Raven

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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

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

Military and naval

• 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:
  • Raven: The Island
  • Raven: The Secret Temple
  • Raven: The Dragon's Eye
• 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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