Swan (disambiguation)

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A swan is a bird of the genus Cygnus (true swans) or Coscoroba (coscoroba swans).

Swan, swans, or The Swan may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film and television

  • The Swan (1925 film), a 1925 silent film
  • The Swan (1956 film), a 1956 remake of a 1925 film of the same title
  • Swan (1976 film), a Bulgarian drama film
  • Swan, a television ident for BBC Two first aired in early 1998, see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents
  • The Swan (TV series), a U.S. reality TV series from 2004
  • Swan (2011 film), a Portuguese film directed by Teresa Villaverde

Literature

  • Swan (manga), a shōjo manga by Ariyoshi Kyoko
  • "The Swan" (Baudelaire), a poem by Baudelaire
  • The Swan (newspaper), a student newspaper of St. Hugh's College, Oxford
  • The Swan (novel), an English translation edition of 1991 novel by Guðbergur Bergsson
  • "The Swan" (short story), a 1977 story by Roald Dahl
  • The Swan, a 1920 play by Ferenc Molnár
  • The Swan, a 1993 play by Elizabeth Egloff
  • Trumpet of the Swan by EB White

Music and dance

  • Swans (band), an experimental rock group
    • Swans (EP), a 1982 EP by the band Swans
  • Swan (album), a 2011 album by Unwritten Law
  • The Swan (ballet), better known as The Dying Swan
  • Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns), a movement of the musical suite The Carnival of the Animals

Fictional Characters

  • Black Swan, a playable character in Honkai: Star Rail

Organisations

  • Swan (rolling papers), a subsidiary of Swedish Match
  • Swans (eyewear), a Japanese eyewear brand
  • Swan Electronics, a radio gear manufacturer
  • Swan Records (jazz label)
  • Swan Records, a pop record label

People

  • Howard E. Johnson (1908–1991), American swing alto saxophonist, nicknamed Swan
  • Joseph Swan (1828—1914), English physicist, chemist, and inventor (most notably of the filament lightbulb)
  • Howard Swan (1906–1995), American choral conductor and music educator
  • Swan (surname), a list of people with the name
  • Swan Hennessy (1866–1929), Irish-American composer based in Paris
  • Swan King (1845–1886), nickname for Ludwig II of Bavaria
  • Swan of Stowe, nickname for the Catholic saint Hugh of Lincoln
  • Bunny Swan, Chinese character on Madtv played by Alex Borstein

Places

  • The Swan, County Laois, Ireland
  • Swan River (disambiguation)
  • Swan Township (disambiguation)
  • Swan Valley (disambiguation)

Australia

  • City of Swan, Perth
    • Division of Swan, an electoral district based on the surrounding area
  • Swan Bay, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
  • Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia

United States

In space

  • Comet SWAN (disambiguation), the name of several comets
  • Cygnus (constellation), a constellation also known as the Swan

Elsewhere

Science and technology

Computing

Ships and boats

  • HMAS Swan, several Royal Australian Navy ships
  • HMS Swan, several British Royal Navy ships
  • Nautor's Swan, a line of Finnish luxury sailing yachts
  • Swan boat (racing), a long and narrow human-powered boat
  • Swan Boats (Boston, Massachusetts), a fleet of pleasure boats
  • Swan Boats (Magic Kingdom), a ride at the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, (1973–1983)
  • Swan Hellenic, a cruise line
  • Swan (sternwheeler), a stern-wheel steamboat
  • USS Swan, several United States Navy ships

Sports

Venues

England

Other venues

Other uses

  • Swan (beer), a beer label, Western Australia
  • Swan (chair), designed in 1958 by Arne jacobsen
  • Swan (Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Swan (Exalted), a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing
  • Swan (Fabergé egg), commissioned in 1906 by Tsar Nicholas II
  • Swan Bells, a set of bells in Perth, Australia
  • Swan diagram, an economics model
  • Swan Soap, a brand of soap introduced by the Lever Brothers Company
  • SwanCon, a science fiction convention

See also

Search for "swan" on Wikipedia.
  • All pages with titles beginning with Swan
  • All pages with titles containing Swan
  • Coscoroba swan, a relative of true swans
  • Swan goose, a type of goose
  • Swan mussel, a type of mollusk
  • The Swans (disambiguation)
  • Swann (disambiguation)
  • Wild Swans (disambiguation)
  • Cygnus (disambiguation)
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