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:
Places
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, Alberta, Canada, an unincorporated community
- Sveti Peter, Piran, a village in the Municipality of Piran, southwestern Slovenia, formerly named Raven
- Raven Crag, a fell in the English Lake District
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
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
- Raven (Ace Comics), a comic book character
- Raven (comics), from the Teen Titans series
- Raven (Tekken), in the Tekken 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
- Raven, in the 2009 film My Queen Karo
- Vulcan Raven, a character from Metal Gear Solid
- Raven Queen, daughter of the Evil Queen from Ever After High
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
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 the Dave Matthews Band from Busted Stuff
Television
- Raven (1977 TV series), a British television series
- Raven (U.S. TV series), a 1992–1993 American action drama television series
- Raven (BBC TV series), a 2002–2010 British children's game show
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
Transportation
- Dynamic Sport Raven, a Polish paraglider design
- MY Raven, an excursion vessel built in 1889 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
- SY Raven (1871), a vessel built for service on Windermere in the English Lake District for the Furness Railway
- Winds Italia Raven, an Italian powered hang glider design
Businesses
- 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
Other uses
- RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values & Environmental Needs), a charitable organization
- Raven Society, a student society at the University of Virginia
- Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, a peer-reviewed academic journal
- Raven, a vector editor which is part of Aviary (application suite)
- Raven, "a software program for the acquisition, visualization, measurement, and analysis of sounds" produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
See also
- Raven-Symoné (born 1985), an American actress who starred in Disney Channel's That's So Raven
- Rave (disambiguation)
- Ravens (disambiguation)
- Raver (disambiguation)
- The Raven (disambiguation)
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