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Raven (disambiguation)

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Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus.

Raven may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

  • Raven (Ace Comics), a comic book character
  • Raven (DC Comics), from the Teen Titans series
  • Raven (Tekken), in the Tekken series
  • Raven (Guilty Gear), in the Guilty Gear series
  • Raven, in The Black Company fantasy novel series
  • Raven, in Graham Greene's novel A Gun for Sale (1936)
  • Raven, in Faith Erin Hicks' novel Demonology 101
  • Raven, a nickname of significance for Hari Seldon in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series
  • Raven, the Native American fable who accompanies Jack Horner in the Jack of Fables comic series
  • Raven, in the manga series Pandora Hearts
  • Raven, in the suspense/thriller film Soul Survivors (2001)
  • Raven, the main character in the 1997 HBO animated series Spicy City
  • Raven, in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
  • Raven, in Zoids: Chaotic Century/Zoids: Guardian Force
  • Raven Baxter, title character of the American sitcom television series That's So Raven
  • Raven Darkhölme, alter ego of Mystique
  • Raven Hex, in Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
  • Mr. Raven, in George Macdonald's fantasy novel Lillith
  • Dmitri "Raven" Ravinoff, in the Neal Stephenson book Snow Crash
  • Jonathon Raven, title character of the American action drama television series Raven
  • Raven, in the 2009 film My Queen Karo
  • Vulcan Raven, a character from the 1998 video game Metal Gear Solid
  • Raven Queen, the daughter of the Evil Queen from the Mattel franchise Ever After High
  • Raven Branwen, the mother of Yang Xiao Long from RWBY

Literature

  • Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones And His People (1982), a non-fiction book by Tim Reiterman
  • Raven, a 1993 horror novel by Charles L. Grant
  • Raven, a novel by Stanley Morgan
  • "The Raven", a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe

Music

  • Raven (American band), a blues rock band
  • Raven (British band), a heavy metal band
  • Raven Records, an Australian record label
  • "Raven", a song by Battle Beast from Battle Beast
  • "Raven", a song by the Dave Matthews Band from Busted Stuff

Television

  • Raven (1977 TV series), a British television series
  • Raven (1992 TV series), a 1992–1993 American action drama television series
  • Raven (2002 TV series), a 2002–2010 & 2017–present British children's game show
  • That's So Raven (2003 TV series), a 2003–2007 American supernatural sitcom television series

Businesses and organizations

  • RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values & Environmental Needs), a charitable organization
  • Raven Society, a student society at the University of Virginia
  • Raven Arms, an American firearms manufacturer
  • Raven Industries, an American manufacturer of plastic, electronic and "special apparel" products
  • Raven Software, an American video game developer

Military

  • Raven or corvus, a boarding device used by the Romans in the First Punic War
  • HMS Raven, the name of fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the British Royal Navy
  • USS Raven, the name of several United States Navy ships
  • Raven-class minesweeper, a World War II United States Navy class of two minesweepers
  • General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven, an electronic warfare aircraft retired in 1998
  • Hiller OH-23 Raven, a three-place, light observation helicopter used by the U.S. Army
  • Curtiss O-40 Raven, an unsuccessful American observation aircraft of the 1930s
  • AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven, a short-range UAV used by the U.S. military
  • Raven Forward Air Controllers, fighter pilots used in covert operations during the Vietnam War

People

  • Raven (given name), a unisex given name
  • Raven (surname)
  • Raven (drag queen) (born 1979), American drag queen and reality television personality
  • Raven (wrestler) (born 1964), American professional wrestler, producer, writer and actor
  • Raven Lake, Canadian professional wrestler, mother of Bambi Hall
  • Raven, a female member of the TV show American Gladiators
  • Raven-Symoné, also known as Raven, an American actress

Places

Canada

  • Raven, Alberta, Canada, an unincorporated community
  • Raven Lake, a lake that straddles the northwestern border of Quebec and northeastern Ontario

United States

  • Raven, Illinois, an unincorporated community
  • Raven, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Raven, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
  • Raven, Virginia, a census-designated place
  • Raven Creek, Pennsylvania
  • Raven Ridge, Colorado and Utah
  • Raven Rock (Kentucky), a sandstone protrusion

Elsewhere

  • Raven, Bulgaria, a village
  • Raven, Gostivar, a village in Gostivar municipality, Republic of Macedonia
  • Sveti Peter, Piran, a village in the Municipality of Piran, southwestern Slovenia, formerly named Raven
  • Raven Crag, a fell in the English Lake District

Transportation

  • Dynamic Sport Raven, a Polish paraglider design
  • MY Raven, an excursion vessel built in 1889 as the SY Raven and still in service on Ullswater in the English Lake District
  • Raven, a class of South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives
  • Rans S-20 Raven, an American light-sport aircraft design
  • Raven Rotorcraft, an American aircraft manufacturer
  • Raven (sailboat), an American sailboat design
  • SS Raven (1871), a steam barge built for service on Windermere in the English Lake District for the Furness Railway
  • Winds Italia Raven, an Italian powered hang glider design

Other uses

  • Raven (1996 film), a film with Burt Reynolds from 1996
  • Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, a peer-reviewed academic journal
  • Raven, "a software program for the acquisition, visualization, measurement, and analysis of sounds" produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Raven Tales, descriptions of creation stories that involve the mythic figure Raven
  • Raven's Progressive Matrices, a nonverbal psychometric test used to measure fluid intelligence
  • RavenDB, a document-oriented database

See also

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