Severin

Severin, Séverin or Severinus may refer to:

Places

• Drobeta-Turnu Severin, a city in Romania, capital of the Mehedinti County
• Severin, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia
• Severin na Kupi, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
• Saint-Séverin (Paris), a church in Paris, France
• Severin, Germany, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

People

• any of several early or medieval Christian saints, including
  • Pope Severinus
  • Severin of Cologne, 4th Century
  • Saint Severinus of Noricum, the Apostle to Noricum, 5th Century
  • Saint Severinus of Septempeda, 6th Century
  • A hermit who lived on the site of the current Saint-Séverin church in the 5me Arrondissement of Paris
• Severin Browne (b. 1949) American musician & younger brother of musician Jackson Browne
• Severin Roesen (ca. 1815-1872), a painter known for his still lifes of flowers and fruit
• Arban Severin, American composer, musician and film actress. Wife of Steven Severin
• Dorothy Severin, professor of literature and Hispanist
• Jakob Severin, who helped establish Ilulissat
• Jay Severin, an American radio show host
• John Severin, cartoonist
• Marie Severin, cartoonist
• Mark Severin, British artist (1906-1987) specialising in erotic art, especially bookplates
• Scott Severin, Scottish football player for Watford
• Steven Severin, British musician and composer, member of Siouxsie & the Banshees
• Severin, a post-hardcore alternative rock band from Washington, D.C. that existed between 1989 and 1993.
• Tim Severin, explorer and writer

Fictional characters

• Severin von Kusiemski, a character in the novel Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
  • Severin, a character appearing in the Velvet Underground song "Venus in Furs", which is based upon the aforementioned novel, Venus in Furs
• Severin, a character in the movie Shortbus. The character, a dominatrix, presumably adopted her name as a reference to the character in Venus in Furs
• Severin Boxx is the main character in Anthony Swofford's novel Exit A.
• Severin Winter, a character who is a wrestling prodigy in The 158-Pound Marriage, a novel by John Irving
• Severinus of Sankt Wendel, a character in the novel The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Films

• Severin Elektro GmbH, a German electric appliance manufacturer

See also

• Severino

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