River

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For a flowing body of water see river.
For a named river see Lists of rivers.

River or Rivers may also refer to:

Places

• River, Kent, England

People

Given name

• Rivers Cuomo (born 1970), American musician
• River George (born 1987), British actress
• River Phoenix (1970–1993), American actor
• River Styx (musician) (born 1981), British musician
• River Viiperi (born 1991), male model

Surname

• Austin Rivers (born 1992), American basketball player; son of Doc Rivers
• David Rivers (born 1965), American basketball player
• Doc Rivers (born 1961), American basketball player and coach
• Francine Rivers (born 1947), American author
• Joan Rivers (born 1933), American comedienne and talk show host
• Johnny Rivers (born 1942), American singer and songwriter
• Keith Rivers (born 1986), American football player
• Larry Rivers (1923–2002), American artist
• Melissa Rivers (born 1968), American television personality; daughter of Joan Rivers
• Philip Rivers (born 1981), American football player
• Ruben Rivers (1921–1944), Medal of Honor recipient
• Sam Rivers (1923-2011), American jazz musician
• Sam Rivers (bassist) (born 1977), American bassist
• William Rivers (1864–1922), British anthropologist, neurologist and psychiatrist

Fiction

• River Tam, fictional character in the television series Firefly
• River Zastory, fictional character in the manga series Black Cat
• Riverworld, series of novels by Philip José Farmer
• River Song (Doctor Who), fictional character in the television series Doctor Who
• River, a character in the Warriors novel series
• River (film), 2012 Japanese film

Music

• 1971: River (Joni Mitchell song) a folk song by Joni Mitchell
• 2001: River (album), a 2001 synthpop album by Izzy Stradlin
• 2007: The River (Noel Gourdin song) a 2007 R&B song by Noel Gourdin
• 2009: River (AKB48 song) a 2009 J-pop song by AKB48
• 2009: "River", a song on The Listening by Lights

Sports teams

• River, nickname of the football team of Club Atlético River Plate, Argentina
• River Plate, nickname of
  • River Atlético Clube, Brazil
  • Club Atlético River Plate (Asunción), Paraguay
  • Club Atlético River Plate (Uruguay)

Other uses

• River (typography), unattractive gaps appearing to run down a paragraph of text
• River (poker), a nickname for the final card dealt in certain variations of poker
• Rivers, alternate name for Shisen-sho, a one-player game using Mahjong tiles
• Rivers Casino, Pittsburgh
• Riverines - the Mobile Riverine Force
• WERV-FM, Illinois radio station also known as "95.9 The River"

See also

• The River (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "River"
• All pages with titles containing "River"

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