock band, active 1987–1992
• Messengers (American band), an American Christian metal band
• Messengers (Scottish band)

Albums

• Messenger (Edwin McCain album), 1999
• Messenger (Joe Pug album), 2010
• Messengers (album), 2007, by August Burns Red
• The Messenger (Ernest Dawkins album), 2006
• The Messenger (Casey Jones album), 2006
• The Messenger (Kurt Elling album)
• The Messenger (Matt Joe Gow and the Dead Leaves album), 2009
• The Messenger (Johnny Marr album), 2013

Songs

• "The Messenger" (song), by Daniel Lanois, covered by The Tea Party
• "The Messenger", by Linkin Park on their 2010 album A Thousand Suns
• "The Messenger", by Patrick Wolf on his 2009 album The Bachelor

Other uses

• Messenger (horse) (1780–1808), an English thoroughbred horse
• The Messenger (video game), 2001 adventure computer game
• The Messenger (sculpture in Sutton), statue of a horse and rider in Sutton, London

See also

• Apostle (Islam), a messenger sent by the God
• Messenger bag, a type of bag often used by bicycle messengers
• Messenger Feast, a celebration of the Inupiaq and Yup'ik peoples of Alaska