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Raven may refer to:
Birds
- Raven, a large black bird in the crow family (Corvidae)
- Raven, often used in the Northern Hemisphere as a synonym for the Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Cultural depictions of ravens
People
For people with surname Raven, see Raven (surname).
- People with the first, middle, or stage name Raven:
- Alexander Raven Thomson, a British fascist politician
- Raven Chacon, Navajo composer and artist
- Raven Grimassi, author
- Raven-Symoné, an American actress and singer
- Raven (pornographic actress), stage name of American pornographic actress Rachel Vickers
- Raven Riley, an American pornographic actress
- Robert Raven Kraft, an American athlete and runner based in South Beach, Miami, Florida
- Scott Levy, an American professional wrestler who wrestles under the name Raven.
- Matthias Corvinus, the most famous king of Hungary
Sport
- Baltimore Ravens, a team in the National Football League
- Carleton Ravens, the men's basketball team at Carleton University
- HMS Raven, the name of 14 ships and a shore establishment of the British Royal Navy
- 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
- EF-111A Raven, a United States Air Force electronic warfare aircraft derived from the F-111 Aardvark tactical bomber
- RQ-11 Raven, a short-range UAV used by the U.S. military
- Raven FACs, pilots of the Secret War in Laos
- Raven, a United States Air Force Electronic Warfare Officer
Television and Film
- Raven (UK TV series), a British TV series (1977)
- Raven (U.S. TV series), an American TV series (1992-1993)
- Raven (game show), a BBC Scotland children's game show; also the three spin-offs:
- That's So Raven, an American sitcom television series broadcast on the Disney Channel
- Raven (film), an American film with Burt Reynolds (Jerome Raven Katz), Matt Battaglia (Martin Grant, a.k.a. Duce) and Krista Allen
Fictional characters
- Matthew (DC Comics) (Matthew Joseph Cable), a superhero in the DC Comics universe who died and became a Raven in The Sandman
- Raven (comics), a superheroine from the Teen Titans series in the DC Comics universe
- Raven (Ace Comics), a superhero who first appeared in 1940.
- Raven Darkholme, a Marvel Comics character also known as Mystique
- Raven (novel), a character in a fantasy novel series by Richard Kirk
- Raven Baxter, title character of the American sitcom television series That's So Raven
- Sir Raven, a fictional character from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- Mr. Raven, an allegorical figure in George Macdonald's fantasy novel Lilith
- Dmitri "Raven" Ravinoff, an Aleut character in the Neal Stephenson book Snow Crash
- Raven, the lead character in Demonology 101
- Raven (Zoids), an antagonist from Zoids: Chaotic Century/Zoids: Guardian Force
- Vulcan Raven, a character from the Metal Gear Solid videogame
- Duchess Raven Waves, a character from the animated series Lady Lovely Locks
- Raven McCoy, the name of Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) in the TV series pilot Fox Force Five in Pulp Fiction (film)
- Marion Ravenwood, a character from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Raven, a character portrayed by Angela Featherstone in the suspense/thriller film Soul Survivors
- Raven Hex, occasional antagonist in the comic book series Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
- Raven, the main character in the 1997 cartoon series Spicy City
Computer games
- Raven Software, a computer game developer
- Armored Core: Last Raven, a 2006 computer game
- Raven (Tekken), a character from the Tekken fighting game series (starting from Tekken 5)
- Gothic II: The Night of the Raven, a 2003 computer game (English release in 2005)
Other
- Raven, a vector editor which is part of Aviary (application suite)
- The Raven (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana
- Raven (mythology), a trickster in Native American mythology of the Pacific Northwest
- Raven Clothing, a brand name UK Gothic clothing business
- Raven's Progressive Matrices, a psychological test to measure intelligence
- Raven, a hair color, specifically black
- Raven class, (1874 - 1892), a class of South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives, steam locomotives
- 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
- Raven or corvus, a device used by the Romans in the First Punic War
- Raven paradox, also known as "Hempel's paradox" reveals the problem of induction in logic
- Raven, a city in Virginia at 37.09415 degrees N, 81.86202 degrees W
- Raven's Claw, the second ship of Kyle Katarn
- Raven (book), a book by Tim Reiterman detailing the history of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple
- Raven Arms MP-25, a pocket pistol in .25 ACP.
- Raven, a novel by Stanley Morgan (author)
Music
Songs
- "The Three Ravens", traditional ballad
Bands
- Raven (band), a British heavy metal band
- The Ravens, an R&B group
- The Ravyns, a rock band
Record labels
- Raven Records, an Australian record label
See also
- The Raven (disambiguation)
- The Raven, a narrative poem by the American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe
- "Mr. Raven", a song by MC Lars from The Laptop EP, based on Poe's poem
- Le Corbeau (French for "The Raven"), a 1943 French film.
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